Coach Roberto Donadoni believes financially-stricken Parma have been abandoned by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and he wants someone to take responsibility for the situation.
For the second successive week the FIGC have called off a Parma Serie A fixture and Donadoni said the governing body should take some blame.
“No one has taken responsibility for what has happened to us, they (the federation) has allowed the people that have created this disaster to do as they pleased so they should also take some of the blame,” Donadoni told a news conference yesterday.
“We are like a carcass in the middle of the desert and around us there are vultures and jackals.”
The FIGC called off Parma’s match against Genoa today after the squad threatened to strike over unpaid wages.
A week earlier the home game against Udinese was postponed because the club could not afford to pay stewards or police.
“We’re not playing tomorrow because we want public opinion to know what’s going on and not because we can’t afford to travel to Genoa,” Donadoni said.
The FIGC agreed to call off the Genoa fixture but warned that it was not feasible to continue postponing games.
“Considering the morale of the players I have agreed to postpone the game but I can’t do it every Sunday,” FIGC president Carlo Tavecchio said in a statement.
Donadoni and team captain Alessandro Lucarelli said the situation needed to be resolved to safeguard the future of the young Parma players.
“Lucarelli and myself we’ve had our careers but there are 16, 17 and 18-year-olds who have a bright future in front of them and need to be protected,” the coach added.
Bottom-of-the-table Parma have never won Serie A but won two UEFA Cups in 1995 and 1999, the 1992 European Cup Winners’ Cup and three Italian Cups in a successful spell between 1992 and 2002.
They finished as Serie A runners-up in 1997 led by current Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti and boasted players such as Gianfranco Zola, Faustino Asprilla and Hernan Crespo.
Serie A
Played yesterday
Chievo 0
Milan 0
Att: 10,000.
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| Juventus | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 51 | 13 | 57 |
| Roma | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 37 | 18 | 48 |
| Napoli | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 30 | 45 |
| Lazio | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 27 | 40 |
| Fiorentina | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 24 | 39 |
| Genoa | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 36 |
| Sampdoria | 24 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 36 |
| Inter | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 35 |
| Milan | 25 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 34 |
| Torino | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 33 |
| Palermo | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 39 | 33 |
| Sassuolo | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 29 | 35 | 29 |
| Udinese | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 31 | 28 |
| Empoli | 24 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 27 |
| Chievo | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 25 |
| Verona | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 43 | 25 |
| Atalanta | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 35 | 23 |
| Cagliari | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 45 | 20 |
| Cesena | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 47 | 16 |
| Parma (-1) | 23 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 47 | 10 |
Playing today – 15.00
Atalanta vs Sampdoria
Cagliari vs Verona - 12.30
Cesena vs Udinese
Genoa vs Parmapp
Inter vs Fiorentina - 18.00
Palermo vs Empoli
Sassuolo vs Lazio
Torino vs Napoli - 20.45
Tomorrow
Roma vs Juventus - 20.45
Top scorers
14 goals: Tevez (Juventus), Icardi (Inter).
12 goals: Higuain (Napoli), Menez (Milan), Dybala (Palermo).
Next fixtures
Saturday: 18.00 Sampdoria vs Cagliari. 20.45 Milan vs Verona.
Sunday: 12.30 Cesena vs Palermo. 15.00 Chievo vs Roma; Empoli vs Genoa; Parma vs Atalanta; Udinese vs Torino. 20.45 Napoli vs Inter.
Monday: 19.00 Lazio vs Fiorentina. 21.00 Juventus vs Sassuolo.
Serie B
Avellino vs Ternana - 1-1
Catania vs Frosinone - 1-2
Crotone vs Livorno - 1-0
Entella vs Pescara - 2-5
Modena vs Bari - 0-1
Perugia vs Spezia - 2-1
Pro Vercelli vs Carpi - 0-0
Varese vs Brescia - 1-2
V. Lanciano vs Cittadella - 2-2
Standings: Carpi 53; Bologna 47; Vicenza, Avellino 46; Frosinone 44; Livorno 43; Pescara, Spezia, Perugia 39; Lanciano 38; Bari, Ternana 36; Pro Vercelli 34; Latina, Trapani 33; Brescia 32; Cittadella 31; Modena, Entella 30; Catania, Varese, Crotone 28.
Lega Pro
Group A: Torres vs Giana 0-0; Pordenone vs Arezzo 1-0; Bassano vs Novara 1-2; Monza vs Venezia 1-2; Renate vs Sudtirol 1-0.
Group B: Lucchese vs L’Aquila 3-1; Prato vs Piacenza 0-1; Ancona vs Forli 0-0; Gubbio vs Carrarese 1-2; San Marino vs Pistoiese 1-0.
Group C: Martina vs Lupa Roma 2-0; Benevento vs Barletta 1-1; Reggina vs Matera 2-3.