Tensions in the parrot of Parma »Cristi Chivu put his team in the meeting, and a player could be fined!
Article by Daniel Scorpie – published Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 20:29 / Updated Tuesday, May 13, 2025 20:34
The atmosphere at Parma became pressing after the second consecutive failure (1-2 at Empoli). Local press writes about Cristi's furious reaction Chivu At the Sunday match, much more aggressive than the critics of the Gialloblu players made at the press conference. Lautaro Valenti, the central defender eliminated, could be sanctioned by the Emilian club!
“I saw a team of children against adults from Empoli,” the “Crusaders” coach rebelled at the discussions with the media present on Carlo Castelni in Tuscany. Parma Today reveals that for the first time since it replaced Fabio Pecchia, the Romanian technician has lost calm and put his students in the meeting.
“Chivu's outbreak from Empoli, also publicly, but in a calmer tone than the one used in the locker room, revealed how the subject attitude of the team did not like the Romanian coach and was totally unexpected.” Write the quoted source.
Chivu was screaming at players in the locker room to wake up to reality
Which suggests that Cristi Chivu would have been screaming in the locker room to the players to wake up to reality, before giving those statements expressing the disappointment for the newly promoted attitude.
Cristi Chivu, on Olimpico, during the match Lazio – Parma/ Photo: Guliver/ Gettyimages
Especially since it was a direct match with a candidate for avoiding relegation and a great chance to save mathematics before the last two stages of Serie A, with leader Naples (at home) and the owner of the Europa League, Atalanta, in Bergamo.
Valenti insulted D'A agesa, with whom he had quarreled at Parma!
An additional proof that the situation has changed bad after the very good period, with six points obtained against those from Juventus, Inter, Lazio and Fiorentina, is related to the elimination of Lautaro Valenti. The central defender received two warnings in just nine minutes, leaving his team in numerical inferiority after half an hour at Empoli.
Not necessarily the red card disturbed, but especially what followed. The Argentinian insulted Roberto d'A Aversa, his former coach from Parma, and came into conflict with the fans of the host team, who sent them provocatively that “you will retrograde” anyway!
Lautaro Valenti comes out with his head left from the field, after eliminating from the 31st minute of Empoli – Parma 2-1 / Photo: Imago
“The club reflects on Lautaro Valenti, eliminated in the lost match with Empoli, for double yellow card and it could be fined,” announces Parma Today. And add: “The behavior of the Argentine defender was not to the liking of the club. The first warning, taken for a palm on Henderson's knee, was avoidable. Like the quarrel with D'A ages.
There is a precedent between the two dating back to the time playing at Parma. During a workout, the tension determined to have an altercation. A confrontation decommissioned later by teammates and the technical staff at the end of the 2020-2021 season, materialized with the last B ”relegation”.
