Kharine win ‘doesn’t feel right’

PIKOV Scuminov lifted the Dmitri Kharine World Cup yesterday but their manager says ‘it doesn’t feel right’ as he remotely bid in the auction.

Antoine Greizmann got a goal and an assist to become the second-highest individual scorer at the tournament and help ‘the Scum‘ secure the Kenna-Kharine double in 2018.

“Muted celebrations in the office as winning without attending the auction doesn’t feel right,” said the Scum boss about calling into last month’s London auction from his New York base.

The Scum manager has clearly forgotten the controversy of the Emerson World Cup four years ago, when the Testiculadewland manager won the tournament after a ‘tactical no show’ at the auction.

“We don’t want to send a message managers have more chance of winning World Cups if they don’t show up to the auction,” read a statement from the chairman last night.

Given the leaked Wada report about several managers testing positive for banned substances at the event last month, many believe the auction is fast becoming the last place to find a successful fantasy football manager.

Special Kharine mention goes to Putin More Russians Puns, who after a nervy group stage raced up the table in the knockout round to take surprise third place, mainly thanks to Eden Hazard and Kylian Mbappe.

Sadly, for the PMRP manager cash prizes are only being awarded to first and second place.

Better luck next time goes to Test Team (Please Ignore). Having come last in the Kharine, their manager can look forward to a few nights in the gulag where a hand job from Pussy Riot will be the least of his problems.

Kharine table – final standings

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Kharine - final table - 16 July 2018
Kharine – final table – 16 July 2018

Kharine – top 30 players

Kharine Top 30 Players
Kharine Top 30 Players
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Kharine managers ‘were all on drugs’

THE Pikov Scuminov manager says his rivals must have ‘all been on drugs’ after going 10 points clear at the top of the Dmitri Kharine World Cup table this week.

Bidding remotely from the US, the Scuminov boss only signed a handful of players at the auction last month including Antoine Greizmann for £28m and Timo Werner for £32m.

He picked up leftovers after the event, such as the unsigned defender Miranda, for £0.5m.

“You guys must have all been on drugs for no-one to have bid for the Brazil captain or gone above £5m for Diego Godin,” said the Pikov Scuminov manager.

Whether Kharine managers were on drugs or not at the auction is still being investigated by the World Anti Doping Agency after several urine samples tested positive for banned substances.

Kharine managers are pleading their innocence but Wada says managerial decision making at the auction is building a strong case against them.

“The Test Team (Please Ignore) manager signed a back three of Medhi Benatia, Kalidou Koulibaly and Nikola Milenkovic,” begins a leaked extract from the damning Wada report.

“The Lokomotiv Leeds manager spent £26m on strikers from Saudi Arabia and South Korea.

“The Breivik Babes manager signed Mauro Icardi. He wasn’t even named in the Argentina squad.

Fat Ladies started the tournament with tennis player Maria Sharapova in attack.

“How can we draw any other conclusion than these people were out of their tiny little minds?”

A source at Kenna HQ refuted the allegations.

“Has Wada never been to a Kenna auction before? These managers weren’t doping, they’ve just always been a bit slow.”

Kharine table – post semis

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Kharine post semis - 12 July 2018
Kharine post semis – 12 July 2018
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Hardboiled Kharine

THE front door of the flat was like a Panamanian defence. It looked big and imposing but I picked it open in seconds.

As soon as I opened the door the smell was everywhere. Acrid. It hit the back of my throat like a desperate German clearance into a match-weary South Korean groin.

I stepped into the stuffy entrance hall and closed the front door behind me. The smell intensified as I stood there listening for any movement. It was as quiet as a Berlin fan park at the end of the group stage, and just as threatening.

Carefully I began to walk through the flat. The remains of a takeaway and a six Jamaican lager beers for five pounds deal was on the coffee table in the lounge along with some curious-looking DVDs, but other than the flat looked as untouched as the Spain quarter final hotel booking.

As I approached what I guessed was the bedroom the pungent smell grew stronger. I turned the knob and as the door creaked open I had to cover my face with my arm.

There were flies everywhere. Big, blue and green blow flies that buzzed like a Balkan midfield during a useful spell of possession. At the centre of the black mass of insects lying on the bed was the shape of what used to be a living being, naked except for the flies, a pair of pants around its ankles and a brown leather belt around its neck.

