I can make an early confirmation that the number of goalkeepers called Buffon playing in our next game will be less than 2 definitely @Perú FC (local journalists had wondered if they both might play) I'll confirm what I mean by that when the new thread is opened! Gianluigi should watch out for banana skins though, in case he will twist his ankle or hurt his knee when he falls over!
Haha, thanks. Lorenzo assures me it is hard to choose between them, so I will trust him! "Impossible to say who is the stronger of the two of us. Gigi won a World Cup, but I also had a good career." https://translate.google.co.uk/tran....it/protagonisti/Gioc-Buffon.html&prev=search
4th Round Group A tLB Odiseo 1-1 poetgooner Marco van Basten (tLB Odiseo) Michel Platini (poetgooner) MOTM: Franz Beckenbauer (poetgooner) thebigman 2-1 JJMM1 Cristiano Ronaldo x2 (thebigman) Sándor Kocsis (JJMM1) MOTM: Cristiano Ronaldo (thebigman) Diez 1-1 msioux75 Zinedine Zidane (Diez) Gabriel Batistuta (msioux75) MOTM: Frank Rijkaard (Diez) Group B heroearaucano 1-2 OT_CAPITANO Gerd Müller (heroearaucano) Pelé x2 (OT_CAPITANO) MOTM: Johan Neeskens (OT_CAPITANO) Tom Stevens 1-2 La-Máquina Raúl (Tom Stevens) Lionel Messi, Zico (La-Máquina) MOTM: Zico (La-Máquina) Perú FC 3-1 PDG1978 Romário x2, Diego Maradona (Perú FC) Ronaldo (PDG1978) MOTM: Diego Maradona (Perú FC)
4th Round Group A Group B Top Goalscorers 06 - Pelé (OT_CAPITANO) 05 - Lionel Messi (La-Máquina) 04 - Cristiano Ronaldo (thebigman) 04 - Alfredo Di Stéfano (JJMM1) 04 - Gerd Müller (heroearaucano) 04 - Romário (Perú FC) 04 - Ronaldo (PDG1978) 03 - Gabriel Batistuta (msioux75) 03 - Marco van Basten (tLB Odiseo) 03 - Zico (La-Máquina) 02 - Eusébio (Diez) 02 - Thierry Henry (poetgooner) 02 - Jairzinho (tLB Odiseo) 02 - Sándor Kocsis (JJMM1) 02 - Leônidas (msioux75) 02 - Michel Platini (poetgooner) 02 - Ferenc Puskás (PDG1978) 02 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (msioux75) 02 - Ruud van Nistelrooy (Diez) 01 - Roberto Baggio (Diez) 01 - Bobby Charlton (Perú FC) 01 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Perú FC) 01 - Kaká (OT_CAPITANO) 01 - Diego Maradona (Perú FC) 01 - Luka Modric (Tom Stevens) 01 - Raúl (Tom Stevens) 01 - Rivaldo (Perú FC) 01 - Roberto Rivellino (heroearaucano) 01 - Arjen Robben (thebigman) 01 - Hristo Stoichkov (Tom Stevens) 01 - Luis Suárez (tLB Odiseo) 01 - Zinedine Zidane (Diez)
These are the top nominees for Man of the Match so far: 13 - MARADONA, Diego (Perú FC) 12 - ZICO (La-Máquina) 10 - MORENO, José Manuel (msioux75) 09 - PELÉ (OT_CAPITANO) 07 - GULLIT, Ruud (tLB Odiseo) 07 - MESSI, Lionel (La-Máquina) 06 - CRUYFF, Johan (Tom Stevens) 06 - DI STÉFANO, Alfredo (JJMM1) 06 - SCIREA, Gaetano (Perú FC) 06 - VAN BASTEN, Marco (tLB Odiseo) 06 - ZIDANE, Zinedine (Diez)
Lorenzo Buffon is adamant there was a handball by Maradona when he scored his match-sealing goal! I have told him don't worry I am asking for clearance to use our VAR system for the return match in Nottingham (but the problem is Peru FC is in charge of deciding whether we can use it or not!).
