FM - Rise of Slovakia - Nitra's Power - COMPLETE?

[Abe Sargent]

I hand out rests for the big game

EURO First Knockout Round, Leg #1 – Away vs Hoffenheim – I begin defensively. I’ve been surprised by how good we’ve been. Can we continue that? The good news? Their form is horrible they are down to 12th in their league and we are on proverbial fire.



We begin the match with the first goal of the game! Lorenzo crossed beautifully to Solanke who regularly seems to play up. I doubt that score stands.

Other Goals

HALF
Jens to Lerager, goal, in the 88th minute on an IFK

We win 2-0. MOM is Bell. Good shut out!

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #27 – Away vs RC Lens – I begin defensively. Lorenzo is suspended for this match and Mehmedi is starting for him. Hello Ross Ferguson!

Goals

Besnard drives the box, feeds Gomes for goal, 15th minute
Besnard intercepts the ball and drives the box in the 33rd minute
HALF
Them in the 61st
Them in the 67th, can we get that winner?
Cano to Slimani, at the 94:21 mark!!!

MOM is Besnard in this 3-2 game. NOICE!

I hand out rests for the big game

[Abe Sargent]

EURO 1st Knockout Round, Leg #2 – Home vs Hoffenheim – I begin standarding. Lorenzo is back. We come in with an 2-0 win on the road. Now we need to be professional.


Goals

They score in the 4th minute
In the 30th Besnard drives the corner and crosses to Solanke for goal, but the shot is turned aside and Gomes springs on the rebound for goal.
HALF
Lorenzo crosses to Besnard for goal in the 92nd minute




We win 2-1 and 4-1 aggregate! MOM is Lorenzo

We are doing damage this EURO campaign! Go away Germany!

[Abe Sargent]

Next?

Shakhtar. Not as bad as it could have been.


Gomes is out for a week and Jens will start for him

Our gate receipts of 1.2 mill is a new record!


Ligue Game #28 – Home vs Reims – I begin controlling against the 20th team in the Ligue. Which means we’ll struggle and finish 1-0. Which I’ll take.

Goals

Besnard to Joao, ifk, 22nd minute. Besnard!
Them in the 37th
HALF
Besnard to Slimani, goal, 71st minute. Besnard!!
Besnard to Slimani, goa, 74th minute. Besnard!!!
Besnard to Slimani, goal, 83rd minute. Besnard!!!!
They score in the 91st minute


We hold and win 4-2. MOM is Slimani. He will not go quietly into retirement!

I have 4.5 million left. I go wonderkid shopping. Any wonderkids I can sign? Anywhere? I can develop them and make them happy.

I scout some folks. A Dutch winger and two Argentinian keepers.

[Abe Sargent]

March

4th – Away vs OM
9th – Away vs Shakhtar
12th – Home vs OL
16th – Home vs Shakhtar
19th – Home vs Nice

Good training – Bell, Besnard, Nielsen

Just five games but these first four are rough.

We finish with an offer for 3 mill for 17 year old GK Nicolás Gutiérrez from Argentina. He’ll join us in a few months. I also offer to another player in the same country.

We agree to 750k for Cristian Escobar another young youth from Argentina.

Ligue Game #29 – Away vs OM. I begin defending. Gomes is back from his injury.


Goals

Besnard to Lorenzo, 18th minute. Besnard!
They get a red card in the 43rd minute when they have no shots on goal
HALF
Them in the 78th

Game. We tie them 1-1. Credit OM for playing us hard for a half.

One big game down, three to go.

[Abe Sargent]

Wanna see how close the table is? We are sitting in 3rd with 67 points and Monaco and PSG are tied with just two points more with 9 games to go. It really could be any one of us at the end of this thang. However OL are back a full 14 points away and we are comfortably in 3rd for Champions victory. Had we won against OM there would have been a 3 way tie!



Our youth intake is here. I investigate the “golden generation”. That was true of Nitra when it happened.

I hire a new Algerian international head coach for my U19 squad

[Abe Sargent]

EURO 2nd Knockout Round, 1st Leg – Away vs Shakhtar – I begin defending.

Goals

Gomes to Solanke, goal, 44th minute


Wanna see?



Sure thing! Again I doubt the result stands but I’ll take it. Solanke plays up.

