Trawadea Knights win again
The Trawadea Knights win once again as they now top the table by two points - something we probably won't see Maynard do this season - as the most talented teammates are off with Ouna's national team playing the same kind of opponents as the Dragonflies. Ko-oren top their World Cup qualification group, Ouna is fourth in a group with the likes of Eshan, Cosumar, and Newmanistan. From the Knights, they selected Fuzo, Thandanani, and Susi, giving coach Jan Elbers a headache especially when it comes to attack. With an improvised formation and front line, the Knights beat the Aces. Tandie formed a one-off duo with Siphelele, while Lindas operated on Fuzo's left back position. Tandie supplied the first goal, Mandla scored the second just before half time, and Dida Zamani ended the Aces' hopes at 90+2 for a 3-1 final result.
Going into the second quarter of the season, coach Jan Elbers is still firmly in place, with Buchanan not having made changes to the team yet. There are Maynard youth players rumoured to go to Ouna for the final half of the season, while the fate of those lower on the Knights' depth list not known yet.
Buchanan's hands-off approach is still rewarded by the local fans, who are now showing up en masse to the Knights home games. Of course it's easy to cheer for a winning team, but some other moves make it clear that Trawadea is fully behind their Knights.
The Knights in Sucheberg
Magdalene has done it! The Ounaian association caved and gave the Knights the right to operate Sucheberg as their home ground, lifting their maximum attendance from 2500 to about 25000, ten times as large! The very first match in the new stadium was well visited, including some neutrals who wanted to be there for the first ever club match in the national stadium. The Knights won 3-1! Before the start, Magdalene Buchanan flew out to Ouna herself in order to inspect the troops, but mostly to officially open the stadium for the Knights, inspect the stadium and its facilities... and it's all there. It's a magnificent home base for the team that is slowly growing to be a domestic powerhouse - with 75% of the season left to play, obviously. Anyhow, the stadium is large enough for any Ko-orenite visitors to go to - be sure to book with Qusmair for the best and most reliable routes to Ouna!