Serie A | Empoli 2-1 Parma: Anjorin magic ends five-month negative streak

Mateo Pellegrino nodded an Antoine Hainaut cross wide of the far post, but Parma went down to 10 men after two exceptionally silly gestures from Lautaro Valenti. First he was on the ground appealing for a free kick when he slapped the knee of Henderson running past him, then received a second yellow card for the shirt tug on Sebastiano Esposito.

Esposito fired wide after a free kick was flicked on, with Emanuel Gyasi and Liberato Cacace efforts charged down, then after the restart Henderson’s curler was deflected inches wide off Mandela Keita.

Fazzini volleyed over from the edge of the area on a corner, but 10-man Parma managed to equalise anyway. A long Hernani free kick was nodded down by Milan Djuric, but Ange-Yoan Bonny came sliding in from six yards and did not make contact with it, confusing Devis Vasquez and allowing the header to bounce into the net. It was the ex-Monza striker’s first goal since moving to Parma in January.

Luca Marianucci’s curler was just over the bar, but Empoli restored their advantage with a spectacular Anjorin right-foot curler into the far top corner from well outside the area, laid off by Gyasi for the substitute.

It proved enough for the hosts to celebrate their first Serie A victory since a 4-1 away to Verona on December 8, ending a negative streak that lasted for five draws and 15 defeats.

Empoli 2-1 Parma

Fazzini 11 (E), Djuric 73 (P), Anjorin 86 (E)

Sent off: Valenti 31 (P)

10-05-2025 19:45 MatchDay 36 Stadio Comunale Carlo Castellani

Empoli

Parma 2 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

Jacopo Fazzini (Assist: Liam Henderson)		11'
		22'		Lautaro Valenti
		31'

Lautaro Valenti 2nd half

Liberato Cacace		73'
		73'		Milan Djuric (Assist: Hernani)
Tino Anjorin (Assist: Ismael Konate)

86'     Mattia Viti

88'    

Match statistic

46 Possession % 54 15 Total shots 3 4 Shots on target 1 4 Shots off target 2 7 Blocked shots 0 4 Corners 0 3 Offsides 0 21 Fouls 16 Empoli Parma

Starting lineups

23

Devis Vásquez Goalkeeper 34

Ardian Ismajli Defender 3

Giuseppe Pezzella Defender 13 Liberato Cacace Defender 77' 35 Luca Marianucci Defender 21 Mattia Viti Defender 5

Alberto Grassi Midfielder 71' 10 Jacopo Fazzini Midfielder 6

Liam Henderson Midfielder 84' 11 Emmanuel Gyasi Attacker 99 Sebastiano Esposito Attacker 84' 31 Zion Suzuki Goalkeeper 13 Ange-Yoan Bonny Defender 77' 14 Emanuele Valeri Defender 15

Enrico Del Prato Defender 46 Giovanni Leoni Defender 5 Lautaro Valenti Defender 20 Antoine Hainaut Midfielder 16 Mandela Keita Midfielder 19

Simon Sohm Midfielder 65' 17 Jacob Ondrejka Attacker 59' Mateo Pellegrino Attacker

65'

Substitutes

1

Marco Silvestri Goalkeeper 22

Mattia De Sciglio Defender

Viktor Kovalenko Midfielder 24

Tyronne Ebuehi Defender 98

Federico Brancolini Goalkeeper 12 Jacopo Seghetti Goalkeeper 2 Saba Goglichidze Defender 31 Lorenzo Tosto Defender 89 Thomas Campaniello Attacker 8

Tino Anjorin Midfielder 71' 7

Junior Sambia Defender 77' 17 Ola Solbakken Attacker 84' 90 Ismael Konate Attacker 84' 98

Dennis Man Midfielder 7 Adrian Benedyczak Attacker 39 Alessandro Circati Defender 40 Edoardo Corvi Goalkeeper 18 Mathias Løvik Midfielder 11 Pontus Almqvist Attacker 61 Mohamed Anas Haj Attacker 65 Elia Plicco Midfielder 33 Richard Marcone Goalkeeper 23

Drissa Camara Midfielder 59' 27

Hernani Midfielder 65' 30

Milan Djuric Attacker 65' 4

Botond Balogh Defender

77'