Pleased with a tidy 17/23 in week 4, especially given it was an international week. On to what is going to be another tricky week with lots of great performances.
Selection Problems
Every week I'll have some and this week, well, they came from La Liga. All of them. Any of EIGHT La Liga midfielders could make this week’s TOTW, however I’ve managed to narrow it down to just five. Firstly, we have Mario Suarez, who scored twice for Valencia from defensive midfield as Cesare Prandelli picked up his first win as Los Che boss; not bad for a man who’s, from what I saw on Twitter, scored three goals in the previous seven seasons. Isco is the next name on the team sheet, having scored twice in Real Madrid’s 6-1 thumping of Real Betis; Toni Kroos could just as easily making this week’s squad having made two assists.
Belgian winger Yannick Ferreira Carrasco is arguably this week’s star performer, having had a had in five goals as Atletico Madrid put seven past Granada, whilst the Brazilian Rafinha was FC Barcelona’s star man, scoring twice in a 4-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna. Finally, for some diversity of course, we have an Italian, Roberto Soriano, who like Rafinha scored twice. However, this time, it was in a quite admirable 5-0 win for Villarreal over a good Celta Vigo side.
Enjoy Folks! #PACKPARTY
Starting XI
GK: Maarten Stekelenburg (Everton) - 7 saves, including 2 penalty saves, 1-1 vs Manchester City
RWB: Timothy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt) - 1 assist, 2-2 vs Bayern Munich
CB: Nicolas Pallois (Bordeaux) - 1 goal, 1-1 vs Rennes
CB: Vasili Berezutski (CSKA Moscow) - 1 goal, 1-0 vs FC Ufa
RW: Theo Walcott (Arsenal) - 2 goals, 3-2 vs Swansea City
CDM: Mario Suarez (Valencia CF) - 2 goals, 2-1 vs Sporting Gijon
CM: Isco (Real Madrid) - 2 goals, 6-1 vs Real Betis
LM: Yannick Ferreira Carrasco (Atletico Madrid) - 3 goals & 2 assists, 7-1 vs Granada
CAM: Joe Allen (Stoke City) - 2 goals, 2-0 vs Sunderland
ST: Martin Braithwaite (Toulouse) - 2 goals & 1 assist, 3-1 vs AS Monaco
ST: Paulo Dybala (Juventus) - 2 goals, 2-1 vs Udinese
Substitutes Bench
GK: Rune Jarstein (Hertha Berlin) - 5 saves, including a penalty save, 1-1 vs Borussia Dortmund
CB: Ethan Ebanks-Landell (Sheffield United) - 2 goals, 4-0 v Port Vale
RM: Junior Stanislas (AFC Bournemouth) - 2 goals & 1 assist, 6-1 vs Hull City
LM: Pavel Nekhajchik (FC Orneburg) - 3 goals, 3-1 vs Tom Tomsk
RW: Cristian Dajome (Atletico Nacional) - 2 goals & 1 assist, 4-0 vs Atletico Huila
ST: Martin Cauteruccio (San Lorenzo) - 3 goals, 3-1 vs Arsenal Sarandi
ST: Leandro Benegas (Palestino) - 3 goals, 5-1 vs Antofagasta
Reserves
GK: Rene Adler (Hamburger SV) - 4 saves, including a penalty save, 0-0 vs Borussia Monchengladbach (1)
RM: Rafinha (FC Barcelona) - 2 goals, 4-0 vs Deportivo La Coruna
LM: Roberto Soriano (Villarreal) - 2 goals, 5-0 vs Celta Vigo
LW: Adem Ljajic (Torino) - 2 goals, 4-1 vs Palermo
ST: Edin Dzeko (AS Roma) - 2 goals, 3-1 vs Napoli
—
Squad Link: http://www.futwiz.com/en/custom-squad/1895
@Rawrdrigoo