Goals

Andre Gomes scores on an open goal in the 43rd.
HALF
Them in the 61st
Them in the 88th
Andddd

We hold and tie 2-2. Good away goals! Gomes was MOM

Two big games done. Two left

[Abe Sargent]

Here’s the Fortuna after 22


Ligue Game #30 – Home vs OL. I begin standard against our jinx. They are our Senica or Ruzomberok. If we can get a result here then that’d be good for our chances of living at the 3 or higher spot.

Goals

Cano to Solanke, 6th minute
They score us back in the 14th
Cano to Besnard, goal, 26th minute
They score back in the 39th
Machacek to Gomes, 42nd minute – it’s going to be one of those games…
HALF
Them in the 67th
Gomes to Besnard, 71st.
Besnard to Machacek, 86th minute
They get a red card



Wanna see my 5-3 cardiac victory? MOM is Besnard.

Three big matches done….

Now the biggest…

[Abe Sargent]

Now the biggest…

EURO 2nd Knockout Round, 2nd Leg – Home vs Shakhtar. We got a lot of away goals in our tie, so a 0-0, 1-1, or any win gets us through. We just need to be professional. I begin countering. I wanna get a feel for the match first.

Goals


HALF
Machacek to Besnard, 76th minute!




We have a ton of shots on target but they have held until now.

They score in the 84th


We hold and are through on away goals!

We made it to the quarter finals!

That’s our fourth big match!

We drew…OL for the Quarters!

What fun that’ll be!

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Match #31 – Home vs Nice – I begin controlling.

Goals

Lorenzo crosses to Machacek for goal in the 15th
They score a DFK in te h20th
HALF
Them in the 80th

We lose 1-2 at home. That’s our 3rd loss on the year.

Where is my Moreira? They only had 4 shots on target.

The international break begins
Machacek with his first goal for country!

[Abe Sargent]

April

1st – Neutral vs Metz
7th – Away vs Ajaccio
13th – Home vs OL
16th – Home vs Lillie
20th – Away vs OL
23rd – Away vs Rennes
29th – Home vs Nantes

Good training – Machacek, Cano, Antwi

Ready for the big one!

The Coupe de la Ligue Final

Your #3 team Bordeaux

Vs

Your #9 team FC Metz

We will have Joao out for a card, and Init-Mirin is in for him. I begin standard,

Goals



We score first off a corner kick!

Cano to Besnard, goal, 45th minute
HALF
Them in the 83rd



We win 2-1! Holding was MOM

We win 2.5 mill cash

We officially qualify for the EURO even if we lose every game left.

Besnard was the top goal scorer with 9 goals and Machacek the top assist king with 4.

Besnard set a top rating in the Couple over Mbappe the previous high.

Besnard’s 9 goals is two more than the competition’s record.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #32 – Away vs AJ Ajaccio – Joao is back. I begin countering.


Goals

Rob Holding, 20th minute, called offsides
Gomes, PK, 26th minute
They get a red card in the 41st
HALF
Slimani to Besnard, 73rd minute

We win 2-0 and MOM is Lorenzo

[Abe Sargent]

EURO Quarter Final 1st Leg, Home vs OL – I begin countering. I wanna get a feel for the game. We had the crazy 5-3 result here earlier this season so I wanna make sure we aren’t getting carried away.

Goals

Solanke to Lorenzo in the 22nd minute
They score and hit us back in the 27th
They get an OG from João a few minutes later
HALF
Gomes to Besnard, goal in the 47th minute – ties it back up
Them in the 72nd minute


We lose 3-2. Not a good day for Moreira. They had 3 shots on target. That should have been 2-0 or 2-1 us. We need him to play back to form.

[Abe Sargent]

We are likely out barring a two goal away match against our Ligue kryptonite. Unlikely to say the least!



Wanna see the best player who is willing to coming to us? This person would be our Neymar but we need money in the 20s and we don’t have it. I have him on my shortlist in case that changes in the future.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Match #33 – Home vs LOSC – I begin standardly.


Goals

Cano crosses to Besnard for goal in the 17th
Besnard drives the corner and crosses to Solanke for goal in the 44th
HALF
They score off a DFK in the 57th
Them in the 83rd
Besnard to Solanke, goal 88th can we hold and win?
They score in extra time

Game 3-3 tie. MOM is Cano


That tie pretty much guarantees us 3rd. Both PSG and AS Monaco won and now have 5 points on us with 5 games to go, so even if we win out the likelihood of passing both isn’t high.



