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PARMA, ITALY – APRIL 25: Nesta Elphege of Parma Calcio scores the opening goal during the Serie A match between Parma Calcio 1913 and Pisa SC at Stadio Ennio Tardini on April 25, 2026 in Parma, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)
Nesta Elphege came off the bench to get the Parma party started and consequently send sorry Pisa into Serie B, but they hit the woodwork twice.
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The Ducali were ready to celebrate Serie A safety after a surprise victory away to Udinese put them 11 points clear of the drop zone, as Mateo Pellegrino returned from a head injury, with only Matija Frigan and Benja Cremaschi missing out. Pisa were heading to Serie B after four consecutive defeats, plus Matteo Tramoni, Rafiu Durosinmi, Marius Marin and Daniel Denoon didn’t make the trip, with Mehdi Leris shaking off an ankle sprain.
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Zion Suzuki made a desperate reaction save in the sixth minute, flinging his face in the way of the Isak Vural volley from six yards.
Mandela Keita responded moments later by robbing Ebeneezer Akinsanmiro in midfield and forcing a low one-handed Adrian Semper save.
Hans Nicolussi Caviglia curled just wide, but Akinsanmiro ran onto the Vural lay-off and thumped the base of the near post from close range.
Emanuele Valeri rolled across the face of goal, but both Pellegrino and Enrico Delprato failed to make the most of it, then Pisa nearly scored on the counter from a Parma free kick, Filip Stojilkovic hitting the upright of an open goal after going one-on-one with Suzuki.
Vural went off with a knee injury, and Samuele Angori threw himself in the path of Nicolussi Caviglia on a Pellegrino lay-off.
The tempo dropped as the temperature went up in the afternoon sun, a weak Henrik Meister angled drive failing to trouble Suzuki, but Stefano Moreo skimmed the crossbar with a towering header on Angori’s cross.
Super-sub Nesta Elphege can’t seem to stop scoring at the moment and made an immediate impact off the bench for Parma. He gathered an Oliver Sorensen bouncing header with his back to goal from seven yards, turned and swept home.
Moments later, Elphege skilfully sent Emanuele Valeri down the left to force a tricky save from Semper, then Pellegrino’s header was straight at the goalkeeper.
If Lecce beat Verona this evening, then Pisa are mathematically relegated.
Parma 1-0 Pisa
Elphege 82 (Pa)
25-04-2026 14:00
MatchDay 34
Parma Store (Stadio Ennio Tardini)ParmaPisa1 – 0
Player statistic
| 18' | Simone Canestrelli |
| 44' | Isak Vural |
| Nesta Elphege(Assist: Oliver Sörensen) | 82' |
| Abdoulaye Ndiaye | 89' |
Match statistic
51
Possession %
49
15
Total shots
12
5
Shots on target
3
3
Shots off target
7
7
Blocked shots
2
7
Corners
4
0
Offsides
3
10
Fouls
19
Parma
Pisa
Starting lineups
31
Zion Suzuki
Goalkeeper
3
Abdoulaye Ndiaye
Defender
39
Alessandro Circati
Defender
14
Emanuele Valeri
Defender
15
Enrico Delprato
Defender
81′
37
Mariano Troilo
Defender
10
Adrián Bernabé
Midfielder
78′
41
Hans Nicolussi Caviglia
Midfielder
78′
16
Mandela Keita
Midfielder
66′
7
Gabriel Strefezza
Attacker
66′
9
Mateo Pellegrino
Attacker
1
Adrian Šemper
Goalkeeper
4
Antonio Caracciolo
Defender
2
Rosen Bozhinov
Defender
81′
3
Samuele Angori
Defender
5
Simone Canestrelli
Defender
14
Ebenezer Akinsanmiro
Midfielder
80′
21
Isak Vural
Midfielder
46′
20
Michel Aebischer
Midfielder
81
Filip Stojilkovic
Attacker
66′
7
Mehdi Léris
Attacker
65′
32
Stefano Moreo
Attacker
Substitutes
29
Franco Carboni
Defender
5
Lautaro Valenti
Defender
66
Filippo Rinaldi
Goalkeeper
40
Edoardo Corvi
Goalkeeper
21
Gaetano Oristanio
Midfielder
17
Jacob Ondrejka
Attacker
27
Sascha Britschgi
Defender
24
Christian Ordoñez
Midfielder
66′
23
Nesta Elphege
Attacker
66′
8
Nahuel Estévez
Midfielder
78′
22
Oliver Sörensen
Midfielder
78′
11
Pontus Almqvist
Attacker
81′
22
Simone Scuffet
Goalkeeper
33
Arturo Calabresi
Defender
12
Nicolas
Goalkeeper
39
Raúl Albiol
Defender
23
Calvin Stengs
Attacker
19
Samuel Iling-Junior
Attacker
26
Francesco Coppola
Defender
8
Malthe Höjholt
Midfielder
35
Felipe Loyola
Defender
36
Gabriele Piccinini
Attacker
46′
15
Idrissa Touré
Midfielder
65′
9
Henrik Meister
Attacker
66′
11
Juan Cuadrado
Midfielder
80′
99
Lorran
Midfielder
81′
