The Champions League has had its record books rewritten twice in the space of two weeks. First Arsenal equalled the record number of goals scored by a team in a game when they beat Slavia Prague 7-0, only to be overtaken by a rampant Liverpool team which thrashed Besiktas by a massive eight goals to nil!
Liverpool striker Peter Crouch scored a brace to claim his first six points in the Goal Cup. Gerrard also managed to put a bullet passed the Besiktas goalkeeper to claim four points.
Stuttgart Elite Striker Mario Gomez has been on fine form following his opening points in the Goal Cup over the weekend, he followed up with a brace of away goals in the Champions League to earn himself another eight points. That makes 11 points in less than a week for Gomez!
Sporting Lisbon Elite Striker Liedson managed to score a brace at home to secure six points in the Goal Cup. Although not the most popular player amongst Goal Cup managers, he no doubt managed to put a smile on some of your faces.
On the other end of the popularity list, the two most popular players in The Goal Cup, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and AC Milan’s Kaka scored goal a goal apiece in the Champions League. Messi scored a home goal to gain three points, and Kaka scored an away goal for five points.
But the ultimate award goes to Cristiano Ronaldo, the third most popular player in the competition scored a home goal for Man United against Dinamo Kiev to score himself four points and become the newly crowned top scorer in the Goal Cup competition with 24 points!
The overall leader(s) in the Goal Cup have both been in this position before. They are rapidly becoming comfortable with their spots at the top of the leaderboard. Mustafa Sheibani from Canada and Moneer Monsour from Jordan have both got a massive 103 points. Who is going to be there next big challenger to the crown? Will it be any of the six players in third place on 101 points? It is time to select the goal scorers and become the next leader in The Goal Cup.
Remember that there is a weekly cut off for your teams every Tuesday at 17:30 UK time. So any transfers made during the week will only be effective for your team from the next Tuesday onwards. The same goes for entering new teams. They will only start scoring from the next Tuesday after they were entered.
With 20 transfers to make in the game, there are plenty of reasons to keep coming back and refining your team until you have a well oiled, out of control goal scoring machine. If you have not got a team yet, you can join up whenever you like (obviously the sooner the better) to challenge for the almighty Goal Cup. Just go to www.thegoalcup.com to register a team! It is completely free to play and is loads of fun! See you somewhere in the leaderboards!
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