Guidolin: “A draw was a fair result”

Speaking after yesterday's 1-1 draw with Siena, Francesco Guidolin thinks that Parma have almost recovered from their recent rough period of form. "We knew playing Siena was going to be difficult as they are in fine form at the moment, but we are finally finding some continuity in our performances." "I am happy with the performance we created a number of great scoring chances and we were unlucky not to extend our lead before they equalised." "We have found our rhythm again and we definitely possess the quality to meet and exceed our goals for the season which has always been safety from ...

Serie A: Siena 1-1 Parma

34' Biabiany (PAR), 69' Vergassola (SIE) [stream flv=x:/www.forzaparma.com/files/video/serie-a/siena-parma.flv img=x:/www.forzaparma.com/files/video/serie-a/siena-parma.jpg embed=false share=false width=550 height=309 dock=true controlbar=over skin=imeo.swf bandwidth=med autostart=false /] Siena fought back to earn a draw against Parma this afternoon in a match which saw Parma once again reduced to ten men. The home side came close to opening the scoring on the half hour mark when Tzolsis hit the crossbar from a Reginaldo corner kick. However it was Parma who broke the deadlock four minutes later when Biabiany rose to meet Valiani's cross with a header into the bottom corner. Biabiany then nearly set Morrone up for Parma's second but he blasted the shot ...

Crespo available for Siena match

Parma striker Hernan Crespo returned to training yesterday having fully recovered from an injury picked up during Sunday's 1-0 win against Sampdoria. Crespo's return will slightly ease Francesco Guidolin's selection worries with doubts still over Biabiany who sat out of his U21 international midweek. Valeri Bojinov may also have recovered in time from his international duty with Bulgaria. Davide Lanzafame is still suspended but Luis Jimenez will be available having served his two match suspension.

Guidolin faces selection problems

Parma manager Francesco Guidolin faces a number of team selection problems ahead of this weekends clash with Siena. Davide Lanzafame will be unavailable having picked up a suspension for uttering "blasphemous remarks" being one of the first to fall foul of the new rule. There are question marks over the fitness of both Jonathan Biabiany and Hernan Crespo, the latter only lasting thirty minutes against Sampdoria. Also Valeri Bojinov is on international duty with Bulgaria and it's unsure whether he'll have recovered enough in time. Parma now look to have same problems as Sampdoria when they travel to the Montepaschi Arena in a few ...

Parma players issue press silence

Parma players issued a press silence following this afternoons 1-0 victory against Sampdoria declaring it as an insult to the fans to take the victory as something that solves everything. However Parma manager Francesco Guidolin did make a few comments following the match: "It's a major boost to the teams morale to get a victory after so long but things are far from fixed, we still have a lot of work to do to get the extra seven points we need." "I hope we can build on this positive result and finally achieve safety from relegation and stop the fans from worrying."

Serie A: Parma 1-0 Sampdoria

54' Zaccardo (PAR) [stream flv=x:/www.forzaparma.com/files/video/serie-a/parma-sampdoria.flv img=x:/www.forzaparma.com/files/video/serie-a/parma-sampdoria.jpg embed=false share=false width=550 height=309 dock=true controlbar=over skin=imeo.swf bandwidth=med autostart=false /] Christian Zaccardo's third goal of the season gave Parma their first win of 2010, against Sampdoria this afternoon. Parma started strongly having a goal disallowed in the opening minutes along with efforts from Valiani and Biabiany. Hernan Crespo picked up an injury and had to be replaced on the half hour mark by Valeri Bojinov whose snapshot immediately caused Storari some problems. Straight after the restart Parma had another goal disallowed with Bojinov straying into an offside position. Parma finally got the opening goal on 54 minutes through Zaccardo. Cutting ...

Parma v Sampdoria Match Squad

After training yesterday Francesco Guidolin named the team to be called up against Sampdoria this afternoon. Paloschi and Dzemaili still have long term injuries and Jimenez is serving the last match of his two match suspension. Sampdoria Match Squad Goalkeepers: Mirante, Pavarini, Russo Defenders: Antonelli, Castellini, Dellafiore, Lucarelli, Paci, Zaccardo, Zenoni Midfielders: Galassi, Galloppa, Lunardini, Morrone, Valiani Forwards: Biabiany, Bojinov, Crespo, Lanzafame, Pasi