Pinzolo (TN), 30 July 2026 – Parma played their second friendly of pre-season against Arezzo at the Pineta Training Centre in Pinzolo. The game ended 1-1, with Kouda opening the scoring early on after an assist from Almqvist, before Sala equalised with an impressive right-footed strike from 25 metres towards the end of the first half.

In the second half, the Gialloblù changed every outfield player, with Corvi the only one to remain on the pitch (Troilo had replaced Circati during the first half), and came close to finding a second goal to try win it late on when Frigan hit the crossbar.

The next fixture is scheduled against Iraklis Thessaloniki on Sunday 2 August at 17:00 CEST, again at the ‘Pineta’ Sports Centre in Pinzolo.

PARMA 1-1 AREZZO

Goalscorers: 8’ Kouda, 40’ Sala

PARMA (4-3-3): Corvi; Delprato, Circati, Valenti, Carboni; Kouda, Keita, Ordonez; Almqvist, Pellegrino, Joujou.

Used Substitutes: Troilo, Ndiaye, Valeri, Frigan, Sorensen, Elphege, Britschgi, Konate, Drobnic, Lontani, Mikolajewski.

Unused substitutes: Suzuki, Mazzocchi.

Head coach: Carlos Cuesta

AREZZO (4-3-3): Nunziante; Renzi, Gilli, Illanes, Righetti; Sala, Viviani, Ionita; Arena, Cerri, Tavernelli.

Used Substitute: Serban.

Unused substitutes: Seculin, Mena Martinez, Manes, Eklu, Varela, Cianci, Chiosa, Cortesi, Chierico, Moreschini, De Col, Coccia, Capello, Ravasio, Sussi.

Head coach: Christian Bucchi

Referee: Luca Zaccheria (Legnago, VR)

Assistant referees: Fabio Cappellaro (Verona) and Marco Barlocco (Legnano, MI)

Fourth official: Giuliano Kumbulla (Verona)

Added time: 0’ , 3’ second half

After the match, Pontus Almqvist shared his thoughts on the game: 'We tried to press high up the pitch. I’m happy with the assist for Rachid; it was a good performance. It wasn’t easy at the start because it was very hot. We’re only at the beginning of the season, and we know we need to improve, but we’re working hard. We want to try to play in a slightly more attacking way. It’s a demanding style of play, and we know we have to manage the different moments of games, myself included, to make the most of our qualities. We have plenty of strong players, and we all want to improve together. Personally, I still need to get back to 100%; that’s my objective, and to have a great new season.'