💥 Giampaolo lifts Cremonese, Parma fall, relegation battle on 😱 | OneFootball

Cremonese makes a statement, and what a statement it is! The grigiorossi return to victory after 104 days and 15 matches and once again demonstrate that in football, many times it's all a matter of mindset. The Giampaolo effect, in short, seems to be working immediately.

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A 2-0 victory in Parma, decided by Maleh's great goal and Vandeputte's counterattack, launched by Jamie Vardy. And now the standings are becoming interesting again.

👀 First half HORROR, but then...

As Serie A has often accustomed us, the first half of such a crucial match was anything but thrilling. A lot of fear on the field, in what was a must-win game for Cremonese, the famous last resort.

In the locker room, however, Giampaolo must have struck the right chords, so much so that in the second half, it was the visitors who came out strong, spurred on by Maleh's magic.

The former Lecce player crafted the right play at the perfect moment, collecting a ball outside the area and launching a surface-to-air missile that caught Suzuki, perhaps not at his best, by surprise.

Then, in the 68th minute, Vandeputte didn't flinch in front of the Japanese goalkeeper, sending his team into paradise. The importance of the result was evident in the wild celebration after the goal, which must have lifted a great weight off the entire environment.

📊 Relegation zone, it's a scramble

A victory that means a lot for Cremonese, bringing Vardy and his teammates to 27 points, the same as 17th-placed Lecce. Apart from Hellas and Pisa, the two teams that seem doomed today, the fight to avoid relegation is becoming really interesting.

Watch out for Fiorentina too, which had recently bounced back but will be playing at home against Inter tomorrow night. Even the viola, currently +1 from the red zone, risk being sucked in.

A bad defeat for Parma, which remains at +7 but continues to not convince its fans, who at the end of the match heavily criticized Cuesta's boys. 

A dream start, however, for Giampaolo. 

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