This season, for my team NIK FC, it was the opposite.
I 'm in a CH.L. were half of the teams are lv15 ( I 'm lv16).
In my league, all the teams had 5* players in the beginning of the season. Now the have also 6* players.
this is the league, day 11
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This is the first stage of CH.L.
NIK and another team, finished only with victories
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This is the other team, HAPOEL and this is the last team of my league, Robby ( I lost from him )
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How realistic is that