Thursday, 27 March 2008

Matchday 1..been and gone...



So Matchday One of the UEFA.com Fantasy Football has been and gone and what an eventful one it turned out to be...

Expected whipping boys Austria scored THREE against the Dutch yet still lost the match 4-3, the Greeks went to a Ronaldo-free Portugal and won 2-1, Germany showed why they're classed as favourites by thumping hosts Switzerland 4-0 and Romania rousted the rusty Russians 3-0.

The top performing players from Matchday One were...

GOALKEEPER
Jens Lehmann (Germany) & Gregory Coupet (France) with 7 pts
DEFENDER
Sebastian Prodl (Austria) with 12 pts
MIDFIELDER
Andreas Ivanschitz (Austria) with 13 pts
STRIKER
Mario Gomez (Germany) with 13 pts

I can't imagine many managers having either Prodl or Ivanschitz in their team but these are the kind of players that will be picked once the money is running dry, so well done if you had either.

The top scoring team so far managed a very impressive 76 pts from Matchday One so congratulations must go to one, Sergio Ramos from Spain. Surely not THE Sergio Ramos? If so there should surely be a stewards enquiry as he picked himself in his team, Acroteam, who lead the way so far. The best possible XI, or the Dream Team as UEFA call them would have got you a massive 103 pts and consisted of Coupet, Prodl, Heitinga, Radoi, Ivanschitz, Karagounis, Kranjcar, Ribery, Gomez, Huntelaar and Tuncay Sanli.

Matchday Two is now a couple of months away so there is plenty of time for you to keep an eye out for injuries and watch for the players who hit form as most domestic seasons near an end. The transfer window is open again and as many changes as possible can be made before the next fixtures are with us on 23rd May when Russia face Borat's Kazakhstan.

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