Good afternoon, everyone!  Considering the overwhelming response to the first DFO EPL Tipping pool (22 members and counting!), we decided to create a new weekly post to remind you to put the EPL tips in, tell you who is winning, and to give you the weekend’s fútbol schedule so that you could plan your weekend activities accordingly. 

Before I begin, I want to give credit for all the hot lady soccer fan pictures to the Fútbol Babes Twitter account. Those folks do the Lord’s Work and deserve a follow from you.

This week is a bit different as all the major European leagues are taking a FIFA Break. That means that the players are either getting a rest or playing for their national teams in various friendlies and/or regional competitions. We did, however, have action last week, so let’s see how we did in the EPL Tipping Pool:

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EPL Tipping Pool Standings

Place	Tipper	Round Tips	Round Margin	Total Tips	Total Margin
1	Balls	6	0	22	3
2	Game Time Decision	6	0	22	4
3	Son Of Spam	6	0	21	4
4	Mr. Ayo	8	0	20	4
5	Reverend Mayhem	5	0	20	6
6		5	1	20	6
7	Spur	6	1	20	7
8	Fronkenshteen	5	0	19	7
9	nomonkeyfun	7	1	19	8
10	KBS52	6	0	18	4
11	Yeah Right	5	1	18	5
12	King Hippo	3	1	17	5
13	bk109	6	0	17	6
14	Litre_cola	5	1	17	6
15	Wakezilla	6	1	17	7
16	BFC	1	1	16	6
17	Sharkbait	4	2	16	6
18	Horatio	1	1	14	5
19	Blaxxabbath	1	4	14	18
20	Maestro	1	1	12	7
21	Herodotus	5	3	12	7
22	Don T	1	1	11	6

I find it funny/ironic that the guy that disparages the EPL is still at the top of the pool. I’m sure that won’t last, though. Big congratulations to Mr. Ayo, who got the top score of the week! He rocketed up the standings thanks to that showing. Secondary props to nomonkeyfun for a very respectable 7 out of 10 that also moved him up! We also had other movement in the standings as some folks got punished for not putting in their tips.

If you want to join the pool, there is still plenty of time as we’ve only just completed Round 4 out of 38. It’s free to play and all you have to do is create an account with ESPN Australia. It’s a different ESPN from here, so your normal ESPN login will not work: https://www.footytips.com.au/competitions/?ff=settings&competitionId=573249

While there are no games on tap this weekend, you can still enter in your tips for the next weekend. Make sure you remember to put the footy tips in!

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Weekend Schedule

I’m being told that Canadian viewers only need to sign up for DAZN and they can get all the coverage of all the world’s fútbol leagues in one place.

Since we are on an international break, instead of giving you the league schedules, I’ll be giving you the schedules for all the European national team games.

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UEFA Euro 2020 Qualifying

In the US, ESPN holds the English-language rights while Univisión holds the Spanish-language rights to the UEFA Euro 2020 Qualifying games. You can either watch these games through the respective apps or the networks themselves. Here are the games on tap this weekend (all times Pacific and home teams always listed first):

Thursday, September 5, 2019

9:00 AM – Armenia v Italy (TUDN)

11:45 AM – Ireland v Switzerland (ESPN app, TUDN app)

11:45 AM – Gibraltar v Denmark (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

11:45 AM – Romania v Spain (ESPN+, TUDN)

11:45 AM – Norway v Malta (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

11:45 AM – Faroe Islands v Sweden (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

11:45 AM – Israel v North Macedonia (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

11:45 AM – Finland v Greece (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

11:45 AM – Bosnia and Herzegovina v Liechtenstein (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

Friday, September 6, 2019

9:00 AM – Estonia v Belarus (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

9:00 AM – Cyprus v Kazakhstan (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

11:45 AM – Germany v Netherlands (ESPN2, TUDN, UniMás)

11:45 AM – Wales v Azerbaijan (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

11:45 AM – Slovakia v Croatia (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

11:45 AM – Slovenia v Poland (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

11:45 AM – Austria v Latvia (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

11:45 AM – Scotland v Russia (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

11:45 AM – San Marino v Belgium (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

Saturday, September 7, 2019

6:00 AM – Kosovo v Czech Republic (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN)

9:00 AM – England v Bulgaria (ESPN+, TUDN)

9:00 AM – Lithuania v Ukraine (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

9:00 AM – Iceland v Moldova (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

11:45 AM – Serbia v Portugal (ESPN+, TUDN)

11:45 AM – Turkey v Andorra (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

11:45 AM – France v Albania (ESPN+, TUDN app)

Sunday, September 8, 2019

6:00 AM Armenia v Bosnia and Herzegovina (ESPN3, TUDN)

9:00 AM – Switzerland v Gibraltar (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

9:00 AM – Georgia v Denmark (ESPN3, TUDN)

9:00 AM – Romania v Malta (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

11:45 AM – Spain v Faroe Islands (ESPN3, TUDN)

11:45 AM – Sweden v Norway (ESPNEWS, ESPN app, TUDN app)

11:45 AM – Greece v Liechtenstein (ESPN3, ESPN app, TUDN app)

11:45 AM – Finland v Italy (ESPN+, TUDN app)

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Notable Friendly Games

There are also going to be some interesting games to watch that are not part of any formal competition, but will be compelling. Again, all times Pacific and home teams listed first:

Thursday, September 5, 2019

6:00 PM – Honduras v Puerto Rico (Fox Deportes)

7:00 PM – Chile v Argentina (ESPN Deportes)

Friday, September 6, 2019

5:30 PM – USA v México (Fox Sports 1, Univisión, TUDN)

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Enjoy the weekend!

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