Dream League - Season 8, Fixture 4

Blyth Spartans 1-2 Edinburgh City
Blyth Goal – Ibrahimovic (Berardi)
Edinburgh Goals: Lukaku x 2 (Barkley, Zaha)
MOTM: Lukaku

At heart this is Serie A v Premier League and makes for an intriguing battle; Home advantage put Blyth firmly in the driving seat, but one can only think that the lost slot for late tactics from the home side really encouraged the Scots, and a slightly unexpected but very welcome away win is making its way back to a gifted and extremely competitive Edinburgh side.

……………………………………Buffon…………………………….
Santon…………… Caldara……Rugani………De Sciglio
………………………Mascherano…….Sturaro (Winks)………………..
…………………………………….Iniesta……………………………..
Munir (Immobile)…………………………….Ibra…………………… Berardi


--------------------Pickford--------------------
Semedo----P.Jones----van Dijk----Tierney
------------Dembele (Diawara)-----Wanyama-----------
O.Burke-----------Barkley (Davies)------------W.Zaha
---------------------Lukaku---------------------


Pumas de UNAM 2-1 Juventus
Pumas Goals – Aubameyang (Dembele), Ake (Tielemans)
Juventus Goal: Aduriz (Sanches)
MOTM: Ake

Both teams with a point to prove here; How will Pumas recover from last weeks home defeat – they’ll have been keen to avoid a 2nd loss in a row. Meanwhile Juventus have been hit as hard as anyone with injuries this season, and whilst they remain unbeaten – they’ve not yet tasted victory.

Despite their ravaging injuries, Juventus were a match for the Pumas and this game was pretty even on paper – but Pumas home advantage played the key role and the Mexicans are back on target.

————————————Donnarumma
——————Tah——————————————Romagnoli
Chalobah (Christensen)————————---N.Ake——————————Digne
——————————Verratti————Tielemans (Blin)
—————————————-Asensio
————O.Dembele (Correa)————————————Aubameyang

------------------------------Storari--------------------------------

Hysaj---------Lindelof---------Elvedi-----------Raphael

---------------------Maia----------Saul----------------------

Salvio---------------------Sanches (Silva)------------------------Pjaca

------------------------------Aduriz---------------------------------



Wellington Phoenix 0-2 SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden
Goals: Druissi x 2 (Martins, Malcom)
MOTM: Driussi

An auto-win may not be the way that Cambuur had intended to get off the mark, but all the same it’s a welcomed 3 points for the Dutch.

---------------Ederson
Dodô---Sánchez---Dória----Jorge
----------------Danilo
---------Bentancur (Ascasibar)--Paredes
Martins (Otávio)-----------------------Malcom
--------------------Driussi (Martinez)

Goodwick United 0-1 Forres Mechanics
Bellotti(Alli) 63
MOTM: M.Locatelli

Two strong defences but in terms of attacking talent there was only one team who looked capable of breaking the other down today and that was Forres.

Tatung Football Club 2-2 Fishguard Sports
Fekir(Mane) 32, Mane 80
Coutinho(Firmino) 12, Frosberg(Coutinho) 74

MOTM: Coutinho

Two excellent teams that are difficult to separate on paper and on the pitch, it was a closely contested affair but always end to end, the attack and the fans the real winners today.