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Rennais 3 Guingamp 0 Isak Johannesson on 40 minutes.
Schalke 1 Cologne 1 Quissanga header.
Berlin 3 Leverkusen 0 Kharaishvili.
Wolfsburg 3 Mainz 0 Thuram.
Lazio 3 Ancona 0 Ceballos.

Boca 2 Independente 0 Gael Sandoval on 41 minutes.
Flamengo 2 Vasco 2 Clayton De Silveira.
Cagliari 0 AC Milan 2 Halilovic.
Valencia 4 Malaga 1 Martin Montoya.

Anderlecht 3 Genk 1 Eriksen on 42 minutes.

Soton 3 Wolves 0 Mitrovic on 43 minutes.
Paris 4 Lyon 0 Jorghino Frello.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Boca 2 Independente 0 Gael Sandoval on 41 minutes.
Flamengo 2 Vasco 2 Clayton De Silveira.
Cagliari 0 AC Milan 2 Halilovic.
Valencia 4 Malaga 1 Martin Montoya.

Long way back for Independiente now, disappointing given the friendly results but it’s a marathon not a sprint…

Corinthians 1 Cruzeiro 2 Bruno Oliveira on 44 minutes.
Palace 2 Brighton 0 John Mikel header.
Dortmund 1 Bayern 2 Tigges.
Berlin 4 Leverkusen 0 Dzagoev.
Real Madrid 3 Sevilla 0 Lionel Messi.

and the ref blows for the halftime break and we'll be right back with all the action from the second half...

As expected. Plymouth and Independiente hard games, Atletico and Twente doing the business.

Need to keep remembering not to panic at the first sign of a poor result!

the players are back out and the ref gets the second half underway...

Charlton 1 Wednesday 0 Salah on 48 minutes.
Liverpool 4 Birmingham 2 David Luiz header.
Lorient 0 Nantes 2 Oscar Santos.
Rennais 4 Guingamp 0 Dallas.
Roma 1 Fiorentina 2 Robert Santos.

Santos 1 Fluminense 2 Crystian Carvalho on 49 minutes.
Sao Paulo 2 palmeiras 1 Andre Balada.
Villa 1 Chelsea 2 Hakim Ziyech.
Burnley 3 Everton 1 Steven Defour header.
Twente 2 Sittard 0 Gylfi Sigurdsson.
PSV 1 Feyenoord 1 Eden Dzeko header.
Rangers 2 Livingston 1 Patterson header.

Boca 3 Independente 0 Nahuel Bustos on 50 minutes.
Plymouth 1 Arsenal 2 Jesse Lingard.
Newcastle 1 Man United 2 Nicolas Pepe.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Boca 3 Independente 0 Nahuel Bustos on 50 minutes.
Plymouth 1 Arsenal 2 Jesse Lingard.
Newcastle 1 Man United 2 Nicolas Pepe.

Bad minute for both teams. Lots of time in the Plymouth game but need to be winning these games at home!

Flamengo 2 Vasco 3 Alan Kardec on 51 minutes.
Wimbledon 1 Bristol City 2 Andy Carroll.
Frankfurt 2 Hannover 1 Alexander Isak.
Napoli 1 Inter Milan 1 Giovanni Di Lorenzo.

Limerick 1 Derry 2 Javier Mascherano header on 52 minutes.
Bournemouth 1 Derby 2 Kelly.
Atalanta 4 Juventus 0 Tassi.
Inverness 2 Kilmarnock 1 McBurnie.

Sao Paulo 3 Palmeiras 1 Lucas Farias on 53 minutes.
Rennais 5 Guingamp 0 Patson Daka.
Real Madrid 4 Sevilla 0 Iniesta.

PSV have had Israel Jimenez sentoff.

Flamengo 3 Vasco 3 Abner Felipe on 54 minutes.
Lorient 0 Nantes 3 MBappe.
Galanta 1 Ruzomberok 2 Hector Tubonemi header.

Estudiantes 1 Lorenzo 0 Jeisson Vargas on 55 minutes.
Bate 3 Slutsk 0 Timothy Castagne header.
Charlton 2 Wednesday 0 Aubameyang header.
West Brom 4 Wigan 0 Jovetic.

Westham 1 Spurs 1 Eric Dier on 56 minutes.
Wimbledon 2 Bristol City 2 Henriksen.
Barnsley 3 Consett 0 Jack Collison.

Rennais 6 Guingamp 0 Johannesson on 57 minutes.

Estudiantes 1 Lorenzo 1 Jonathan Cristaldo on 58 minutes.
Plymouth 2 Arsenal 2 Luis Suarez.
Liverpool 4 Birmingham 3 Alexis Sanchez.
Soton 3 Wolves 1 Benteke.
Bournemouth 1 Derby 3 Samir Nasri.

Falmouth 0 Stithians 2 Eccleston header on 59 minutes.
Villa 1 Chelsea 3 Mount.

Boca 4 Independente 0 Carlos Guzman on 60 minutes.
Newcastle 1 Man United 3 Bruno Fernandes.
Twente 3 Sittard 0 Divock Origi.

Santos 2 Fluminense 2 Gabigol on 61 minutes.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Estudiantes 1 Lorenzo 1 Jonathan Cristaldo on 58 minutes.
Plymouth 2 Arsenal 2 Luis Suarez.
Liverpool 4 Birmingham 3 Alexis Sanchez.
Soton 3 Wolves 1 Benteke.
Bournemouth 1 Derby 3 Samir Nasri.

Come on boys let’s kick on from here!

Defensive issues continue, with the emergence of Ben White, manage considering 3 at the back which might sure things up and release the FBs…

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Boca 4 Independente 0 Carlos Guzman on 60 minutes.
Newcastle 1 Man United 3 Bruno Fernandes.
Twente 3 Sittard 0 Divock Origi.

Well CAT doesn’t seem to have worked this week… need to see the tale of the tape!