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Friendly games have kicked off, league games should kickoff Wednesday morning at 1000 hours...

Brilliant - thanks Paul - roll on the CL games and then the league games!

Hi all, won’t be on live tomorrow as I’m in cold and miserable NYC but will be on for a review when I’m up.

WATFORD

Watford slipped behind the pack last week after narrow defeat to City, Watfords manager grown frustrated with De Bruyne at LW after putting in two poor performances. So has decided to gamble a bit this week.. Maddison comes in at DY and Grealish moves to LW to see if can find a better balance. Arsenal are no push overs, but a positive result could see Watford leap frog them to keep in touching distance with the rest. 

Champions League qualification isn't a guarantee, and tough opponents are Man Utd. A couple of changes to keep things fresh are the manager needs to manage the stamina usage of the team. Will hopefully be enough to secure qualification to knockout rounds, where anything can happen! 

GENK

Genk managed to cut the distance between 1st and 3rd, but still plenty to go between now and the end of the season if they are to keep hold of the title. Injury to Mahrez see's Noa Lang get his debut sooner then anticipated but no doubt in Lang's ability to fill in. How will the attack line-up next week after the departure of Antoine Griezmann... 

Genk have secured qualification, but now it's about being professional and getting the job done in the last game of the group stages, with some rotation but still competitive. Who awaits in the next round? 

LEVERKUSEN

Leverkusen were humbled in front of their own fans last week. Without putting up much of a fight until Berlin were down to 10 men, so the manager as ramped up his recruitment process. In comes Attila Szalai who will is looking forward to making a partnership with Rudiger, who makes is debut this week and no doubt the end of Mustafi's time at Leverkusen. Musiala makes his way into the team for injured El Shawaary.. Can Musiala keep the RW his own? 

Leverkusen also through to the next round in europe, so a couple of rotations to rest/test some of the break through players, Kossounou and Dorsch get some game time. So will be interesting to see how performances go in this match. 

BOTAFOGO

A key match in the title race, Flu Vs Bot... However, this fixture is a little bit of a curse for Botafogo as always seem to suffer injuries prior to the game... Hulk and Dodo are the absentee's this week. In comes Schelotto at RB, making use of his utility at RB rather then use Couto. As for upfront Galhardo comes in for Hulk, who has always done well in his absence so have full confidence the team will give it a go! Manager was thinking... Swap a DY for BW? But narrrrrr, just go for it lads. Attack, attack, attack! 

Managed to bring in a DY with the potential to replace Fernandinho at EOS, which is step 1 of the recruitment at Botafogo, CF and CL next...

As for Copa, through again, but the team want to go for top spot. So have done some rotations but kept a strong line up!

Good luck to all!

Schalke

An unchanged cup team takes on Benfica (away) in a dead-rubbber as, for once, Schalke have already qualified from the group. The opponents playing FAS with Schalke seeking to harry them by using FAP.
Pau, Upamecano, Coman and Jovic will be trying to impress the manager...

The league game against Leipzig will be an interesting affair with Schalke using FAS to pressurise the SLO of the opposition. Alaba, De Ligt, Ferran, Sane and Rodri will be hoping to stake a claim for future inclusion in the important matches to come.

Attila Szalai makes his way to Leverkusen whilst the board sell shares on the market.

Champions Cup - Match Day Six results - Final Group games

Ajax 2 Charlton 4
Real 1 Inter 2

Lisbon 0 Plymouth 6
Barcelona 1 ACMilan 2

Paris 1 Man City 2
Benfica 1 Schalke 5

Man United 2 Watford 8
Juventus 0 Bayern 3

Quarter-Final draw

Real vs Barcelona
Plymouth vs Charlton
Man City vs Bayern
Watford vs Schalke

Europa Cup

PSV 2 Genk 3
Stuttgart 3 Liverpool 2

Feyenoord 2 Atletico 6
Roma 2 Spurs 3

Celtic 1 Nantes 3
Etienne 0 Valencia 1

Dortmund 0 Villa 2
Monaco 0 Arsenal 4

Quarter-Finald draw

Genk v Spurs
Atletico vs Liverpool
Valencia vs Dortmund
Arsenal vs Nantes

Copa Libertadores

Estudiantes 1 Botafogo 5
Boca 6 Vasco 3

Barselona 3 Fluminense 7
Argentinos 2 Sao Paulo 3

Millonarios 2 Nacional 3
River Plate 3 Flamengo 2

Corinthians 1 Santos 2
ElNacional 0 Palmeiras 4

Quarter-Final draw

Botafogo vs Sao Paulo
Fluminense vs Estudiantes
River Plate vs Palmeiras
Santos vs Nacional

