Dream League - Cup Week 8

Cup Final
Forres Mechanics v Fishguard Sports

Lovely match-up this, two sides both with the intention of going for the win - both sides line up in a kind of 4-3-3 variant which means a fair few important individual battles - Sule vs Lukaku, Varane vs Firmino, Kante vs Coutinho - these 3 duels will have a big impact on how this pans out.
Lukaku is a great finisher and a real power-house but I just feel up-top on his own may not be the best way to play him - for me his touch just lets him down and with 2 defenders on him straight away he gets nullified. Firmino I think would have more joy out of Varane soley as he has a better touch and is a lovely fluid footballer must be a hard man to mark....Kante I think could keep Coutinho quiet but the lil brasilian can create something outta nothing.

Full-time Forres 0-1 Fishguard
Firmino (Couthino)

MOTM - Firmino - led the line brilliantly, full of selfless running of the channels to create space for his team-mates and capped it off with the winning goal

3rd Place Play-Off Pumas de UNAM 2-1 Edinburgh City
Goals:
Pumas: Abraham (Weigl), Correa (Shaw)
Edinburg: Burke (Tierney)
MOTM: Weigl

A jolly good match-up: Edinburgh gave the League Champions a thorough work out

-------------------Donnarumma
------Vrsaljko-------Romagnoli-----T.Hernandez
O.Dembele-----Weigl---------Tielemans (Merino)-------Shaw
---------------Asensio (Aleña)---------A.Correa
-----------------------Abraham (Romero)

--------------------Pickford-------------------
Semedo--v.van Dijk--Yerry Mina—Denayer (Tierney)
-------------Diawara---Dembele-------------
Robben-------------Alli--------------Lingard (Burke)
-------------------Lacazette------------------

Shield
Wellington Phoenix 2-0 Juventus
Walkover for the New Zealanders
Goals: Alderweireld (D. Costa), Rashford (Iwobi)
MOTM: Alderweireld

---------------------Valdes-------------------
Jung--Alderweireld---Koscielny--Grimaldo
------------------X.Alonso----------------
D.Costa-----Fernandinho----Deulofeu (Coquelin)
--------------Fekir (Rashford)---Milik (Iwobi)---------------




SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden 2-0 Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski
Walkover Win for the Dutchmen
Goals: Zaldivar (Martins), Malcom (Paredes)
MOTM: Paredes
--------------------Ederson
Bernardo---Sánchez---Montes---Arana
--------------------Walace
----------Bentancur (Ascacíbar)-------Paredes
Martins (Otávio)----------------------------Malcom
--------------------Zaldívar (Santos Borré



Blyth Spartans 0-1 Tatung Football Club
Goal: Son (Hojbjerg)
MOTM: Son

Experience V Youth on an epic scale as David slays Goliath. Despite being away from home and against a vastly experienced team Tatung’s boys became men and stole a massively impressive win.

……………………………………Buffon…………………………….
Santon……………Barzagli……..T.Silva……………De Sciglio
………………………Mascherano…….Sturaro (Cataldi)………………..
…………………………………….Iniesta……………………………..
Munir…………………………….Ibra (Sadiq)……………………Ribery


---------------------------Hassen
Sidibé-------Gomez---------------N'Koulou--------Jonny
-----------------Kessié-------------Höjbjerg (Ziyech)
Traore----------------Kovalenko------------------Son (Woodburn)
----------------------------Ünal