Even in the midst of the city’s heatwave, where the clothes on broads became as minimal as their patience for men watching three games a day, there was no way this level of decomposition could happen this early in the tournament. It must have been here since just after he first round of group stage matches.

These days there were stiffs turning up all over the city. It was normally the work of the manager experiences department. Those Chekist bullies had people squibbed off for nothing more than bad table manners.

But this didn’t look like the work of a manager experiences button man. The place was too tidy, the drawers weren’t overturned and the corpse was still in one piece.

My hand over my mouth I moved in for a closer inspection. The flies continued to foam around the dark opening of the mouth. The eyes were sunk back into the skull, deeper than Belgian wingbacks in the opposition half, and just as shifty looking.

The expression on the face when he’d faced the big one was still there. It looked like a blunted Argentine attack, not sure whether it was just about coming into form or never finding it again.

I returned to the entrance hall and dialled Kenna HQ.

“Put me through to the vice chairman’s office. Tell him it’s urgent,” I barked at the secretary, the smell had stripped me of my politer conversation. By now she recognised my voice.

The phone clicked and the vice chairman was there.

“What have you got?” he said. He didn’t sound in a good mood, like a Colombian after losing a penalty shootout.

“I’ve found him,” I told the vice chairman.

“You’re sure?” he perked up.

“Yes, and he’s been dead for sometime.”

“Was it manager experiences? I knew the chairman would be behind this,” he began to jabber, but I interrupted him before he could lay out his whole, whacky conspiracy theory.

“He wasn’t blipped off by anyone else. It looks like he choked himself off while he choked himself off, if you get my meaning. There’s some pretty wild smut in the lounge. And he’s been dead for some time.”

The vice chairman breathed heavily at the end of the phone before saying: “Alright, collect your pay next time you’re here.”

I hung up. Before I left the flat I took one last look at the poor sucker in the bedroom I’d been hunting down for the last two weeks.

It was the remains of the vice chairman’s Kharine title hopes.

Kharine table – after the round of last 16

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Kharine last 16 - 4 July 2018
Kharine last 16 – 4 July 2018
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For you the Kharine is over

GERMANY’s biggest defeat in Russia since the Battle of Stalingrad was bad news for 13 of the 16 Dmitri Kharine World Cup managers.

More money was spent on Germans at the Kharine auction than on players from any other nation.

Shelling out £193m on the Teutonic flops, Kharine managers also spent more on average per German player: £14.85m.

Timo Werner was the most expensive German. He cost Pikov Scuminov £32m and returned just one assist, although his poor form didn’t stop the side top scoring this round to keep hold of second place.

The manager of I Knew Sterling Would F*ck It Up! was one of only three competitors not to sign a German. His team stay top of the Kharine.

Sporting Lesbian signed the second-most expensive Die Mannschaft player, Thomas Muller for £30m. His only contribution was a yellow card.

For £27m, Goulash County bought Jerome Boateng and got two goals conceded and a red card in return.

Belgians were the next most popular with Kharine managers with an average spend per player of £14.25m.

Romelu Lukaku (I Knew Sterling Would F*ck It Up!) and Kevin de Bruyne (The Breivik Babes) both went for more than £30m although their managers will be disappointed they missed out on last night’s training game in Kaliningrad.

Discounting the folly of the Lokomotiv Leeds manager who saw fit to splash out £26m on a South Korean and Saudi strike partnership, France was the third most expensive country when it came to player sales: £11.21m per player on average.

Of the 16 managers to compete in the Kharine, 14 signed French players, alongside Argentina and England the most players purchased of any nationality.

Players Value (£m) Average per player (£m)
Germany 13 193 14.85
Belgium 11 156.5 14.25
Saudi Arabia 1 13 13
South Korea 1 13 13
France 14 157 11.21
Argentina 14 153.5 11
Spain 11 113 10.27
Portugal 8 77 9.63
Poland 4 25 9.63
Iceland 1 8 8
England 14 110 7.86
Uruguay 9 70 7.78
Colombia 6 38 6.33
Senegal 3 17 5.67
Denmark 4 22 5.5
Croatia 9 48.5 5.38
Mexico 5 17.5 3.5
Serbia 6 20.5 3.42
Russia 3 8 2.67
Morocco 3 5.5 1.83
Nigeria 4 7 1.75
Switzerland 6 8 1.33
Peru 3 4 1.33
Australia 2 1.5 0.75
Costa Rica 1 0.5 0.5
Japan 1 0.5 0.5

Kharine table – after the group stage

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Kharine table - 29 June 2018
Kharine table – 29 June 2018
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Sterling F*cking It Up top

I KNEW Sterling Would F*ck It Up! eased to the top of the Kharine table after the second round of matches knocking bitter rivals FC Testiculadew into second place.

