Euro 2012 June 8

Fantasy League Pro – The Wrap Up

With today’s deadline looming across all the Fantasy games, your lineups should be close to being finalised – your Fantasy League pro auctions now complete.

I put the final piece in my 15-man squad with the capture of Mario Balotelli on Wednesday evening, he’ll work in a dubious partnership with Robin Van Persie to carry my hopes over the group stages.

Of course, the League Chairman should now have moved their games on and paved the way for sealed bidding to start on transfers. I’ve set my league to allow transfers after every set of Group matches, with a first deadline at 10pm on June 11 – I’m limiting bids to 5 per round with 20 over the tournament as a whole. Your chairman might have done different – that’s certainly one of the interesting elements of the Pro game.

Chairman can set your sealed bids deadline for the first round of transfers via their Chairman’s Office, by clicking on Sealed Bids. Here you can set a deadline for managers to make bids for the remaining free agents. You go back to this screen on the deadline to process the bids – watch out for any bids made after the deadline when you do. By default, managers can make unlimited transfers over the tournament – if you want to restrict that, you can do so, again via the Chairmans Office. This initial screen is also where a Chairman can change the cap on the number of players per country – I’m tweaking mine to 4 after the group stages are complete.

If there are any Chairman struggling to move their game on past the auction phase, due to final bids not being made or teams failing to make bids, then they should contact prosupport@fantasyleague.com asap. Provide details of your division id (available in the url of your league page) and the team id’s effected (available in the url of the teams in question) and they will resolve the issue so you can move you games on in time for today’s kick-off.

Fantasy League Classic

If you missed out on the Fantasy League Pro action, and you’re still looking out for an alternative to your McDonalds lineup, you can still take advantage of the Fantasy League Classic game. Entry to this is £5 with over £10,000 in the prize pot, including £5,000 to the winner.

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Bishman88
11 years, 10 months ago
Hi all,

Does anybody know what the possible italian defence will be? I am not too familiar with the back four?

Thanks,

Lee
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1. Sarnab
  11 years, 10 months ago
  next question please 😉
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2. Le Gooner
  11 years, 10 months ago
  I'd guess
  
  Maggio, Bonucci, Chiellini, Balzaretti if they're playing 4 at the back. If they're playing 3 at the back, then Bonucci, Chiellini and DeRossi/____
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3. Juve
  11 years, 10 months ago
  theres been
  rumors that there gonna play 352 and push de rossi back into centre d between chiellini and bonucci, the idea is to have to players playing wing back on the outsides, i would assume that they would be balzaretti and maggio, but maggio didntl that well so i wouldnt be surprised if ogbonna came in as well. to be honest the italians are playin spain and thats not gonna b a good fantasy matchup.
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tommygun
11 years, 10 months ago
Just thrown this bunch of miscreants together...

Given, Hart
Jordi Alba, Perquis, Shevchuk, Badstuber, Willems
Shiroko, Iniesta, Young, Elm, Nasri
Ibrahimović, Van Persie, Jelavić

Penny for your thoughts? Tried to spread amongst the groups as much as possible...
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1. tommygun
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Oh and Shevchuk is just in there because I couldn't figure out that last spot. Got £5M for it...
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2. Matakuko
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Perquis a doubt, Willems a doubt, jelly a doubt?
  
  Could be better optimised depending on when youu're going to wc
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  1. HVT
    11 years, 10 months ago
    According to Doos -Willems nailed on ,and jelly starts. Perquis looks a doubt and as Demi says get Boesnich.
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3. heco87
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Looks fairly solid to me although I'm not sold on Badstuber, Elm & Iniesta - would rather see Ozil, Maniatis & £7.5m mid, but then I would say that, given my team below 🙂
  
  Good luck!
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4. Jafalad
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Not sure if that's the right strategy. For example, I'd steer clear of French/English attacking options in a difficult game that's likely to produce few goals.
  
  I'd be taking a view on the fixtures and prioritising clean sheets (Russia, Poland) and goals (Sweden, Germany) and identifying the main players.
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  1. HVT
    11 years, 10 months ago
    You think Sweden will do Ukraine easily ?
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    1. tommygun
      11 years, 10 months ago
      I guess I'm thinking too long term...
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heco87
11 years, 10 months ago
Morning, for what it's worth here's my final (?) generic team with the plan to WC after GW1 ... any comments more than welcome:

Given, Isaksson

Maniatis, Kadlec, Piszczek, Papadopoulos, Zhirkov

Kuba, Ozil, Nasri, Sneijder, Mandzukic

RVP, Jelavic, Ibrahimovic
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1. Sarnab
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Jelavic and Mandzukic. Hmm that too much for me.
  
