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[Abe Sargent]

The Champions League Quarter Finals, 2nd Leg


Away at Roma, I begin countering, we only won 1-0 at home so any tie, any win, or any one goal loss where we score at least 1 goal gets us through. Let’s be professional.

Notes

31st Minute – They get a red card on a professional foul against Burgzorg
Cebellos is banged up and I send in Thiago for him
HALF – We have 5 shots to their 6. Don’t get complacent!
67th Minute – Corner kick, Thiago to Berardi!



That’s probably the QF, they need to score 3 goals to win now that we have 1 away goal.
Mateo for a tired Farfan; Mariano for a tired Mendez
90th Minute – On another corner kick, Politano feeds Rubio for goal



Nice times twice!

That’s game! We win 2-0, MOM is Lirola’s 8.6 rating.



Dortmund host Barcelona and…they tie 1-1 and Barca are through to the Semis

We win 6.5 Mill

OL host Man City; OL win 3-2 and knock out Man City
Juve head to PSG; Juve tie 1-1 and are through

Two Italy teams in the semis!
 

[Abe Sargent]

We draw Juve in the Semis and OL gets Barcelona. That means Italy is guaranteed to get to the Final, and France has a chance of getting OL to the Final just one year after PSG and Monaco made it. OL have knocked out several powerhouses to get to the Semis.

Serie A Game #32 – Away at #3 Palermo – I stay countering, they always play up to us, and this could be rough…

Notes

They get two early cards
27th Minute- They score a long shot
38th Minute – Lirola crosses to Ceballos for goal to tie it 1-1
HALF – We have 10 shots to their 7. I’ll take a tie against these folks.
49th Minute – On a counter, Vicente shoots, the ball is blocked by their GK, Cebellos leaps on the rebound and sinks it.
Gautier for a 6.5 Politano;
64th Minute – OG by Rubio, I send in Mateo for him
Mariano for a banged up Mendez
Five Minutes to break the 2-2 tie
2-2 tie, MOM is Cebellos

Juve thump Atalanta 5-0 and are now in first by 2 points. That was a quick amount at the top of the table…

We qualify for the Champions Cup next year

[Abe Sargent]

Our initial budget for next year is 2 mill and 32 mill in transfer kitty

Juve head to Lazio and win 2-1

Serie A Game #33 – Home vs #12 Salernitana – I begin controlling

Notes

Bongonda for an early card by Berardi
44th Minute – Vicente feeds Mendez for goal
HALF – Don’t get complacent
53rd Minute – They score
Mateo for Farfan; La Rosa for Rubio
72nd Minute – Politano drives the corner and crosses to Mendez for goal
We injure their DCL and they head out
88th Minute – They get a red card
Five Minutes – Can we hold our one goal lead?
92nd Minute – Vicente feeds Cebellos for goal
We win 3-1, MOM is Mendez

[Abe Sargent]

Mendez gets a 200k goal bonus for his 20th league goal. Nicely done!

I link Ghoulam and Burgzorg
Donnarumma with Racero
Gautier and Cebellos

Champions Cup Semi Final 1st Leg

Here is our history against Juventus.

Year 1 - When we finished 5th and Juve finished 2nd to Palermo by two points we dropped both home and away to Juventus

Year 2 – We finished 2nd to Juventus by 2 points. We lost at home to Juventus earlier in the year. Then with one game left we headed to them with a win and move into first and we tied them 0-0. That was our first result against them

Year 3 – We finished 1st and Juventus 4th. We lost to them on the road, and then we beat them 1-0 at home for our first result against Juventus.

Year 4 – Serie A – We lost to Juventus 1-0 at home and beat them 4-2 on the road for a 4-3 aggregate. We each won in the other’s backyard, odd.

And now we take our 2-1-5 record to the Semis. If we can get through Juventus we can make the Finals of the Champions League. If we can double our 4-2 or a big win effort today away at them we’ll build a nice foundation for finishing professionally.

Away at Juventus – I begin countering.

