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Benfica Go Top After Inter Heavily Beaten. CFL leaders Inter Milan were easily despatched by former champions Barcelona, after losing 4-1 in Spain to allow defending champions Benfica back to the top of the table by a point from a trio of clubs after staying unbeaten in the opening trio of games of the new season. Barcelona ended the unbeaten start of the Italian side thanks to a couple of goals from Nuno Mendes and efforts from Mo Salah and Rodri to get a second win and end the turn as one of the sides a point behind Benfica along with Marseilles and their visitors this week. Benfica go top and stay unbeaten with only a opening draw denting their record after a 3-0 home win over AC Milan to head the standings from their expected main rivals. Kylian Mbappe scored early to settle the home fans down with efforts from Aleksander Isak and Arda Guler ensuring a comfortable home victory over their Italian visitors. Marseilles ensure a return to the old guard at the top of the table, as the leading trio of clubs head the standings after they saw off newly promoted FC Salzburg 3-0 at home. Goals from Nicola Barella, Ruben Neves and Cesar Azpilcueta earned the maximum points for the former champions and last season’s runners up. SAFL champions Estudiantes overcame an early test of the title defence with a 3-0 home win over rivals Racing Club to continue a perfect 100% winning start to the season and dent the early hopes of a side hoping to compete with them. Valverde, Gabriel and Paulhinho got the goals to keep the Argentines at the top of the table along with main rivals Flamengo as the duo remain the only sides with maximum points. Flamengo trail the champions by four games, but stay unbeaten after a 3-2 home victory over compatriots Sao Paulo thanks to a winner from Lucas Fernandes. The favoured duo are three points clear of the rest with Racing Club and Boca Juniors on 6 points after the latter easily saw off River Plate 4-1 at home to move up the table. Valentini, Llorente, Orsini and Rojo getting the goals to see of their compatriots. Celtic continue their strong start to the season, backing up their win over champions Chelsea with a 2-0 home victory over Crystal Palace to stay top of the table along with BFL1 returning Man City with a nine point tally from three games. Saelemakers and Chris Smalling saw of Palace, whilst City stay ahead of favourites Aston Villa and Chelsea with a 1-0 win over Brighton HA thanks to a goal from James McAtte to move them up the table and away from the battle at the bottom. Chelsea get back to winning ways ending Everton’s perfect start with a 3-2 home win thanks to a winner from Emile Smith Rowe. Villa crush Liverpool 4-1 at home to keep the favourites sides with a result of each other. Transfer News: (Week 3) KUDUS OFF TO SAFL CHAMPS: Mohammed Kudus has signed for Estudiantes after leaving SAFL1 rivals River Plate in a swap deal for the pair of American midfielder Yunus Musah and young Brazilian striker Vitor Roque. BERNARDO SILVA MOVES TO PSV: Portuguese midfielder Bernardo Silva has return to Holland and sign with CFL1 newboys PSV Eindhoven. He moves across the CFL1 with the Belgian international making the opposite journey leaving PSV for Lyon as payment for Silva. ONANA MAKES ARSENAL SWITCH: Andre Onana has sign for Arsenal after leaving Liverpool. Onana moves into the role of starting keeper for the North London club as he moves from Anfield along with Callum Hudson Odoi to move to London. Making the reverse trip to Merseyside are Brazilian attacker Gabriel Jesus and young keeper Anthony Patterson moving North as payment. Also moving to Liverpool is Birmingham City attacker Jay Stansfield. He joins in exchange for African player of the year Ademola Lookman who moves to the second city to complete the trade. FLAMENGO GETS STRIKER: Flamengo sign Botafogo striker Igor Jesus in a trade for the Argentine midfielder Joaquin Correa, defender Bernardo and £12 million for the young forward. Back To Monday Deadlines. Week 4: Monday 4^th August Week 5: Monday 18^th August A few extra days between turns to week 4 to get back to the normal Monday deadlines. This should mean that the next few turns will run along the usual days after a few turns of mixed days due to holidays etc. Thanks for your patience. Enter Seasons Super Cup asap. The games biggest cup competition is open to ALL sides in the game and will get underway in the next few turns. With as usual a 1st prize of an 82+ skilled player and plenty of other possible prizes, including best lower division side. All entered sides will get a FREE player request and are guaranteed a place in the group stages of the tournament. Entry is the same as usual of £4:00 for the first side. A discount is available for extra sides you may enter (see below). You are guaranteed a minimum of SIX group matches for your money, with the best sides moving into the knock-out stages. Don't forget to enter on your turncard this turn and your free player request will be added to your squad in the next couple of turns. PRICES TO ENTER CUP: 1 side: £4:00 to enter 2 sides: £7:00 3 sides: £9:00 4 sides: £10:00 5 sides: £10:00 I will announce the group draws in the next couple of turns. Be quick to enter as i want to get underway a.s.a.p. and will start when i have enough teams in the draw. Don't forget to enter, simply say this turn that you want to enter and enclose payment if needed or it will deduct from your account that same turn. More details to follow in FTB in the coming turns, but enter this turn to ensure getting in. A full draw and the rules will be in these pages weeks 7/8.