Here! As you can see we are still 11 points over OL so we are very safely in 3rd, and we could lose out and still make it.

[Abe Sargent]

EURO QF, Leg #2 – Away vs OL – I begin defensively. Can we win by two goals? Can we get the 5-3 result away? This is likely a woodshed game.

Goals

Them in the 37th
HALF – They are dominating this match
Them in the 53rd
Them in the 57th

We lose 0-3. That was a spanking. We struggle more against OL than against PSG. That’s my first three goal loss this year.

Gomes is out for two weeks and Jens will start for him

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #34 – Away vs Rennes, currently 5th in the Ligue. I begin defensing.

Goals

Them in the 17th
Besnard to Solanke after driving the box in the 26th
Them in the 32nd
HALF
Besnard steals the ball and feeds Solanke for goal in the 73rd minute. If that result holds then we would have stolen this game from Rennes. We have 5 shots to their 17
They score in the 84th minute. Not a shock. Can we get another goal?


We lose 3-2 on the road. MOM is Solanke. They had 6 shots on target that should have been 2-2 or 2-1 with my Moreira…

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #35 – Home vs Nantes – They are 8th in the Ligue to I begin standarding. This is my 100th Bordeaux Game.

Goals

Cano crosses to Solanke, goal, 19th minute
HALF
Them in the 57th
Them in the 63rd
Solanke with a PK in the 65th

We tie them 2-2. They had three shots on target. This is not my Moreira.

[Abe Sargent]

May

5th – Away vs PSG
14th – Home vs AS Monaco
20th – Away vs Havre

Good training – Cano, Machacek, Besnard

We close rough I need my old Moreira to show up.

Solanke won Player of the Month

Reims is relegated

Ligue Game #36 – Away vs PSG – Ready for the woodshed? I begin defensively. Gomes is back for this match. Lorenzo is out with a card and Mehmedi is starting.

Goals

Solanke to Machacek, goal, 25th minute.
HALF. We play better against PSG than OL!
They score in the 58th
Them in the 67th and I hope we can steal a result.

We hold and lose 1-2. Close!

LOSC defeated OL away from OL’s home.

OL have made it to the EURO final against Man City.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #37 – Home vs AS Monaco – I have hopes for today’s math. We have played them at home three times in my run with Bordeaux. Those were 1 tie, 1 5-1 thumping of them, and one 1-3 loss. We have six points on OL so I’ll take a tie. Or another thumping. I begin countering and then will relax after I get a feel for the game. Can we siege Castle Courtois? Lorenzo is back.

Goals

Them in the 17th
HALF
Them in the 73rd

We lose 0-2.

The bad news? We lost to AS Monaco. The good news? OL tied FC Lorient 2-2.

We qualify for the Champions cup! We get 3rd locked in

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Match - #38 – Away vs Havre – I begin defensively.

Goals

Them in the 27th
HALF
Solanke to Rob Holding on a corner kick in the 51st
Lorenzo to De Preville, goal in 85th minute

We win 2-1 and finish our slide with a win.

[Abe Sargent]

The final table. AS Monaco won! We finished with 6 losses and 8 ties, and a big fat 23 wins.

My Goals for Bordeaux

1. Get them back to EURO this year in year one. COMPLETED Year One
2. Do some damage in the EURO. COMPLETED Year Two
3. Get them high enough to qualify for the Champion’s League. COMPLETED Year Two
4. Win Ligue 1
5. Win a Cup. COMPLETED Year Two


We won the Coupe de la Ligue after our resounding 5-1 victory against AS Monaco. We devastated Europe in the EURO and knocked out many big name teams from big name places, like Malaga and Benfica. We finished 3rd and are making the Champions league next year due to our early form.

Good job team!

[Abe Sargent]

Roster

GK Moreira – 3. He didn’t finish well. But he’s my best GK no doubt so we’ll need to get him back up to quality like he began the year.

DC Nielsen – 3 – Locked in as a starter

DC Holding – 3 – Locked in as a starter and my captain

DC Joao – 3 Locked in as a starter

DMC Bell – 3 Locked in as a starter

MC Machacek – 4 My best signing this year locked in+ as astarter.

