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Romily Broad and Christophe Labrune talk about London riots, French legends and some football in between. If you last through all that you will find out about a long awaited announcement and when it's happening. There is, of course, the Happy Hour as well.

Team of the Week (TOTW)

FIRST TEAM

GK          SCO        Celtic     71>74    Łukasz Załuska                 

Another clean sheet v Aberdeen, second in two games.

CB           GER        Borussia M'gladbach       74>79    Roel Brouwers 

Very solid in the back, helped Borussia to a win.               

CB           ITA         Milan     84>85    Thiago Silva                        

Excellent when called upon, even knocking Eto’o out of his stride with a touch when he’d seemingly been beaten in the first half.

RB           ENG       Manchester United        76>80    Chris Smalling                  

Times: “highly impressive [at right-back] and foraged with gusto and confidence, as evidenced by his goal from six yards”

LB           RUS        Zenit St. Petersburg        78>82    Domenico Criscito                          

Great debut for the defender: played perfectly in defense and joined almost every attack of his team. Has assisted Kerzhakov in scoring the first goal. Voted to be in TOTW by both Russian sources.

 CM        BRA        Sao Paulo            75>80    Cicero  

Scored two for Sao Paulo, assisted by Dagoberto, for an away win that puts them very close to the top spot.

CAM      GER        Borussia Dortmund         78>82    Mario Götze                     

Kicker man of the matchday. Magnificent start to the new season. 2 assists and 1 goal. Nobody was able to stop his dribbling and he completed over 90% of his passes.

 RM        GER        Hannover 96      73>74    Jan Schlaudraff               

Scored a nice Free Kick to surprise the Hoffenheim defense. Also was the target of Braafheids’ foul that led to the winning penalty.

RW         ENG       Manchester United        84>85    Nani                     

Guardian: „City found it impossible to check the United player’s virtuosity” – scored late winner in comeback from 2-0 down.

ST           FRA        Stade Rennais   74>79    Víctor Montaño                               

Opened the score in Rennes' 5-1 win at Dijon, made it in Equipe TOTW (rated 8, "L'Homme cle")

ST           RUS        Spartak Moskva                81>84    Welliton                             

A goal, an assist, earned a penalty and earned a red card for the opponent’s goalkeeper - great performance in the 2-4 win over Terek. Voted to be in TOTW by both Russian sources.

SUBS

GK          GER        Borussia M'gladbach       63>64    Marc-André ter Stegen               

RB           MEX       Monterrey          71>74    Ricardo Osorio

Worked a great deal in keeping the clean sheet against Morelia and was key in two deadly counterattacks in the last 5 minutes which resulted in Monterrey's goals.

RB           FRA        LOSC Lille             77>81    Mathieu Debuchy                          

Already in great form again, made it both in Equipe and goal.com TOTW, scored the opener and shut down his side

LB           FRA        Toulouse FC       73>74    Franck Tabanou                               

Featured as LB, goal.com TOTW (" he was a key player, creating the opening goal and later hitting the bar")

RW         ENG2     Brighton & Hove Albion64>70    Will Buckley                     

The Seagulls’ substitute’s spectacular half volley from range and 98th minute breakaway strike saw Brighton come from behind to win 2-1 against Doncaster in their first fixture at the Amex Stadium.

RW         HOL        Ajax       72>74    Miralem Sulejmani        

Sulejmani showed in the season opener that this could be his year. Scored two goals.

 ST          GER        FC Augsburg       64>71    Sascha Mölders                               

Scored 2 goals against Freiburg, MOTM. 11 of the matchday. An Aerial Threat Freiburg’s defense couldn’t cope with.

You can see the whole team at http://www.ea.com/uk/football/fifa-ultimate-team/app#jQFeJJI3bbhpw

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