This week match report is brought to you by our Moroccan Wonder Mehdi I-am-still-running Rifai who can swag a beanie while playing (until Gary catches him...).

NY International declared that Winter was coming and that they were going to be sitting alone on the throne this season.

In a rainy, cold and windy Sunday, NY International traveled deep in the Queens to grab 3 very important points against bottom of the league NYPD Finest, a team that has nothing fine but the name. This great and large 6-1 victory makes them now sole leaders of the Metro league.

It all started normally for the lions. Warm up with a new episode of "Gary and Oz". Oz as usual arrived late, was slouching to get changed and to run around the field. However, there was this one detail that made Gary furious. Oz's hair style was not proper for the game. So he went onto chasing him around to give him his special hairdryer treatment and fix that mess in his hair.

After that we could finally focus and get ready for the game. Jon made the pregame speech in the absence of Nick which augured a very special day for him. Then, Gary laid out a very unusual formation but we were ready to go in and win that game.

At the back, Jon and Coco were leading a 4-men defense with Kennedy and Davide on the flanks. Teddy and Ibra were to reign over the central midfield. Abdel and Mehdi on the sides and finally Rufus and Simon spearheading the attack. Gary was in the woods and he was pretty adamant about everyone's hair style. He "gently asked" Mehdi to take his hat off.

Everyone took his position on stage. The referee, who was going to be a very central character in this game, gave the kick off and … Abdel scored after 10 seconds. I don’t know why he was in a hurry. Some say he had a date and he did not want to be late. The identity of the lady will remain a mystery.

After a few minutes in, we attended some strange scenes happening in front us. Jon and Gary will be respectively elbowed (#FlyingJon) and kicked by the policemen with the referee not blinking an eye to what is happening. VAR declared red in both cases. The referee decided that it was not even a foul.

On football matter, Abdel will be unstoppable this game always provoking and creating chances. 20 minutes after the first one, he will go on scoring another goal. Our defense left almost no chances to our opponents. Jon, Davide, Kennedy and Coco (even though you will hear him say that he played poor) were rock solid in the first half until … Kennedy played this sloppy pass in the back to Gary. The pass was intercepted by a striker and led to a very dangerous situation with the ball hitting the post. Without a fantastic save from Gary (and he will make multiple decisive saves in this game. Big man in the woods!) we will be in a very undesirable situation. This will trigger a new episode of "Gary and Ken" which is nothing but the sequel of "Gary and Oz". Same plot, same producers, different actors. The pair will argue for the next 45 minutes about the number of passes Gary made to Kennedy. Gary says it was at least 10 but Kennedy doesn’t share his opinion. Until today they havent agreed on a number (#Veo).

Back to the game, Oz replaces Mehdi on the right side after the 30-minute mark. Teddy and Ibra will continue to recover balls in the midfield and supply passes to the strikers. However, it's another man who will be on the spotlight. Jon Dapper Hill delivered a delicious long pass to Rufus who as usual kept his cool in front of the keeper and put the ball in the back of the net just before the break.

Half time, 3-0, time to talk. Coach Gary isn't happy. Poorest football he has ever seen according to him. He gave his instructions to everyone again. We are back at it ready to deepen the gap with the other team. Everyone does his job. Simon is relentless in his pressure and will get some balls back high on the pitch. His effort is almost rewarded when Oz passed him the ball in the 6 yards box but he misses his shot. Fortunately, Rufus Inzaghi will be standing right behind him to make sure the ball goes in. 4-0.

Kennedy then decided to walk off the field because of the cold. I cant tell you more about it. I don’t know what happened there. Maybe they don’t have cold and rain up there in the Bronx. But the fact is that he left the field and locked himself up in the restroom. Soon after, another unusual event will happen. Their striker will dribble Davide who will tackle him in the box to get the ball back. The referee will blow his whistle and point towards the penalty spot. Outraged because his tackle was clean, Davide will yell and stare at him in a move that reminded me of Gigi Buffon against Real Madrid in the 2017 Champions. The decision is not revoked. Gary was ready to stop the penalty kick but the shooter managed to put it in. The rest of the game will be a siege of their half of the field. Abdel and Rufus will complete their hat tricks and finish their master class. Oz desiring to score as well will refuse to pass the ball to anyone. He will just go on FIFA mode and try to dribble their entire team unsuccessfully. Final whistle. 6-1. Great victory…but it s not over. Gary and Oz visibly unsatisfied with the result of the fight between Wilder and Ortiz the night before, had both something to say about it. Rumors say they will fight again in Brooklyn in the prelim fights of Khabib vs Ferguson on April 18th. Tickets will be on sale next week.

MOTM Our very own Baby Pogba (aka Abdel) for the fastest ever goal recorded in the history of the CSL, 16 seconds! Some of you would love to last that long...