MR Cano – 3 – Locked in as a starter

ML Lorenzo – 3 – Locked in as a starter

AMC Gomes – 0 – Letting go and have his replacement already under contract

ST Besnard – 4 – Cannot move him

ST Solanke – 2 – Playing the wrong role since I signed him as a complete forward but he plays deep lying one which is not his strength. I might be willing to bring in a stud deep lying forward or target man and drop him to #3 on my depth chart.

Leaving – Slimani, Gomes, De Preville

We tied PSG with 77 goals for most in the Ligue. We allowed 44 which was tied for 7th/

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

MOM – Solanke was 4th with 6

Distance Covered – Machacek was 1st; Cano was 6th

Dist/90 Min. – Machacek was 3rd; Cano 6th, Mehmedi 8th

Avg Rtg. Besnard 2nd; Solanke was 5th

Headers Won – Holding 1st

Goals – Besnard 1st with 26; Solanke 3rd with 18

Avg Min/Goal – Besnard 3rd; Solanke 5th

Shots – Besnard 1st; Machacek 3rd; Gomes 6th

Shots on Target – Besnard 1st; Solanke 7th

Target % - Solanke 9th

Assists - Besnard 1st with 17; Cano 4th with 12; Solanke 6th with 11.

Key Passes – Besnard 1st; Cano 9th

Chances Created – Besnard 1st; Solanke 4th; Cano 7th

Pass % - Bell 4th

Cross Completion % - Besnard 6th

Drib/Game – Besnard 6th;

Picks – Holding at 6th

Headers Won % - Holding at 7th

Shots Blocked – Nielsen at 3rd

Shutouts – Moreira 7th

Saves Held – Moreira 5th

Saves Parried – Moreira 9th

Not a good year for my Gk in the latter half of the season…

[Abe Sargent]

Nitra won the Fortuna.

This dynasty is now tied with my longest of all time. If I play one game in year 7 this will be my longest ever…



Here are our annual season awards. Besnard was Player of the Year!

I hold a team meeting, let’s qualify for the Champion’s Cup again!

Great training for the year – Bell, Cano, Besnard, Lorenzo and Machacek.

We made 36 mill this year

Besnard’s 43 goals for Bordeaux is a new record. As is his 27 assists and his 12 MOM.

Man City defeated OL 2-0 to win the EURO

We get 6.6 mill from the EURO

Besnard was 3rd in the Player of the EURO and he made the EURO Dream Team. Good job Besnard!

Besnard is the gift that keeps giving…

[Abe Sargent]

I’m surprised no one chased him in this past Winter break and I was expecting to lose him. That may happen in a little bit.

As Monaco won the French Cup 1-0 over Nantes

Our transfer money arrives and it might be enough for my stud winger, William Santana. It’s 28 mill. I go shopping.

We agree to a 22 mil dollar deal – that’d leave me 6 mill in surplus which should be fine. I have my starting XI ready so I only need a big giant stud like Santana

We offer him 75k/year for four years

I have 21 players called up for the U21 EURO Championships including four starters like Bell for Austria and Marchi and Besnard for France. As well as players like Ross Ferguson and Kamenik and Neilsen.

Kamenik was named as the Czech Division Young Player of the Year playing for Sparta Prague. Good job Kamenik.

Jankovic is now French

Santana has signed! There was interest from places like Man utd and Liverpool but no one else made an offer. He’ll count as a valuable Foreign player my first. He’ll join us in July 1st

Bordeaux moved up 5 spots to 52nd on the Euro clubs list

Aurélien Tchouameni signed with Strasbourg

We get that sweet Ligue 1 cash from our TV rights

We set a new audience high with an average attendance of 31,773

I set up friendlies with the Czech First Division.

I move Cano back to hot prospect in order to make room for my big acquisition

The job interviews are coming again. I decline one for AC Milan.

[Abe Sargent]

Jun 30th is here

Now who will my squad be?

GK Moreira
DC Nielsen
DC Joao
DC Holding
DMC Bell
MC Machacek
AMC Marchi
ML Lorenzo
MR Santana
ST Solanke
ST Besnard

And my subs?
 
MR/L Cano
DC Isimat-Mirin
DMC/MC/AMC/MR/ML Jens
DC/DMC/MC Lerager


And…

I need three keys subs. One St, one DC, and one that can play a few places on my squad.



One of these is already on my squad. Peeters needs some subs. He is away at vacation now and has his arrows down, common in FM18. He has developed into my 5th DC Option. I’ve had this stud for 18 months and he’s proven himself.