Lukaku (12 points), Allison (7), Giminez (7), Strinic (7), Shaqiri (6), Tadic (5) and Bernado Silva (5) ensured IKSWFIU! could do without a single point from Angel Di Maria, Marcus Rashford and Ousmane Dembele.

FCT saw their early 21-point lead over Pikov Scuminov cut to just nine points, as every player for Scuminov continues to contribute to their total.

Ironically, Scuminov’s Raheem Sterling looks like he’s f*cking it up but still managed to be his team’s highest scorer this round with eight points.

Lubyanka B launched from mid-table obscurity into fourth with a brace from Musa and goals from Lingard and Kroos and clean sheets from Soares, Marcelo and Muslera.

Test Team (Please Ignore) sunk to last place in the table with Goretzka and Tim Cahill yet to make a Kharine appearance and £38m Lionel Messi appearing to suffer a mental breakdown during Thursday evening’s game.

Kharine table – after two rounds of matches

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Second round of matches - 25 June 2018
Second round of matches – 25 June 2018
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Team guide – Dmitri Kharine World Cup 2018

Team Name Name Pos Team  Cost 
Pikov Scuminov Mercado, G DEF ARG  £    0.50
Lubyanka B Banega, E MID ARG  £    0.50
Chemical Academical Otamendi, N DEF ARG  £    0.50
Test Team (please ignore) Messi, L STR ARG  £ 38.00
Fat Ladies Guzman, N GK ARG  £    3.00
The Breivik Babes Icardi, M STR ARG  £    0.50
No fiesta without Iniesta  Romero, S GK ARG  £ 10.00
I knew Sterling would fuck it up! di Maria, A MID ARG  £    9.00
Young Bolsheviks Aguero, S STR ARG  £ 40.00
Putin More Russian Puns Lo Celso, G MID ARG  £    2.00
Sailsbury FC Higuain, G STR ARG  £ 28.00
Seven Sisters, One Worl Cup Mascherano, J DEF ARG  £    4.00
Sporting Lesbians Dybala, P STR ARG  £ 17.00
FC Testiculadewland Rojo, M DEF ARG  £    0.50
Chemical Academical Jedinak, M MID AUS  £    0.50
Test Team (please ignore) Cahill, T MID AUS  £    1.00
Pikov Scuminov Mertens, D STR BEL  £    0.50
Lubyanka B Vertonghen, J DEF BEL  £ 16.00
Chemical Academical Courtois, T GK BEL  £ 16.00
The Breivik Babes de Bruyne, K MID BEL  £ 31.00
No fiesta without Iniesta Kompany, V DEF BEL  £ 17.00
I knew Sterling would fuck it up! Lukaku, R STR BEL  £ 33.00
Young Bolsheviks Alderweireld, T DEF BEL  £ 14.00
Putin More Russian Puns Hazard, E MID BEL  £ 26.00
Seven Sisters, One Worl Cup Batshuayi, M STR BEL  £    2.00
Sporting Lesbians Witsel, A MID BEL  £    0.50
FC Testiculadewland Meunier, T DEF BEL  £    0.50
Pikov Scuminov Miranda DEF BRA  £    0.50
Lubyanka B Marcelo DEF BRA  £ 22.00
Chemical Academical Jesus, G STR BRA  £ 24.00
Test Team (please ignore) Casemiro MID BRA  £    3.00
Fat Ladies Fernandinho MID BRA  £    0.50
The Breivik Babes Fred MID BRA  £    0.50
No fiesta without Iniesta Coutinho, P MID BRA  £ 27.00
I knew Sterling would fuck it up! Alisson GK BRA  £    2.00
Young Bolsheviks Augusto, R MID BRA  £    0.50
Goulash County Neymar STR BRA  £ 24.00
Lokomotiv Leeds Silva, T DEF BRA  £ 10.00
Putin More Russian Puns Marquinhos DEF BRA  £    4.00
Sailsbury FC Firmino, R STR BRA  £ 18.00
Seven Sisters, One Worl Cup Paulinho MID BRA  £    8.00
Sporting Lesbians Danilo DEF BRA  £    0.50
FC Testiculadewland Willian MID BRA  £    5.00