  I won't be surprised if they lose to Ireland.
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  1. heco87
    11 years, 10 months ago
    Yeah, point taken - decent backup to bring in if one of them doesn't fire however.
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2. HVT
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Not so generic IMO, a little different I like it, I just hope everyone starts for 4,
  Good luck Heyco.
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  1. heco87
    11 years, 10 months ago
    Cheers - fingers crossed
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HVT
11 years, 10 months ago
What do we think of ukraines chances of keeping a cs ? Surely the hosts will give some fight or will they be sick till their belly aches ?
0/3
1/3
2/3 ( just in case!)
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1. Jafalad
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Hard to see one v the attack minded Swedes first up and then its France and England. 0/3 for me. 🙁
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2. heco87
  11 years, 10 months ago
  0 or 1 I reckon - would rather go for a SWE/IRE/POL/GRE/CZE defender
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Sarnab
11 years, 10 months ago
Irish Defence or Croatian Defence ??
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1. Tuchap - Lurker
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Not much in it. Id probably go Croatia.
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2. Matakuko
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Crap:D
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3. Le Gooner
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Irish
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4. HVT
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Given , Greek
  Molson, Berezutski , stricnic , perquis. Ward.
  Sneidjer , Ozil , young , Iniesta , Shirkov.
  Mullet , Rvp , Jelly.
  
  As you can see I'm predicting 0-0 , do either or IMO.
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  1. Le Gooner
    11 years, 10 months ago
    Shane Long to score the winner
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  2. Sarnab
    11 years, 10 months ago
    u are predicting 0-0 but still u have jelly. 😉
    
    any personal attraction towards jelly? everton fan?
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    1. HVT
      11 years, 10 months ago
      Fair cop, must RV urgent .....
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Coleman Feel The Moyes!
11 years, 10 months ago
Again spent far too many hours researching & selecting this team but must say I'm pretty happy with the outcome:

Casillas (Given)

Kadlec Piszczek Strinic (Shevchuk & M Olsson)

Iniesta Ozil Sneijder Shirokov Obraniak

RVP Jelavic (Ibrahimovic)

BUT to captain:

A) Shirokov
B) Obraniak
C) Other

Thoughts gentlemen?
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1. Jafalad
  11 years, 10 months ago
  A Shirokov.
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roscola
11 years, 10 months ago
Yo Drinky

Every time I get 2 mins to look at my team one of the kids starts shrieking. Can't wait to get back to work for a break 🙂

Oops, there they go again, catch you later
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1. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
  11 years, 10 months ago
  ROSCOLA.. Simple question sent to u by email....
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Jafooli
11 years, 10 months ago
Is this fella Yarmolenko in or out? If in, likley to start?

I know nothing about him or Ukraine football so is he really better to have (aganist a well organised Sweden) than Xabi Alonso (against Italy, which I am realising I also know nothing about)?
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1. The Milkman
  11 years, 10 months ago
  He should play... but Ukraine squad has recently been suffering with the shits so I wouldn't put too much faith in them. Better to go for Larsson from Sweden in my opinion.
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Holy See
11 years, 10 months ago
This Euro tournament could be well be remembered more for teams/players leaving the pitch due to racist twits than anything else. Very sad in this day and age. To compound matters, UEFA will do...sod all most likely.
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The Milkman
11 years, 10 months ago
Ward or St Ledger?
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1. Le Gooner
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Ward's got a goal in him every now and then, but I assume St Ledger goes up for corners. Tough choice, St Ledger for me.
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2. GoonerByron
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Ward
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hellothere23
11 years, 10 months ago
With injury doubt to Perquis, should I switch it to Boenisch for the same value? Is he nailed-on? Not too clear on Poland's line-up.
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1. The Milkman
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Yep, nailed on. Szczesny is a great pic for goalkeeper though instead in my opinion.
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  1. hellothere23
    11 years, 10 months ago
    I'm doubling up. Szczesny and one more! Would love the RB ideally can't afford 0.5 more.
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The Milkman
11 years, 10 months ago
Who will get the highest score in GW1?

A) Jelavic
B) Ibrahimovic
C) Muller
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Matakuko
11 years, 10 months ago
Who is Elm? Summary please?
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1. beric
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Promising Swedish midfielder. Is very good at free kicks but is competing with other Swedes.
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2. Bubbles
  11 years, 10 months ago
  It's a type of tree, quite large, and found mainly in Europe, America & Asia.
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3. The Milkman
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Bargain bucket Swede mid. Don't expect much from him, but he's cheap and worth the money to upgrade from Andrews or Polanski.
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  1. King Nil Miss ✩
    11 years, 10 months ago
    And with some corner duties.
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beric
11 years, 10 months ago
Morning Lads.
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1. Sarnab
  11 years, 10 months ago
  morning beric
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2. udit
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Morning Beric 🙂 How's your euro team going?
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  1. beric
    11 years, 10 months ago
    Not great man, I can't make any decisions, wanna pick one for me?
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rosh22
11 years, 10 months ago
Hey guys, this is my first draft for the Mcdonalds game, please give any advice.

