Season 33 Week 3 processing...

Welcome to week 3 First Round of the domestic Cup for those of you in the bigger leagues.

Everybody's Orders have arrived safely.

Reset is underway...

Midweek Cup results - Round One

Botafogo 4 Guarany 0
Sao Joao 1 Talhada 1 aet pens 4-1
Branco 0 Santos 2
Fluminense 3 Bangu 0

Chelsea 5 Bolton 0
Plymouth 2 Newcastle 0
Forest 0 Banstead 1
Palace 0 Man City 1
Charlton 3 Leicester 1
Watford 5 Portsmouth 0
Villa 2 Preston 0

Wolfsburg 4 Arminia 0
Hannover 3 Duisberg 0
Schalke 4 Eisleben 0
Leverkusen 4 Aachen 0

Lazio 5 Bologna 0

League game reset is underway.

League games will kickoff at 1000 hours Wednesday morning...

WATFORD

Watford have had another poor start to the season, something the manager is well aware of and the impact can have on the title race. Having opened the season with CAT, and a laboured draw against Burnley, the manager decided to let the team have a bit more freedom and while the state of play showed that Watford had the edge in the game, injury to Abrahams seem to have stunted the side in front of goal. Hopefully with a few more friendly games under his belt Nketiah will have a bit more in front of goal this week as the side take on Crystal Palace. 
As for the CUP game, a largely unchanged side with only Ward-Prowse and Sterling looking to gain a bit of match sharpness as the side won't be able to play two games every week without rotations. 

GENK

The side only have the one game this week, so see no changes to the winning formula Hlzoek, Camavinga and Nkunku bringing in the next generation of talent at Genk. Hoping to continue to be successful. Some additions have arrived as of late, Sael Kumbedi talented u17 RB. Highly rated Oscar Gloch has arrived from israel, stating that the clubs scouting network and personal touch from the manager was key to joining the side and Jovan Milosevic, who was keen to see the facilities at the club and eager to join the youth team setups as he develops his skills and aim to progress through the ranks. 

LEVERKUSEN

The German side, having suffered a stock crash due to (Top 3 sides all losing?) Are sitting at the top of the table after two games. Impressive draw to Schalke and a Inspiring victory. However, a long long way to go in a season. Hopefully the manager has enough in his squad depth this season to fight on a couple of fronts... The squad remains settled and no changes other then to the bench where Alvarez comes in for the injured Sarr.

BOTAFOGO

Botafogo seem to be gelling well together, with the new back four taking shape. A Fullreview for Grimaldo this week, who will find his way back into the league side. Playing behind Tavares due to skills needing sharpening up. New CF Cabral, seems to be settling in the side well also. Hulk remains in the cup side and will ne doubt reap the benefits of playing one game per week due to his age. Otherwise, the manager is looking forward to seeing if Neymar can break 40goals this season..... 

Good luck to everyone this week.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Midweek Cup results - Round One

Botafogo 4 Guarany 0

Watford 5 Portsmouth 0

Leverkusen 4 Aachen 0

Progress, at least for Watford who i'm sure got knocked out by portsmouth last season haha 

Kickoff draws close the fans are in and the players are getting their last minute instructions/inspirations...

The ref blows his whistle for the start of the games, good luck to everybody this week...

Banstead 0 Chelsea 1 Chilwell on 2 minutes. Tough test for my side today that's for sure.
Paris 0 Marseille 1 Serero.

Monaco 1 Montpelier 0 Koura on 3 minutes.

Antwerp 0 Genk 1 Camavinga on 5 minutes.

Cruzeiro 0 Santos 1 Gabigol on 6 minutes.

Anderlecht 1 Beerschot 0 Faes header on 9 minutes.

Rennais 1 Avantgarde 0 MWepu on 11 minutes.
Roma 1 Lazio 0 Pastore freekick.
Hibs 0 Aberdeen 1 Yeats freekick.

Argentinos 1 Lorenzo 0 Lanzini on 13 minutes.

Swansea 0 Coventry 1 Trotta header on 15 minutes.
Frankfurt 0 Wolfsburg 1 Felipe Anderson.

Late to the dugout and now ready to see how things unfold - huge week, this early in the season for the teams!

Wednesday 1 Spurs 0 Fornals freekick on 16 minutes.

Bate 1 Vertikal 0 Rassadkin header on 17 minutes.
Schalke 1 Gladbach 0 MBappe.

Cerrito 0 Nacional 1 Alvarez header on 18 minutes.

Metz 0 Etienne 1 Carneva on 20 minutes.
Real Madrid 1 Atletico Madrid 0 Haaland.

Consett 1 Grimsby 0 Maja on 21 minutes.
Rennais 2 Avantgarde 0 Diatta.
Inverness 0 Motherwell 1 Tardelli freekick.
Paris 1 Marseille 1 Vinicius Araujo.
Metz 0 Etienne 2 Seferovic.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Metz 0 Etienne 1 Carneva on 20 minutes.
Real Madrid 1 Atletico Madrid 0 Haaland.

Tough match this early in the season away from home - just got to keep going and hope can grab something with Messi and Ronaldo being out...

Cerrito 0 Nacional 2 James on 22 minutes.

Portuguesa 0 Botafogo 1 Nuno Tavares on 23 minutes.
Man United 0 Man City 1 Tielemans freekick.
Hartlepool 0 West Brom 1 Bakayoko.
Roma 1 Lazio 1 Benes freekick.

River Plate 1 Estudiantes 0 Icardi on 24 minutes.