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REVIEWING AN FA CUP MILLIONAIRE
Last week’s Millionaire included three games from the third round of the FA Cup. The jackpot for the pool was £2,315,638.
19 goals in the pool, meant that the pool was not won by any units. But consolation prizes were scooped up.
We’ll review the action here.
Pool Openers
The Millionaire had two FA Cup legs kicking off at 15:00 on Saturday.
Championship side Norwich City hosted Premier League Southampton. The visitors led at half time, thanks to a Virgil van Dijk goal in the 38th minute. But, Steven Whittaker levelled from the spot for the Canaries in the 52nd minute. Southampton restored their lead, with Yoshida making it 2-1 in the 67th minute.
The game was running away from Norwich, until Steven Naismith forced a replay with a goal in the 90th minute. This 2-2 draw seemed to have been predicted by few- TV pundit Paul Merson included.
An all Premier League affair took place at Goodison Park, with Everton facing Leicester. When Lukaku finished into an open net in the 63rd minute, it seemed Everton would coast into the fourth round. But a quick fire double from substitute Ahmed Musa, gave Leicester a 2-1 lead. Everton could not force an equaliser, as Leicester progressed into the fourth round.
This meant that…
Following these two results, 13.7 units were still playing for the £2.3 million jackpot.
While, 863 were playing for a five out of six consolation prize.
Saturday Evening
The Millionaire finished the day with a leg from La Liga- Real Sociedad vs Sevilla. Two goals in four minutes for Wissam Ben Yedder put Sevilla 2-0 ahead at the break. Ben Yedder then turned provider for Sarabia to make it 3-0. In the 83rd minute, Ben Yedder topped off a fine performance with his third of the evening. At full time, the high scoring away win was confirmed.
This meant that…
This any other away win meant that 0.02 units were playing for the £2.3 million jackpot as we headed into Sunday.
20.2 units were playing for the £2,025 five out of six consolation.
923 units remained live in the four out of six consolation prize.
Sunday Legs
For Millionaire players, Sunday began at 11:30 in Italy as Udinese faced Inter Milan. An early Udinese goal had players looking at the prospect of an unlikely home win. But, Ivan Perisic scored late in the first half to draw Inter level. Perisic then scored late in the second half, making it 2-1 to Inter.
This meant that…
0.02 units were still playing for the jackpot.
We then returned to the FA Cup for Middlesbrough vs Sheffield Wednesday. A quiet first half at the Riverside ended goalless. Leadbitter opened the scoring in the 58th minute for Middlesbrough.
However, a Daniel Ayala red card in the 59th minute had the game looking open. Wednesday couldn’t make their advantage count, as Boro scored through Negredo and de Roon. The game finishing 3-0 to the ten men of Middlesbrough.
This meant that…
This eliminated the last units in the win fund.
0.02 units remained in the five out of six consolation.
8.59 units were heading into the final leg live for the four out of six consolation prize of £3,038.
Final Leg
The Millionaire came to its conclusion in Villarreal, where Barcelona were the visitors. A poor first half for Barcelona went unpunished, as they went in at the break 0-0. Sansone scored for Villarreal shortly after the break as Villarreal looked strong. Good defensive work and poor finishing had many considering an unlikely Villarreal win.
But in the 90th minute, Lionel Messi placed a free kick perfectly in the top left corner. The magician had saved Barcelona’s blushes. The game finished 1-1 between the sides in a game with late drama.
This meant that…
Following this, 0.02 units had won the five out of six consolation prize of £2,025.
Moreover, 1.4 units won the four out of six consolation prize- £3,038.
This Week
This week, we return to the Premier League for the bulk of our Millionaire legs. The jackpot currently stands at £2,315,807.
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