U23 World League

MOL ARENA
Spectators: 7520 (Terracing: 5641, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cliff Gordon kicked off to start the match. Michal Praženica showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cliff Gordon, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. The supporters of Parma Wanderers booed when FC DAC 1904 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomáš Gál didn't get a good kick on the ball. Michal Praženica came out of the goal in the 15th minute to try and stop a shot by Parma Wanderers's Cliff Gordon. But to his dismay, Cliff Gordon quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. The supporters of Parma Wanderers booed when FC DAC 1904 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Richard Dzuba didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 18 played minutes, Parma Wanderers's Andrea Strano shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Michal Praženica came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Parma Wanderers reached it. In the 21st minute Richard Dzuba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dan Elwick saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 23rd play minutes Cliff Gordon shot 0-2, a short shot which went by Michal Praženica and just under the crossbar into goal. Charlie Monk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Michal Praženica tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Parma Wanderers booed when FC DAC 1904 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stano Mojsej didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 29th minute, Andrea Strano sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and FC DAC 1904's Michal Praženica didn't even have to move. After a rather tough play, FC DAC 1904's Richard Dzuba got a free kick in the 34th minute. In the 37th minute, Rio Fuller made a precise shot to the right of Michal Praženica. FC DAC 1904's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. When the match had gone on for 42 minutes, Cliff Gordon put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Michal Praženica.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomáš Gál to strike the kick off in the second half. A collision led to Parma Wanderers getting a freekick after 50 minutes play. Edmondo Pan hit a great ball. Cliff Gordon's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 54thth minute, Michal Praženica skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 59 played minutes Parma Wanderers got a freekick which was hit by Doroteo Bernal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomáš Gál in the 61st minute of play forced Parma Wanderers's goalkeeper Dan Elwick to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Michal Praženica was a little too slow when Cliff Gordon got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 66th minute. The score was now 0-6. The supporters of FC DAC 1904 booed when Parma Wanderers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edmondo Pan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Parma Wanderers's Ashley Knight-Percival got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 73rd minute, Doroteo Bernal hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Charlie Monk could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Michal Praženica made a huge save. When Richard Dzuba fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC DAC 1904's protests and gave Richard Dzuba a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, FC DAC 1904's Richard Dzuba got a free kick in the 93rd minute. After having played for 95 minutes, Cliff Gordon managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Parma Wanderers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cliff Gordon was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Parma Wanderers's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.