(G:01 S:41 W:03) BFL DIVISION ONE: Chelsea 3 v Everton 2 Tchoumeni, VanDeBeek, AlexanderArnold, Holgate. Smith Rowe. Ipswich Twn 3 v Arsenal 1 Welbeck, Daka. Clarke, Harrison. Celtic 2 v CPalace 0 Saelemakers, Smalling. Man United 2 v Bournemth 1 McTominay, Kluivert. Branthwaite. Aston Villa 4 v Liverpool 1 Watkins, Armstrong. Dembele (2), Kons. Man City 1 v Brighton HA 0 McAtee. Num Team Name: Pld Won Drw Lst Pts 2 Glasgow Celtic 3 3 0 0 7 9 6 Manchester City 3 3 0 0 4 9 13 Aston Villa 3 2 0 1 6 6 4 Everton 3 2 0 1 1 6 14 Chelsea 3 2 0 1 0 6 7 Manchester Utd 3 1 1 1 -3 4 45 Bournemouth 3 1 0 2 -1 3 27 Brighton HA 3 1 0 2 -1 3 42 Ipswich Town 3 1 0 2 -1 3 26 Crystal Palace 3 1 0 2 -2 3 5 Liverpool 3 0 1 2 -5 1 1 Arsenal 3 0 0 3 -5 0 BFL DIVISION TWO: Leeds United 2 v Wolves 0 GNonto, M.Edwards. Southampton 3 v Hibernian 1 Everton, Zinchenko. Bree, Tella. Sunderland 0 v Newcastle U 1 E.Anderson. Tottenham H 1 v West Ham U 0 Barnes. Nottm Forest 3 v Burnley 0 Wood, Bamford, Yates. Norwich C 1 v Leicester C 1 Tuanzebe. Dewsbury Hall. Num Team Name: Pld Won Drw Lst Pts 19 Newcastle Utd 3 3 0 0 6 9 30 Leicester City 3 2 1 0 5 7 18 Leeds United 3 2 1 0 3 7 21 Nottm Forest 3 2 0 1 3 6 23 Southampton 3 2 0 1 2 6 17 Hibernian 3 1 1 1 -1 4 20 Norwich City 3 1 1 1 -2 4 12 West Ham Utd 3 1 0 2 -1 3 11 Tottenham H 3 1 0 2 -2 3 38 Burnley 3 1 0 2 -3 3 48 Wolves 3 0 0 3 -4 0 35 Sunderland 3 0 0 3 -6 0 BFL DIVISION THREE: QPR 1 v Coventry C 1 Smyth. J.Allen. Rangers 2 v Watford 1 Matondo, Haynes. Roofe. Huddersfield 1 v Middlesbroh 2 Wiles. Hackney, Conway (p). Brentford 4 v Blackburn R 1 Lewis Potter, Ohashi. Peart Harris (2), Norgaard. Swansea City 2 v Sheffield U 2 Shoretire, Souza, Key. T.Davies. Stoke City 0 v WBA 1 Styles. Num Team Name: Pld Won Drw Lst Pts 29 Brentford 3 2 1 0 7 7 9 Glasgow Rangers 3 2 1 0 3 7 8 Q.P.R 3 2 1 0 2 7 40 Stoke City 3 2 0 1 3 6 41 Middlesbrough 3 2 0 1 1 6 32 West Brom Alb 3 1 1 1 0 4 24 Watford 3 1 0 2 0 3 36 Huddersfield 3 1 0 2 -1 3 39 Blackburn Rvrs 3 1 0 2 -3 3 22 Sheffield Utd 3 0 2 1 -3 2 15 Coventry City 3 0 1 2 -4 1 43 Swansea City 3 0 1 2 -5 1 BFL DIVISION FOUR: Hull City 2 v Derby Conty 0 Seri (p), Sinik. Sheffield W 1 v Cardiff City 1 Bakinson. J.Murphy. Luton Town 0 v Bristol City 4 Dykes (3), Flint. Hearts 3 v Aberdeen 0 Shankland (2), Penrice. Charlton Ath 2 v Bolton Wand 2 Zapata (p), L.Wilson, Aribo. Proctor. Fulham 1 v Birmingham 3 Woodrow. Willumson, Stansfield, Leonard. Num Team Name: Pld Won Drw Lst Pts 16 Hearts 3 3 0 0 8 9 31 Bristol City 3 3 0 0 8 9 33 Hull City 3 2 0 1 2 6 37 Birmingham C 3 2 0 1 2 6 10 Sheffield Wed 3 1 1 1 1 4 47 Cardiff City 3 1 1 1 -1 4 3 Derby County 3 1 0 2 -2 3 46 Fulham 3 1 0 2 -2 3 28 Luton Town 3 1 0 2 -4 3 25 Aberdeen 3 1 0 2 -5 3 34 Charlton Ath 3 0 1 2 -2 1 44 Bolton Wand 3 0 1 2 -5 1 CFL DIVISION ONE: Benfica 3 v AC Milan 0 Mbappe, Isak, Guler. Monaco 0 v BDortmund 3 Gros, Fofana, Nmecha. Barcelona 4 v Inter Milan 1 Salah, Kante. N.Mendes (2), Rodri. PSV Eindhvn 1 v Real Madrid 1 Ziyech. Oshimen. Paris SG 0 v Lyon 0 Marseilles 3 v FC Salzburg 0 Barella, Neves, Azpilcueta. Num Team Name: Pld Won Drw Lst Pts 53 Benfica 3 2 1 0 4 7 51 Barcelona 3 2 0 1 6 6 58 Marseilles 3 2 0 1 4 6 56 Internazionale 3 2 0 1 2 6 93 Bor Dortmund 3 1 2 0 3 5 60 PSV Eindhoven 3 1 1 1 1 4 49 A.C Milan 3 1 1 1 0 4 62 Lyon 3 1 1 1 -1 4 69 Real Madrid 3 1 1 1 -1 4 84 FC Salzburg 3 1 0 2 -5 3 80 Paris St Ger 3 0 1 2 -5 1 90 Monaco 3 0 0 3 -8 0 CFL DIVISION TWO: AS Roma 2 v SDonetsk 0 Dybala (2). Valencia 0 v Juventus 4 Martial, Hummels (3). Sporting CP 0 v AtlMadrid 2 Thiaw, Laimer. Dynamo Kiev 3 v Napoli 0 Vanat, Mativyenko (2). Feyenoord 2 v Zenit St Pbg 3 Timber (2). Vlahovic (2), Erakovic. BynMunich 2 v FC Porto 2 Alena, S.Pepe, Adelaide. Baro. Num Team Name: Pld Won Drw Lst Pts 74 Atl Madrid 3 3 0 0 8 9 55 Dynamo Kiev 3 2 1 0 6 7 81 Zenit St Ptsbg 3 2 1 0 2 7 57 Juventus 3 2 0 1 5 6 73 A.S Roma 3 2 0 1 3 6 76 Sporting CP 3 2 0 1 1 6 63 F.C Porto 3 1 1 1 -1 4 59 Napoli 3 1 0 2 -5 3 52 Bayern Munich 3 0 1 2 -4 1 79 Shtr Donetsk 3 0 1 2 -5 1 71 Valencia 3 0 1 2 -5 1 91 Feyenoord 3 0 0 3 -5 0 CFL DIVISION THREE: Stuttgart 1 v Lazio 0 Silas. Olympiakos 0 v RB Leipzig 3 Aurier, Dembele, Undav. Galatasaray 1 v BLeverkusen 2 Yilmaz. Hincapie, Andrich. Ajax 3 v Anderlecht 1 Richarlison (2), Amuzu. Kessie. Sevilla 2 v Din Zagreb 0 Mariano Diaz, En Nesyri. Panathnakos 2 v Atalanta 1 Ionnidis (2). Sarabia.

