Season 70 - Week 4

[talisman]

Palace teams report, Monday, interim...

Desert Rats FC had the honour to play first today, and went away for their 2nd Leg Cup Preliminary Round match. Defending a 2-1 lead from the home Leg, they contributed fully to an entertaining 3-3 draw for a 5-4 aggregate win. The home side took the lead and levelled the aggregate score on the quarter-hour, but Steve Haddou headed home a Vinnie Taylor free-kick to level the match score in the 27th minute. Four minutes after the break, Francisco Pelissier had a set-piece of his own to convert, and wrong-footed the 'keeper with his free-kick to put the Rats ahead. The hosts made it 2-2 on the day in the 68th minute, only to see Vinnie Taylor knock in a free-kick to restore the visitors' advantage. In the final minute, Alex Martin committed a foul in the area and referee made the first ever penalty decision against the Rats, the opposition striker beating Josh Parle to level the scores again at 3-3. MoM was Desert Rats' Vinnie Taylor. First injury of the season, Muhammad Alfianto in post-match warmdown, a 2-day ankle strain.

Palace Terriers played just after lunch and completed the formality of winning the Cup tie with a 4-1 victory, 12-2 on aggregate. With most of the reserve players in the starting XI, the team took a while to settle and it wasn't until the half-hour that the first meaningful action took place. Taulant Doda was adjudged to have fouled an opposition player on the edge of the box, and after the yellow card, a penalty was awarded against him. Goalkeeper Shahrul Kintan was the first hero of the day when he saved the spot kick brilliantly to save Doda's blushes, however, he was on the wrong foot when a 30-yard shot came in 9 minutes later, and the home side were 1-0 up. Eight minutes after the break, Terriers were level when MoM Julien van der Plas weaved his way through the defence and beat the 'keeper 1-on-1. A couple of substitutions later and the visitors scored two in quick succession, substitute striker Ben Atkins converting a van der Plas cross, and Nathan Masegela a corner from the same player. Nine minutes from time, Atkins turned from poacher to provider when he selflessly crossed instead of shooting after a run through the defence and Harry Cambridge turned in his first of the season, making the final score 4-1.

Embarrassment time, didn't notice that midfielder Ondrej Kadlec achieved 50 appearances for the Terriers yesterday...

[Gasi]

The fans of Azaganzi FC are wondering if Youssef Talhaoui will be the MVP of the season.
You can find his promising stats bellow:



Mind you he was notorious for collecting yellow cards last season (which was his first),
could it be that he has gotten his head into the game, because it was hard for him to play a game without a warning or a card.

[Steppenwolf]

Another legend left the club, defender from Ivory Coast, Bi Séhi Liri...

[Steppenwolf]

1-0 at home, yesterday, 5-2 away game, today, to go through to the next round...

[talisman]

Posle 1-0 kod kuće, juče, 5-2 u gostima, danas, za prolaz u sledeće kolo kupa...

Via Google Translate...

"After 1-0 at home yesterday , 5-2 at home , today , to get through to the next round Cup ..."

Surely the second 'home' should be 'away'?

[Steppenwolf]

Via Google Translate...

"After 1-0 at home yesterday , 5-2 at home , today , to get through to the next round Cup ..."

Surely the second 'home' should be 'away'?

Lol, wrong thread... didn't pay attention...

[dan1daking]

Via Google Translate...

"After 1-0 at home yesterday , 5-2 at home , today , to get through to the next round Cup ..."

Surely the second 'home' should be 'away'?

google transalte is **** "gostima" is away..

[talisman]

In an idle moment, the Palace Management team have been analysing the Champions League opposition this season:

Palace Casuals have a 'Group of Death'...



Level 25 Champions League Group G
Riemsky United - Saarbrücken, Germany. 4*/137.6Q. League Champions last season.
Levski - Sofia, Bulgaria. 5*/141.1Q. League 2nd, Champions League Semi-Finalists, Cup Winners.
Palace Casuals - Clevedon, England. 4*/136.3Q. League 3rd place, Cup Runner-up.
Chelsea FC - London, England. 3*/130.8Q. League 4th place.

Recent history:
Riemsky United - none.
Levski - Champions League 'Top 16' round last season, 2-12 aggregate defeat. Previous seasons have locked horns on several occasions, last meeting was in (Palace Casuals) Season 23, PC did double over them, 2-1 at home, 4-1 away but ended 2nd to them by 1 point.
Chelsea FC - in same league last season, PC did double, 4-1 at home, 3-1 away. Finished 3rd/4th in league.

Palace Terriers look to have an easier Group to get out of...



FOUR Real Madrid teams??

Level 3 Champions League Group H
FC Livingame - Billericay, Turkey. 3*/21.3Q. League Champions last season.
Palace Terriers - Clevedon, England. 3*/24.1Q. League 2nd place, Cup Runner-up.
Bulls Brown FC - Jakarta, Indonesia. 2*/17.7Q. League 3rd place.
Real Madrid - Madrid, Spain. 2*/17.9Q. League 4th place.

No history of ever meeting these sides.

Palace Terriers spotted a couple of likely recruits in the Transfer Market this afternoon:

Firstly a player who fills a gaping hole in the Terriers line-up - the DML part of the Role is a bonus. 2T/$843K



...then a brief battle for a young goalkeeper. 5T/$1.36M



Desert Rats FC also picked up an experienced player in the Transfer Market, a 3T/$511k purchase of Jose Carlos Matias, a 30-y-o Argentinean central midfielder, 5*/29Q.

[Gert Funck]

Reserves

My opponent in tomorrows CL



My planed tactics LOL

[talisman]

The final Palace teams report for today - honest!!

Palace Casuals went into today's Cup 2nd Leg match at home trying to overturn a 2-4 deficit from the 1st Leg, but although they won the game, a 1-0 win wasn't enough and they exited the competition at the first step, 3-4 on aggregate. The only goal came in the 35th minute, striker Liam Cashman romped through the visitors' defence and passed the ball to defender Ben De Wree, who slammed it past the 'keeper.

Midfielder Suhail Kamal achieved 100 appearances for the Casuals in this match.