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MIÉ 24.08.2016 | News

LaLiga Fantasy MARCA Matchday 1 Best XI

These are the 11 players who racked up the highest number of points on Matchday 1 of the 2016/17 league campaign.

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MIÉ 24.08.2016

Plenty of fine football, no shortage of passion and your chance to call the shots from the dugout, all this and more was on offer on an entertaining opening weekend of LaLiga Santander action. The new campaign got off to a rip-roaring start, serving up no less than 40 goals across the 10 fixtures. We were treated to many impressive performances from summer signings, which along with the new systems deployed by the coaches, saw many players of LaLiga Santander's official game, LaLiga Fantasy MARCA, steal a march on the competition.

With the first round of thrilling action all done and dusted, it was time to sit down and tot up the points amassed by each player. With the scores all tallied up, the following stars did enough to bag themselves a place in the Matchday 1 Dream Team.

Of the top performers across the campaign's opening round of fixtures, it's Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) who scooped the Player of the Matchday crown after a simply devastating display against Real Betis. However, with three players each making the cut, CD Leganes and Sevilla FC can lay claim to being the best represented sides in a lineup which racked up an impressive 176 points.

The Argentine's double against the Verdiblancos and the constant threat he posed on Antonio Adan's goal sees Messi take the first Player of the Matchday award in the 2016/2017 season.
Taking his place between the sticks is Leganes's Jon Ander Serantes (10) and the three-man defence in front of him is made up of two of his teammates in Victor Diaz - who netted the league newboys' first ever top-flight goal en route to a 15-point display -, Argentine defender Martin Mantovani (13) and SD Eibar's Ivan Ramis, whose performance at Riazor earned him 14 points.

The Sevilla trio of Hiroshi Kiyotake (14), Pablo Sarabia (16) and Franco Vazquez (17) are joined in midfield by Real Madrid's Marco Asensio (14) in a very strong-looking middle third. Up top, Luis Suarez and Lucas Perez did enough to secure their places alongside Messi thanks to their respective 17 and 15-point performances.

Awaken your inner coach by downloading the game now, create a league with friends or sign up to the public leagues and get competing with other like-minded lovers of Spanish football. The game is available on mobile devices and tablets and can also be played online via Facebook. In the future, the intention is to make the game available on a larger number of platforms.

For more information, visit www.laligafantasymarca.com and join the LaLiga Fantasy MARCA community on the game's official Facebook page (currently only available in Spanish). Use the hashtag #YoJuegoAlFantasy to exchange views with other social media users and further liven up the action in the planet's top fantasy football experience.

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