Num Team Name: Pld Won Drw Lst Pts 87 B.Leverkusen 3 3 0 0 5 9 85 VfB Stuttgart 3 3 0 0 4 9 86 RB Leipzig 3 2 0 1 4 6 70 Sevilla 3 2 0 1 3 6 89 Atalanta 3 2 0 1 3 6 75 Panathanaikos 3 2 0 1 1 6 50 Ajax 3 2 0 1 1 6 61 Anderlecht 3 1 0 2 -2 3 83 Olympiakos 3 1 0 2 -3 3 77 Galatasaray 3 0 0 3 -4 0 82 Din Zagreb 3 0 0 3 -6 0 66 Lazio 3 0 0 3 -6 0 CFL DIVISION FOUR: Fiorentina 0 v Villarreal 2 A.Traore, G.Moreno. Parma 2 v Rapid Vienna 0 Kean (2). FC Basel 4 v Fenerbache 1 Shaqiri (2), Kadioglou. K.Carlos, B.Traore. StndLiege 1 v Spartak Mcw 1 Bates. Ignatov. Sparta Prague 2 v Bordeaux 1 Haraslin, Gregersen. Vitik. Lille 2 v EFrankfurt 1 Virginius, Collins. Gotze. Num Team Name: Pld Won Drw Lst Pts 65 FC Basel 3 2 1 0 4 7 54 Stnd.Liege 3 2 1 0 3 7 88 Lille 3 2 0 1 3 6 95 Parma 3 2 0 1 1 6 92 Sparta Prague 3 2 0 1 1 6 68 Rapid Vienna 3 2 0 1 1 6 78 E Frankfurt 3 1 0 2 1 4 94 Mcw.Spartak 3 1 1 1 0 4 67 Bordeaux 3 1 0 2 -1 3 96 Villarreal 3 1 0 2 -1 3 64 Fiorentina 3 0 0 3 -4 0 72 Fenerbahce 3 0 0 3 -8 0 SAFL DIVISION ONE: Estudiantes 3 v Racing Club 0 Valverde, Gabriel, Paulhinho. Corinthians 3 v Botafogo 0 Paqueta, Kenedy (2). Santos 3 v Palmeiras 1 Baliero, Pedro. Rwan (2). Flamengo 3 v Sao Paulo 2 Marquinhos, Grujic, Correa, Arezo. Fernandes. Boca Juniors 4 v River Plate 1 Valentini, Fernandez. Llorente, Orsini, Rojo. Gremio 3 v Lanus 2 Ely, Rodriguez, D.Costa, G.Perez. Cristaldo. Num Team Name: Pld Won Drw Lst Pts 126 Estudiantes 3 3 0 0 7 9 98 Flamengo 3 3 0 0 3 9 105 Boca Juniors 3 2 0 1 3 6 111 Racing Club 3 2 0 1 3 6 133 Lanus 3 1 1 1 3 4 141 Palmeiras 3 1 1 1 0 4 114 Corinthians 3 1 1 1 0 4 109 Gremio 3 1 0 2 -2 3 102 River Plate 3 1 0 2 -3 3 112 Santos 3 1 0 2 -4 3 128 Sao Paulo 3 0 1 2 -2 1 134 Botafogo 3 0 0 3 -8 0 SAFL DIVISION TWO: Cruzeiro 2 v UCatolica 1 Jussa, Farias. Breno. Univ de Chile 1 v AParanese 2 Morales. Ocampos, H.Moura. VSarsfield 1 v Fluminese 3 Pellegrini. Lele, Kennedy (2). Newells OB 2 v Colo Colo 0 I.Ramirez, Cardozo. Arg Juniors 1 v AtlMiniero 0 Moyano. Penarol 3 v Internacional 0 Simeone (2), De Ritis. Num Team Name: Pld Won Drw Lst Pts 97 Atl Paraenese 3 2 0 1 2 6 137 Fluminese 3 2 0 1 2 6 124 Atl Miniero 3 2 0 1 2 6 116 Penarol 3 2 0 1 2 6 115 Cruzeiro 3 2 0 1 0 6 103 Univ de Chile 3 1 1 1 1 4 138 