Notes

13th Minute – They score off a corner. We can’t give up set pieces if we want to win
Thiago for a carded Arena
17th Minute – They score again…uh oh…
25th Minute- They score…on another corner…well I think we’re out of this one
HALF – Nope!
47th Minute – They score again
58th Minute – They score again
Mateo for Farfan
70th Minute – They score again
Ghoulam for Burgzorg
85th Minute - Lirola is injured and we are down a man
We lose 0-6 That is our biggest loss in the Italian dynasty.

[Abe Sargent]

May

4th – Home vs Cremonese
8th – Home vs Juventus, SF
11th – Away at Napoli
15th – Neutral vs Roma – Italian Cup Final
19th – Home vs Udinese
22nd – Away at Bologna
26th – Away at Roma, A

Good training – La Rosa, Lirola, Burgzorg

Mendez named in Team of the Month

OL host Barcelona and…they tie 0-0.

Serie A Game #34 – Home vs #19 Cremonese – I begin controlling

Notes

3rd Minute – Vicente feeds Cebellos on an attack run for goal
12th Minute – Politano dribbles past a defender, drives the corner, crosses to Mendez, the GK fouls him going for the ball, up steps Berardi and…he sinks it
38th Minute – Arena feeds Mendez for goal
HALF – Good half!
47th Minute – On a corner, they foul us in the box, and…Berardi sinks another PK
La Rosa for Rubio; Gautier for Politano; Enea for Lirola
We hold and win 4-0. MOM is Cebellos


The table after 34



Juve are still In front by 2 points, and we have 4 games left, we need three wins to beat last year’s 28 wins. We are so far in front of Palermo that it’s really just a two team race between us and Juventus, just like year two, and we are down by 2 with just a few games to go. Four games left!

[Abe Sargent]

Champions League Semi Final 2nd Leg

Barcelona host OL and were 0-0 away at OL with no away goals, so any 1-1 tie or OL win sends them to the finals. Barca win 2-1 and are in the finals against Juventus, likely. Juventus knocked out OL last year, and would have been a great thing to see them in the finals this year, but you can see why they are in the Finals. France came one goal away from a third team in the Finals in two years!

We host Juventus - Even if I thumped them 4-0 like my last game, helped by two PKs, we’d lose 4-6 aggregate. We need an apocalyptic result to get to the Final… I begin standardly, vengeance! We lost to them here 1-0 earlier this year.

Notes

HALF – Quiet half, we each have 5 shots, 2 on target I have 53% possession and they have 5 fouls to our 1. Anyone’s game.
Mariano for a 6.2 Mendez; Thiago for Vicente; Bongonda for a tired Cebellos
Can we avert a shut out? Nope, 0-0 tie, they have MOM

We are out of the Champions’ League offically

[Abe Sargent]

Juve head to #4 Palermo and….they win 2-1

Serie A Game #35 – Away at #8 Napoli- I begin countering

Notes

Ajdapong for a carded Lirola
37th Minute – They score
HALF – Show a bit of desire!
Bongonda for a 6.4 Berardi
60th Minute – Bongonda’s leg feeds Mendez’s head for the tying score.
Gautier for a carded Cebellos
66th Minute – They break the tie off a corner kick, offsides
Vicente a card
73rd Minute – Rubio misses an interception that leads to goal
81st Minute – We give up a Pk in the box and…Donnarumma blocks it!
Gautier is booked
Five Minute s- Can we tie it back?
We lose 1-2

Napoli qualified for the EURO. Only if we win the last three matches we cannot equal last year’s result.

[Abe Sargent]

The Italian Cup Final

In our 102 year history, this is our first time in the Finals, can we win it all?

This year, we have played Roma:

Super Cup – 4-0
Serie A – Home – 1-0
Champions QF – Away – 1-0
Home – 2-0

We have not even tied Roma this year…can we make it 5 for 5 and win my first Cup this year? As a reminder, Roma won last year. They always play up to us save for the Super Cup.

However, the “Neutral Ground” selected is Roma’s home stadium determined before the season began, so they are home.

I begin countering; for the fans!

Notes

6th Minute – On a counter, Cebellos feeds Mendez for goal!



Nice start!