Chemical Academical Grigori Rasputin DEF BRM  £ 14.00
Fat Ladies Maria Sharapova STR BRM  £ 24.00
Chemical Academical Cuadrado, J MID COL  £    1.00
Young Bolsheviks Baccas, C STR COL  £    0.50
Goulash County Ospina, D GK COL  £    6.00
Sailsbury FC Falcao, R STR COL  £    5.00
Seven Sisters, One Worl Cup Arias, S DEF COL  £    0.50
Sporting Lesbians Rodriguez, J MID COL  £ 25.00
Young Bolsheviks Ruiz, B MID COS  £    0.50
Lubyanka B Kramaric, A STR CRO  £    0.50
The Breivik Babes Lovren, D DEF CRO  £    1.00
No fiesta without Iniesta Modric, L MID CRO  £ 13.00
I knew Sterling would fuck it up! Strinic, I DEF CRO  £    4.00
Goulash County Vida, D DEF CRO  £    3.00
Lokomotiv Leeds Perisic, I MID CRO  £ 15.00
Putin More Russian Puns Mandzukic, M STR CRO  £    0.50
Sailsbury FC Vrsaljko, S DEF CRO  £    0.50
Seven Sisters, One Worl Cup Rakitic, I MID CRO  £ 11.00
Pikov Scuminov Schmeichel, K GK DEN  £    0.50
I knew Sterling would fuck it up! Kjaer, S DEF DEN  £    3.00
Lokomotiv Leeds Vestergaard, J DEF DEN  £    0.50
Putin More Russian Puns Eriksen, C MID DEN  £ 18.00
Goulash County Salah, M STR EGY  £ 24.00
Pikov Scuminov Sterling, R MID ENG  £    9.00
Lubyanka B Lingard, J MID ENG  £    5.00
Test Team (please ignore) Vardy, J STR ENG  £    7.00
Fat Ladies Stones, J DEF ENG  £    4.00
No fiesta without Iniesta Henderson, J MID ENG  £    2.00
I knew Sterling would fuck it up! Rashford, M STR ENG  £ 10.00
Young Bolsheviks Trippier, K DEF ENG  £    8.00
Goulash County Rose, D DEF ENG  £    4.00
Putin More Russian Puns Walker, K DEF ENG  £    8.00
Sailsbury FC Cahill, G DEF ENG  £    0.50
Seven Sisters, One Worl Cup Alli, D MID ENG  £ 23.00
Sporting Lesbians Kane, H STR ENG  £    0.50
FC Testiculadewland Pickford, J GK ENG  £    5.00
Lubyanka B Isco MID ESP  £ 19.00
Test Team (please ignore) de Gea, D GK ESP  £ 20.00
Fat Ladies Pique, G DEF ESP  £ 10.00
The Breivik Babes Silva, D MID ESP  £ 20.00
No fiesta without Iniesta Aspas, I STR ESP  £    2.00
Young Bolsheviks Alba, J DEF ESP  £ 10.00
Putin More Russian Puns Carvajal, D DEF ESP  £    7.00
Sailsbury FC Iniesta, A MID ESP  £    7.00
Seven Sisters, One Worl Cup Ramos, S DEF ESP  £ 17.00
Sporting Lesbians Odriozola, A DEF ESP  £    0.50
FC Testiculadewland Costa, D STR ESP  £    0.50
Pikov Scuminov Griezmann, A STR FRA  £ 28.00
Chemical Academical Mendy, B DEF FRA  £    2.00
Test Team (please ignore) Kante, N MID FRA  £    7.00
Fat Ladies Varane, R DEF FRA  £ 12.00
The Breivik Babes Lloris, H GK FRA  £ 17.00
No fiesta without Iniesta Matuidi, B MID FRA  £ 13.00
I knew Sterling would fuck it up! Dembele, O STR FRA  £ 10.00
Young Bolsheviks Umtiti, S DEF FRA  £    5.00
Lokomotiv Leeds Giroud, O STR FRA  £ 13.00
Putin More Russian Puns Mbappe, K STR FRA  £ 25.00
Sailsbury FC Pogba, P MID FRA  £ 15.00
Seven Sisters, One Worl Cup Sidibe, D DEF FRA  £    0.50
Sporting Lesbians Tolisso, C MID FRA  £    0.50
FC Testiculadewland Lemar, T MID FRA  £    9.00
Pikov Scuminov Werner, T STR GER  £ 32.00
Lubyanka B Kroos, T MID GER  £ 16.00
Chemical Academical Ozil, M MID GER  £ 11.00
Test Team (please ignore) Goretzka, L MID GER  £    5.00
Fat Ladies Hector, J DEF GER  £    7.00
The Breivik Babes Hummels, M DEF GER  £ 17.00
No fiesta without Iniesta Gomez, M STR GER  £    0.50
