Parma Relegated to Serie B

DBasia.news – Torino sent Parma relegated to Serie B after beating his guest by a narrow score of 1-0 in Week 34 of the Italian League at the Stadio Olimpico Grande.

This result has made Parma, who are in 19th position, fail to add to the 20 points they have.

With the season having four remaining games, Parma can only reach a maximum total points of 32 points, equivalent to Cagliari who are in 17th position.

But the two teams’ head-to-head records will force Parma to be below Cagliari, if they end up on the same points at the end of the season.

Parma are the second team to be relegated, after the top-flight team Crotone who defeated Inter Milan on Saturday.

Despite a relatively good start, Parma’s first chance in the third minute failed to be completed by Alberto Grassi, whose header went off the mark.

After many of Parma’s chances were wasted, Torino came close to taking the lead in the 24th minute had Cristian Ansaldi’s left-footed shot had not hit the crossbar.

The first half ended empty and in the 63rd minute Mergim Vojvoda finally broke the deadlock with a close-range flick completing Ansaldi’s pass to put Torino in the lead.

The advantage was almost doubled by Andrea Belotti in the 74th minute, unfortunately Andrea Belotti’s shot from the middle of the penalty box still hit the post.

In the first minute of injury time, Parma’s hopes of keeping a chance in Serie A were tarnished when Giuseppe Pezzella fired a shot too high from the left side of the penalty box.

For Torino, the victory this time made them move up to 15th with 34 points and increased the safe distance from the red zone to three points, according to the official Italian League website.

In the next match, the two teams will play on Sunday (9/5), when Parma host Atalanta at Ennio Tardini and Torino visits Marc’Antonio Bentegodi to face Verona