[Abe Sargent]

Weah still hasn’t learned the ST roles and I doubt he ever will. He;s not my 6th player like I was hoping…

I look to see if we have any STs I can bring in on a free.

A few big names like Alexis Sanchez and Gareth Bale are interested…

Could I bring in one for a year at AMC and then move in Marchi after another year of development




Here is Marchi today. I could give him another year of growth and then start him next year…

I also am considering a stud ST that replaces Solanke and that would work for a year or two and send him to the bench.

I find…another young Australian Striker… I call him Bruno II. I make him an offer and he should be my 4th St, but I still need a 3rd or 2nd.

[Abe Sargent]

Are either Bale or Sanchez looking a rotation deal? I doubt it. Nope.

It’s too bad I don’t run a 4-2-3-1 I could run both at AML and AMR.

Actually…

I was considering a 3-6-1. We are in the era of middies and you out middle the 4-5-1 or 3-5-2 variants.

But I’m not switching tactics in order to bring in temporary talent like Sanchez or bale.

There’s a good defensive forward but nope.

I can’t find anybody on a free.

How about for sale?
 
Nope!

I’ll just need my youth to be my #3 Striker, and we’ll stick with Solanke as no one is better than him!


Other than Weah do I have another Striker I can develop at the four spot?

Nope. I’ll give Weah my 7th sub for now but I’ll look for another.

[Abe Sargent]

July

8th – Friendly vs Teplice
15th – Friendly vs Slavia Prague
22nd – Friendly vs Sparta Prague
29th – Friendly vs Dukla Prague

July 1st is here!



Wanna see my new project? I offer to loan him out and I get a few offers immediately from Caen. This has a great, high future ability and will be my future project. He takes a valuable foreign spot but my hope is that after a few years of French play he’ll get EU membership.



Here’s my other Argentinian youth that is on loan at FCSM here in French in Ligue 1. They are meant to play together!




And the bug guy coming in at 4.5 stars.

I send Gutierrez to Caen

[Abe Sargent]

Here are my contracts set to expire. We have three subs but no starters up for renewal. I make offers to some youth.

Our players return!



Besnard again a major award! He got 7 goals in four appearances! He also was the Golden Boot winner, Goal of the U21 Euros, and named to the best XI!


Bordeaux is the House that Besnard Built!

[Abe Sargent]

My Australian ST arrives!

Here is Fotis Fevgas, another Australian player (he’s also Greek so he counts as EU). I like his ability to be a target man and he could develop into Solanke’s 2nd across from Besnard if he develops correctly. He needs mental development.

I am currently 400k under my budget!

[Abe Sargent]

Friendly vs Teplice – We win 6-0. MOM is Santana with a goal and an assist and a 9.4 rating

Friendly vs Slavia Prague – We win 3-0. MOM is Machacek with a goal and a 9.3 rating

Friendly vs Sparta Prague – We win 2-0 MOM is Besnard. We’ll probably win the next game 1-0

I hire a new Russian coach who is better at tactical coaching.

We are 7-2 odds of winning.

Friendly vs Dukla Prague – We win 4-1, MOM is Besnard

Besnard is the favorite to top the Ligue goal charts

[Abe Sargent]

August

5th – Friendly vs Toulouse our rival
12th – Away vs FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
19th – Home vs Montpelier
26th – Home vs Angers

Good training – Peeters, Traore, Lorenzo

Friendly vs Toulouse – We win 6-0. MOM is Besnard with four goals.

I keep my captain and vice captain.


Ligue Game #1 – Away vs FC Sochaux-Montbéliard – I begin defensively. This is my longest dynasty ever in FM after this game!

Goals!

Joao to Besnard on a counter in the 41st
HALF
Cano crosses to Besnard for goal in the 69th
Cano to Besnard, goal, 73rd.
Them in the 75th
Joao to Jens, goal in the IFK on the 86th
Them in extra time

We win 4-2. Wanna see?



MOM is Besnard. Moreira allowed two goals on three on target shots and appears to be still showing his bad form.

[Abe Sargent]

I loan Ferguson to Guingamp again

Ligue Game #2 – Home vs Montpelier - I begin standard. I start Cano at ML for Lorenzo after his hot assists in the last game.


