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Saturday 8th June

Opening Loss

Old Parmiterians fell to a late goal in a game that they controlled most of the possession in, but failed to make the most of their chances. The hosts lacked pace to deal with the speedy trio of Mike Morgan, Scott and Luke Moore, so sat deep to soak up pressure and hit their English visitors on the counter. The tactic proved to be the correct one, as they frustrated Parms and had good chances when they made forays into the visitors' half. The first chance fell to Scott Moore, who made a typical direct run into the box before unleashing a shot that went wide of the far post. There was then a free kick from his brother Luke Moore that deflected wide, when it looked like it would at east challenge the keeper. San Pancracio then had a chance on the break, with a quick switch of play finding a home winger through on goal, only for him to fluff his lines and fire wide when he should have challenged Graham White in the Parms goal. Another similar chance came about after Adam Newman lost the ball cheaply in his own half, with the San Pancracio player again firing wide from a promising position. The chance of the match then fell to Henry Williams, as he was played through on goal by Nat Newman, but instead of firing low past the keeper he attempted to chip him from close range, which floated over the bar. It proved a costly miss, as the referee allowed a free kick to be drop kicked into the Parms box catching the visiting defence unawares, which the San Pancracio striker took full advantage of to put his side ahead with just minutes remaining. To compound the goal a misunderstanding, lost in translation, led to Jamie Clark receiving the first red card of his career, after the referee though that the centre back had insulted him. A game that should have seen an opening win, perhaps a frustrating draw, ended in a loss for the team from Walthamstow and left Parms waiting on the result of the hosts second game against Levante Las Planas to see if progression to the final was possible.