Ennio Tardini Stadium: Football, Controversy & Parma FC

(Ale Pongonazzo) – The bell of Football adn Soccer rings for one last time in this 2025, yesterday, Thursday 18 December 2025: to hear it jingle again, we will have to wait for the new year. We’ll get over it. And in fact Milan warns: “…but we’ll be right back in 2026”. In the meantime, to conclude the efforts of the current year, we find ourselves in the studio alongside the fixed Luca Ampollini, the technician and PPC advisor Matteo Volpi. TO Ferrari House, with the creepy bottles of broth in plain sight, the inevitable massimo Bizzi and paolo Grossi, almost inevitable.

Grossi, presented as the founding father of Casa Ferrari, shows himself well aware of his responsibilities in mimicking what eventually, sooner or later will have to be his punishment (handcuffs on crossed wrists).

Isabella absent due to seasonal health conditions, video greeting will follow.

With Lazio,Parma would have done nothing but underline,once again,the deficiencies already manifested on previous occasions; above all,the lack of ability to develop game principles. this is the thought of‘Pray that, come on game principlesrelaunches that of his old football teacher Gianni Barone (who will produce some informative chapters on the subject over the Christmas days); theinfluencer rosa, however, he makes things worse by considering the squad available to the coach better than many others and implicitly indicating him as the only culprit in the situation the Cuestanet of injuries and assorted contingencies.

His convictions lie in seeing that after fifteen games it has still not been possible to give the team a playing physiognomy. Milan confirms and underlines: “15 games are a lot”. I would add a “There is”. There is…

Matteo Volpi, as usual calm and serene, does not appear so categorical, considering that the goal conceded by Lazio can be attributed to a individual errorbut for Ampollini, also in this case, the duty lies with the coach who should have had a three-man defense following Delprato’s exit from the pitch. Volpi replies that, with numerical superiority, it would not have made sense to arrange themselves in that way, but there’s nothing to do, it’s Àmpo’s fault and Cuesta. It’s fine!

Grossi, however, does not agree with the assessment of the quality of the players indicated in the study and is annoyed at having discovered that the Lazio’s ball possession proved to be greater than that of Parma, despite the Biancocelesti’s numerical inferiority. Mister Bizzi’s general opinion is negative on the basis of the fact that matches always develop only depending on occasional circumstances.

The picture is clear: Cuesta, failed. Later it will be underlined, prompted by a message of domestic origin, that we are not talking about exemption in evaluating that if one wanted to proceed in this direction, these would have been the ones “good weeks”as some teams, including ours, had to stop to carry out the match Italian Super Cup.But the cryptic messages leaked through Trupo (Cuesta doesn’t risk his job, but results are needed starting from Fiorentina) would be reconciled with the observations and surveys underway by those in charge, so as not to be caught unprepared in the event of a catastrophe.

Ampollini is increasingly annoyed, referring to the possible solutions in the field: “If you don’t change something in this team how can you drill?” Rhetorical question, if you don’t no l’ampo same one who sells tips to widia, who will ever know? Grossi, with clarity, underlines how it was strange choice to rely on a coach like Cuesta and also entrust him with a very young team and, at least on paper, weakened compared to last season.

He also underlines that anyone who had the possibility to personally meet Carlos yes it is found myself in contact with an exceptional person (repeated a few times), very well prepared and a cultured boy. Sadly, for now, all these reassuring human qualities cannot give him the experience that his registry and his past have not yet given him.

Experience in a young man is not a fault: “but then what kind of choice did the club make in the summer and then find itself here at Christmas making these speeches”. For the journalist retired from Magpie, the fault does not lie with Cuesta who does everything he can do also due to his experience, the fault would be with whoever put him in that position, the club, which made a very risky decision. The studio was left speechless and Ampollini was extremely displeased.

Stop everythingalso in consideration of a message that will arrive later and read by Maddalena Ferroni, a harbinger of further anger on Ampollini’s part – a thought that indicated his constant desire to defend the club – how can it be amended from responsibility in indicating Cuesta as the only culprit, when it has just been claimed that the squad is valuable and not point out that Cuesta himself was also chosen by the club? Two weights, two measures, two societies?

The answer comes right at the bottom of the comment sharp by Paolo Grossi, according to supposed defender of the managementthe reason would be: “if a club decides to entrust him with a Serie A team, it is because it evidently believes that he has the qualities to coach in Serie A”. This is followed by other considerations typical of those sports of climbing on mirrors with soapy water that is sprayed on the surfaces, just to facilitate the test. Grossi points out that there may be incorrect decisions on the part of the management, Ampollini poorly conceals his annoyance, it seems like it could explode at any moment, but then everything goes away.

Milan calls the VAR for the bronze of anolini,speaking of anolini,Walter (alias director Perotti) placed second in the contest chaired by Vincenzo Pincolini,which took place last week.

Then a message arrives from home in reference to the Super Cup and the Club World Cup: “It’s a real circus, who knows who is interested in these matches…”. To Luca Ferrari who was looking at them… Then, a secret sheet of the lineup appears. Revelations.

Fast discussions on the possible market: Cutrone, probably unhappy, seems like a situation worth monitoring; We would need a full-back on the right and a midfielder for geometry and game construction.

Then the players of the week arrive. Ferrari’s is Leandro Martorano, in honour of Cavalca, we of stadiotardini.itin honor of Luca Ferrari, we respond with Luca Monticelli, Belgian midfielder of Verona Primavera, while theprayer offers us Milton Delgado, a twenty-year-old Argentinian from Boca.

Best wishes from Rico and Baroz and many regards, Football and Soccer returns January 8th. Happy Holidays… Ale Pongonazzo

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Marcus Cole

Marcus Cole is a senior football analyst at Archysport with over a decade of experience covering the NFL, college football, and international football leagues. A former NCAA Division I player turned journalist, Marcus brings an insider's understanding of the game to every breakdown. His work focuses on tactical analysis, draft evaluations, and in-depth game previews. When he's not breaking down film, Marcus covers the intersection of football culture and the communities it shapes across America.

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