Update on the past few days. Fairly busy weekend, didn't get to watch many of the matches.

League Update:

Ninjaa FC has played and won 3 more matches since my last post. The scores were 5:0 at home, 7:3 away (only time the team has ever allowed more than 1 goal in a match, while scoring more than 5), and 3:1 away.

The 7:3 was against the 4th place team in the league, which is a team that has been consistently performing well despite being 3 stars on average quality. The 3:1 was against the 7th place team, which has the 3rd highest average quality in the league.

CL Update:

Won 4:0 at home in the 1st leg of the Round of 16, despite not watching the match. The opposing team was about 2 whole stars lower on average quality, and lacked any wingers on the roster before the 1st leg, so I set a 3n-5-2 V for the match, which did well against the narrow diamond chosen by the opposing team.

Since that match, the opposing manager has acquired a MR and a ML, and appear to be planning to use wide diamond in the next match. Wide diamond is a formation I've struggled against in the past, but there's still a big gap in average quality, so it's unlikely they can overcome the 4 goal difference from the 1st leg.

Side Note:

2 of my MCs were injured in back-to-back matches this weekend, and both injuries occurred before the 10 minute mark. The first match, the injured player was subbed out by auto-subs, but I forgot to change the auto-subs for the 2nd match to account for the different lineups (didn't cause too many problems though, as it was still a win). Thankfully, MC is my deepest position, with 5 on the roster, 4 of which are 6 stars, and all but 1 are 20 or younger (I keep finding Nordgen MCs). The one 5 star is only a few skill points from 6 stars, and was the 2nd one injured this weekend. The first injury was to Vincenzo Senese, my highest quality player.