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.

Last chance saloon...

Tomorrow is the start of the UEFA.com Fantasy Football and if you want to be in with a chance of winning tickets to Austria and Switzerland then you better get moving. The competition will run over the next three international friendly matches so to have a real chance you need to get entered before the opening fixtures tomorrow night.

Anyone who already has a team entered has until 7pm tomorrow to get substitutions made so get checking the team news as many players have already withdrawn from their respective squads including, Ronaldo, Nani, Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieria, Karim Benzema, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Robert Huth and many more.

Get selecting your team, enter it into the YOYWYW Super League by using the code on the right and good luck!

Swiss GOAL...

Today sees Kubilay Turkilmaz, Switzerland's joint top all-time goalscorer being the first football-related addition to the YOYWYW banner.

With a name that's more at home in Istanbul, Turkilmaz scored 34 goals for the Swiss during his international career between 1988 and 2001 and still jointly holds this record with Max Abegglen, a player from the 1920's.

Born to Turkish parents in Bellinzona, Switzerland, Turkilmaz became a hero with Turkish side Galatasaray and Swiss side Grasshoppers during his career and entered the footballing record books when he became the only player to score a hat-trick of penalty kicks in a World Cup qualifier against the Faroe Islands in 2000. This record was later equalled by Brazilian legend Ronaldo against bitter rivals Argentina in 2004.