Palace Casuals

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Champions League Group Stage Round 1, home vs Intikamm FC of AMEDDD, Brazil. Level 23, AQ -0.7
A poor performance marred Palace Casuals start into this season's Champions League. Two goals down after 20 minutes, a third goal just after half-time sealed the hosts' fate.



League draw has been done, Palace Casuals find themselves in a League without any of their friends and no other familiar teams.



League Round 1, away at Lolo FC in Paris, France. Level 23, AQ -3.5
An 89th minute winner for the home side marred a much improved display which saw two excellent performances ill-served by the vagaries of chance. Playing in a more-familiar 4-5-1V formation, Anurak Arma and Kevin Pigott returned to the side in place of Suhail Kamal and Catalin Neagu; as Arma will be concentrating more on the Champions League side from now on, Ben De Wree has been handed the Captain's armband for the League side this season. Opening the match brightly, the visitors put pressure on the home defence and it eventually succeeded as Pigott and Arma combined for the latter to shoot home for his first goal for over a season. There should have been more goals for the Casuals but a combination of profligate shooting and desperate home defending kept them at bay. Into the second half, the home side came back into the game, and Murawski equalised on 53 minutes with a long-range shot. From then on the game was more equal, and the visitors were hanging on for a point when Yakup was given a chance with a set piece and scored the winner.