Young Bolsheviks Kimmich, J DEF GER  £ 13.00
Goulash County Boateng, J DEF GER  £ 27.00
Putin More Russian Puns Draxler, J MID GER  £    5.00
Sailsbury FC Rudiger, A DEF GER  £    0.50
Seven Sisters, One Worl Cup Neuer, M GK GER  £ 21.00
Sporting Lesbians Muller, T MID GER  £ 30.00
FC Testiculadewland Reus, M MID GER  £    8.00
Lokomotiv Leeds Sigurdsson, G MID ICE  £    8.00
Pikov Scuminov Honda, K MID JPN  £    0.50
Test Team (please ignore) Lozano, H STR MEX  £ 14.00
Fat Ladies dos Santos, G MID MEX  £    0.50
The Breivik Babes Hernandez, J STR MEX  £    2.00
No fiesta without Iniesta Marquez, R MID MEX  £    0.50
Sailsbury FC Moreno, H DEF MEX  £    0.50
Test Team (please ignore) Benatia, M DEF MOR  £    3.00
Goulash County Hakimi, A DEF MOR  £    2.00
Sporting Lesbians Mohamedi, M GK MOR  £    0.50
Lubyanka B Musa, A STR NGA  £    2.00
Fat Ladies Iwobi, A MID NGA  £    0.50
Goulash County Ndidi, W MID NGA  £    0.50
Seven Sisters, One Worl Cup Mikel, J MID NGA  £    4.00
Goulash County Tapia, R MID PER  £    0.50
Putin More Russian Puns Gallese, P GK PER  £    0.50
Sailsbury FC Flores, E MID PER  £    3.00
Pikov Scuminov Glik, K DEF POL  £    0.50
Lubyanka B Zielinski, P MID POL  £    0.50
Lokomotiv Leeds Grosicki, K MID POL  £    1.00
FC Testiculadewland Lewandowski, R STR POL  £ 23.00
Pikov Scuminov Moutinho, J MID POR  £    0.50
Lubyanka B Soares, C DEF POR  £    7.00
Chemical Academical Silva, An STR POR  £    9.00
The Breivik Babes Alves, B DEF POR  £    2.00
I knew Sterling would fuck it up! Silva, B MID POR  £    0.50
Lokomotiv Leeds Pepe DEF POR  £    7.00
Sailsbury FC Patricio, R GK POR  £ 10.00
FC Testiculadewland Ronaldo, C STR POR  £ 41.00
No fiesta without Iniesta Kudryashov, F DEF RUS  £    3.00
Lokomotiv Leeds Akinfeev, I GK RUS  £    2.00
FC Testiculadewland Dzagoev, A MID RUS  £    3.00
Lokomotiv Leeds Al-Sahlawi, M STR SAU  £ 13.00
Test Team (please ignore) Koulibaly, K DEF SEN  £    0.50
Young Bolsheviks Gomis, A GK SEN  £    0.50
Lokomotiv Leeds Mane, S MID SEN  £ 16.00
Lokomotiv Leeds Heung-min, S STR SKO  £ 13.00
Chemical Academical Milinkovic-Savic, S MID SRB  £    0.50
Test Team (please ignore) Milenkovic, N DEF SRB  £    0.50
Fat Ladies Milivojevic, L MID SRB  £    2.00
The Breivik Babes Mitrovic, A STR SRB  £    4.00
I knew Sterling would fuck it up! Tadic, D MID SRB  £ 13.00
FC Testiculadewland Kolarov, A DEF SRB  £    0.50
The Breivik Babes Djourou, J DEF SUI  £    0.50
I knew Sterling would fuck it up! Shaqiri, X MID SUI  £    5.00
Goulash County Xhaka, G MID SUI  £    0.50
Putin More Russian Puns Lichtsteiner, S DEF SUI  £    1.00
Seven Sisters, One Worl Cup Seferovic, H STR SUI  £    0.50
Sporting Lesbians Rodriguez, R DEF SUI  £    0.50
Pikov Scuminov Godin, D DEF URU  £    5.00
Lubyanka B Muslera, F GK URU  £    8.00
Chemical Academical Varela, G DEF URU  £    2.00
Fat Ladies Suarez, L STR URU  £ 26.00
No fiesta without Iniesta Caceres, M DEF URU  £    2.00
I knew Sterling would fuck it up! Gimenez, J DEF URU  £    6.00
Young Bolsheviks De Arrascaeta, G MID URU  £    0.50
Goulash County Gomez, M STR URU  £    0.50
Sporting Lesbians Cavani, E STR URU  £ 20.00
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Mass doping rumours mar Kharine auction