18th Minute – They score back and tie it. That’s their first goal they’ve scored against us.
21st Minute – Berardi feeds Mendez on a goal to head back in front 2-1



26th Minute – Lirola drives the corner, crosses to Berardi on an attack run, who feeds Politano for goal.



Now that’s a big one, to go up by two this close, but remember when we were up 3-0 to Ajax with 30 minutes and they came back and tied us?
We injure their DCL and he heads out
Mendez is injured and in heads Mariano
HALF – 3-1 us, we each have 6 shots and 3 on target, we’ve just sunk all of ours. Don’t get complacent we lost Mendez
They sub in Sensi!
Mateo for Rubio
77th Minute – Ceballos feeds Berardi for goal!
La Rosa for Farfan
80th Minute – A bad clearance for Donnarumma and they score




We win 4-2! MOM is on their team

That’s winning both Cups this year!

We make 4.87 mill in cash

[Abe Sargent]

Serie A Game #36 – Home vs #3 Udinese – I begin standarding

Notes

Adjapong for a banged up Lirola
HALF – We have 4 shots to their 0; nope!
48th Minute – They foul Politano in the box and up steps Berardi and…he is blocked.
Bongonda for a 6.3 Berardi; Mariano for a 6.3 Mendez
I move to control
Three Minutes can we break the tie?
We tie 0-0.

We are locked into 2nd

[Abe Sargent]

With 2 games left, Donnarumma has tied Karius’s best year for shutouts in Serie A at 24. But we have two away games left.

Serie A Game #37 – Away at #6 Bologna – Hello Babacar! I begin countering

Notes

They get a card in the 1sst minute
They get another in the 7th
They get another 10 minute later
26th Minute – On a counter Berardi feeds Cebellos
Another card for them in the 33rd
45th Minute – They tie before half
HALF – We have been good statistically
Gautier for a lightly wounded Politano
Mateo for a 6.3 Rubio
73rd Minute – They sink a DFK
Thiago for Vicente
Three Minutes to try and tie it
93rd Minute – They foul Mendez in the box, can Berardi sink it? Nope blocked again…
We lose 1-2

One game left

[Abe Sargent]

Serie A Game #38 – Away at #8 Roma – Can we make it 6 for 6? I begin countering. This is my 200th game with this team! For the Fans!

Notes

HALF – Quiet – we each have 3 shots, 1 on target
47th Minute – On a goal kick, Donnarumma feeds Mendez who heads it down and finishes a 1:1 opportunity with the GK. That’s his 2nd assist this year
54th Minute – Berardi crosses to Politano for goal
Mateo for a tired Farfan
67th Minute – They score off a corner, that gives them a way back into this match
68th Minute – A minute later Cebellos feeds Berardi for goal
Thiago for Vicente; Ahmetaj for a tired Arena
Four Minutes – Can we hold? We win 3-1, MOM is Berardi’s 2 goal game

The Table After 38



We finished with 27 wins our 2nd best total. 2nd again with 17 over Palermo. As a reminder only 1-2 to get to the Group Stage, Palermo gets to the Champions Knockout rounds and play in. The 4th spot doesn’t make it in anymore, sorry Udinese. Juventus finished by 8 over us and we faded at the end.

[Abe Sargent]

Stats

Team

The most goals, Juve with 84; Inter and Palermo 74; Bologna 64, us 62

The fewest goals allowed; Us 20, Juve 31, Sampdoria 40

The most shut outs – us 24; Juve 19, a bunch tied at 13

We had the best D and the 5th best scoring O.


