Season 80 - Are you ready!

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Day 5 - Palace Casuals report.

Just a League match today, and against the League leaders, with a 2.9Q deficit, so nothing a little bit of luck and nice defensive formation couldn't fix...

The Management was late logging on and only got as far as sorting morale out before the 3 minute shutout activated, leaving the team set in 4-5-1V against what was, earlier today, another 4-5-1V formation. When the match started, however, the opponent had changed to 3N-5-2V and the Management decided to let the current formation ride, but with hard defending active. After an early attacking storm from the home side had abated, the battered defence started to assert itself and create a few counter-attacks. From one of these, left-winger Andre Faisca was set free, and took the ball from inside his own half to the opposition penalty box, where he jinked with two defenders a couple of times before burying the ball in the back of the net. The visitors took this goal lead into the break, where the Management changed to the recommended counter for 3N-5-2V (3N-2(DML/R)-2-2(AML/R)-1 Butterfly) and changed to defensive orders. The defence then received another battering at the start of the second half, but held firm, with goalkeeper David Zwillus cleaning up those shots that got through the defensive screen, earning MoM for his performance. Casuals held onto their single goal lead until the end, squandering two late free-kick chances to really make the game theirs.