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<b>Arsenal 1-0 Stockport County</b>

Goal (Assist)
Arsenal - Ibrahimovic (Joaquin – Corner)

Clean sheet
Arsenal (Bravo)

MOTM
Ginter (Stockport County)

Two teams who concentrated heavily on the defensive side of their games, and nullified each other’s attacks.


Arsenal – Xavi, Arias, Cole, De Vrij
Stockport – Ginter, Fonte

Just incase Park keeps tags on appearances etc Driussi on for Lambert was the only sub


<b>Barcelona 1-2 Manchester United</b>

Goals (Assists)
Manchester United – Griezmann (Pirlo)
Barcelona – Aduriz (Tello)
Manchester United – Pirlo (Free Kick)

MOTM
Pirlo (Manchester United)

Two teams both desperately looking for a win and in a close run game Manchester United edge it.


Barcelona – Martinez, Jonathan, Hibbert
Manchester United—Maxwell, Friedel, Pirlo, Bacuna

Just incase hodgey keeps tags of appearances - Bacuna for Hoffman was his only sub

<b>SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 2-1 Notts County</b>

Goals (Assists)
Cambuur – Gomes (Free Kick)
Cambuur – Taggart (Rafinha)
Notts County – Depay (Thiago)

MOTM
Depay (Notts County)

A very enjoyable game, both sides can be happy with their performances, but only one will be pleased with their points.



Cambuur – Taggart, Baldé Diao
Notts County – Iturraspe, Alcacer

For appearances purposes….
Cambuur’s subs
Lucas Silva for Süle, Vukcevic for Goretzka and Gabriel Barbosa for Taggart

Notts County’s subs
Promes on for Aranguiz and Totti on for Januzaj

where i mention subs, of course other teams may have brought on subs but they did so regardless of if they were winning or losing at the time - so they will have that record on their tactics

I'll tidy up the teams tomorrow or Sunday actually to make it neat and tidy

Welshy

<b>Sekhukhune Lions 4-2 FC Pride</b>

Goals (Assists)
Lions – Sterling (Ziyech)
Lions – Calhanoglu (Ziyech)
Lions – Calhanoglu (Free Kick)
Pride – Robben (Hazard)
Pride – Wilson (Robben)
Lions – Lacazette (Stirling)

MOTM – Stirling (Lions)


Okay so I admit I was going to do this result last night, but the thought of reading through Leiva’s standard 10,000 word tactics at 12.30am would have probably killed me off.
However, Leiva pulled something out of the hat here and not only in terms of reduced tactics Pride was clearly expecting more of the usual from the Lions… but instead we got some devastating attacking football from the South African and hence we have our first 2 goal gap score line
When FC Pride changed their formation and tactics in the 2nd half they came right back into the game, and certainly played their part in this classic. But one half of BFF has some explaining to do on Monday morning

<u>Sekhukhune Lions</u>
Ospina, Aurier, Khacheridi, Dragovic, Jonny, Krychowiak, Sertic (Stark), Ziyech (Basacikoglu), Sterling, Calhanoglu (Benzia), Lacazette
Subs: Stark, Iniguez, Basacikoglu, Traore, Benzia

<u>FC Pride</u>
Enyeama, Janko, Luisão, Omeruo, Oczipka, Samper, Britton, Halilovic (Abidal), Robben, Wilson, Hazard
Subs: Abidal, Lawrence, Green, Schöpf, Lingard


Lions – Lacazette, Aurier, Stark, Basacikoglu
Pride - Britton, Oczipka

<b>Taiwan 1-2 Colchester United</b>

Goals (Assists)
Colchester United – Ramos (Volland)
Taiwan – Drmic (Di Natale)
Colchester United – Gerrard (Free Kick)

MOTM – Cahill (Colchester United)

I find Ludy’s tactics a good example of a team that defends and attacks in equal balance, mixing low risk with the willingness to play clinical offensive play.

Whilst with Lubo not only have we seen a vast improvement in quality of tactics but also the confidence to vary his tactics. Good show

Whilst I’ve previously reported that Taiwan are possibly the most underated team in the league, Colchester United are without doubt one of the biggest surprise packages.

<u>Taiwan</u>
Scuffet, Coleman, Musacchio, Laporte, Pleguezuelo, Tielemans, Ward-Prowse, Drmic, Barkley (Dembele), Brandt, Di Natale
Subs: De Santis, Hendrix, J. Teixeira, Iheanacho, Dembele

<u>Colchester United</u>
Ochoa, Kalas, Yepes, Balanta, Vrsjalko, Rabia (Aguilar), Gerrard, Cahill, Origi, Volland, Ramos
Subs: Aguilar


Taiwan - Laporte, Drmic, Dembele, Di Natale
Colchester United - Origi, Volland, Yepes, Rabia

Colchester United

Subs - Morgan, Aguilar, Nathan, Gutierrez, Leckie

<b>Southend United 0-0 Blyth Spartans</b>

MOTM – Vlaar (Blyth Spartans)

For me, as soon as I saw the tactics I instantly knew that it was so much about Sturridge v Vlaar.

It says much about Vlaar’s performance that the Dream League’s top scorer did not add to his account.


<u>Southend United</u>
Marshall, Trippier, Mustafi, Velkov, Ward, Geis, Pjanic, Berisha (Thorne), Berahino (Okazaki), Sturridge, Ox-Chamberlain
Subs: Okazaki, Ibe, Sylla, Thorne, Fagundez

<u>Blyth Spartans</u>
Neto, Maggio, Rugani, Vlaar, Robertson, Alonso, Rosicky (Palombo), Gauld, Berardi, Insigne (Dicko), Destro
Subs: Rubinho, Maldini, Palombo, Dongou, Dicko


Southend United - Geis, Marshall, Sturridge
Blyth Spartans - Insigne Neto, Palombo, Maggio