MODENA 1 V PARMA 1 STADIO ALBERTO BRAGLIA SERIE B - 14th APRIL 2023

Getting there - One of the easiest stadiums to get to with the Alberto Braglia  - 'who' (Italian Gymnast) sitting less than 1km from the mainline station. When visiting for the local Friday night derby v Parma, various police road blocks meant a slightly longer deviation around an adjacent park but with an 8.22 arrival we only missed a couple minutes from the 8.30 kick off.

Getting in - tickets online from VIVATICKET. We paid 15 Euro for seats in the corner (Curva Montagnani) a week before the game and sat in the corner between main stand and the Curva Sud home fans.

What its like -  Built in 1936 the Alberto Braglia has 3 covered sides with an open area for away fans. As a result you couldn't really hear them from our seats but was more than made up for by the Curva Sud home end who were noisy throughout for this  A1 Motorway derby game. It was about three quarters full for a stadium holding 21,000.

As we arrived quite late for this evening match , we didnt get the chance to enjoy a leisurely Moretti or two prior to the game.  We had  hoped the bar area might afford some form of Italian cuisine but Super Maxi Toast didnt look appetising so a beer and a twix attempted to ease the hunger pangs until after the match.  

The game was a scrappy affair that you might expect in a derby. Both teams with intent but perhaps not having the sufficient quality to overcome the other. Two very quick goals in the 14th and 16th minute settled the draw and neither side really looked like scoring after that. Parma, with Gigi Buffon in goal, perhaps the slightly better side. For ease of getting there and other things to do in Modena (like the Ferarri museum if you are into cars), its well worth a visit and the Friday night game meant it was a good kick off to a 3 game weekend.