Season 76 - Are you ready?

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Day 27 - Palace Terriers Champions League Final report.

Palace Terriers added a Champions League win to their roll of honour, as they triumphed in the Final this morning. The opposition had two key players suspended and the replacements brought their starting XI Quality down to parity with the Terriers, so with neutral territory and both managers in attendance, the match was going to be a good one.

Terriers suffered the first blow as their central defender and key set-piece taker Onder Chamoun picked up an injury in the 6th minute, and then the Management suffered a freeze-up on their device. One reboot later, and the match was approaching half-time without any substitution being made, but thankfully the score was still 0-0. Immediately after half-time, DMC Piotr Wojnarowski was pushed on in place of the injured Chamoun, and Xavier Theresine, who had been playing DMC, dropped back into the defensive line, which was pushed up the field and told to play offside trap to support a more attacking order given to the front line.

The match remained evenly-balanced until 15 minutes from time, when the match-turning incident occurred. Striker Samir Gross was bundled over on the edge of the box and left-winger Nikolay Radev found himself standing over the ball for the free-kick, which he dispatched neatly over the wall and past the 'keeper for the opening goal. Terriers then had to endure a torrid last 15 minutes, the last 10 in hard defensive mode, fending off the opposition's attacks in search of an equaliser. The final 5 minutes seemed like an eternity to the Management and they were mightily relieved to hear the final whistle, which turned the opening goal into the only goal, and Terriers were able to lift the trophy, adding this to the League Championship for their first-ever double.





Right-back Zander Young celebrated the CL win in his 100th appearance for the Terriers...



...and striker Samir Gross made his 50th appearance: