WCC Regional Groups S10

Draw

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Regional Group Stage

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WCC Regional Stage Fixtures S10

Iberia & South America

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Italia

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Germany

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England

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Rest of the World

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Interview with Beddows "WORLD CLUB CUP WINNER SEASON 7"

BARCELONA
BAYERN MUNICH
JUVENTUS

So good were Real Madrid in this seasons World Club Cup that they beat the three above in consecutive two legged ties - to lift the World Club Cup vs Juventus - 72 hours on Beddows speaks to Marca about this momentous occasion. Forza Madrid!

With the Italian and Spanish media questioning: Who next for Barcelona? Who next for Juventus?




Post match Beddows sat down to discuss the triumph:

“It was a great campaign - we came out of a tough (fixed group) against Arsenal (Bowes couldnt cope with Balotelli as ever), Villarreal, Arsenal and Liverpool”

What followed was amazing, victories over PARIS SG, BARCELONA, BAYERN MUNICH and JUVENTUS (all over 2 legs) saw Real life the trophy - Beddows was delighted - increible scenes as they lifted the Cup in Turin!

Youth Cup and World Club Cup Semi-Final and Final Draws

Please click read more to see the draw


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Semi Final 1st Legs

Youth Cup - Saturday 10th September
World Club Cup - Wednesday 14th September

Semi Final 2nd Legs

Youth Cup - Saturday 17th September
World Club Cup - Wednesday 21st September

Final 1st Leg

Youth Cup - MATCH 1 v MATCH 2 - Saturday 24th September
World Club Cup - MATCH 1 v MATCH 2 - Wednesday 28th September

Final 2nd Leg

Youth Cup - MATCH 2 v MATCH 1 - Saturday 1st October
World Club Cup - MATCH 2 v MATCH 1 - Wednesday 5th October

SM Top 100 Youth Cup and World Club Cup Draws

Right hope these draws will make sense to everyone. First a short explanation.


Youth Cup

3rd Round to be played on Saturday 27th August - please remember HOME TEAM must organise asap

Quarter-Final will then be played on Saturday 3rd September the matches will be as per the draw in the 2nd part of this video.

Draw in Video Below:

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World Club Cup

2nd Round is due to be played this Wednesday 24th August (draw on relevant page and all fixtures arranged (nearly)).

3rd Round will then be played on Wednesday 31st August

Quarter Finals will then be played on Wednesday 7th September

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THE SEMI-FINALS and FINALS of both competitions will be over 2 legs.


World Club Championship - Milan Report

Gino Kinnearo has been a little busy of late, marking the other managers out of 100 for their performances so far, trying to assess the youth cup eligibility of others and speaking daily to Mr President Frank Hirst… but he has never taken his eye away from his beloved Milan and their stunning form under the greatest manager in all of SM Top 100 Stephen Beddows

Milan beat Ryan Chisholm’s poor Celta side in gameday 1 by a score of 5 goals to 0.

And tonight Gino Kinnearo was more happy than an Irishman in Lille as his beloved Milan kept another clean sheet to make it 6 points out of 6 to stay top of the group which apparently contains the self loving Michael Bowes at Arsenal, a manager who in the opinion of Kinnearo is about as talented as a the Austrian national team manager… 
Post match Kinnearo and Beddows could not find the words in either Italian or English to describe Balotelli’s performance which was comparable to that of Robbie Brady’s against Italy - pure class, pure passion, pure brilliance and a performance that left grown men crying in the stadium tonight.

Beddows was questioned whether Rahul was really “Manager of the week” and Beddows laughed… “I am clearly manager of the season so far - who wants to win Manager of the week?” Kinnearo echoed these thoughts with a manager as good as Beddows surely he should be just awarded Manager of the Week in advance every week? 

Kinnearo refused to comment on the fact that in Week 1 that despite his (Beddows’) nomination there was clearly some sort of conspiracy against Beddows as he only received 2 votes.  

Milan have also made a solid start in Division Two and also in the Youth Cup - next up Inter Milan at home tomorrow. Roy Keane’s brother, Brian Clough, visiting the San Siro. Kinnearo has said that he expects wholesale changes to the side that won tonight as players like Balltelli and De Sciglio are clearly very tired.

Kinnearo also added that he is awaiting the publication of the “World Club Cup Group Tables”

In other news Kinnearo decided some managers who have failed in the World Club Cup tonight and generally so far this season…

Gordon Kinnear (Liverpool) - ironically Gino’s cousion - 1/10 failed so far to inspire his side to achieve anything - anyone would think he is a Scot. 

Roy Keane (Real Madrid) - 1/10 Keane’s inability to beat Villarreal (Andrew Kelly) is abysmal - he should be sacked.  

Doug Earle (Espanyol) - 1/10 Earle of what? His 0-5 defeat clearly shows he doesnt below in the World Club Cup and should resort to the Youth Cup! 

Tom Parfitt (Levante) - 2/10 Another failure - no words can describe how little he has achieved this season!

World Club Cup Round Up

A quick round up of the World Club Cup - Gameday 1 which saw masses of action across all divisions as each side looked to get of to a flier as brought to you by the Italian journalist Gino Kinnearo.

As ever a run-down of the Top 8 performers/managers:

1) Athletic Club (Gareth Crisp) - Many manager who have lost two World Cup finals in a row would be down and out, would have given up on life, would have sought an alternate career in retail, but not Gareth Crisp. Maybe his life in football management over the last 3-4 months has been a living hell but not tonight as his Athletic Club side scored FIVE (5) away to Espanyol to get off to a great start in the World Club Cup.

2) Milan (Stephen Beddows) - Who else? The No 1 manager in the Youth Cup from the weekend proved again why he is so good with an amazing 5-0 away win in Vigo. Mr Chisholm, cousin of Beddows could only bow down to Beddows at the end of the game asking  “WTF” “How did you do that?” It was Mr Andy Carroll (apparently available for transfer) who set them on their way but Candreva who was the star of the show with 3 goals and 1 assist to give Milan a massive start to the World Club Cup and left Chisholm wondering if he could ever be as good as his cousin.

3) Real Madrid (Roy Keane) - A manager who parades the World Club Cup trophy before every home game, getting rounds of appaluse from everyone and tonight was no exception but the performance of his Madrid side against a tough looking Sevilla under the leadership of Rab Kennedy who had no answers to Keane’s brilliance. Rab is apparently still working on his Spanish and regularly messing it up with his French/German/Italian that he spoke in Switzerland and for such a talented manager to be such a failure thus far in Spain surely communication is the No 1 problem.

4) Celtic (Ruts) - Another manager who is about as dull as watching paint dry or doing the gardening on a lovely summer’s afternoon - yet he managed to lead his Celtic side to a dull 2-1 win over VFB Stutgart to show that perhaps the Scottish side are the ones who should be in the higher division and not the Irish Germans.

5) Leverkusen (Noisy) - The German side almost produced a performance comparable with Milan, but not quite good enough to be No 2… yet Noisy can be mightly proud of his side’s start to the World Club Cup with a 4-0 win at home against Chievo Verona.

6) Anderlecht (Prince Michael William) - The so-called No 1 manager in that little country called Belgium, and a manager who could not cope in Top 100 Division 1 has made the Top 10 managers of the day in the World Club Cup after a good 1-1 draw against the poorly managed and put together side that is Arsenal. Prince was delighted with the point but rather pessimistic about his sides chances against the bigger clubs like Milan.

7) Valencia (David Senior) - A great start by Valencia under the leadership of the Warden Mr David Senior - he is a wise man and a great manager of his players - he communicates what he wants and they produce - a great 4-0 win tonight and he is unlucky to not have any players in Team of the Week.

8) Juventus (DP) - It is mightly difficulut to manager a top side when under pressure but Dan has shown that his relationship with all his palyers such as Coman for example is fantastic and despite the pressures of impending failure in the League and the Youth Cup the bond and morale within the squad remains high as his side overcame a difficult trip to Ukraine to win 2-1.

There is your Top 8 Managers this week.

Here is Team of the Week



World Club Cup Qualifiers


The teams in yellow are confirmed for the World Club Cup & teams in red have rejected participation. Any team not highlighted is yet to confirm either way, so if you could let me know asap so i can get the groups done, thanks.

Copa Del Burro - The Final Analysis

The Copa Del Burro came to a conclusion last night, as Real Madrid of Division One, led by Roy Keane travelled to Bilbao and the second leg against Gareth Crisp’s Athletic Club.




Madrid could be forgiven if they had taken their eye off the ball in this competition, as they are currently equal on points with Bayern in Div 1, although they trail Spanish rivals and league leaders Barcelona by 11 points.

Crisp’s men however will have viewed their journey to the final as something of an enjoyable adventure. The North coast side are bottom of Div 2, 16 points from safety with only 21 points available. They could in fact be relegated this evening dependent on results.

Going in to last nights final, Keanes men held a 4 - 1 advantage following a comfortable win at the Bernebeau in leg 1.


Athletic Club (1) v (4) Real Madrid Att: 9,627

The match kicked off in front of just under 10,000 fans in the ground. It was the home side who had the first chance. DR Congo striker Mbokani beat Hart, but his effore dribbled wide of the post after 11 minutes.

Madrid soon got themselves into the running though. Hazard forced a good save from Claudio Bravo on 19 minutes, and then went better 2 minutes later. The Belgian was released by Busquets, and his shot arrowed into the centre of the goal. That left the tie at 5 - 1 on aggregate to Madrid, and essentially game over.

Fabregas almost scored 60 seconds after the goal, and in the final piece of first ha;f action, Sergio Ramos went into the referees notebook. 

Crisp decided to ring the changes at the break in an attempt to shake things up and at least make a fight of things. Gentner, Gomez & Bueno were withdrawn, and Kostic, Bacca & Lennon were introduced.

  
Half time substitute Bacca

The changes almost paid dividends just 4 minutes into the second half. Balenziaga put Bacca through, but unfortunately the Wookie fired over the top.

With the tie being a dead rubber by this stage, the second half was a quiet affair. Madrid had a couple of opportunities around the hour mark, and Fabregas and Rodriguez managed to join Ramos in the referee’s notebook, but Ream Madrid really just saw the tie out. 

Post match, Roy Keane said he was pleased to get his hands on the Del Buro trophy, and called Athletic Club the second best side in Spain, thouroughly congratulating Crisp on his efforts in getting Bilbao to the final. He also said that he and the Madrid side were looking forward to representing Spain in the World Club Cup.

Crisp on the other hand gave all the plaudits to the team in white, and magnaminously wished Keane and Madrid all the luck for the World finals.

Del Burro Final second Leg TOTW

Bravo A. Club - 8
Juanfran R. Madrid - 7
Marcelo R. Madrid - 7
Ramos R. Madrid - 8
Godin R. Madrid 7
Busquets R. Madrid - 8
Fabregas R. Madrid - 7
Rodriguez R. Madrid - 7
Neymar R. Madrid - 8
Lewandowski R. Madrid - 8
Hazard R. Madrid 9




Del Burro Competition overview

Ten Spanish teams took part in the innaugural Copa Del Burro, along with two Portuguese sides. Split across 4 groups of 3 teams, the clubs that started the competition were Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid in Group A. Group B was Athletic Club, Barcelona and Levante. In group C we had Sevilla along with Portuguese sides Porto and Sporting, and finally Group D consisted of Malaga, Espanyol and Celta Vigo.

The competition saw 31 individual fixtures take place, and amazingly not one single game finished goal less. 

Group Results and tables


Group A
Date Fixture Result
Weds 24th Feb A. Madrid v R. Madrid 0 - 5
Weds 2nd March Villareal v A. Madrid 0 - 1
Weds 9th March R. Madrid v Villareal 5 - 0
Weds 16th March R. Madrid v A. Madrid 1 - 1
Weds 23rd March A. Madrid v Villareal 0 - 1
Weds 30th March Villareal v R. Madrid 3 - 2

Group A Played Won Lost Drawn G/F G/A G/D Points
Real Madrid 4 2 1 1 13 4 9 7
Villareal 4 2 2 0 4 8 -4 6
Atletico Madrid 4 1 1 2 2 7 -5 4


Group B
Date Fixture Result
Weds 24th Feb A. Club v Barcelona 3 - 2
Weds 2nd March Levante v A. Club 1 - 1
Weds 9th March Barcelona v Levante 3 - 0
Weds 16th March Barcelona v A. Club 1 - 2
Weds 23rd March A. Club v Levante 4 - 0
Weds 30th March Levante v Barcelona 1 - 1

Group B Played Won Lost Drawn G/F G/A G/D Points
Athletic Club 4 3 0 1 10 4 6 10
Barcelona 4 1 2 1 7 6 1 4
Levante 4 0 2 2 2 9 -7 2

Group C
Date Fixture Result
Weds 24th Feb Porto v Sporting 2 - 1
Weds 2nd March Sporting v Sevilla 0 - 1
Weds 9th March Sevilla v Porto 0 - 1
Weds 16th March Sporting v Porto 0 - 1
Weds 23rd March Sevilla v Sporting 2 - 3
Weds 30th March Porto v Sevilla 0 - 2

Group C Played Won Lost Drawn G/F G/A G/D Points
Porto 4 3 1 0 4 3 1 9
Sevilla 4 2 1 0 5 4 1 6
Sporting 4 1 3 0 4 6 -2 3

Group D
Date Fixture Result
Weds 24th Feb Celta Vigo v Malaga 1 - 2
Weds 2nd March Malaga v Espanyol 3 - 2
Weds 9th March Espanyol v Celta Vigo 0 - 2
Weds 16th March Malaga v Celta Vigo 2 - 0
Weds 23rd March Espanyol v Malaga 3 - 4
Weds 30th March Celta Vigo v Espanyol 1 - 1
Group D Played Won Lost Drawn G/F G/A G/D Points
Malaga 4 4 0 0 11 6 5 12
Celta Vigo 4 1 2 1 4 5 -1 4
Espanyol 4 0 3 1 6 10 -4 1

A special mention should be given here to Malaga. Greg Billington's side were the only club to get out of the group stage without dropping a single point. 

Knock Out Round's Fixtures and Results
Weds 6th April R. Madrid v Porto 5 - 2
Weds 6th April A. Club v Malaga 1 - 2
Weds 13th April Porto v R. Madrid 0 - 3
Weds 13th April Malaga v A. Club 1 - 2
Weds 20th April R. Madrid v A. Club 4 - 1
Weds 27th April  A. Club v R. Madrid 0 - 1

Surprises and dissapointments

Not a huge number of shocks and surprises in the competition, but there are a couple of standouts that do fall into this category though. First off, Gareth Crisp getting his struggling second division side into the final. Another shock would also be Athletic Club beating division one leaders Barcelona 3 - 2 on opening night. This was backed up with a 2 - 1 win at the Nou Camp, so all in all the competition has been an outstanding one for the Bilbao side.

For Barcelona however, it was nothing short of an absolute shocker. In a group with two lower league sides, division 4 strugglers Levante joined Athletic Club and Barca, the Catalan side would have been expected to take maximum points. As it was, they only managed one victory, beating Levante 3 - 0 at home. The return leg though threw up what is arguably Levante's result of the season, a 1 - 1 draw. 

Barcelona would have to be considered the biggest dissapointment of the competition, and an El Classico final was expected as the competition began. Barce have seemingly thrown their eggs into the division one basket however, dominating the league and should have that wrapped up with a few games to spare.

The other real surprise would be Villareal beating eventual winners Real Madrid in the final round of group fixtures. Andrew Kelly's division 5 outfit put in a sensational performance and came away with three well earned points. 

Top scorers

It's no coincidence that the top scorer list is dominated by Real Madrid. Lewandowski comfortably picking up the Golden Boot award. Outsie of the players listed, nobody else scored more than 1 goal in the competition There were however 50 other individual goal scorers, and a total of 92 goals scored throughout the competition. Across the 31 fixtures played, this averages out at a smidge under 3 goals per game, meaning that no matter if your side won or lost, the chances are you had an enjoyable evening watching the game.

Player Goals
Lewandowski R. Madrid 9
Neymar R. Madrid 6
Bale R. Madrid 4
Mbokani A. Club 3
Hemed Malaga 3
Bueno A. Club 3
Brahimi Porto  2
Bacca A. Club 2
Parejo Sevilla 2
Amrabat Malaga 2
Sandro Villarreal 2
Lukaku Porto 2
Hazard R. Madrid 2 


Golden Gloves

A grand total of 14 clean sheets were kept across the competition. Once again, Madrid had the man at the top of the list. Joe Hart's 4 clean sheets representing just about 28% of all the clean sheets kept.

Player Clean sheet
Joe Hart R. Madrid 4
Casillas Porto 2
Pimparel Beto Sevilla 2
Manuel Neuer Barca 1
Jan Oblak A. Madrid 1
Alvarez Celta Vigo 1
Ochoa Malaga 1
Bravo A. Club 1
S Asenjo Villarreal 1

Team of the tournament

Once again, no surprises here. The team of the tournament is dominated by the champions. Seven of the eleven players turned out in the white.

