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Drama in The Championship Playoffs as Southampton are caught spying at Middlesbrough. Check out Section 4 🍀 The Championship on what the heck is going on.

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☝️What 2 Look 4 👀- Match Week 36

• 1.0.6.1.2 Week - 1 Friday, 0 Saturday, 6 Sunday, 1 Monday, 2 Tuesday.

• CS match of the Week - Significant Impact

  • Bournemouth v Man City - City must win to stay in the title race. Bournemouth must win to have a shot at Champions League for next season.

  • The Cherries have the longest unbeaten streak in all of Europe, 16 straight matches (8W 8D).

  • City are right behind with 13. Also, Leeds make the list with 6.

Friday

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

✌️ The Table

• 2 matches to play

  • Title race within 2 points.

  • All of Europe completely up for grabs.

  • Relegation between two London clubs.

👌 EPL Quick Hits

• Man City take care of business in Wednesday’s game in hand match.

  • Man City 3-0 Crystal Palace.

  • Closer than the scoreboard might look for most of the match. Palace had some great opportunities, but City converted theirs in a spirt at 32' and 40’ and it was all they would need.

  • City sat Haaland and others and should be fresh for the weekends FA Cup Final.

• City keep the pressure on Arsenal, just 2 points behind and lead in the goal differential.

• Chelsea play Man City on Saturday, 11am CST in the FA Cup FINALS.

  • City are big favorites while Chelsea could salvage a tough seasons and earn the automatic berth into the Europa Leage.

🍀 The Championship

The Playoffs

Drama in the Championship Promotion Playoff being termed SPYGATE!

REMINGER: Getting promoted from The Championship to the EPL is worth over $300M to the club.

Southampton is taking on Middlesbrough in a 2-leg playoff with the winner heading to the final. Match 1 ended 0-0. Before Match 2, Middlesbrough caught Southampton illegally spying on their practice.

Here is a 2 min video from Sky Sport that is pretty detailed. INTERESTING LISTEN.

Below is the written timeline.

• The day before their leg 1 match, a “performance analyst” allegedly recorded Middlesbrough practice but got caught and then deleted the footage.

• They spy entered the grounds through a nearby golf course, had a disguise on, and hid behind a tree with his phone to video Middlesbrough practice facility.

• Middlesbrough alerted the English Football League and the EFL charged Southampton for violating two regulations

  • EFL Regulation 3.4, which requires clubs to act towards each other with the utmost good faith.

  • EFL Regulation 127, which prohibits any club from observing, or attempting to observe, another club's training session within 72 hours of a scheduled match between the two clubs.

  • "Under EFL regulations, Southampton would ordinarily have 14 days to respond to the charges," the league's statement added.

  • "However, given the nature of the matter, the EFL will ask the independent disciplinary commission to shorten the response period and to list a hearing at the earliest opportunity."

  • Southampton said the club "acknowledges the statement issued by the EFL in relation to alleged breaches of EFL regulations".

  • It added: "We can confirm that we will be fully cooperating with the league throughout this process.

  • In the latest press conference Southampton manager Tondra Eckert was asked “Are you a cheat?” He walked out. Watch

  • EFL hearing is set for early next week, before the Final.

The reaction has been everything from, “ah, it is not a big deal” to “Southampton should be disqualified from the playoff and Middlesbrough should be awarded advancement to the finals”.

Back to the Pitch

• Finals are Saturday, May 23 at Wembley Stadium.

✋ Final Day - Looking Ahead

REMINDER ALL 10 Matches will kick at the same time (10am cst), lots on the line Sunday May 24.

HUGE Matchups for the Title

HUGE Matchups for Relegation

Big Matches Impacting Europe

Preview of the Championship Next Season

🕕 CS World Cup Corner 🌎🍵🏪 - Sneak Peak Starting XI

Lot’s of talk on who the USMNT starting XI will be. The full roster will be announced on May 26, but hgere’s a compilation of several “pundits” predictions for who will be in the starting lineup in match 1 v Paraguay.

