I've finally come back down to earth after a great weekend during which Leeds won and Man. United lost! It doesn't get much better than that but its been slightly tempered by the fact its an International break for the World Cup Qualifiers.
Leicester knocked Man. U out fo the cup! Excellent and so it was for my old sparring partner @lebey1 who was the only one out of our large Nigeria contingent who chose probably the best African player currently in the PL at the moment, Kelechi Iheanacho to score the first goal. He also scored a second giving him 9 goals in 9 games. Not bad going! Full details at the end.
So onto today and I guess we ought to go with one of the qualifying games and so I chose this one in group J as it does have some Leeds involvement and could be quite tasty!
@nathen007's Prediction
Romania will go into this as clear favourites with home advantage but North Macedonia start with only 1 defeat in their last 9, which was to Armenia and will not make this easy. They also have speedy Mr Gjanni Alioski on the wing who will cause the Romanians all sorts of problems and I'm thinking there could be a shock on the cards!
Prediction: Romania 0 : 1 North Macedonia - First Goalscorer: Alioski of course!
Simply write the name of the FIRST GOALSCORER and the CORRECT SCORE as a comment. The competition closes 5 minutes before kick-off which is 19.45 GMT (11.45 @metzli time! )
The Small Print
In the first goalscorer competition, own goals do not count. In the correct score competition, it's the score after 90mins. Extra time and penalties do not count and the pot for each competition will roll-over if there is no winner. If more than one person chooses the same first goalscorer or correct score, the prize is shared and everyone gets a little upvote! It seems I also need to add, one entry per person. Don't forget the new rule that only people with a rep of 45 or above are eligible to enter unless they have been approved. The bonus will be added to any winnings ONLY if Leeds United win and/or Man U lose and all payouts will never exceed 50% of post payout. Other bonuses paid out at my discretion.
The Winners were...
AS I said at the top, well done to @lebey1 who got the first goalscorer and takes 5000+500 tokens. The correct score was 3:1 and no one got that, except one person who, amongst 4 others posted over a day late lol.....
Appearance fees go out to @dave-estates, @ralph75, @hykss.sports, @dealhunter, @corporateay, @jfang003, @pusen, @jersteemit, @marvinix, @amr008, @chrisparis and @siralexf.
1-1
Puscas to score first.
Ok. Game closed as it's 5 mins to kick off. Good luck everyone :-)
3-0 with Hagi first :)
Good shout, I forgot about Hagi!
It feels good to be a winner.
Puscas to score first
Romania to win 2-1
My prediction
Romania winning with 3-1
First Goalscorer: Alioski
First scorer Alibec
Romania 2 - 1 Macedonia
My Prediction today is a 3 - 1
With Puscas to score first
Puscas
2-0