whimago was less surprised than most; the American negotiated a risky prediction path to a signed FIFA World Cup™ winner's jersey. whimago's only mis-step this round was backing Juventus to trump Fiorentina. In all other available fixtures he placed his faith in the more unrealistic of outcomes, ultimately cashing in with a 531-points' strong win.

whimago's highlights
Atletico Mineiro saw off Sao Paulo (92 points) in a hard-fought win that pushed them into a deserved second place on the Brasilerao table. Mineiro managed to hang onto a slender 1-0 lead for the entire game after Diego Tardelli scored in the opening minute. In Bulgaria, an 84th minute goal from Petar Dimitrov saw Beroe Stara Zagora beat Levski Sofia 1-0 (88 points).

Meanwhile In Poland, Lech Poznan defied immense odds to hand Wisla Krakow their first defeat of the season (75 points). Across the North Atlantic, Houston Dynamo and LA Galaxy could manage no better than a goalless draw in their pivotal MLS encounter (74 points).

Leaders
On the leaderboard, the top two held their positions but have lost substantial ground to many of the top challengers. Pablo.D.C. and Hoiman17 will have to step up the scoring if they plan to fend off the other challengers. New number seven edumdq82 was the best performer in the top ten this week with 431 points.

Matchday 9 (24 & 25 October)
Apollon Limassol-Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus)
El Gouna FC-Ismaily (Egypt)
Alajuelense-Cartaginés (Costa Rica)
Incheon United-FC Seoul (Korea Republic)
Liverpool-Manchester United (England)
Slovan Bratislava-Spartak Trnava (Slovakia)
Internacional-Gremio (Brazil)
Dinamo Zagreb-Cibalia (Croatia)
Olympique Marseille - Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Monagas SC-Deportivo Italia (Venezuela)