Season 81 - Are you ready?

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Day 3 - Palace teams report.

Both teams started their Champions League campaigns yesterday, and both came out badly.

Palace Terriers played an even Quality team away, but played like they weren't interested, going down 1-4. Defender Lyuben Dzhorev provided the only glimmer of hope with the Terriers goal.

Palace Casuals were at home up against a Level 34 monster, 109% to their 92%, and held their own for long periods of the match, but the Quality difference told in the end. Jack Auger put the Casuals one up after 14 minutes, the visitors equalised three minutes before the break. The home side looked like getting a share of the points, but were pegged back when the opposition scored twice in the last ten minutes, handing Casuals a 1-3 defeat.

Palace Casuals have been handed a competitive League this season, they are the highest overall Quality team, but there are eight other teams within 5 points of them.



Their first League match was an evenly-matched affair. The home side scored twice in the last five minutes of the first half, and then weathered a stirring fight-back from the visitors in the second half which ended with Jack Auger netting twice to level the scores at the final whistle.



Palace Terriers are deep in it with their League. With 6 of the top 7 in their Level 13 League last season now appearing in their Level 14 League, and two higher-Quality teams joining them, it'll be 'as you were' in terms of their prospects for honours this season.



Yielding 8% Quality on their hosts for their first League match of the season, Terriers fought for their lives and were unlucky to be handed a 2-3 defeat. Midfielder Pierre Torres Nilo scored first on 35 minutes, but the home side were soon level. Peter Jorgensen fouled at the edge of the area and gave the home side a chance to go 2-1 up, but Torres Nilo pegged them back again. Seven minutes from time, Terriers were undone by a quick counter-attack and were left pointless.