Individual

MOM – With 7, Cebellos was tied for 4th most

Dist. Covered – Politano 1st; Vicente 7th

Dist. Cover/90 minutes – Politano 2nd; Cebellos 5th

Avg Rating – Mendez 9th; Cebellos 12th; Politano 16th

Headers Won – Mendez 5th

Goals – Mendez tied for 3rd

Avg. Minutes Per Goal – Mendez 5th

Shots – Mendez 6th

Shots on Target – Mendez 5th; Berardi 7th

On Target % - Politano 2nd; Ceballos 8th

Berardi missed SIX Pks

Assists – Cebellos and Polintao tied for 6th

Key Passes – Cebellos 6th; Politano 10th

Chances Created – Politano 4th; Cebellos 5th

Pass Compl % - Arena 1st;

Drib/Game – Politano 7th

Key Headers – Mendez 3rd, Rubio 7th

Goals Allowed – Donnarumma, 1st

Shutouts – Donnarumma 1st

Saves Held – Donnarumma 8th

Saves Parried – Donnarumma tied for 9th

Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

Year Evaluation

GK Donnarumma – 3- Picked up for 13.5 mill from AC Milan, had 6.95 rating, and 24 shutouts in Serie A. I picked him up to get past the better teams at the Champions level and we did and made it to the Semis but the 6 goals allowed to Juve in the Semis hurt us, but even if we only allowed 1 goal we tied them 0-0 in our place, so that wouldn’t have stopped us. I am not changing him. 25 years old starter for the Italy squad, the best Italian GK out there. Here for three more years. 4.5 stars

DC Rubio – 3 – Here for four more years, 7.01 rating, capped for Spanish team, 19 years old, wonderkid awesome player, 4 stars.

DC Farfan – 2.5 – Counts as homegrown in Italy, 22 years old, we brought in this wonderkid my first year for 2.75 mill from his home nation of Columbia, non-EU, fully grown at 3.5 stars, 6.96 rating his best, 2 MOM, here for one more year

DR Lirola – 2 – Homegrown at club, 3 stars, I moved to “stay on feet” for my team after 10 games and loads of fouls, and he stopped being a card machine. 26 years old, 7.06 rating, 2 MOM, 1 assist, signed until 2027. Inherited him.

DL Burgzorg – 3 – 19 years old wonderkid Dutch kid I purchased last year for 11 mill. 3 star current, 5 star potential. 7.01 rating in his first year in 25 Serie A Starts. I expect we’ll see him keep growing over time much like Arena. Signed for one more year.

DMC Arena – 3 – 4 stars and growing with a 5 star future. Wonderkid just capped by Italy. 20 years old, homegrown at the club. Purchased for 6 mil in Winter of my first year, signed for 5 more years until 2029. 7.08 rating. 2 goals, 1 assist, 2 MOM

MC Vicente – 3 – Wonderkid capped by Spain, Signed for 4 more years, 23 years old, 4 star, 4.5 potential, 2.5 mill purchase from my old team my first year and is my oldest signing starting for us with Farfan. 1 goal, 6 assists, 1 MOM

AMC Cebellos – 2 – I signed him to a two year deal until Gautier was ready, but the 27 year old Spaniard played very nicely. He has a Serie A rating of 7.27, 6 goals, 9 assists and 7 MOM. By comparison, in his first year Ozil had 5 MOM, 5 assist and 5 goals. I will keep him as my starter next year – the dude has earned it.

AMR Berardi – 2 - I inherited him, homegrown at the club, 29 years old , started very cold and I signed a potential replacement in Winter and he’ll be joining us in a few weeks. 3 star rating, 1 year left, finished hot with 13 goals and 8 assists but he missed 6 PKs, and sank 4. He was 1 goal and 6 assists at the winter break. He scored a lot. He usually is 2nd on my team in goals save for year 2 when Babacar sucked, I sent in Crivelli who sucked and then signed Mendez at the break and he got 11 goals in just a half of Serie A, so Berardi returned to his goal scoring ways. I might move on from him after this year given his age. Finished with a 6.88 rating. Just 1 MOM

AML Politano – 2 - I inherited him. He was intended to end this year at the age of 30, but he played so well I extended him by another year. I signed Gautier to replace him and then for AMC this year in Politano’s final one. Politano usually has a ton of assists, but fewer this year with just 10 but he scored loads more with 9 goals, and 4 MOM, and a 7.19 rating a bit down from last year. We’ll finish him up and then move to Gautier here and then move to my new AMR to replace Berardi next year. 3 stars.

