U23 World League

Cannavaro Staduim
Spectators: 7524 (Terracing: 5644, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) George Munroe hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. 9 minutes into the game, FC DAC 1904's Michal Mičian nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. John-Paul Faulkner made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. 14 minutes into the match, FC DAC 1904's goal looked a bit too open when Damian Thurman came free, but Michal Praženica reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 16th minute Viktor Kopernický shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but John-Paul Faulkner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. John-Paul Faulkner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viktor Kopernický in the 17th minute of the match. Viktor Kopernický received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. John-Paul Faulkner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 27th match minute, FC DAC 1904 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomáš Gál to maneuver through the defense. John-Paul Faulkner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomáš Gál, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. In the 36th minute Viktor Kopernický shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but John-Paul Faulkner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Damian Thurman received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Michal Praženica came out and tried to block the shot, but Damian Thurman slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 39th minute. In the 42nd minute Russ Hunter shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Michal Praženica saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cliff Gordon fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michal Praženica having to interfere. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Damian Thurman stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Parma Wanderers's Damian Thurman in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th 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. After 58 played minutes FC DAC 1904 got a freekick which was hit by Andrej Maliniak. 59 minutes into the game, Russ Hunter cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Michal Praženica was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 62 minutes, Kirk Perkins mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Parma Wanderers and the FC DAC 1904 players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 62nd minute, Kirk Perkins hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damian Thurman in the 65th minute of play forced FC DAC 1904's goalkeeper Michal Praženica to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 72nd minute, FC DAC 1904's Matúš Horváth seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Matúš Horváth the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of FC DAC 1904 protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Matúš Horváth had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 71st minute, one of FC DAC 1904:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FC DAC 1904. Michal Praženica had in the 73rdth minute some difficulties stopping Russ Hunter's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. The audience was convinced that Damian Thurman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Michal Praženica was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. Michal Praženica showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damian Thurman, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. John-Paul Faulkner was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Michal Mičian showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-2 in the 80 minute of play. FC DAC 1904's Michal Praženica played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damian Thurman in the 84th minute of play. Michal Praženica made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damian Thurman in the 89th minute of play. In the 92nd match minute, FC DAC 1904 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomáš Gál to maneuver through the defense. Michal Praženica took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damian Thurman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.