5th Round Group A JJMM1 1-2 Diez Alfredo Di Stéfano (JJMM1) Eusébio, Roberto Baggio (Diez) MOTM: Alfredo Di Stéfano (JJMM1) msioux75 1-0 tLB Odiseo Gabriel Batistuta (msioux75) MOTM: Paolo Maldini (msioux75) poetgooner 2-2 thebigman Thierry Henry, Michel Platini (poetgooner) Cristiano Ronaldo, George Best (thebigman) MOTM: George Best (thebigman) Group B La-Máquina 3-2 Perú FC Ronaldinho x2, Lionel Messi (La-Máquina) Diego Maradona, Romário (Perú FC) MOTM: Bobby Charlton (Perú FC) PDG1978 2-1 heroearaucano Ferenc Puskás, Ronaldo (PDG1978) Gerd Müller (heroearaucano) MOTM: Ferenc Puskás (PDG1978) OT_CAPITANO 1-1 Tom Stevens Pelé (OT_CAPITANO) Johan Cruyff (Tom Stevens) MOTM: Kaká (OT_CAPITANO)
5th Round Group A Group B Top Goalscorers 07 - Pelé (OT_CAPITANO) 06 - Lionel Messi (La-Máquina) 05 - Cristiano Ronaldo (thebigman) 05 - Alfredo Di Stéfano (JJMM1) 05 - Gerd Müller (heroearaucano) 05 - Romário (Perú FC) 05 - Ronaldo (PDG1978) 04 - Gabriel Batistuta (msioux75) 03 - Eusébio (Diez) 03 - Thierry Henry (poetgooner) 03 - Michel Platini (poetgooner) 03 - Ferenc Puskás (PDG1978) 03 - Marco van Basten (tLB Odiseo) 03 - Zico (La-Máquina) 02 - Roberto Baggio (Diez) 02 - Jairzinho (tLB Odiseo) 02 - Sándor Kocsis (JJMM1) 02 - Leônidas (msioux75) 02 - Diego Maradona (Perú FC) 02 - Ronaldinho (La-Máquina) 02 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (msioux75) 02 - Ruud van Nistelrooy (Diez) 01 - George Best (thebigman) 01 - Bobby Charlton (Perú FC) 01 - Johan Cruyff (Tom Stevens) 01 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Perú FC) 01 - Kaká (OT_CAPITANO) 01 - Luka Modric (Tom Stevens) 01 - Raúl (Tom Stevens) 01 - Rivaldo (Perú FC) 01 - Roberto Rivellino (heroearaucano) 01 - Arjen Robben (thebigman) 01 - Hristo Stoichkov (Tom Stevens) 01 - Luis Suárez (tLB Odiseo) 01 - Zinedine Zidane (Diez)
These are the top nominees for Man of the Match so far: 13 - MARADONA, Diego (Perú FC) 12 - ZICO (La-Máquina) 11 - MORENO, José Manuel (msioux75) 09 - GULLIT, Ruud (tLB Odiseo) 09 - MESSI, Lionel (La-Máquina) 09 - PELÉ (OT_CAPITANO) 08 - CRUYFF, Johan (Tom Stevens) 08 - DI STÉFANO, Alfredo (JJMM1) 07 - ZIDANE, Zinedine (Diez) 07 - VAN BASTEN, Marco (tLB Odiseo) 06 - BECKENBAUER, Franz (poetgooner) 06 - FIGUEROA, Elías (heroearaucano) 06 - PUSKÁS, Ferenc (PDG1978) 06 - SAMMER, Matthias (OT_CAPITANO) 06 - SCIREA, Gaetano (Perú FC)
From my reply to @OT_CAPITANO on the Round 6 thread: After the final training session, in which I and my assistant management team (Brian Clough, Paul Hart and Bob McKinlay) helped form a 4-3-2-1 opposition line-up to test out the 3-4-3 with, despite looking very cohesive and with a good connection between Brian Laudrup on the right and Bergkamp in the hole (Bergkamp spreading the ball wide or playing it into the inside right channel, and B.Laudrup picking out his boot and occasionally head as he made runs into the box or pulling it back for Bergkamp to find the top corner from the edge of the box), the 3-4-3 will not be used on Match Day 6! My chief assistant manager Mr Clough swayed me with his final comments: "Young man, you do realise Pele is in the opposition line-up?". So the 3-5-2 line-up will be posted within the next hours now. Shilton; Hierro, Blanc, Costacurta; Jorginho, Figo, Tigana, M.Laudrup, Lizarazu; Ronaldo, Puskas (although the proper diagram when I make my post in the Round 6 thread will show it better and not be in quite such a flat shape).
