Collecchio, 19 July 2026 – Parma's first pre-season outing took place this morning at the Mutti Training Centre in Collecchio, with the First Team beating the U20s 4-0 in an in-house friendly.

Carlos Cuesta's side scored twice in each half. Benedyczak opened the scoring in the eighth minute, heading home from Carboni's corner. Frigan threatened to add a second soon afterwards, but Mazzocchi produced a couple of fine saves to keep him out. On the half-hour mark, Carboni doubled Parma's lead with a well-placed left-footed finish across goal.

The First Team extended their advantage early in the second half when Pellegrino headed home in the 49th minute. Kouda completed the scoring after 76 minutes with an accurate strike from 30 yards out. There was almost a fifth late on, but Ondrejka's superb curling effort from distance hit the crossbar.

PARMA 4-0 PARMA U20

Goalscorers: 8’ Benedyczak, 30' Carboni, 49' Pellegrino, 76' Kouda

PARMA (4-3-3)

Corvi; Delprato, Ndiaye, Troilo, Carboni; Nicolussi Caviglia, Sorensen, Ordonez; Benedyczak, Frigan, Joujou.

Substitutes (all used): Daffara, Valenti, Pellegrino, Almqvist, Valeri, Keita, Ondrejka, Elphege, Britschgi, Konate, Drobnic, Lontani, Kouda, Mikolajewski.

Coach: Carlos Cuesta

PARMA U20 (4-2-3-1)

Mazzocchi; Hartley, Diallo, Varali, Pajsar; Diop, Brizi; Avramescu, Balduzzi, Mama; Diagne.

Substitutes (all used): Casentini, Marchesi, Schreiber, Fiorasi, Venturi, Campatelli, Parafioriti, Chimezie, Burcar, Alinovi. Rosengren, Azzali, Solari, Tognaccini, Turolo, D’Amico.

Coach: Nicola Corrent

Referee: Luca Budriesi

Assistants: Brisel Spada and Giulio Vitali

Added time: 2’; 2’