European Cup Winners Cup

Red Star 2 Chelsea 5
Partizan 2 Berlin 5

Marseille 3 Athens 5
Gornik 0 Lazio 1

Atalanta 1 Everton 0
Sparta 0 Hamburg 3

Napoli 3 Soton 1
Basel 3 Cologne 5

QF draw

Chelsea vs Athens
Lazio vs Berlin
Atalanta vs Soton
Napoli vs Everton

European Cup

Blackburn 2 Leverkusen 3
Gladbach 1 Shaktar 0

Coventry 3 Twente 5
Brondby 1 Lille 2

Westham 5 Wolfsburg 1
Vikingur 0 Lyon 4

Leicester 4 Brighton 1
Ararat 0 Frankfurt 3

QF draw

Leverkusen vs Lille
Twente vs Gladbach
Westham vs Frankfurt
Leicester vs Lyon

Fairs Cup

Dresden 3 Molde 0
Wimbledon 1 Rangers 2

Jena 1 Ruzomberok 0
Palace 9 Hibs 2

Auxerre 3 Hannover 7
Norwich 3 Bratislava 1

Zenit 3 Aberdeen 2
Birmingham 6 Shelbourne 2

QF draw

Dresden vs Jena
Palace vs Rangers
Hannover vs Aberdeen
Birmingham vs Norwich

Europa Conference Cup

Rapid 1 Valur 2
Dragovol 4 Panathinaikos 1

Innsbruck 3 Derby 3
Olympiakos 1 Porto 2

Lillestrom 3 Wednesday 5
Malmo 2 Steaua 2

Betis 2 Tirana 0
Coleraine 0 Anderlecht 4

QF draw
Dragovol vs Innsbruck
Derby vs Rapid
Wednesday vs Betis
Anderlecht vs Lillestrom

Intertoto Cup

Bordeaux 2 Consett 0
Honved 2 Shamrock 1

Rotterdam 2 Rennais 0
Ferencvaros 3 Bohemians 3

Mechelen 2 Limerick 1
Fenerbahce 0 Linfield 1

West Brom 9 Slovan 0
Galatasaray 2 Ujpest 0

QF draw

Bordeaux vs Rotterdam
Bohemians vs Honved
Limerick vs Galatasaray
West Brom vs Mechelen

Europa Intercity Cup

Viking 1 Zagreb 2
Spartak 3 Reykjavic 1

Vienna 1 Liepzig 3
Leeds 4 Dukla 0

Liege 1 Zalgiris 0
Ipswich 0 Kragujevac 1

Gotherburg 3 Cherry 4
Burnley 6 Xamax 0

QF draw

Zagreb vs Leipzig
Leeds vs Spartak
Liege vs Cherry
Burnley vs Kragujevac

Copa SudAmerica

Danubio 2 Emelec 2
Defensor 5 Alianza 0

Strongest 3 Independente 5
Penarol 3 Cristal 3

Catolica 0 Medellin 1
Gremio 0 Porteno 2

Colo-Colo 0 Amexica 1
Cruzeiro 4 Velez 2

QF draw

Danubio vs Penarol
Independente vs Defensor
Porteno vs Amexica
Cruzeiro vs Medellin

Confederations Cup

Constantine 3 Sydney 1
Accra 2 Cosmos 2

Tokyo 1 Melbourne 2
Enugu 2 NewYork 0

Mamelodi 1 Grampus 0
Tampa 1 Chicago 2

Kansas 2 Setif 1
Chiefs 0 Wydad 2

QF draw

Cosmos vs Tokyo
Melbourne vs Accra
Chicago vs Setif
Wydad vs Mamelodi

Quarter-Finals to be played on Week 14, should be some cracking games...

The fans are in the players are lining up the excitement grows as the ref checks his watch...

The ref blows and the games can begin, good luck to everybody this week...

Santos 1 Gremio 0 Danilo freekick on 2 minutes.
Watford 1 Arsenal 0 Maddison.
Kosice 0 Ruzomberok 1 Hee-Chan.

Barselona 0 Emelec 1 Colkett on 3 minutes.
Rotterdam 0 Consett 1 Maja penalty.
Rennais 1 Amiens 0 Bakambu.
Atletico 1 Espanol 0 Correa.

Real Madrid 1 Santander 0 Ronaldo on 4 minutes.

Godoy 0 Independente 1 Ocampos freekick on 5 minutes.
Progresso 0 Nacional 1 Lodeiro.