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Editorial

6>7: Math is a matter of LOVE

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If being a fan would be a matter of numbers or victories everybody in Italy would be Juve fan and fan of Real Madrid worldwide. It is almost like that but not for everybody.

Being a fan is a matter of passion, love, irrationality, sometimes the result for casualties.

Before Parma vs. Juventus we made a simple thought: for us, our Captain Alessandro Lucarelli is the most important ever. What he did for us – guaranteeing our survival in 2015, defending the club in courthouses,  standing with us also in serie D and leading us to coming back to Serie A, being a support and a friend before being a player – is unique. We would never exchange him with anybody. Neither with CR7.

Mathematics is easy when love is involved, so:

IF

Alessandro Lucarelli is better than Cristiano Ronaldo

THEN

6 is more than 7

We would like to tell this to everybody and we made a t-shirt to fix the concept.

If you are interested in write at info@parmafansworldwide.com

In the back you can have a known The Plin: “Everybody is talking about Cristiano, but one day his brother, Alessandro Ronaldo, a defender, will come and make history more than him” [referred to the arrival of Captain brother, Cristiano Lucarelli, to Parma one year before him]

ps: we know in 2015 Juve scored us 7 goals but, you know, we don’t give a s**t. They will never have a man like him.

Editorial

Casanova in Triennale

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Yesterday in Milan, during Milano Calcio City, a festival dedicated to the town of Milan as italian football capital, was inaugurated the exhibition of Osvaldo Casanova.

Casanova is an illustrator that works mainly on football themes and that for the exhibition choose to illustrate eleven world iconic rebel players, together with MinutoSettantotto.it 

Socrates, Nettie Honeyball, Marco André Zoro, Predrag Pašic, Bruno Neri, Oleguer, James McClean, Deniz Naki, Volker Ippig, Rachid Mekhloufi, Inaxio Kortabarria e Josè Iribar

We are now even more proud that Casanova allowed us to use his Baraye illustration as logo of ParmaFansWorldwide.com. Here you can read about Hidden Crusader and Osvaldo world on Parma Calcio.

If you are around Milan don’t miss to go to Triennale (Viale Emilio Alemagna, 6) for a visit to the exhibition, until Monday 1st October.  And if you understand a bit of italian have a look at the program, between the guest of the festival huge names like: Gianni Rivera, Massimo Moratti, Fabio Capello, Giampiero Ventura, Xavier Zanetti, Filippo Galli, John Foot, Demetrio Albertini and many many others.

Free entrance.

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Editorial

Live from a cage

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If you think Parma fans where few yesterday night read here.

Buses left Parma at 10 am in the morning, were blocked at highway exit for security search – men had to keep belts away – then let get into the stadium after match start. People that spent one or two day off the work, made 1600 km trip in 24 hours, couldn’t watch the entire match. They were back in Parma at 8 am. The first place where they put them was this, then moved a bit closer to the pitch.

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If you have Instagram there is also a video thanks to Parma Club “Oltre I Confini”

 

Our consideration is that if Serie A is miles away from having sold out stands is also because this kind of reception. 187 people put in a cage and obliged to watch a partial show – a bad match but this is another story – from there.

We lost respect for fans somewhere and security reasons can be the excuse.

Only consolation is that we feel that, in Parma, the Club is far from this kind of policies and opposite team fans can always watch from a good place the match and pay honest price for the tickets. As told some days ago, not everywhere it is cheap like in Tardini.

Security is important, very important, but also give the chance to people that paid for a show to enjoy it.

Thanks to that 187 supporters. By the heart.

 

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Editorial

Mathematics lesson #1

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Thanks to Lukasz, admin of www.fcparma.com.pl, without any doubt the most complete website about Parma Calcio outside Italy and maybe one of the most complete worldwide, for his mathematics lesson.

http://www.fcparma.com.pl is the website since were the Official Parma Club Poland was born and that soon we will go to introduce you. Don’t miss to follow it in Facebook and Twitter, and to join the Official Club if you are a Polish fan that desire to meet other Parma supporters, help for tickets, practical infos about Parma.

