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Time to update the stats and figures...
In the meantime, the team has played four more matches. The big CL clash for the first group place was just a big clash on paper. With the manager doing his tactical work ahead of the crucial matchup, the team did their homework as good and steam-rolled over their opponents sending them home with a 4-0. Especially the defense was stellar, as the opponent did not manage to fire a single shot on goal. All other relevant statistics also pointed in just one direction.
With the first place in reach before the last CL group match, it was time to get back to league business. A home match against the 6th placed league team, just about 20% lower in quality. The same formation as within the CL group match before was used. At half-time, the team already had a comfortable 3-0 lead, but the manager was not prepared for what he should witness in the second half of the game... Within the first 23 opening minutes of the 2nd half, the team added six more goals to their account, before closing the deal with two further goals in the dying minutes of the game. An impressive 11-0 home win was the surprising result at the end.
The last two great performances gave the team another boost in confidence ahead of the last CL group stage match. The quality difference of roughly 32% raised the troll alarm for the management and led the same choose an offensive line-up to make sure to score at least one more than the opponent to avoid another troll at the false moment. After a highly expected 1-0 lead after 25 minutes, the inferior hosts equalizer just two minutes later. That fact raised code troll red... However, the team reacted in style, adding 3 more goals right before half-time to make things clear after 45 minutes of play. A controlled offense in the 2nd half led to just one more goal to seal the group win and another nice 5-1 away win...
Half an hour ago, it was time to face the 8th placed league team on foreign soil. The hosts, once again exactly 34% lower in quality couldn't expect any points or gifts. Once again, a pretty straightforward 3-0 half-time lead, but similar to the previous league match, the offensive inferno which followed in the 2nd half was another positive surprise for the management. The team's best striker added a hat-trick, to push it's season high of goals to 26, netting 5 goals alone in this match for a comfortable 9-0 away win. However, that performance wasn't good enough to claim the man-of-the-****ing-match award, as the midfielder team mate who had scored "just" 3 goals, also got a 10.0 rating and somehow was voted for MOM?!?! I'll never understand that engine...
Once again, the statistical overview as screenshot before the next update after another league match, and most likely the first leg of the CL 1/8 Finals Knockout-Phase, before heading to our fierce league and long-time rivals to battle out the first league place (both at the top with 10W-1D-0L each, +57, +54 GD) in an much expected away clash of the giants. That should also be the final test to prove our - "who the **** needs a GK anymore, if you can have a beer bottle between the posts" theory.
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