Goals

Marchi to Santana in the 7th minute. That’s his first goal and that’s his first assist
Santana to Solanke in the 18th minute
HALF
Cano to Santana, goal in the 61st
Cano to Besnard, goal in the 73rd

We hold and win 4-0. They had one shot on target not hard for Moreira. MOM is Santana.


I’ll leave Cano in for now as the dude has four assists in two games! I drop Lorenzo to hot prospect as well.

I accept an offer for my Italian backup GK.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #3 – Home vs Angers – I begin standarding.

Goals

Santana to Besnard, goal, 21st minute
Solanke PK in the 23rd minute
Them in the 33rd
Marchi to Santana, goal in the 41st minute
HALF
Them in the 71st
Besnard to Marchi in the 76th
Solanke to Besnard 89th

We win 5-2. They had five shots on target. MOM is Besnard!

I reject an offer for Weah and I agree to offer him more money and I offer a backup role. He’s too old for hot prospect.

21 of my players are called up

We get a ton of cash for making the Champions League Group Stage

The transfer deadline is here, I haven’t gotten any offers for my wonderkids. Weird.

Wow.

So long Champion;s Cup…

Are you ready for our group?

Get ready!

Barcelona
Bayern Munich
Benfica
Bordeaux

That’s…rough.

That’s the woodshed group.

The transfer deadline passes

[Abe Sargent]

September

2nd – Away vs AS Saint-Etienne
16th – Home vs Guingamp
20th – Home vs Bayern
23rd – Away vs Havre
27th – Home vs Caen
30th – Away vs Metz

Good training – Calvat, Dupuy, Cano

Santana was 2nd in Player of the Month and Besnard 3rd

My transfer budget is increased to 28 mill!

Ligue Game #4 – Away vs Saint-Etienne – I begin defensively.

Goals

Machacek to Besnard, goal, 33rd minute
Them in the 42nd
HALF
Them in the 47th
Lerager to Marchi in the 63rd
Them in the 67th


We lose 3-2. They had 5 shots on target. Moreira…

[Abe Sargent]

I look for a replacement. The transfer window shut but there is a rule you can move one player from a French squad. Are there any with other French squads? This rule is called the Joker rule.

Yes!

The backup GK at PSG is not happy and is transfer listed by request. He wants to start…

Name of Sergio Rico, he’s 30 and would be a slight improvement on Moreira.

I make him an offer of the transfer listing of 15 mill.

The international break begins.

Rico joins us!



Here he is! He’s a bit slower than I’d like a this level but he’s a better shot stopper although less aerial.



Here I’ll show you… Rico is better at shot stopping, mental and such, but Moreira isn’t bad. Rico is going to be my new starter. I move Moreira to not needed and transfer list him.

Weah signs his new deal

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #5- Home vs Guingamp – I begin standard. I move Lorenzo back to start. Rico will start. Hello Kamenik!


Goals

Marchi to Besnard, 12th minute
Santana crosses to Solanke, goal, 44th minute
HALF
Santana to Solanke again, 49th minute

We win 3-0. MOM is Santana. Rico with a shutout and a 7.0 rating.

We are 4 wins in 5 games

[Abe Sargent]

Champions Group Game #1 – Home vs Bayern. We have to start Moreira. No other changes. Have a great GK game and give me a selection issue! I begin countering.

Goals

HALF



We score first! Marchi to Besnard in the 66th!

They score back two minutes later

We tie them 1-1! MOM is Besnard!

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #6 – Away vs Havre. Hello Jankovic! I begin defensively and Rico is starting. Bell is out with a card and Lerager is starting at DMC.

Goals

Lorenzo to Joao, IFK, 18th minute
Santana feeds Besnard for goal in the 41st. That’s his 50th career goal
HALF
Them in the 46th
Lorenzo to Besnard on a counter in the 47th
Solanke to Besnard, goal, 65th

We hold and win 4-1. MOM is Besnard. Obviously

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #7 – Home vs Caen – I begin standard and Bell is back.

Goals

Solanke to Besnard on a break away in the 37th
HALF


Game. We win 1-0, MOM is Santana.

Every team has lost at least once and we are in 2nd place.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #8 – Away vs Metz – I begin defensively

Goals

Machacek feeds Solanke down the center for goal in the 7th minute
HALF
OG for us off a Besnard shot at goal on a counter attack in the 48th
Besnard breaks off a break away in the 64th minute, feeds the corner of the box and crosses to Marchi for goal.
They score off a corner in the 71st minute
Solanke to Besnard, 82nd minute
Sergio Rico my GK to Besnard on a counter in extra time.

