Season 77 - Week 4

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Day 14 - Palace teams report (1/2).

Palace Casuals had a home League match against a high-Quality 13th place team who seem to be having a bad season. The Management wasn't complacent, however, as the slightly poorer-Q Casuals team was sent out in defensive/counter mode and got back onto the winning trail with a hard-fought 2-0 win. Right-winger Maarten Wiegman scored both goals before succumbing to injury 4 minutes from the end. He now faces an uphill battle to get fit for Casuals' vital away Cup 2nd Leg match this evening.



Palace Terriers went away for their Cup 'Top-16' Round 2nd Leg match against a team a Level higher and 2.1Q-points better, defending the 3-1 lead they gained from their excellent 1st Leg performance. It was a change to be the team doing the Trolling, as a speeding Samir Gross latched onto a long defensive clearance in the 6th minute and used his 1-on-1 SA to slot the ball past the 'keeper to give Terriers the lead. All the defence had to do then was stop the home side scoring four times, and that was that - although the AM didn't seem to appreciate the fact in his match summary. Anything that got past the defence was stopped by MoM 'keeper Aurelian M'Futi, and Terriers progress to the Quarter-Finals 4-1 on aggregate.