ST Mendez – 3.5 – I signed this Spanish wonderkid in Winter of Year 2 and he started immediately for 4.5 mill from Middlesbrough. He had a massive 23 goals, 4 assists my best rating at 7.33, I moved him to complete forward, 4 stars and finished developing, capped by Spain, here for four more years, he scored 31 goals in Cups, Champions and was great! 22 years old.


Other new additions this year were, for free, Ghoulam, Thiago and Mateo.

[Abe Sargent]

Donnarumma and Arena were named to the Team of the Year

Donnarumma won best GK in the Serie

Cebellos was 3rd for middle of the year

Five of my players are named in the 2024 European Championship

Italy – Donnarumma; Arena
Holland – Burgzorg
Spain – Vicente, Rubio

Goodbye May

I offer new contracts to Ahmetaj; Farfan; Enea; Burgzorg; Gautier; Racero, they all have 1 year left


Champion’s League Final - Neutral Site – Barcelona vs Juventus

Juventus wins 2-1 in extra time! They brought it home to Italy and they won the rough double of winning the Champions league and their home competion. They have won in a few times and that’s a nice addition to the stove. Hopefully that will rise us in the rankings next year.

We make 50 mill in TV Revenue from the League.

[Abe Sargent]

Udinese’s manger won Manager of the Year, and he was my vote as well

I resign my AssMan

Racero signs for 15k for 5 years hot prospect a big raise from his 8k

Burgzorg signs and his salary rose to 40k

Ahmetaj signs a 7k/week backup deal

Gautier is now 55k

Enea didn’t want hot prospect anymore so we moved him to backup. His new deal is for 32.5k/week for 5 years.

We sign Farfan to a 5 year extension for 65k

None of these have minimum release deals

Inter finished for a EURO but they have financial issues and it goes to the next club

Get ready to hold your butts…AS Monaco have made an offer for Vicente….for 127 mill! What do I do? That’s a lot of money….

What do I do?

[Abe Sargent]

Vicente wants to talk with them…what would you do?


Let’s do a deep dive into Vicente:

Year 1 – Started at MC with a Deep Laying Playmaker role alongside Pires, 7.05 rating. 3 goals, 3 assists, 1 MOM
Year 2 – I signed Ozil and moved an MC to AMC, kept Pires, loaned Vicente – he started for AC Milan – 7.27 rating; 5 goals; 5 assists, 2 MOM
Year 3 – I sold Pires and moved Vicente to MC and gave him a central midfielder role since Arena was a deep lying playmaker. He got a 7.05 rating, 4 goals, 2 assists
Year 3 – Started same place, 7.05 rating, 1 goal, 6 assists

Is a humble 7.05 at MC worth me not saying yes to 127 mill? But I am making all sorts of money and my team is set this year with no changes from last. I could easily afford a replacement, but Vicente has been my guy all 7 years of this dynasty, and that counts for something…

Yes or no?

I say no. This has been, really, the Jose Vicente dynasty.

[Abe Sargent]

He wants an improved deal. Done! You are my Vicente!

Mateo has dropped to 2 stars and I move him to backup

Bosnia has joined the EU

We moved up 16 places from 39th ranked to the 23rd.

Arena got his first goal for Italy and I sent congrats!

I reject a 153 mil offer for Vicente.

I get a 35 mill offer for Ceballos and a 10 mill for Lirola. Hmm, Lirola is my worst future starter, but’s he homegrown at the club, but Rubio will be homegrown on 6/29/24 in a few weeks. And we have Arena, Adjapong, Berardi this year, and more. I can move on and then just move in Enea.

Here he is compared with Enea:



As you can see he’s 2 better at aeriel, speed by 1, attacking by 1 and vision by and Enea is a better defender and physical and they are tied art mental and technical. Pretty close, and Enea is just 19 and 2.5 stars now but not that great potential. I say no because Lirola got his cards under control and his rating back up.

Ceballos rejected as well since the 27 year old played so well and he wants a new deal. Alright, doing it now. I make him an offer that increases his salary from 50k to 80k and two more years.

Anyone coming free I want to bring in? None. No Donnarummas either than want to come here that are on sale.

Vicente signs his new deal! He went from 70k to 85k

Thiago has also dropped to 2 stars

Our U18s are celebrating another double with a win over the league and the Cup!




Season Awards! Mendez was our favorite player with Cebellos 2nd and Politano 3rd. Cebellos was the signing of the year and Mende remained the Young Player of the Year for a 3rd year in a row.

I hold my End of Season meeting!

[Abe Sargent]

The club made a profit of 153 mill last year!

Our upgrades to training and youth facilities begin

Mendez’s 31 goals broke his record last year of 24

Donnarumma’s 35 shut outs was a big increase over Karius’s record of 28 last year

Rubio is now homegrown!

Burgzorg will be next year

Cebellos signs his new deal!

We get that sweet 40 mill for TV Rights.

We get Juventus in the Super Cup…

After pay raises I am 250k under the payroll budget

I tried setting up 5 Friendlies with France but only two accepted the other dates are too busy so I set up Inter, Milan and Roma.

We set attendance records with 20,918 over last year’s 19422 record setting attendance. Its 21584 big

June 30

Good bye

Crivelli
Baranowski


These are expiring in a year:



I won’t resign Ghoulam, Thiago or Mateo. Or Politano and Berardi. I’ll make offers to a bunch of hot prospects to remain.


Goodbye June!

[Abe Sargent]

July 1st

The Transfer Window rises.

Here’s my new signing from Argentina:




As you can see, Carballo can play AMR and a bit of MR, so he’s not very versatile. He’s on a 4.6k/week deal as a hot prospect. He is just 2.5 stars and will hopefully grow into a starting role next year after Berardi’s deal ends. He’s good at corners and free kicks. Welcome to the team! I register him and move him to my main squad.

[Abe Sargent]

There is a player free named Christian Eriksen who is 32 and studly and really strong. Does he want to come here? Yes but he’s too pricey.

My season expectations are here:

Qualify for Champions league
Make it out of the Group Stage
We don’t care about the Cups

Four of my players are called up for the Olympics:

France – Gautier
Columbia – Farfan
Spain – Mendez, Racero

Training Camp begins

Friendly #1 – Home vs Nancy – We win 5-2, MOM is Mariano

Rubio was named in the EURO Dream Team!

Friendly #2 – Home vs Brest – We win 2-1, MOM is Berardi

Friendly #3 – Home vs Milan – This is a big seller. We win 2-0, MOM is Ceballos

Mateo another coaching license

Good bye July!

[Abe Sargent]

August

4th - Fr vs Roma
11th – Fr vs Inter
18th – Neutral Super Cup vs Juventus
25th – Home vs Torino
29th – Group Stage Draw, Champions League

Good training – Thiago, Racero, La Rosa

I get a 28 mill offer for Lirola from Barcelona, my normal offers are for 8-10 mill that I regularly reject. Hmm… I accept. With Rubio homegrown here now and Burgzorg next year and more that’s fine. I sell Lirola. That’s too good for a 3 star DR that’s my worst starter.


Friendly #4 – Home vs Roma – We sell out this one as well as Milan’s. We win 4-1 and MOM is Mendez

Lirola heads out, now I look for a replacement.

I now have 65 mill in cash

I make an offer to Freiburg’s DC/DR Danny Reiß 20 years old, he’s worth 6 mill

I offer 12, they counter 85, we agree to 30 and 50% of next sale

Will he want to come?

Nope he just signed a deal and wants to stay at Freiburg.

What about transfer listed people? Not really

I confirm squad numbers and submit my team I have two spots for a new DR

We have preseason odds of 7-2 for winning

We sold 13178 season tickets!

Friendly #5 – Home vs Inter – We…thump them 4-0 – MOM is Arena

I move Enea to start at DR. I cannot find anyone who is better than him.

[Chas in Cinti]

Really enjoying this... glad you picked it back up!

[Abe Sargent]

Originally Posted by Chas in Cinti

Really enjoying this... glad you picked it back up!

Cool for school!!!!!!!

[Young Drachma]

Argentine kid looks like he could be a solid gem.

[Abe Sargent]

Originally Posted by Young Drachma

Argentine kid looks like he could be a solid gem.

That's the hope!!!