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The win streak continued today as Ninjaa FC won 3-0 on the road in league play. I learned an important lesson about one of my strikers today. Fernando Arroyo (4 star ST, only ST on my squad below 5 stars) will almost always become the focal point of the offense, even when paired with a much better striker. Last season, when paired with Arroyo, then 6 star (now 5 star) striker, Marcos Herrero, had half as many goals as assists, with most of his assists on goals scored by Herrero. Today, when Arroyo was paired with 6 star striker Majid Kalaei, Kalaei assisted Arroyo in scoring 2 of the 3 goals, and Kalaei didn't score any goals. Previously in league matches, Kalaei (when paired with Herrero) was averaging 4 goals per match.

In the 2nd leg of the Cup qualifying round, Ninjaa FC won 3-2 at home to secure a spot in the next round (aggregate 9-5). Fantastic performance from Kalaei, who scored 2 late goals (77', 88'). The defense didn't perform as well as hoped, but even a 2-0 loss would have been good enough to advance.

Ninjaa FC has now defeated 2 level 4 teams in a row in Cup play, and will face yet another in the next round. I'm hoping to avoid level 5 teams until the later rounds, as there are quite a few that started the season at the same average quality as Ninjaa FC, but then went out and purchased multiple 7 star players (5 star for their level, since they are 2 levels ahead).

Don't think I mentioned it before, but I did manage to pick up a 5 star ML/AML yesterday. 1 hour later, a Nordgen ML/AML appeared on the market....
Nord logic all time