Season 82 - Are you ready?

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Days 3 and 4 - Palace Casuals report.

League Champions, and up to Level 34, Casuals face a virtually unknown set of opponents this season. One team they have faced before many moons ago, and a friend they finally get to play competitively, the rest unknowns. 3rd best, Quality-wise, they must be looking at a CL spot at the end of the season.



First order of business on Day 3 was the opening Champions League Group match at home against a Level 35 team packing a 6% Quality advantage in Starting XI. Casuals rolled out their trusty 4-5-1V defensive against Narrow Diamond, and new attacking midfielder Aleks Dumont slotted home a first half penalty to give the home crowd some cheer. In the second half, with the visitors dominant, Adam Saliga popped up with a couple of point-blank saves and turned a penalty round the post with his fingertips. This seemed to knock the stuffing out of the visitors and all Casuals had to do was protect the lead until the final whistle.

The first League match of the season was away with Casuals holding a 16% Quality advantage, but the hosts had invited the Nordeus Troll to attend, as despite all their dominant play, Casuals went down to a 13th minute strike to start their League campaign with a loss. The opposition goalkeeper was MoM, with a rating 2.0 better than any of the other players in his team.



Day 4 dawned with an early match at home in the League, and Casuals took out their frustrations from the previous evening's match out on their hapless visitors, running out 6-2 winners, with goals from Thiago de Souza Lacerda, Patrizio Danesin, Charly Ducourneau, Jack Auger, Maarten Wiegman and Aleks Dumont.

The next Round of the Cup beckoned in a lunchtime away match, and Casuals carefully worked their way to a 3-1 win against the Runners-up from last season's League, Thiago de Souza Lacerda, Patrizio Danesin and Oystein Pedersen scoring the visitors goals.