While the Management mull over the signing of the Youth prospects, the pro-squad was in action over in Modena, Italy against Modena FC. On paper looked like a typical David and Goliath battle, the home side being a level and 3.3 AQ better...

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...but when the manager couldn't be bothered to turn up and they can't even half-fill their ground, anything can happen...

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Set up to counter the home side's formation and with defend/counter orders, Palace Casuals more than matched their opponents in the first half, but fell foul of their recent tendency to concede a goal just before half-time, Shahdael poking a cross past the diving Zoltan Bieder in the final seconds before the break. One counterpart of the 'concede before the break' syndrome is the equaliser (and more) after it, and within 10 minutes of the restart, the team was happy that they had ensured that Omar Hansen had his set-piece boots with him. Johan Shaqiri was bundled over in the area, and Hansen took the chance with to equalise from the penalty spot. Final score 1-1, Palace Casuals take an away goal back to the second leg.