Parma Calcio harshly criticizes Italian football, with 7 0-0 results in Serie A 2025-26. The coach Cesc Fabregas does not mince words in criticizing Italian football. In an interview with The Athletic, the Spanish coach attacked Italian football as too defensive compared to the rest of Europe. "Winning in Italy, where there are many 0-0 and 1-0 results is not easy. When you look at Premier League teams, you see a structure. You see what they are trying to do. You see the style they want to impose. Here, many times it is impossible. It is impossible to understand what is happening. That's why we need to pay close attention to the details". No team has achieved more 0-0 results than Parma in Serie A 2025-26. Cuesta's team closed the season with 7 0-0 results, a haul that was nonetheless crucial for securing salvation (anticipated); among these was the goalless draw at Tardini against Fabregas' Como. "Many teams think about how to beat you by defending, not attacking - continues Fabregas -. This means that if you want to win, you need to be ready to break down defenses that can make you suffer. We have talent and technical ability, but physically we are not 'animals' and our opponents when they meet us want to put us on the physical plane. So we need to be good at bringing them into our comfort zone and attacking their weak points"