The USMNT did suffer a season ending injury, Cardoso, who may have been a starter and will now not be on the team.

Consensus Starters

7️⃣ CS World Cup Corner 🌎🍵🏪 - Documentary

US Against the World

HBO has released the first episode of US Against the World: Four Years with the Men’s National Soccer Team.

Director Rand Getlin - “We wanted to create the highest quality sports documentary of all time. That’s the aspiration.”

Have not seen it - here’s the trailer if you are interested.

🎱Scottish Premiership

Been keeping an eye on the Scottish Premiership where Hearts have a chance to win the title, the first club to win the title not named Celtic or Rangers since 1884. You can read more about it 25/26 Match Week 36 Recap.

Hearts won mid-week 3-0 and it looked like Celtic were going to draw at Motherwell 2-2. That would’ve all but clinched the title for Hearts.

BUT - Celtic score at 90+9’ on a penalty to take all three points and the title will now come down to the final match day - this Saturday 630a cst when Celtic host Hearts.

• CONTROVERSEY.

  • This was called a penalty after a VAR review. Handball.

  • In Real Time.

  • The Goal.

The scenario:

• Celtic win and they win the title.

• Hearts draw or win and they win the title.

9️⃣ CS World Cup Corner 🌎🍵🏪 - Dutch Fan Dominance

27 Days

Few emblems capture the spirit of a team or nation quite like The Orange Bus. Think “Washington State Flag at Game Day” on steroids.

The iconic double-decker chariot of the Netherlands national team’s supporters arrived in the USA this week after being shipped across the Atlantic Ocean. In 2004 two friends acquired an old British double decker bus, painted it tangerine and fitted it with a terrace balcony. It has become the trademark of the “Orange Legion”, a mobile fortress of song, dance and revelry wherever the team plays.

The Dutch are arguably on the Mount Rushmore of national team fanbases, and the Orange Bus exemplifies the atmosphere they bring marching to the stadium on gameday.

🔟Best Bets

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• MW 35 $23

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Match Week 34 Results

One Bet Per Match This Week

Aston Vills v Liverpool OVER 3.5 goals +131. $20

There will be goals, and a late one to put it over 3-1 or 2-2.

Man United to WIN by -1.5 goals v Forest +147. $20

Under Carrick United have won 7 of 8. Forest is safe from relegation and playing out the season. Expect both sides to have the World Cup participants either sit or play cautiously. United have better subs.

Everton to Win v Sunderland -123. $49

Double Unit play. Although Everton have not dominated at home, Sunderland struggle on the road and Everton will figure out a way to stay in the Europe race to the final match week.

Brentford to Win v Palace -138. $28

Both recently hammered by City 0-3 this week. Palace can still play in Europe with a win in the UEFA Conference Final. Bee’s will find a way at home.

Leeds v BHA Both Teams To Score -182. $36

There will be goals by both sides.

Fulham to score less than 1.5 goals at Wolves -109. $22

FFC still have European hopes, but they have struggled on the road and sit in the bottom 4 of goals scored on the season.

Newcastle v West Ham OVER 3.5 Total Bookings -141. $28

This is going to be a high energy, high emotion match. Expect a bunch of yellow cards.

Burnley to Win at Arsenal +2100. $1

Burnley to Draw at Arsenal +988. $1

Arsenal to Win with a Clean Sheet v Burnley -167. $33

Not gonna bet $100 to win $10 by taking Arsenal so just going to take a flyer on the unbelievably high odds Burnley are getting and planning on a Clean Sheet for Gooners.

Bournemouth to Win or Draw is no bet v City +230. $20

Do I expect the Cherries to win, no, but they are playing well and for a European spot. City seem to be on a mission but expect this one to be tight.

Spurs to Win or Draw at Chelsea -137. $27

Spurs are unbeaten in their last 4 under new manager DeZerbi but they have given away the game late in both draws. Chelsea have Europe to play for but they sure seem to be uninspired and it feels like if they beat City in the FA Cup final they will not really show up to this match and if they lose that Final they could come in down.