6th Round Group A Diez 1-1 thebigman Ángel Di María (Diez) Paulo Roberto Falcão (thebigman) MOTM: Paulo Roberto Falcão (thebigman) msioux75 1-1 poetgooner Zizinho (msioux75) Michel Platini (poetgooner) MOTM: Zizinho (msioux75) tLB Odiseo 2-2 JJMM1 Jairzinho, Marco van Basten (tLB Odiseo) Alfredo Di Stéfano, Sándor Kocsis (JJMM1) MOTM: Ruud Gullit (tLB Odiseo) Group B Perú FC 2-1 Tom Stevens Rivaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Perú FC) John Charles (Tom Stevens) MOTM: Luis Suárez (Perú FC) PDG1978 1-2 OT_CAPITANO Ronaldo (PDG1978) Pelé x2 (OT_CAPITANO) MOTM: Pelé (OT_CAPITANO) heroearaucano 1-1 La-Máquina Gerd Müller (heroearaucano) Andriy Shevchenko (La-Máquina) MOTM: Elías Figueroa (heroearaucano)
Top Goalscorers 09 - Pelé (OT_CAPITANO) 06 - Alfredo Di Stéfano (JJMM1) 06 - Lionel Messi (La-Máquina) 06 - Gerd Müller (heroearaucano) 06 - Ronaldo (PDG1978) 05 - Cristiano Ronaldo (thebigman) 05 - Romário (Perú FC) 04 - Gabriel Batistuta (msioux75) 04 - Michel Platini (poetgooner) 04 - Marco van Basten (tLB Odiseo) 03 - Eusébio (Diez) 03 - Thierry Henry (poetgooner) 03 - Jairzinho (tLB Odiseo) 03 - Sándor Kocsis (JJMM1) 03 - Ferenc Puskás (PDG1978) 03 - Zico (La-Máquina) 02 - Roberto Baggio (Diez) 02 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Perú FC) 02 - Leônidas (msioux75) 02 - Diego Maradona (Perú FC) 02 - Rivaldo (Perú FC) 02 - Ronaldinho (La-Máquina) 02 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (msioux75) 02 - Ruud van Nistelrooy (Diez) 01 - George Best (thebigman) 01 - John Charles (Tom Stevens) 01 - Bobby Charlton (Perú FC) 01 - Johan Cruyff (Tom Stevens) 01 - Ángel Di María (Diez) 01 - Paulo Roberto Falcão (thebigman) 01 - Kaká (OT_CAPITANO) 01 - Luka Modric (Tom Stevens) 01 - Raúl (Tom Stevens) 01 - Roberto Rivellino (heroearaucano) 01 - Arjen Robben (thebigman) 01 - Andriy Shevchenko (La-Máquina) 01 - Hristo Stoichkov (Tom Stevens) 01 - Luis Suárez (tLB Odiseo) 01 - Zinedine Zidane (Diez) 01 - Zizinho (msioux75)
Nope nor does jimmy greaves, the top scorer in England in the last however many decades lol guess people don’t rate him here
Man of the Match's 14 - MARADONA, Diego (Perú FC) 12 - PELÉ (OT_CAPITANO) 12 - ZICO (La-Máquina) 11 - GULLIT, Ruud (tLB Odiseo) 11 - MORENO, José Manuel (msioux75) 10 - DI STÉFANO, Alfredo (JJMM1) 10 - MESSI, Lionel (La-Máquina) 09 - CRUYFF, Johan (Tom Stevens) 09 - FIGUEROA, Elías (heroearaucano) 09 - ZIDANE, Zinedine (Diez) 08 - BECKENBAUER, Franz (poetgooner) 07 - SCIREA, Gaetano (Perú FC) 07 - VAN BASTEN, Marco (tLB Odiseo) 06 - MATTHÄUS, Lothar (poetgooner) 06 - PUSKÁS, Ferenc (PDG1978) 06 - RONALDO (PDG1978) 06 - SAMMER, Matthias (OT_CAPITANO) 05 - BEST, George (thebigman) 05 - CHARLTON, Bobby (Perú FC) 05 - CRISTIANO RONALDO (thebigman) 05 - JAIRZINHO (tLB Odiseo) 05 - NEESKENS, Johan (OT_CAPITANO) 05 - PLATINI, Michel (poetgooner) 05 - RIJKAARD, Frank (Diez) 05 - RONALDINHO (La-Máquina)
