Season 82 - Are you ready?

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Day 19 - Palace teams report.

Palace Terriers surveyed the opposition in the Champions League Quarter-Finals. As the highest-Quality team left, they will be the target of all the others, and especially the Nordeus Troll...



But first, the small matter of a League match. Terriers held a slight Quality advantage, the opposition were at home and two places higher in the table. All set for a rip-roaring match? No, a boring 0-0 stalemate...



Now to the nitty-gritty of a Champions League Quarter-Final 1st Leg, away. Again Terriers held the slight Quality advantage, but is was the hosts who took the lead in the 20th minute, but the lead did not last long, striker Josu Bielsa levelling the match 11 minutes later. Midfielder Paolo Kansiz put the visitors in front on the hour mark, but the defence left a gaping hole for the home side to equalise with 67 minutes on the clock. Final score 2-2, and Terriers hold the advantage for the return Leg.

Palace Casuals played away at 11th in the table, and barely got started before they were warming up a substitute. Eirik Riis was the victim, and Thiago de Souza Lacerda the replacement. His first action on the pitch was to take a free-kick, which sailed past the stranded 'keeper to put the Casuals in front. The match then descended into a strange stalemate, which was enlivened again by a sending off for the home side and soon after, Oystein Pedersen netted a free-kick to increase the lead. The home side pulled a goal back 6 minutes from time, but the Casuals held out for a 2-1 win.