Goal.com Champions League Manager: Matchday Three's Winning Formation

The main thing to remember about Goal.com's Fantasy League Manager is that prizes are awarded for each round of play, and not just at the end. With that in mind, if you think you have what it takes to put together the best squad for Matchday 4 of the Champions League,sign up nowand see if you can emulate Gigigroparu's feat!

Gigigroparu's team has not only won him/her a fantastic BlackBerry prize, but it's also put them high in the runnings for the grand final award of a MacBook Pro when the competition ends next year.

It seems as though the would-be manager from Romania made some inspired choices: having Villarreal's Llorente as captain gave him a colossal, colossal hat-trick bonus, while having John Terry at the back made a world of difference.

Here was his team, which finished one point clear of the nearest competitor this week:

Player
Team
Points
Bohush
Dynamo Kiev
8
Goain
Steaua Bucharest
2
Terry
Chelsea
12
Tony
CFR Cluj
1
Gourcuff
Bordeaux
5
Ribéry
Bayern Munich
6
Diego
Werder Bremen
1
Gerrard
Liverpool
4
Panagi
Anorthosis
0
Llorente (Captain)
Villarreal
32
Arshavin
Zenit St. Petersburg
2

TOTAL
73

And here is the top nine for this week. As well as Dongahwan, other prize winners will pick up a jersey for their favourite club (3x) or a cap (5x). (Those with equal weekly points are differentiated by overall ranking.)

Name
Country
PointsThis WEEK
gigigroparuRomania
73
supereebism
Iran
72
kruska
Japan
71
soccer_nerd
Australia
71
ukibiris
Puerto Rico
71
F.C.DODKO
South Korea
70
saras813
Spain
69
frattonender
United Kingdom
68
Exclusivz
Netherlands
68

And here is the top leaderboard overall, 1 through 11 (where 11 is last matchday's winner, dongahwah):

Name
Country
PointsOVERALL
mcostar
United Kingdom
128
zsiroskenyer
Hungary
127
wroomer
Finland
126
Dudaa
Bosnia-Herzegovina
125
supereebism
Iran
124
tristan9
Spain
123
saras813
Spain
123
palerma
Italy
122
sandy69
India
122
purpledome
Nigeria
121
dongahwah
Australia
121

Just to re-iterate, each of these prizes will be awarded again for every single round of play in Goal.com Champions League Manager 2008-09 as determined by our calendar, with the overall winner also getting a MacBook Pro! In other words, the sooner you sign up the more chance you have of winning the biggest prize, but you can join the fray anytime to be in with a chance of winning a fantastic BlackBerry phone! Could you be the next Gigigroparu? Sign up now and find out!


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