3rd Team Spotlight time.

Overview: Shangalang FC's place in the franchise remains like that of the strange cousin at family parties that people are nice to but don't actively engage with. They are checked on every day prior to matches and tweaks made where necessary. This year they have carried the additional burden of being the experimental team - every match regardless of the opponent has been played Defensively with Counterattacking On.

Quality: They are a 2* side (18.1 ave Q), are ranked 10th in the league by quality and there are 4 teams with greater than +5Q average more than them.

Squad: I don't recall every buying a player for them but I might have. Nevertheless the Squad has remained broadly the same as the starting one - with the addition of token and free academy players. (Nothing else to spend the tokens on ) There are 4x4* players, 6x3 and the rest are split equally between 2 & 1.

Highlights: Currently they top the league (unbeaten), are out of the CL and are in the Cup QF. (In the CL they lost 4 games against 29Q teams (0-1, 2-3, 1-2 & 1-3).

Prospects: Tbh, I don't really expect them to maintain this league form. In the Cup, because they are down with the bottom feeders, they only have lvl 3 opponents and the highest Q is 22 so anything is possible.

Season in pictures: