Top Youth Cup reporter, Rolf Saville-Hall apologised for not updating the table last night as he had been frantically trying to finish fitting his new carpet in time for watching the 16x Youth Cup matches simultaneously on BT Sport.
Here is a brief overview.
Of the 32 teams who played we had TWO side who forgot to SET their sides.
Atalanta BC (Sean Cass)
FC Schalke 04 (Sameer Arshad)
As such they were both given automatic 3-0 defeats which is reflected in the updated Group Tables on the blog pages.
So onto a few select results and the Youth Cup TOTW:
Group A: A game between Porto and Juventus ended 0-0, to a fan expecting to be entertained, look away now, it was a match of tactical fighting. With the two manager both so determined not to concede that they forgot to attack. Villareal also won again to lead Group A.
Group C: Lokomotiv Moscow are surely the surprise side so far having maximum points from their two games, the Putin backed side stunned AS Monaco to win 4-3 in France, with Monaco struggling somewhat to get anywhere.
Group D: Praise to another Russian side as CSKA Moscow also have maximum points. Rolf Saville-Hall has raised concerns that the success of the Russian sides is no coincidence and perhaps a British anti-doping team should be sent to Moscow and has urged Group Administrators to carefully check the passports of these club's players to ensure their eligibility.
Group E: Newcastle have also started well and will be confident of progressing to the later stages of the competition after beating Milan 3-1.
Group F: Roy Keane continues to go on about how his side will win anything and his kids finally did win last night to close the game on Group F pacesetters, Leverkusen, led by Noisy who surely have one foot in the knock-out stages already after 9 points from 9.
Group H: This group is exceptionally tight and I wouldnt like to call who will get out of here, Benfica finally got off the mark after a 2-1 win against Chelsea.
Rolf Saville-Hall has this morning appointed Adam Johnson as responsible for picking the Youth Cup TOTW..
Adam Johnson said that is always tough to pick a TOTW but here is mine with O.OŽEGOVIĆ being the stand-out inclusion with a hat-trick in Monaco.
GK: G MARCHEGIANI (AC Milan)
CD: C MARQUINHOS (Paris SG)
CD: A LAPORTE (Man Utd)
CD: D RUGANI (Juventus)
DCM: E BAILLY (Villarreal)
RM: A BRUMA (Udinese)
CM: H ÇALHANOĞLU (Bayer Leverkusen)
CM: M MEYER (CSKA Moscow)
LM: G DEULOFEU (Real Madrid)
CF: A MITROVIĆ (Newcastle United)
CF: O.OŽEGOVIĆ (Lokomotiv Moscow)
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