Ninjaa FC had it's 100th match earlier today. The overall record as of the 100th match is 85-10-5. It's a good first few seasons, but still no 1st place in CL or Cup, so there's a lot of room for improvement.

Cup Update:

The opposing team's lack of depth (only 13 players on the roster somehow) bites them as Ninjaa FC wins the 2nd leg 3:0 by default, due to the opposing team having less than 11 players eligible to play. Ninjaa FC advances on 8:0 aggregate, beating a higher average quality and higher level team for the 2nd round in a row.

League Update:

Ninjaa FC won 3:0 at home against a pretty decent opponent, with neither manager watching. Ninjaa FC is currently in 4th on the table still, as 4 teams are 3-0-0, and Ninjaa FC has the lowest GD (10 GF 0 GA). So far, Ninjaa FC has had the toughest schedule out of the top teams.

Tomorrow's match will be on the road against the current top team, so the tougher early schedule continues. I expect the GD will pick up as we get to the weaker teams in the league.

CL Update:

Ninjaa FC went on the road to face our opponents from last season's CL semifinals. This match was effectively a repeat of the away leg of those semifinals, as it ended in a 2:2 draw. As the manager, I think this really should have been a win, but I probably should have changed my tactics on the defensive side a bit to make it happen. I have an idea how to beat this team when we play them in the 6th match of group play though.

Ninjaa FC is currently on top of the group, tied with the 2nd place team at 4 points, but ahead by 1 on both GD and goals scored. I mentioned when I first saw this CL draw, that this was definitely the toughest group in the CL and I still stick by that. The 4th place team is basically there for goal farming, and the other 3 teams (including Ninjaa FC) are probably all in the strongest 5 teams in the tournament. So far, both matches that have been played among the top 3 teams in the group have ended in 2:2 draws, so this could end up being a close call for who advances.