What a game! It sure looked like we were going to draw with Amsterdam, but a late score by Son Heung-Min late into extra time gave Atlético a thrilling victory to keep pace at the top of the table. Having now defeated the top two teams in the league on the road in back-to-back weeks, we now get to make an extremely quick turnaround to our next game, which is in ... Australia! Love me a good 21-and-a-half hour flight. Sydney Harbour are themselves coming in from Scotland, so I guess it all works out in the end? Regardless, we're sticking with the periwinkle for a blue-vs-blue matchup on the Harbour, and we're giving the highlight to D Jarrad Branthwaite, whose 6 clearances and 4 aerials allowed for the clean sheet and the win last week.

And that's another win, as Eye of the Sun is now at 9-0-5 and on the season with 27 points, looking to keep pace with the top of the table. We're set to close out the first half of the season in Cairo, as we welcome 1. VfV 1158 Munich to The Pyramid. We had a really good performance by this week's featured player Jamaal Lascelles, who had moved into the Starting XI for the first time this season and responded with two clearances and eight aerials. We're going to stick in the primary kits for this one. #TheGoldStandard

The GEO Cup is happening. I don't know why I'm styling it with GEO in all caps like it's an acronym, but that's what I'm doing. We get a bonus game down in South Africa against Joburg City 94, and hopefully we can use it for a second win in the Golden Derby! We're in the main kit for this one, and we're featuring the only African player on the team, Nicolas Jackson! #TheGoldStandard

With a disappointing loss to Sydney, the first half of the season has come to a close, and now it's time for the G.O. Cup. Wait, there's three letters? Where's the third one? Weird to have a silent letter in an acronym. Anyway, we've been slotted to travel up north to play St. Mungo FC, and frankly, I can't think of a place I want to be more than Glasgow in December. We'll look to repeat our result from last time and get another win, even though it probably won't mean anything. M Alfie Doughty becomes just the third player on our team to get a second feature after posting two assists against Harbour last week.

With a close fought loss (which we're going to claim as a win because we're better), we dropped our first game in the GEO Cup. Now, we need a little help along the way to win the Group. However, we head back home to face Inter Istanbul at The Pyramid. We're going to feature Andreas Pereira for this matchup, as we're going to wear the main kits. #TheGoldStandard