SEVERAL managers tested positive for banned substances at the Dmitri Kharine World Cup auction last Tuesday to put the outcome of the competition into doubt.

FC Testiculadewland took the lead after the first round of matches courtesy of Cristiano Ronaldo (17 points), Aleksander Kolorov (12) and Diego Costa (12), but the World Anti-Doping Agency is investigating reports most Kharine managers failed a urine test.

The Kenna League vice-chairman had organised the auction for the first time and in unprecedented scenes produced a collection of test tubes filled with a yellow liquid.

Over the course of the evening it emerged several managers were competing under the influence of performance ‘enhancing’ drugs, countless pints of lager and shots of Beluga vodka.

Until the Wada investigation is complete, the Kharine is forging ahead with the group stages.

FC Testiculadewland’s bitter rivals I Knew Sterling Would F*ck It Up lie six points off the lead in second thanks to Romelu Lukaku (12), Jose Giminez (12) and Simon Kjaer (7).

Remote bidder the Pikov Scuminov manager is some way adrift in third after solid performances from Dries Mertens (7), Antoine Greizmann (7), Diego Godin (7) and Kasper Schmeichel (7).

Kharine standings – after first round of matches

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kharine - round one - 19 June 2018
Kharine – round one – 19 June 2018
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FC Testiculadewland

Pickford, J ENG  £                     5.00
Rojo, M ARG  £                     0.50
Meunier, T BEL  £                     0.50
Kolarov, A SRB  £                     0.50
Reus, M GER  £                    8.00
Willian BRA  £                     5.00
Lemar, T FRA  £                    9.00
Dzagoev, A RUS  £                     3.00
Ronaldo, C POR  £                  41.00
Lewandowski, R POL  £                  23.00
Costa, D ESP  £                     0.50
 £                 96.00
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Sporting Lesbians

Mohamedi, M MOR  £                     0.50
Odriozola, A ESP  £                     0.50
Rodriguez, R SUI  £                     0.50
Danilo BRA  £                     0.50
Rodriguez, J COL  £                  25.00
Muller, T GER  £                  30.00
Witsel, A BEL  £                     0.50
Tolisso, C FRA  £                     0.50
Cavani, E URU  £                 20.00
Dybala, P ARG  £                  17.00
Kane, H ENG  £                     0.50
 £                  95.50
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Putin More Russian Puns

Gallese, P PER  £                     0.50
Walker, K ENG  £                    8.00
Carvajal, D ESP  £                     7.00
Marquinhos BRA  £                    4.00
Lichtsteiner, S SUI  £                     1.00
Eriksen, C DEN  £                  18.00
Hazard, E BEL  £                 26.00
Draxler, J GER  £                     5.00
Lo Celso, G ARG  £                    2.00
Mbappe, K FRA  £                  25.00
Mandzukic, M CRO  £                     0.50
 £                  97.00
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