Lost in 2nd leg of Cup 3rd round 2-1 at home to a team 1 level higher (1-4 aggregate). Opposing manager had a bunch of friends support his team and cancelled out any home pitch advantage. Ninjaa FC was technically higher quality on average, but only because of higher quality backups. The other team had a slight advantage on quality on the starting lineups.

The other team was incredibly strong on the wings in midfield and defense, and took away most chances. Even so, my midfielders and strikers all under-performed, and received ratings of 5-6.

A pretty poor performance by the team in this round, but all things considered not a bad run in the Cup. The Cup was made up mostly of level 4 and 5 teams, and a lot of them went out and bought 5 star players for their levels after the season started. Won't get a treble this season as I had hoped, but a double in League and CL is looking quite possible.