Palace Casuals

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Champions League Group H Round 5, away at Intikamm FC in Amedd, Brazil. Level 23, AQ -1.7
With no chance of qualifying from their Champions League Group, Palace Casuals rested most of their 'big guns' for the closely following League match. Playing a defensive formation, the Casuals limited their opponents to two goals in a 0-2 defeat.



League Round 9, home vs Ngoc Duc FC of Ha Noi, Vietnam. Level 23, AQ -3.0
Having endured the best efforts of the medical team, Emrah Topalan passed his late fitness test and took his place in the centre of a three man midfield in this League match. The first notable action of the game was in the 10th minute, when Team Captain Ben De Wree offended in the box and conceded a penalty, which Baumann duly converted for the visitors. Casuals fell further behind in the 25th minute, through Owel, but immediately hit back when Michael Muscroft passed to Juan Sebastian Garcia, who scored from close range. Just before half-time, Johan Shaqiri made a run through the defence and netted past the diving 'keeper for the equaliser which took the game into the break at 2-2. 12 minutes into the second half, Omar Hansen got a set-piece opportunity but instead of shooting direct, popped the ball into the area where Man-of-the-Match Shaqiri was waiting to head in his second goal of the match. There endeth the scoring, Palace Casuals come back from two goals down to win 3-2.