Parma 2-1 Wisla Krakow (3-2) UEFA CUP Round 2 Second Leg 3rd November 1998 Parma’s inconsistent start to the season continued after a tough fought draw in Poland. Despite defeat to Perugia, Hernan Crespo inspired a 2-0 win at home to Fiorentina, giving Alberto Malesani’s side some confidence before welcoming the Polish opposition to the Tardini. Parma were forced into two changes from the side that beat Fiorentina, Malesani had to do without Crespo, as Abel Balbo came in to replace the hero against Fiorentina. While Roberto Mussi replaced Diego Fuser. Parma flew out the traps, and took the lead within the first 20 minutes, Roberto Mussi broke down Parma’s right hand side, cutting the ball back to Chiesa, the Italians shot was blocked with the rebound falling do Stefano Fiore to hammer home from the edge of the box with a wonderful volley. The home side were in complete control of the tie after Fiore’s strike, with Wisla offering very little as the half went on. The tie was well and truly put to bed inside the first minute of the restart. Juan Sebastian Veron caught the Wisla defence sleeping as his freekick picked out Alian Boghossian at the far post, the Frenchman drilled his shot across goal, deflecting off Bogdan Zajac making it 2-0 on the night and 3-1 on aggregate. Zajac would get the chance to redeem himself as the game drew to a close, Parma once again in Europe were struggling with set-pieces, as Zajac found himself in acres of space to slot past Buffon, the muted celebrations told its own story, it was too little too late for Wisla. Parma now faced a mouth-watering trip to Scotland, to face Dick Advocaat’s Rangers in the third round, with the Govan side impressively seeing off German side Bayer Leverkusen in round two.
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