Newells O.B 3 1 1 1 1 4 122 Internacional 3 1 1 1 0 4 113 Arg Juniors 3 1 1 1 -1 4 107 Colo Colo 3 1 0 2 -1 3 135 V.Sarsfield 3 1 0 2 -3 3 130 Univ Catolica 3 0 0 3 -5 0 SAFL DIVISION THREE: Inter Miami 1 v NY City FC 1 Gressel. Perea. Monterrey 1 v Banfield 2 Meza. Quintero, Giminez. San Lorenzo 1 v Pumas UNM 1 Leguizmon. Quispe. LDU Quito 3 v Independnte 0 Julio, Alvarado, Arce. NY Red Bulls 0 v Libertad 2 Martinez, Davalos. VascoDeGama 1 v Ros Central 2 Ze Gabriel. Danilo, Buonotte. Num Team Name: Pld Won Drw Lst Pts 129 LDU Quito 3 3 0 0 6 9 136 Rosario Central 3 3 0 0 3 9 117 Banfield 3 2 0 1 0 6 140 San Lorenzo 3 1 1 1 1 4 119 Pumas UNAM 3 1 1 1 0 4 120 Inter Miami 3 1 1 1 0 4 99 Independiente 3 1 1 1 -1 4 110 Libertad 3 1 0 2 0 3 131 Monterrey 3 1 0 2 -1 3 104 Vasco de Gama 3 1 0 2 -2 3 123 New York City 3 0 1 2 -2 1 143 N York Red Bulls 3 0 1 2 -4 1 SAFL DIVISION FOUR: Cerro Porteno 2 v Colon Santa F0 Corujo, Wendel. Emelec 1 v Nacional 1 Mina. Lozano. LA Galaxy 0 v OPetrolero 2 Vaca, Zeballos. Olimpia 3 v America 0 Ortiz, Zabala, Zarate. FC Dallas 0 v Universtario 1 Cabanillas. Deportivo C 2 v Fortoleza 1 Salazar, Blanco. Riascos. Num Team Name: Pld Won Drw Lst Pts 127 O.Petrolero 3 2 1 0 3 7 106 Cerro Porteno 3 2 1 0 3 7 101 Olimpia 3 2 0 1 2 6 100 Nacional 3 1 2 0 2 5 118 Deportivo C 3 1 2 0 1 5 132 Universtario 3 1 1 1 0 4 108 Emelec 3 1 1 1 0 4 144 Fortoleza 3 1 0 2 0 3 139 FC Dallas 3 1 0 2 -1 3 121 America 3 1 0 2 -2 3 142 LA Galaxy 3 1 0 2 -2 3 125 Colon Sante Fe 3 0 0 3 -6 0 RESERVE TEAM LEAGUE: Flamengo Res 1 v AVilla Res 0 Yan. Barcelona R 5 v AC Milan Re 0 Hernandez, Gavi (2), Olise (p), P.Torres. Man City R 1 v Lanus Res 1 Ndala. Boggio. Racing Club R 3 v Celtic Res 1 Baleba, Furuhasi. Coutinho, Antony. Ajax Res 3 v Chelsea Res 1 Veerman (3). Veiga. Benfica Res 2 v RMadrid R 1 Chong, B.Diaz. Florentino. Num Team Name: Pld Won Drw Lst Pts 148 Racing Club R 3 2 1 0 4 7 151 Lanus Res 3 2 1 0 4 7 154 Barcelona R 3 2 0 1 4 6 149 Benfica R 3 2 0 1 2 6 147 Man City Res 3 1 1 1 0 4 152 Flamengo Res 3 1 1 1 0 4 155 Ajax Res 3 1 1 1 -1 4 156 AC Milan Res 3 1 1 1 -4 4 150 Aston Villa Res 3 1 0 2 2 3 153 Celtic Res 3 1 0 2 -1 3 145 R Madrid Res 3 1 0 2 -3 3 146 Chelsea Res 3 0 0 3 -7 0 BACK TO TOP GAME 1 HOME PAGE: HOME PAGE: