The weekend’s football has been overshadowed by the unfortunate fatality of a Lazio fan who was stuck by a policeman’s stray bullet as he sat in his car. A number of games in Italy were called off and postponed as fans from both sides were rioting in protest against the police.
In the few games that did take place, Udinese striker Fabio Quagliarella scored a goal against Fiorentina as the visitors secured a surprise win. Quagliarella has now secured his first points in the Goal Cup and will be hoping to score many more.
Barcelona again failed to score away from home in La Liga, but David Villa of Valencia managed to score twice at home against Murcia. Villa scores his first points since the 3rd of October to take his tally up to seven. The usual suspects were again slotting the goals for Real Madrid. Robinho managed to score another two goals, and Raul and Van Nistelrooy scored one each as Real Madrid beat Mallorca in a 4-3 goal fest.
The newly crowned top goal scorer in the Goal Cup continued his impressive form with another two goals over the weekend. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brace in 120 seconds to give Manchester United a 2-0 victory over Blackburn. Liverpool’s Elite striker Fernando Torres scored a good goal against Fulham and Steven Gerrard netted a penalty for the Reds to help their league title bid. Tim Cahill gets full marks for style as his late overhead kick secured a point for Everton after elite striker Drogba had put the Blues in front.
Nuno Gomes also managed to score two goals over the weekend to help Benfica to a massive 6-1 victory over Boavista.
The overall leader is once again Moneer Monsour of Jordan who sits in top spot on 113 points. It is a close battle at the top though, with first, second and third positions all being separated by a single point.
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.
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, 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!
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