Szczesny, Given
Alba, M Olsson, Maniatis, Strinic, Limbersky,
Obraniak, Ozil, Afellay, Shirokov, Young,
Klose, RVP, Ibrahimovic
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1. mikess
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Love it
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  1. rosh22
    11 years, 10 months ago
    anything in particular you love?
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Grounderz
11 years, 10 months ago
Given (Cech)
Perquis | Lescott (Ward | A. Berezutski | Strinic
Shirokov | Ozil | Sneijder | Rosicky | S. Larsson
Lewandowski | van Persie | Ibrahimovic

Something's not right with this team. Anybody point out weaknesses? Planning to WC at GW2 so taking advantage of goal-fest games like Netherlands and Sweden.
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Sarnab
11 years, 10 months ago
Hart or lloris?? (Long-term option)
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1. Matakuko
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Lloris IMO
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2. beric
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Hart
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3. The Milkman
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Not much in it... I think France are the better team so I'd go Lloris.
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4. Grounderz
  11 years, 10 months ago
  But England are more defensively disciplined than France so you can be sure England to get clean sheets. France may not have as good record as England.
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  1. Sarnab
    11 years, 10 months ago
    Thats what i personally think.
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    1. Grounderz
      11 years, 10 months ago
      It all depends on who you have, but if you're thinking of long-term - I'd say England and then gives you options to tweak and change defenders here during the progress.
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Sarnab
11 years, 10 months ago
Maniatis or Granqvist ?
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1. beric
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Maiatis, then if he's not in the starting 11, get Granqvist if you must.
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  1. Sarnab
    11 years, 10 months ago
    I didn't get u. 🙁
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    1. beric
      11 years, 10 months ago
      We'll hear the Greek XI at around 4pm, the dealine is 4.30 pm (GMT), so if Maniatis isn't starting, bring in Granqvist. Make sense?
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      1. Sarnab
        11 years, 10 months ago
        Yup.. got it.
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    2. Christina.
      11 years, 10 months ago
      Get the praying Mantis.
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2. The Milkman
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Maniatitties
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3. Matakuko
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Zhirkov or Berezutski
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  1. Sarnab
    11 years, 10 months ago
    Zhirkov, if money isn't an issue.
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udit
11 years, 10 months ago
TW you got mail mate.
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von bergendy
11 years, 10 months ago
Finally finished. What do you think?

Chalkias, Given
Berezuski, Maniatis, Pizczek, Strinic, Alba
Ozil, Young, Afellay, Shirokov, Nasri
Ibra, Lewandowski, Van Persie

Thanks!
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1. heco87
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Looks pretty similar to a lot of drafts I've had. Would be tempted to downgrade Berez and upgrade Chialkis to Isaksson but other than that, looks good to go to me.
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  1. von bergendy
    11 years, 10 months ago
    Cheers, I've been playing round with the keepers and defense, but think I'll just wait until we get the Greek team sheet!
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7heRealDeal
11 years, 10 months ago
Guys please help! I have one spot on my team. Should I pick Ozil / Ribery / Iniesta / Young?
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1. von bergendy
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Ozil!
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2. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Who is on ur team if so many of these aren't
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Matakuko
11 years, 10 months ago
Do you already have 1 player from all these teams?
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1. 7heRealDeal
  11 years, 10 months ago
  yeah just one from each of the 4 teams so far
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BBC_TF
11 years, 10 months ago
Guys,

What is the best cheap GK combo?

I am struggling with the concept of having Given and the Greek GK..
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1. heco87
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Given & Isaksson over here but WCing after GW1 when we'll have a better idea of GRE / Russia / Den GKs
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mikess
11 years, 10 months ago
Who best to partner RVP and Klose?

9.5 in bank, currently on benzema. Correct?
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1. Miro
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Yes Benzema. What's the situation with Klose btw ? Is he more likely to start than Gomez ?
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demiurg
11 years, 10 months ago
Alex O'Henley ‏@UEFAcomAlexO

Good news for #POL fans. #Perquis has told one of the dailies here in Warsaw he's fit and raring to go
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1. ★FC Borecelona★
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Cheers for the info 🙂
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Bishman88
11 years, 10 months ago
I need a cheap defender from a top side who will play i did put abate in but he doesnt play i dont think and from what some of you have said about spain v italy i would rather not touch an italian defender now!

So what do you people think for a cheap and reliable defender?
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FPL Daniel
11 years, 10 months ago
What do we think will Portugal went throw the group or its all Germany and Holland ?
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1. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Germany and holland IMO...
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drughi
11 years, 10 months ago
who will be the top scorer ? muller, huntelaar, rvp and benzema should be the best bets right ?
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1. GoonerByron
  11 years, 10 months ago
  I'd take away Huntelaar, I guess there's a good chance he's starting on the bench.
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  1. drughi
    11 years, 10 months ago
    ok didnt know that, he scored most goals in the qualify and was top scorer in bundesliga so thought he was sure to start
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2. Alan The Llama
  11 years, 10 months ago
  Bookies have RVP/Gomez, Benzema, Ronaldo in that order
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3. von bergendy
  11 years, 10 months ago
  If Klose starts, I can see him getting it.
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4vets
11 years, 10 months ago
Uruguay press statement:

The Uruguay management team of Emperikal & 4vets would like to take this chance to wish all teams involved in the FFS UEFA leagues all the best for today’s games, except Switzerland. Thank you.
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Pards Against Humanity
11 years, 10 months ago
Morning all, a Quick RMT before the deadline

Casillas / Lindy
Strinic Zhirkov Agger Kadlec Papa
Mata Shirokov Affelay Ozil Elm
Benzema Ibrahimovic RVP
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