Fantasy WC – Wednesday 23rd

Day 4 of the competition and another 4 matches – with another shock result! Commentaries on today’s games and am updated table below. First proper update after tomorrow’s games when all 32 teams will have played their first game.

MOROCCO 0 CROATIA 0
Gisela Mowles, Steve Smith and Shaun Sparkes get a clean sheet from Joško Gvardiol.
Ian O’Brien and colin eunson get a clean sheet from Romain Saïss, as do another 12 from Achraf Hakimi.

GERMANY 1 JAPAN 0
Dave Nicholls, JAMES GRIERSON, Kevin Robinson and Shaun Sparkes get points from İlkay Gündoğan’s penalty.
Nobody gets any of the points earned from both of the Japanese goals.

SPAIN 7 COSTA RICA 0
Only 3 different Spaniards were picked. Martin Grierson gets 13 points from Ferran Torres’ brace. Paul Sparkes gets a clean sheet from Aymeric Laporte.

BELGIUM 1 CANADA 0
Only 3 Belgians picked, with 28 players picking Kevin de Bruyne. Ian O’Brien gets points from Thibaut Courtois’ penalty save.
Ewan White, Ben Corrie, Albert Au, Tracey Corrie, Nick & Emma and Shaun Sparkes lose points from Alphonso Davies’s penalty miss and booking.

POS	MANAGER	TEAM	TEAM NO.	PLAYERS LEFT	GD	POINTS
1	Kevin Robinson	Boro Lad	19	20	158	71
2	Chris Mowles	Out in the Quarters	5	20	141	59
3	Martin Grierson	The Jester’s Tear	14	20	128	56
4	Gisela Mowles	Hopp Schwiiz	6	20	135	52
5	JAMES GRIERSON	TOFFEE DOWN UNDER	15	20	152	51
6	Lauren Haigh	Rodri, you plonker	29	20	132	50
7	Melvin Pool	MELVINHO XI	10	20	134	50
8	Steve Smith	Cube of sixty four	16	20	194	49
9	Dave Nicholls	CuddaWuddaShudda	3	20	137	48
10	Shaun Sparkes	Do You Put The Kekkle On	35	20	181	48
11	Jason Harrison	Brutal Deluxe	8	20	141	47
12	Philip Haigh	Sonly a Game	18	20	119	46
13	Josh Wignall	Haven’t Jota clue	25	20	135	45
14	Allan Jones	AllStars	2	20	157	45
15	Ian O’Brien	Boss Nights	4	20	111	43
16	Ross Hunt	Last Minute 11	33	20	121	43
17	Ste Corbett	No Chance FC	7	20	131	43
18	Michael Grierson	Grio FC	24	20	152	43
19	colin eunson	UE’s go aussie	13	20	132	42
20	Christopher Grierson	Qatar Payoff	12	20	180	42
21	Robin Horsler	No Transfer Demons	20	20	90	40
22	Ewan White	The Briggs Ballers	11	20	190	39
23	Mike Sparkes	Bluemoon	31	20	139	38
24	Paul Maiden	Pride of Europe	9	20	152	37
25	Ben Donafee	Karim Bensteama	30	20	133	36
26	Gary Nelson	MMDG	21	20	245	35
27	Emma Bisset	GodsHand	1	20	126	33
28	David Owen	Dasus United	22	20	140	33
29	Neil Metcalf	Jubilee Invincibles	26	20	177	33
30	Nick & Emma	Nick & Emma	28	20	147	32
31	Albert Au	WeDontTakeLs	23	20	155	32
32	Paul Sparkes	Best team in all the land and world	34	20	102	29
33	Tracey Corrie	Ta-ra Qatar	27	20	127	27
34	Madison and Rhys	Mad dogs	32	20	129	27
35	Ben Corrie	Jack Warner’s brown envelope	17	20	118	24