Champions League Group E Round 5, away at GS FC, in Ankara, Turkey. Level 24, AQ -3.0
Palace Casuals left themselves needing only a point from their final Group match to ensure progression to the knockout stage of the Champions League with this 1-0 win, Emrah Topalan netting the only goal of the game in the 78th minute.
League Round 9, away at Liverpool FC, in Liverpool, England (!). Level 24, AQ -1.0
The battle of the last two unbeaten sides in the League went to the home side, who inflicted a 1-2 defeat on the Casuals. Omar Hansen put the visitors in front in the first-half, netting a 20 yard shot past the dive of the home 'keeper. Despite a lot of pressure from the Casuals, the home side had two long range shots on target and scored from both of them to win the game.
Player news: With the return to full fitness of striker Anthony Petrovski, the Casuals Management took the decision to release one of the other three strikers, and Catalin Neagu (age 28, 3*/129Q - 115 appearances, 52 goals, 27 assists) after a starting price of $95.3M was set, was snapped up, apparently after an extensive bidding war, for the excellent sum of $128M:
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