Parma, 1 April 2024 - Coach, Fabio Pecchia's comments following the defeat to Catanzaro on Matchday 31 of the Serie BKT campaign.

“I was pleased with my players, as well as the chances we created. Their goalkeeper saved them but I have to congratulate them, it was an extremely high-level match in terms of energy, tactical application, and the desire to play and create. But we lost the game and Catanzaro were very good. The table, narrow escapes? This is the game, you have to know how to play it. But the championship is wide open, we have to build on this performance, in terms of attitude, our desire to win the ball back, always going forward. We forced a team like Catanzaro to play in their own half.

Then it's clear that we have to do better in terms of what we conceded. To my players, I tell them to persist, to continue, and we'll go again tomorrow. And this match should give us even more strength. Valenti starting for the first time in a year. I am happy and satisfied, it was not easy to come back after a year out. Today he responded and we have another player in the side for these final matches. It wasn't easy mentally or physically to maintain our rhythm'.