We win 5-1. MOM is Besnard. Wanna see?



They finished with 15 shots but just one goal, a solid performance by Rico.

[Abe Sargent]

October

3rd – Away vs Benfica
7th – Home vs Nantes
21st -Away vs FC Lorient
24th – Away vs Barcelona
28th – Home vs AS Monaco

Good training – Santana, Martin, Calvet

That’s a big month! Two major away Champions games and the big AS Monaco.

Besnard won player of the month!

Santana was 3rd

That win moved us to 1st. Wanna see the table after 8?



As you can see everyone has lost. OL lost three times, PSG and Monaco each twice, so our one loss has us out in front. It’s a good form and place to be. OL Won their first four games big and were overwhelming as the #1 team but dropped three games of four in the back of the first 8 games. Right now we are the most consistent team running around!

I hook up Rico and Santana

[Abe Sargent]

Champions Group Stage Game #2 – Away vs Benfica – I am starting Moreira as Rico wasn’t registered. I begin defensively. We tied them 1-1 away last time, and I’d be happy to do so again this year!

Goals

17th minute they foul Besnard in the box and Solanke….sinks the PK! That;s his 50th goal for Bordeaux
Besnard to Solanke, goal,. 26th minute…





And we are up 2-0! I doubt that score lasts with Moreira in GK.
HALF
Them in the 53rd off a corner kick
Solanke sinks a second PK in the 85th minute. I’ll take it. (They have gotten 5 cards this game to our 0)


We hold and win 3-1. MOM is Solanke’s hattrick. Solanke just plays up. There is a reason he is still on my team…

We make 1.5 mill

Marchi wants an increased deal and I offer him one that increases his salary from 5.5 k to 22.5/k but remains hot prospect.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Match #9 – Home vs Nantes. Rico is back. I begin standard. I respect Nantes they are a good team.

Goals

HALF
Joao to Besnard on a counter, in the 57th minute
Besnard grabs a pick and scores in the 66th minute
They have a second yellow in the 68th
Marchi to Fevgas, in the 69th minute, his first goal for us!

We win 3-0! MOM is Besnard!!!

Besnard got his league 15 goal bonus for 120k just NINE GAMES IN!

PSG drops a game to OL

We have 20 players called up

Marchi signs his new deal!

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #10 – Away vs FC Lorient. No changes to my roster. Defensively minded. Their GK begins the game injured…

Goals

HALF
Besnard to Machacek, Corner Kick, 52nd minute
Them in the 56th
Santana crosses to Besnard for goal in the 63rd
Santana grabs a rebound and sinks it in the 65th.

MOM is Santana, we won 3-1.

[Abe Sargent]

Champions Group Game #3 – Away vs Barca – I begin defensively and am starting Moreira

Goals

Santana to Besnard, 2nd minute!!!



NICE!!!

Goals Continued

HALF
Them in the 71st


We hold and tie them 1-1. MOM is Santana! Good result!

We are tied with Barcelona with 5 points each at the top of Group G!

Benfica defeated Bayern tonight which is the best for us we could imagine.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #11- Home vs AS Monaco – I begin countering. Rico is back.

Goals

Besnard to Lorenzo, 45th minute
HALF
Besnard to Solanke, 50th minute

Wanna see my 2-0 win over AS Monaco?



Sure thing! MOM is Lorenzo

PSG lost on the road at OM. That’s their 4th loss in 11 games

[Abe Sargent]

November

4th Away vs Nice
8th Home vs Barcelona
11th Home vs Lille
25th Away vs Strasbourg
28th Away vs Bayern


Good training – Marchi, Calvet, Andri

Santana won Player of the Month and I send him thanks. Lorenzo was 2nd.

Ligue Game #12 – Away vs Nice = I begin defensively. Santana is out with cards and Cano is starting. This is Holding’s 150th appearance for the club.

Goals

Besnard crosses to Solanke for goal in the 12th minute
HALF
Machacek to Besnard, 70th minute
Machacek heads into the box for an OG in the 87th

They had tons of shots and Rico held them scoreless. MOM is Besnard. We won 3-0.