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Fulham 3 Birmingham 4 David Luiz on 75 minutes.

gary@chelsea wrote:

Come on Emelec!!!!

Knew I shouldn't have bought their shares this week!

Inter 3 Sampdoria 2 Kramaric on 76 minutes, nerve wracking stuff here...
Gijon 0 Real Madrid 3 Haaland header.

Zaragoza 0 Atletico 2 Borre on 77 minutes.
Espanol 1 Real Betis 5 Rodrigo.

Vasco 4 Fluminense 1 Lyanco header on 78 minutes.
West Brom 3 Norwich 1 Roberts.
Kansas 3 Chicago 4 Romario.

Flamengo 1 Corinthians 2 Talisca on 79 minutes.
Inter 3 Sampdoria 3 Suqueira.

Santos 8 ( eight ) Sao Joao 0 Gabigol on 80 minutes.
Akranes 7 ( seven ) Fylkir 0 Daka.

Vasco 4 Fluminense 2 Coutinho on 81 minutes.
Dortmund 1 Cologne 1 Reus.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Vasco 4 Fluminense 1 Lyanco header on 78 minutes.
West Brom 3 Norwich 1 Roberts.
Kansas 3 Chicago 4 Romario.

What a way to finish.  Hammered.  Lot of players need to look themselves in the mirror after this one....

Valencia 2 Sevilla 0 Koke freekick on 82 minutes.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Vasco 4 Fluminense 2 Coutinho on 81 minutes.
Dortmund 1 Cologne 1 Reus.

Wait hold on, 9 minutes to get another 2 goals......

Flamengo 2 Corinthians 2 Clayton on 84 minutes.
Newcastle 1 Burnley 2 Lafferty header.
Spurs 5 Wolves 4 Winks.
Nacional 3 Miramar 0 Gomez.

Liege 1 Genk 3 Eriksen on 87 minutes.
Liverpool 2 Arsenal 3 Wallace.
Inter 4 Sampdoria 3 Zaniolo.

Racing Avenue 1 Independente 2 Zapata on 88 minutes.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Liege 1 Genk 3 Eriksen on 87 minutes.
Liverpool 2 Arsenal 3 Wallace.
Inter 4 Sampdoria 3 Zaniolo.

Eriksen repaying the managers faith and returning to the TM position! Looks like that is a Wrap!

To the championship football gods we pray!

Wolfsburg 2 Karlsruhe 2 Belloli on 90 minutes.

gary@chelsea wrote:

To the championship football gods we pray!

Better not have let me down twice here Gaz!

Ben@Plymouth wrote:

gary@chelsea wrote:

To the championship football gods we pray!

Better not have let me down twice here Gaz!

I am blaming you if I have!

The ref blows for full time and we have the roundup to follow...

gary@chelsea wrote:

Ben@Plymouth wrote:

gary@chelsea wrote:

To the championship football gods we pray!

Better not have let me down twice here Gaz!

I am blaming you if I have!

Least Bamford didn't score the winner...

A dramatic last game of the season in Brazil sees Santos nick the title...

Santos 49 +39
Fluminense 48 +39
Botafogo 43 +32
Vasco 43 +21
Flamengo 42 +27
Cruzeiro 40 +21

This was an exciting topsy turvy title chase this season in which no one team managed to dominate and most Santos fans thought it was all over in week 20 when they lost by four goals in Vasco but ultimately they made it first past the post by the narrowest of margins, so congrats to Santos.

Well a clean sweep to finish the season on - some questions to answer at Plymouth as ever - maybe CAT might have been better here but a win is a win.

All other teams finished way ahead of last season so please with progress, especially if can bring the final pieces of the puzzle in.

Thanks Paul especially for a great season and the great banter of everyone on here - made the challenging year much more entertaining.

Roll on the Euros and next season of CF.

End of season Zoom maybe tomorrow evening - 8:30ish?

Really happy with this week's performances. Barca are in good shape and have maintained their performance level. Nice for Sergi Roberto to sign off with a goal as well. Hannover looking goof for next season's promotion challenge with the key men delivering and Akranes grabbing a win to round out a good season. Best of all was Nacional's 100% season and no goals conceded in the League. Never done it before with any club so really pleased. Not actually seen it done but I'm sure some club somewhere has.

Cornwall

Redruth 57 +41
St Agnes 50 +31 reality manager
Stithians 47 +17
Penzance 44 +15 reality manager

Just two wins in ten mid-season games cost reigning champions Stithians dearly this season as rebuilding took precedence over results but take nothing away from Redruth cos they were relentless all season losing only once at Stithians, congrats to Redruth...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

A dramatic last game of the season in Brazil sees Santos nick the title...

Santos 49 +39
Fluminense 48 +39
Botafogo 43 +32
Vasco 43 +21
Flamengo 42 +27
Cruzeiro 40 +21

This was an exciting topsy turvy title chase this season in which no one team managed to dominate and most Santos fans thought it was all over in week 20 when they lost by four goals in Vasco but ultimately they made it first past the post by the narrowest of margins, so congrats to Santos.

Congrats to Geoff and Santos, patience has been the key here as he has persisted with youngsters for the last few seasons and it has finally come good for him.  Well deserved over the 22 games.  

Heart-breaking to lose it on the final day but if you need a point to get over the line, playing away to a team that has amassed 30 points out of 33 at home over the season is the worst possible fixture to ask for!!

Fluminense fans go home licking their wounds after the last day drama and three lost cup finals.  Tough to take but when the dust settles and we look back at least we got there, progress from last season, at least we were in the mix.

Questions starting to be asked about the manager, is he is serial runner up, can he make the necessary adjustments to win a trophy next year?  With the arrival of Neymar it seems unlikely at the minute.....

Thoroughly enjoyable season in a highly competitive league.