About 1,000 Parma supporters protested in front of the team’s stadium yesterday where the Serie A match with Udinese was postponed because the cash-strapped club could not afford to pay stewards or police.

Team captain Alessandro Lucarelli slammed the Italian federation (FIGC) and the Serie A league for allowing the chaos to continue unchecked at the former UEFA Cup winners, where the players have not been paid all season.

Supporters posted signs which read “closed for robbery” on the stadium gates as they gathered just before the originally scheduled kick-off time for a peaceful protest.

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