Simone Lo Faso runs away with the vote to become Kings League Lottomatica.sport Italy Matchday 2 MVP
Bressan won the fans’ vote, but the presidents and the players gave Lo Faso top marks. On Monday, four Team of the Week players go head to head in Underdogs FC vs Alpak FC.
Simone Lo Faso of Alpak FC is the Kings League Lottomatica.sport Italy Matchday 2 MVP with 17 points, five more than Gianluca Bressan. He scored three goals in the 5-8 win over Zebras FC, one of them worth double, and topped both the presidents’ and the players’ vote.
Lo Faso also makes the Team of the Week alongside teammate Thomas Salvaterra, Jorginho Fernandes, Nadir Louah, Dennis Stojkovic, Gianluca Bressan and Tiziano Merlonghi: two players each from Alpak FC, Underdogs FC and Stallions, plus one from BIGBRO. Alpak FC and Underdogs FC meet on Monday 2 November.
How the Matchday 2 MVP vote went
The vote adds up three sections (social media, presidents and players) across the six match MVPs. Lo Faso got 5, 6 and 6, the top score from both presidents and players. On Matchday 1, Andrea Gorgoglione beat Pol Ortega by a single point; this time the gap was five.
Bressan, of Stallions, finished second on 12 points and was the fans’ favourite on social media, with 6. Behind them came Pol Ortega (9), Tiziano Merlonghi (8), Joan Oriol (6) and Christian Dimarco (3).
Lo Faso and Salvaterra, a hat-trick each against Zebras FC
Frenezy’s team turned around the 2-1 lead Zebras FC held in the 12th minute. Lo Faso had opened the scoring in the first minute, made it 2-4 in the 19th with a goal that counted double and sealed the 5-8 in the 43rd. Thomas Salvaterra scored in the 14th, 23rd and 34th minutes, and Frenezy himself converted his President Penalty.
Giuseppe De Luca hit a hat-trick for Zebras FC, who are still without a win after their Matchday 2 defeat. Alpak FC have two wins from two games.
Jorginho and Nadir Louah among Underdogs FC’s ten
Underdogs FC beat Gear 7 FC 5-10 after trailing 3-1 in the 4th minute. Nadir Louah scored in the 8th and 34th minutes, and Jorginho Fernandes in the 21st and 38th. Those two goals make Jorginho the Kings League Lottomatica.sport Italy’s top scorer with 5, and he is back in the Team of the Week after also making the Matchday 1 side.
Stojkovic and Bressan, four goals for Stallions
Bressan scored in the first minute and the 23rd of Stallions’ 4-6 win away to FC Caesar, and was named match MVP. Dennis Stojkovic started Stallions’ run of four goals in three minutes, between the 21st and the 23rd, and sealed the 4-6 in the 39th. He is now on 4 goals, level with teammate Matteo Perrotti.
Merlonghi scores twice as BIGBRO come from behind
Zeta Como led 2-1 in the 2nd minute. Tiziano Merlonghi made it 2-5 to BIGBRO in the 20th with another goal worth double, then scored to make it 4-6 in the 30th, just after Zeta Como had pulled back to 4-5. BIGBRO went on to win 4-7 and Merlonghi was named match MVP.
Lo Faso against Jorginho, Monday at 19:00
Underdogs FC and Alpak FC, two of the three teams with a perfect record in Group B, meet on Monday 2 November at 19:00 (Italian time), with four Team of the Week players on the pitch. BIGBRO open Matchday 3 at 17:00 against Zebras FC and Stallions face D-POWER at 21:00.
