Friendly League

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Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tomáš Gál kicked off to start the match. Jack Saunders sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Yusuf Ziya Cerit hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. In the 22ndth minute of the game Fred Lara who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC DAC 1904's Michal Praženica was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Michal Praženica showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jack Saunders in the 26th minute of the match. Fred Lara scored 0-3 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Michal Praženica, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Fred Lara's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Michal Praženica was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Fred Lara in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Michal Praženica prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 43 minutes into the game, Fred Lara cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Michal Praženica was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After the first half FC Lugano were leading 0-6. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Fred Lara to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the game, FC Lugano's Jakub Waselenczuk nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Michal Praženica made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. Michal Praženica stood somewhat misplaced when Fred Lara came free in front of goal and shot 0-9 to the left of him in the 58 minute. FC Lugano made a substitution. Klas Tingelholm replaced Jack Saunders. FC Lugano made a substitution. Benoit Ritieni replaced Jakub Waselenczuk. The audience was convinced that Fred Lara's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Michal Praženica was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. When FC Lugano's Fred Lara in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC DAC 1904's goalie prevented a goal. Klas Tingelholm received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Michal Praženica tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 74 minutes into the match, Fred Lara had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Michal Praženica. FC DAC 1904's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fred Lara was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-11. FC DAC 1904's Michal Praženica played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fred Lara in the 77th minute of play. Michal Praženica made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fred Lara in the 79th minute. Michal Praženica stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fred Lara's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. When the match had gone on for 83 minutes, Fred Lara put it in 0-12 from a short distance just to the right of Michal Praženica. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Yusuf Ziya Cerit during the 88th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 88 played minutes FC Lugano got a freekick which was hit by Yusuf Ziya Cerit. After some careless play in the FC DAC 1904 defense, Fred Lara kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Michal Praženica. The FC DAC 1904 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Michal Praženica should have stopped the shot. The FC DAC 1904 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. FC Lugano were clearly better and deserved to take the win.