The list of worldwide network, still to be completed, at this link: https://parmafansworldwide.com/worldwide-network/

Editorial

Ultras for Amatrice

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On 21st September will be officially donated in Amatrice, the town hit by terrible eartquake almost two years ago, two fields, one tribune with roof, forniture for A.S.D. Amatrice for 2018/19 season and a 9 places van. All this has been purchased with money collected by Italian Ultras during the campaign “Ultras d’Italia per Amatrice”: in 4 month they could reach the sum of 161.277,27 euros.

On 21st September there will be the official inauguration in Amatrice. Parma fans (Boys 1977 + Centro Coordinamento Parma Clubs) donated more that 3000 euros.

This is the list of al Ultras groups that took part to the fund raising: Ancona: Curva Nord Ancona; Andria: Curva Nord Andria; Bari: Curva Nord Bari; Barletta: Gruppo Erotico 1987; Benevento: Curva Sud Benevento;  Brescia: Irriducibili Leonessa (Basket); Campobasso: Crazy Bus / Primitive Groove (Collettivo dj); Cantù: Eagles Cantù 1990 (Basket); Carpi: Ultras Carpi Guidati dal Lambrusco; Cassino: Laterale Sud Cassino; Catanzaro: Ultras Catanzaro 1973; Cava de’ Tirreni: Curva Sud Catello Mari; Cesena: Curva Mare Cesena / Centro Coordinamento Clubs Cesena; Civitanova Marche: Civitanovesi Ultras; Crotone: Curva Sud Crotone; Empoli: Desperados Empoli 1983; Fano: Panthers Fano 1977; Ferrara: Curva Ovest Ferrara Otto Settembre; Firenze: Unonoveduesei Curva Fiesole; Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Blue Supporters Garmisch (Hockey); Genova: Tifoseria Sampdoriana; Giulianova: Ultras Giulianova 1979; Gravina: Noi Ultras Gravina / La Gravina Ultras; Grosseto: Maremmani 1912; Gubbio: Gubbio Supporters 2004; L’Aquila: G.S. Supporters (Basket); Latina: Leone Alato Littoria; Lucca: Curva Ovest Lucca; Mantova: Ultras Mantova; Martina Franca: Ultras Martina Curva Nord; Messina: Curva Sud Messina; Milano: Curva del Milano (Hockey); Milano: Curva Nord Milano; Milano: Ultras Milano (Basket); Monaco di Baviera: Ultras Antwerpen 1994; Monopoli: Bad Boys 1987 Monopoli; Nardò: South Boys 2002 Nardò; Fedelissimi 1993; Tabula Rasa; Novara: Nuares; Olbia: Ultras Olbia; Parma: Boys Parma 1977 / Centro di coordinamento Parma Clubs; Pesaro: Pesaro Ultras 1898 / Vecchia Guardia 1979 / Gioventù Pesaro / Porto Pesaro; Picerno: Teste Matte; Pistoia: Curva Nord 1921 / Pistoia 1312; Pistoia: Baraonda Biancorossa (Basket); Pordenone: Supporters Pordenone; Prato: Curva Ferrovia Matteo Ventisette Prato; Reggio Emilia: Teste Quadre / Gruppo Vandelli; Rieti: Commando Ultrà Rieti 1997; Rieti: Old Fans Rieti (Basket); Rimini: Curva Est Rimini; Roma: Curva Nord Lazio; Roma: PGU Roma; Roseto: Curva Nord Roseto 1927 (Basket); Salerno: Curva Sud Siberiano; San Benedetto del Tronto: Curva Nord Massimo Cioffi; Sassuolo: Curva Nord Sassuolo; Taranto: Taranto Supporters; Terni: Curva Nord Terni; Torino: Curva Maratona Torino; Torre Annunziata: Curva Sud Torre Annunziata; Tortona: Gradinata Est Derthona; Treviso: I Fioi Dea Sud (Basket); Tricase: Rum Boys Tricase 2006; Tricase Fans; Trieste: Curva Furlan; Centro Coordinamento Triestina Club; Udine: Curva Nord Udine; Veglie: Veglie Tricolore; Vicenza: Curva Sud Vicenza 1902; L’Aquila 5/9/2018; Red Blue Eagles L’Aquila 1978.

