Season 72 - Week 3

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Palace teams report, Day 12 - Super Thursday...

Palace Terriers played their second game in two days against their nearest League challengers, this time at home to 3rd place, and they extended their current unbeaten run (in all competitions) to 10 wins out of 11 with a 4-0 win. After their by-now characteristic slow containment start, two goals in two minutes late in the first half by Stanislav Dolgoborodov and Zdenek Krajca set them on the road to success. Krajca added a second after the break and Julien van der Plas hit a late one to complete the scoring.



Three hours later, Terriers kicked off their latest Cup round with a home 1st Leg. This time they got a relatively early start, Waldemar Sanchez, recently recovered from injury, had his first start and continued his scoring streak by slotting home the opener after good work by Zdenek Krajca. Half-way through the second half, recent Youth team graduate central defender Ben Smith got on the score sheet for the first time when he arrived late in the box to head home a Rui Pinhal free-kick, and after the visitors had pulled a goal back from a corner, Krajca made another assist when he made a touchline run and cross, which Julien van der Plas helped into the net.

Palace Casuals were at home in the League, and they kept their unbeaten home record intact with a tight 2-1 win against a side two places higher in the table. Half-way through the second half, central midfielder Paul Clayton kept the Youth team reputation high with a magnificent header to finish off a Philip Deery left-wing run, and ten minutes later, capped off his MoM performance by turning provider for Juan Manuel Ramirez. The visitors scored a consolation goal at the death, but the Casuals victory was by then assured.



For the second round running, Casuals were pitted against a fellow League team in the Cup, and for this home 1st Leg match were gunning for revenge for a 0-2 reverse at their opponents' ground just yesterday. Mario Dinamarca provided the early shock factor, going close with a 30 yard drive in the first minute, and then on the next attack, powering through the defence only to pass at the last moment for Martin Kozak to fire home the first goal. As with the League match, the game then stagnated a bit until half-way through the second-half, when MoM Dinamarca was given the opportunity from a dead-ball situation after a foul on the edge of the box. His free-kick curled round the wall and left the visitors' 'keeper stranded as it flew into the net. The rest of the match was a determined rear-guard action as the Casuals defence stood firm against a powerful opposition attack, protecting the lead for a 2-0 win.

PS: Nothing to do with the Palace teams but I sure would like to know the story behind this match a couple of days ago in Terriers' League...

[Alan Solis]

PS: Nothing to do with the Palace teams but I sure would like to know the story behind this match a couple of days ago in Terriers' League...

The only explication that i could think is that the first red card was a free kick. Then it was a cross and another foul or a touch with the hand. Very strange situation and extremy unlucky for the manager.

Finaly i got a good result in the league. Important victory at home, now we are still 9 points behind the leader, but only one of 4th position. For now, the objective is to qualify to the next Champions League. However, i can't get away from injuries. This time one of my ST at 5'. Very annoying.