Joe Hart -  R. Madrid
Juanfran - R. Madrid
Marcelo - R. Madrid
Rakitskiy - A. Club
Jucelie - A. Club
Koke - A. Madrid
Brahimi - Porto
Fabregas - R. Madrid
Lewandowski R. Madrid
Neymar R. Madrid
Bale R. Madrid

Manager of the tournament

1. Gareth Crisp - A. Club: Voted into number one place despite missing out on lifting the pot. Sneaked the top spot purely because his side over achieved so much comparative to their league position.

2. Roy Keane - R. Madrid: Champions. Top scorer. Most clean sheets. Seven of the XI team of the tournament players. If a man has put together that kind of domination, he has to be on the list.

3. Greg Billington - Malaga: Unbeaten in the group stage. Not only unbeaten, but 4 wins from 4 games. Not only that, but they played Athletic Club in the semi final stage, and forced the game into a one off play off fixture before eventually going out 2 - 0 in the sudden death match.

All in all, the first ever Copa Del Burro has been a fabulous competition, and hopefully next season the likes of Benfica and Valencia will also take part, and we can get a full house with all of the Iberian clubs taking part in the competition.





Congratulations to Roy Keane and Real Madrid on picking up this hotly contested piece of silverware

Putin Cup - Match Day 10 Update

The concluding fixtures saw a dramatic end to the Putin Cup with Dynamo having completed their fixtures powerless to effect the outcome and only being able to hope that Spartak could do them a favour by taking at least a point from Lokomotiv.



CSKA Moscow  0  v  2  Zenit

 CSKA who until their last two fixtures looked like contenders for the cup hosted a Zenit side still looking to get their first points on the board.

The visitors recent improvement continued as they got off to the perfect start on 9 minutes when Van Ginkel latched on to a ball from Danny hitting it first time to give Valdes no chance in the CSKA goal.

CSKA weren’t going to make it easy though with Lodygin being called into action to prevent efforts from Benteks and Djuricic from levelling things.

Zenit however sealed victory in the second half when on 67 minutes Danny again was the provider this time for Dzyuba whose first touch took him past his marker before rifling a shot past Valdes.

A late effort from Dos Santos nearly gave the hosts the goal that their play had deserved but again found Lodygin on form in the Zenit net.

CSKA Chief Smith will be glad to see the back of this tournament that for so long promised so much and can now concentrate fully on their Div 3 promotion push, for Hassan he will be pleased to have finally broken their duck in the tournament and will hope they can carry the form into their push to move safely away from the Div 2 drop zone.


Spartak Moscow  1  v  2  Lokomotiv Moscow

It was a must win game for Loko who were looking for 3 points to overhaul Dynamo and clinch the Putin Cup at the death.

It started well for the visitors when in the 9thminute Mamaev threaded a ball through to Vucinic who stoked a sweet shot into the top corner beyond the despairing dive of Alvarado.

But the hosts weren’t going to lie down and within 4 minutes had drawn level, Popov neatly played in Berg who from close range made no mistake giving Guilherme no chance in the Loko goal.

If the nerves were beginning to jangle in the Loko camp they were eased on the 24 minute mark when Zurutza squared a ball to Mamaev who’s dipping shot left Alvarado stranded.

Having made it to half time with their lead in tact Loko came out for the second half with slightly less attacking intent and happy to absorb Spartak pressure and had Guilherme to thank on 50 minutes when he saved from a great Popov effort.

Spartak were struggling to make inroads into Lokos defense and when they did they found Guilherme equal to the challenge notably saving from Shirokov in the 73rd minute which could have set up a grandstand finish.

But despite Spartaks efforts they could not find away through and as the referee blew the final whistle it signalled jubilant celebrations from the away supporters.


Dynamo Boss Razzaque can have no complaints at the effort that Spartak put into this game and manager Houston will be looking for that effort to be carried on into their Div 2 promotion push. For Loko Gaffer Owen he  can look forward to planning for the World Club Cup and also transferring the clubs cup performances into the league.



Final Table P W D L F A GD Pts
Lokomotiv Moscow 8 5 2 1 10 4 6 17
Dynamo Moscow 8 5 2 1 9 4 5 17
Spartak Moscow 8 4 0 4 10 10 0 12
CSKA Moscow 8 3 0 5 5 8 -3 9
Zenit St Petersburg 8 1 0 7 7 14 -7 3