Thanks to Cesare Frambati and to www.ilcapoluogo.it

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Whip round for Alessandro Lucarelli gift

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You red correctly.

As during high school time, we are collecting adhesion for a special gift for our Captain Alessandro Lucarelli, to be ready before Christmas time.

It is not a matter of money, we will not ask for that, but of a bit dedication.

If you are looking for a way say thank you to this man, you probably found how to.

Write us on info@parmafansworldwide or on usual social channels and, please, keep the secret with Alessandro!

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Osvaldo Casanova on Parma Calcio

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Osvaldo Casanova Parma Calcio prints – http://www.parmafansworldwide.com

We already talked about him while presenting our logo, the Hidden Crusader, because he is the author of the original illustration from which was created.

Osvaldo Casanova is an italian illustrator, proud fan of LR Vicenza Virtus, that works mainly but not exclusively on football theme.

Here you can see the three complete works that Osvaldo dedicated to Parma Calcio in last three years and that we asked him to print for us. They represent the most iconic moments of our past and recent history and are absolutely stunnnig, in our opinion.

If anyone is interested in having a copy too, can contact him directly at info@thankyoufortheroses.com

Before doing it we strongly suggest to wonder around his website and his facebook pages: you will discover some illustration we don’t hesitate call them masterpieces.

Now we all are waiting for more history to be written and, of course, illustrated.

Osvaldo Casanova on Parma history

 

Osvaldo Casanova dedicated to record 311st Lucarelli official match with Parma Calcio
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Osvaldo Casanova on 2016 and 2017 most iconic Parma Calcio moments
Editorial

Parma hype in Indonesia

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Thanks to our Parmagiani Indonesia friends we discover that Ade Nurulianto, guitarist and songwriter of Indonesian band Govinda, just realized a photographic shooting with an original Enrico Chiesa Parma jersey on.

That Gialloblu shirt is so iconic that resist to the times.

Well done Ade, and well, now we definitely have to follow him and his band on Instagram 🙂

📷 @ade_govinda

📷@GovindaOfficial

To testify the interest that all the Asian area have for our team check out also Bein Indonesia commercial for Serie A broadcasting:

 

Editorial

Little sad story

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Two old friends, one Parma fan and one Inter fan, would like to bring their kids (aged 5 and 7) to watch a match at the stadium, now that finally Parma is back to Serie A.

They go on Inter website to choose the right place and realize that the areas with tickets concession for kids are few (and bad located). Anyway they decide to go there, not to spend too much money, and for the match they spend 60 euro each family, in a quite lateral place, almost the cheaper place possible.

Then they realize that with the SAME MONEY you can go in Parma Tardini Tribuna Est, watching the match lot much close to the pitch, because kids under 8 have free tickets in ALL areas (under 14 price is 5 euro all areas). Also have a walk in city center after the game because Tardini is in the town.

And if they would choose Curva Nord with 60 euro there would be : 2 curva nord tickets for adults (2×25 euro), 2 tickets for kids (free), 2 beers and maybe 2 ice creams.

This is what we mean when talking about PARMA FAMILY.

In an historical moment in which the System is keeping people and, most of all, families far from the stadiums, Parma Club bring on a family friendly politics. Consider that seasonal tickets for under 14 in ALL areas was 40 euro – yes, seasonal ticket 40 euros – and that – a part for 5 big matches – women have 30% discount on daily tickets.

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