Draw with Empoli before the big game tomorrow v. Juve

By: Francesco | April 15th, 2008

Parma drew with Empoli 1-1 at the Stadio Carlo Castellani in the basement brawl on Sunday.
Highlights:

We took the lead after Budan backheeled it to Gasbarroni, who crossed it for Lucarelli and the man from Livorno headed it in. After that we almost made it 2-0, Cigarini crossed it in and Lucarelli did a scissor kick but it hit the post. Empoli came back with a great goal from “The Atomic Ant” Sebastian Giovinco, who weaved through two defenders and then drilled it past a helpless Bucci. After that both teams were afraid to lose and each went home with a point.

We now go to Torino to take on Juventus in the make up fixture tomorrow. The Coop said that he doesn’t want the squad getting tired, so tomorrow we will see lots of players resting and lots of players who normally sit on the bench getting some playing time.

The predicted formation is:

Bucci; Zenoni, Couto, Rossi, Antonelli; Dessena, Parravicini, Mariga; Reginaldo, Morfeo, Corradi

It’s a tough encounter but if we pull off a shock win we would jump over two teams and move out of the relegation zone into 14th place. Even a tie wouldn’t be that bad.

The game will be on live on Raitalia (Rai International changed their name) and Fox Soccer Channel.

The most famous Juve-Parma is when Crespo scored a hat-trick in the 98/99 season and we won 4-2: