Athletic Bilbao - FM 2014
See below post #5, finally got it cut-n-pasted in.
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This is such a fun game to play. I love the restrictions on Basque players. It's fantastic. Can't wait to see you do this.
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aww Daddy must have realised he wasnt good enough to do it ;)
the Bilbao job came open in my current game and i considered making a new manager to play them, but i took the NY job instead |
Nope - have a great 4 page writeup with screenshots and all.
Only when I try to copy & paste it in it just shows up as a blank fucking post. |
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That's because it's too long for the board's limitations. You need to split it up. |
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Is it though? I copied it into WordPad and pasted it in from Internet Explorer (vs. FF) and it was fine, as above. |
nice. making me want to try out a Bilbao run
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World Cup recap coming tonight
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Canada knocked out England on penalties in mine. Beautiful. |
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You'll have to wait to see what happened in mine, but I can confirm that I cover both Canada and England in the writeup. I don't want to spoil it though! |
World Cup
The 2014 World Cup featured some outstanding play by favorites, some surprise upsets and Cinderella-teams, and the surprise of Lucas Moura outshining Neymar. The goal of the tournament was scored by the USA's own Landon Donovan, and the eventual finalists pitched a virtual shutout of the World Cup "Dream Team" Top 11, with only Ukraine's Eugene Seleznyov breaking the stranglehold of the starter's roles. 78,838 attended England's game against Brazil, and Ivory Coast romped to the tournament's biggest win, a 6-0 shellacking of Norway, with Wilfred Bony potting 4 goals, equaling Fernando Llorente of Spain for the most prolific single game performance. Group Stage Group A (England, Brazil, Morocco, South Korea) Brazil had a disappointing tournament beginning, coming in second in their group behind a rampant England (9pts, 0 goals allowed), finishing with just 4 points, 1 ahead of lowly Morocco. Group B (Portugal, France, Japan, Peru) Portugal and France finished joint-top with 5 points, 1 ahead of Japan in this tight group. Portugal claimed the top spot by virtue of goal differential. Group C (Ivory Coast, USA, Norway, Argentina) Improbably, Ivory Coast topped the group with 7 points and no goals allowed. The USA finished 1-1-1 for 4 points, good enough for second place ahead of Norway on goal differential (0 vs. -5). Argentina stumbled badly, going 0-1-2 for just a single point. Group D (Iran, Ukraine, Uruguay, Nigeria) Iran top the group! 6 points, 2 ahead of Ukraine, who edge out Uruguay on goal differential. Group E (Italy, Tunisia, Belgium, Australia) Italy secure top spot with 7 points, ahead of Tunisia. Belgium miss out by a point. Group F (Germany, Slovenia, Honduras, Paraguay) Germany and Slovenia finish joint-top with 5 points, with Germany claiming the top spot on a coin-flip based on their equal goal differential and 0-0 draw with Slovenia. Group G (Spain, Mexico, Greece, Ecuador) Spain advance on 7 points, with Mexico close behind on 6. Group H (Holland, Algeria, Serbia, Canada) Holland put in a dominant group stage, taking 9 points and giving up 0 goals, much like England. Algeria secure second place on 6 points. Canada win the booby prize as the only team with 0 points, and a -7 goal differential (although to look on the bright side they scored 2). |
Second Round
England 2 : 0 France Both goals by Glen Johnson in extra time (103, 119). Brazil 1 : 0 Portugal Oscar for Brazil. Oh, did I forget to mention that CR7 missed the tournament due to injury? Ivory Coast 2 : 3 Ukraine In a relatively even match Ukraine come out ahead. USA 3 : 1 Iran Yes, this actually happened. Goals by Landon Donovan (’50), Clint (’63), and Michael Bradley (’85) were enough to cancel out the own goal by Timmy Chandler (’53) and secure the USA the win at the Maracana. Brad Guzan started for the US in net (not due to an injury is all I can tell you). Italy 1 : 0 Slovenia Italy neuter overmatched Slovenia, who muster only 2 shots on target (4 overall). Claudio Marchisio nets in the 46th minute for the Azzurri. Germany 2 : 0 Tunisia Poor Tunisia – their sole shot on target during the match was the game-winner for Germany (own goal). Algeria 0 : 3 Spain Algeria muster an impressive 45% possession and 4 shots on target, but the game is over when Llorente nets Spain’s second goal in the 42nd minute to buffer Pique’s 22nd minute strike. Sergio Ramos would add insult to injury in the 67th minute by bulging the ole onion bag. Holland 0 : 3 Mexico El Tri triumph over the Dutch thanks to a Carlos Vela brace. Holland plays a man down after Douglas is sent off for a horror-tackle that takes Chicharito out of the game in the 22nd minute (conceding 2 after that point). |
Quarterfinals
England 0 : 0 USA (pk) The US advances on penalties (3-2) after an even match. Brazil 2: 3 Ukraine Brazil were knocked out courtesy of an 88th minute Andriy Yarmolenko goal. Despite Ukraine playing a man down for the second half due to a red-card, Brazil were unable to capitalize and score more than 1 goal in the second half. Italy 2 : 0 Mexico Davide Santon and Di Natale for Italy. Germany 1 : 3 Spain Robert Kraus for the Krauts was more than canceled out by Juan Mata, Llorente, and Cesc. To Germany’s credit, they managed to play an even match with Spain. |
Semifinals
USA 0 : 4 Spain Spain had an easier time of it in the Semis than in the Quarters, dominating USA (62-38 possession, 24-7 shots, 15-3 shots on target). Llorente bagged 4 goals, including 2 penalties. Ukraine 2 : 3 Italy Despite the final scoreline looking as it did, Italy never looked like losing. Ukraine got an 89th minute goal from Yarmolenko to make it look respectable, but Italy’s 3 tallies in 15 minutes in the first half (’12, ’19, ’27) had them secure. |
Third Place Game
USA 1 : 3 Ukraine USA were well outplayed by Ukraine and fell to a Roman Zozulya hat-trick. Landon Donovan grabbed a consolation goal after the USA was down 3 (’78), but it was far too little, too late. World Cup Final Spain 0 : 1 Italy Played before 78,838 at the Maracana in Rio. It was a dry day, 93 degrees Fahrenheit. The match was refereed by Dutchman Bjorn Kuipers. The Match Itself Spain lost Gerard Pique in the 17th minute to a straight-red after a two-footed tackle from-behind on Pablo Osvaldo around 35-40yds from goal, and were well bottled-up by Italy after that (62% to 38% possession), with only 9% possession in the offensive third, while losing the midfield battle 36% to 25%. Italy achieved an impressive 15% offensive possession, and out-shot Spain 14-6 (7-2 on target). Pablo Osvaldo scored what would be the World Cup winner in stoppage time of the first half, finishing a Davide Santon cross at the back post with a tap-in. Awards Spain’s Fernando Llorente won the World Cup Golden Boot with 8 goals, and Italian defender Davide Santon was the player of the tournament. Gigi Buffon was the top goalkeeper, and Lucas Moura of Brazil was voted the Best Young Player. World Cup Dream Team First 11 GK - Gigi Buffon DL - Jordi Alba DCs - Leonardo Bonucci, Sergio Ramos DR - Davide Santon ML - David Silva MCs - Javi Martinez, Claudio Marchisio MR - Juan Mata FCs - Fernando Llorente, Eugene Seleznyov |
Bump - 2014/2015 update coming tonight. Just took a bunch of year-end screenies.
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