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A shout for John being the only player correctly predicting Elversberg would win at Osnabrück. Matchday 5 1) Rucksackfranzose 12 points 2) Tommy 10 points 3) Bluewolf 9 points 4) CaaC(John) 8 points 5) Coma 7 points 6) Viva la FCB 6 points 7) Stan 5 points 8- Michael 3 points 8- nawoo 3 points Only 12 points divide top spot from 9th place. Table after 5 matchdays 1) Rucksackfranzose 35 points 2) @Tommy 31 points 3) @Michael 30 points 4) @Bluewolf 28 points 5) @Coma 27 points 6) @CaaC (John) 26 points 6) @Stan 26 points 8- @Viva la FCB 25 points 9) @nawoo 23 points 10) @londonerlilie 14 points

A high score of 6 points, and only 3 players scoring more than 3: This has been a terrible matchday for us. Matchday 3 1) 6666 6 points 2) Tommy 5 points 3) Michael 4 points 4) Bluewlof 3 points 4) CaaC (John) 3 points 4) Coma 3 points 4) nawoo 3 points 4) Stan 3 points 9) Viva la FCB 2 points 10) Rucksackfranzose 1 point As it has to be expected with such a low-scoring matchday the table didn't change drastically. Table after 3 matchdays 1) @Viva la FCB 27 points 2) @Tommy 24 points 3) @nawoo 23 points 4) @Bluewolf 20 points 4) @Michael 20 points 4) @Stan 20 points 7) @6666 19 points 7) @Coma 19 points 9) @CaaC (John) 14 points 10) Rucksackfranzose 12 points

What to say about Rome. Beautiful city, everywhere we walked and everywhere we went had something to marvel at. We did a hop on hop off bus for this one and we got our money's worth. Went everywhere, did a night tour as well which was really cool to see all the fountains and the everything lit up. The highlight was still easily the Colosseum. We did a 3 hour guided walking tour of the streets and some background and the Forum and then the Colosseum itself and it was well worth it. Being down on the stage in the middle was just amazing, it gave real perspective on just how massive a scale the entire thing was. In 4 full days we did and saw basically all the normal tourist sites to hit; the Pantheon was really cool, Trevi fountain, Spanish Steps etc. The Vatican museum was insane. It was definitely overwhelming much like the Uffizi gallery in Florence; theres just too much there and it took several hours to go through that its just hard to comprehend and see everything. The Sistine Chapel was the definite standout there naturally and something Ill always remember though. Other then that as I mentioned above we made it to a football match as well at the Stadio Olimpico for Lazio vs Genoa on the first night and that was awesome. We kind of took it a little easier and took our time in Rome as we started to burn out a bit and get tired. Too many things and too much to do everyday, the heat didnt help as well but we where running on fumes by the time we hit Rome. The nice part was it did cool down after the first day, had a couple days of rain on and off and mid 20's temps. So a recap here basically of all the hubs we stayed at and our day trips here over 22 nights total. We flew into Rome to start and Out from Rome at the end as well. We trained between every city except Sicily where we flew, all the day trips outside of the couple tour trips we booked in Florence where also train. 2 nights in Assisi - basically 1 full day, we landed in Rome at like 3pm and had a train out at 6pm to go to Assisi. 3 nights in Salerno (Amalfi Coast area) - day trips down the coast, stopped in Amalfi, Positano, Minori, Maori. 1 Day trip to Capri. 1 Day trip to the mountain top town Ravello. 1 night in Pompei 1 night in Naples 3 nights in Catania - day trips to Mount Etna (small tour bus and day up at the Volcano area, Taormina and Syracusa 3 nights in Milan - day trip to Lake Como 1 night in Venice - partial day trip by ferry for 4 or 5 hours to Burano 4 nights in Florence - bus tour day trips, 1 to San Gimignano, Sienna, Pisa and some of the Chianti wine country. Other day trip to Cinque Terre. 4 nights in Rome - no more day trips We absolutely loved our time in Italy and will definitely go back one day as theres alot more to see and a few things to revist even probably. Our time in each place for the most part actually I think felt pretty good. It was alot of moving around but that was what we wanted to do, we backpacked and planned accordingly. The first time we felt like we didnt see everything was Syracusa, two days would have been perfect probably. The next was Venice. Venice was beautiful, we definitely felt like we needed another day or two in Venice though but it was also really busy and quite expensive so it was kind of a compromise up front but in hindsight we should have just bit the bullet and trimmed a bit more to have more time there. Sicily was the other, 3 days was never going to be enough and we did know that up front but it was definitely worth it. The standouts for me where definitely the Amalfi Coast area, Capri was amazing as well. The biggest surprise area for me was Sicily though. Taormina was one of my top couple places. I wish we had the time to get to Palermo and the Valley of the Temples on the other side of the Island and thats at the top of the list when we get back. Overall not alot of complaints and not a whole lot I would change If I could. That being said the one is I wouldn't go back in Summer, I know the heatwave was not normal and even alot of the Italians where complaining about how bad it was and its not normal for their summers but man was it tough at times. It is what it is though its the window we had to go on a trip like this so Ill take it.

A first half goal in each game for this round, but only one winner. Game 25's was close to half-time, with a 43rd-minute first goal but there were no winners. Game 26's was a bit earlier, in the 27th minute. 2 points Table after Game 26: @Dr. Gonzo gets his first points of the campaign and now goes level with @Redcanuck on 2 points.

President of TSV Hartberg hands several hundred Euros to their traveling fans after leading 3-0 in Wolfsberg.

Me, Rando and Lucas are all a disgrace man.

Damn, that Italy trip really doing wonders to Viva.

So I'd never watched The Sopranos before. I just finished Season 3 last night. That show is really really good. Probably should have watched this decades ago