7th Round Group A thebigman 1-1 tLB Odiseo Jimmy Greaves (thebigman) Ruud Gullit (tLB Odiseo) MOTM: Claudio Gentile (tLB Odiseo) Diez 1-2 poetgooner Zinedine Zidane (Diez) Thierry Henry, Raymond Kopa (poetgooner) MOTM: Raymond Kopa (poetgooner) JJMM1 1-1 msioux75 Alfredo Di Stéfano (JJMM1) Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (msioux75) MOTM: Sócrates (JJMM1) Group B Tom Stevens 0-1 heroearaucano Roberto Rivellino (heroearaucano) MOTM: Roberto Rivellino (heroearaucano) Perú FC 2-1 OT_CAPITANO Diego Maradona, Romário (Perú FC) Pelé (OT_CAPITANO) MOTM: Gaetano Scirea (Perú FC) La-Máquina 2-1 PDG1978 Lionel Messi x2 (La-Máquina) Ronaldo (PDG1978) MOTM: Luís Figo (PDG1978)
Top Goalscorers 10 - Pelé (OT_CAPITANO) 08 - Lionel Messi (La-Máquina) 07 - Alfredo Di Stéfano (JJMM1) 07 - Ronaldo (PDG1978) 06 - Gerd Müller (heroearaucano) 06 - Romário (Perú FC) 05 - Cristiano Ronaldo (thebigman) 04 - Gabriel Batistuta (msioux75) 04 - Thierry Henry (poetgooner) 04 - Michel Platini (poetgooner) 04 - Marco van Basten (tLB Odiseo) 03 - Eusébio (Diez) 03 - Jairzinho (tLB Odiseo) 03 - Sándor Kocsis (JJMM1) 03 - Diego Maradona (Perú FC) 03 - Ferenc Puskás (PDG1978) 03 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (msioux75) 03 - Zico (La-Máquina) 02 - Roberto Baggio (Diez) 02 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Perú FC) 02 - Leônidas (msioux75) 02 - Rivaldo (Perú FC) 02 - Roberto Rivellino (heroearaucano) 02 - Ronaldinho (La-Máquina) 02 - Ruud van Nistelrooy (Diez) 02 - Zinedine Zidane (Diez) 01 - George Best (thebigman) 01 - John Charles (Tom Stevens) 01 - Bobby Charlton (Perú FC) 01 - Johan Cruyff (Tom Stevens) 01 - Ángel Di María (Diez) 01 - Paulo Roberto Falcão (thebigman) 01 - Jimmy Greaves (thebigman) 01 - Ruud Gullit (tLB Odiseo) 01 - Kaká (OT_CAPITANO) 01 - Raymond Kopa (poetgooner) 01 - Luka Modric (Tom Stevens) 01 - Raúl (Tom Stevens) 01 - Arjen Robben (thebigman) 01 - Andriy Shevchenko (La-Máquina) 01 - Hristo Stoichkov (Tom Stevens) 01 - Luis Suárez (tLB Odiseo) 01 - Zizinho (msioux75)
Man of the Match's 16 - Diego Maradona (Perú FC) 12 - Ruud Gullit (tLB Odiseo) 12 - Pelé (OT_CAPITANO) 12 - Zico (La-Máquina) 11 - Elías Figueroa (heroearaucano) 11 - Lionel Messi (La-Máquina) 11 - José Manuel Moreno (msioux75) 10 - Johan Cruyff (Tom Stevens) 10 - Alfredo Di Stéfano (JJMM1) 10 - Zinedine Zidane (Diez) 09 - Franz Beckenbauer (poetgooner) 09 - Gaetano Scirea (Perú FC) 08 - Ronaldo (PDG1978) 07 - Bobby Charlton (Perú FC) 07 - Marco van Basten (tLB Odiseo)
8th Round Group A msioux75 1-1 thebigman José Manuel Moreno (msioux75) Arjen Robben (thebigman) MOTM: José Manuel Moreno (msioux75) tLB Odiseo 2-1 Diez Jairzinho x2 (tLB Odiseo) Eusébio (Diez) MOTM: Jairzinho (tLB Odiseo) poetgooner 1-1 JJMM1 Thierry Henry (poetgooner) Alfredo Di Stéfano (JJMM1) MOTM: Franz Beckenbauer (poetgooner) Group B PDG1978 2-2 Tom Stevens Ronaldo x2 (PDG1978) Hristo Stoichkov, Johan Cruyff (Tom Stevens) MOTM: Ronaldo (PDG1978) heroearaucano 1-2 Perú FC Roberto Rivellino (heroearaucano) Romário, Bobby Charlton (Perú FC) MOTM: Gaetano Scirea (Perú FC) OT_CAPITANO 2-2 La-Máquina Pelé x2 (OT_CAPITANO) Zico, Garrincha (La-Máquina) MOTM: Zico (La-Máquina)