After a week of international football the leagues took off once again this weekend and lit up the world stage with goals galore. Just the thing that everybody involved in the Goal Cup wants to see!
In the English Premiership Liverpool brushed Newcastle aside with a 3-0 win away from home. Steven Gerrard scored a scintillating free kick to keep his points in the Goal Cup ticking over. Dutchman Dirk Kuyt also managed to net a goal in the game.
Tim Cahill scored a brace as Everton crushed Sunderland 7-1. Cahill now has now scored four goals in six games since coming back from injury. If he can keep that strike rate up he may be challenging the likes of Kaka and Ronaldo!
In the Spanish La Liga, The Goal Cup’s most popular player, Lionel Messi scored a penalty to ensure Barcelona cruised to a 3-0 win over Recreativo Huelva. Robinho kept up his prolific scoring rate, again scoring for Real Madrid to get a draw against Murcia.
On Sunday Maxi Rodriguez scored a brace in a goal fest against Valladolid. Atletico Madrid were the eventual winners 4-3. The 4th goal coming in the dying minutes from an own goal!
In Italy Kaka missed a penalty which would have left many Goal Cup players fuming! But Gilardino and Pirlo both managed to score for AC Milan and improve their Goal Cup standings. Juventus thrashed Palermo 5-0 with two goals for Del Piero and Trezequet and Iaquinita both managing to strike home.
Super Striker, Miroslav Klose and Midfielder Franck Ribery both scored goals for Bayern Munich to ensure that they stay top of the German Bundesliga.
In the Portuguese Liga, Benfica had three scorers from the Goal Cup helping them to a 3-1 win on Saturday. Rui Costa, Adu and Luisao, two midfielders and a defender respectively all scored for the Portuguese team.
Don’t forget to look for who may have an easy run this week as there are Champions League games as well as the league games to come on the weekend! Barcelona are up against Lyon on Tuesday and on Wednesday Real Madrid are travelling to Werder Bremen.
On the weekend Liverpool are up against Bolton who are fresh from upsetting title challengers Manchester United and Lyon will be hosting Strasbourg who are coming off two losses and a goalless draw.
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.
You have 20 transfers, so make them wisely. Think about who will be playing the most games. Stack your team with UEFA Cup and Champions League players for the best chance to maximise yur score! If you have not got a team yet, you can join up whenever you like - 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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