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

[Abe Sargent]

PSG managed to win. 1-0 against the #18 team. At home. Good job!




Here’s the table after 12. As you can see OM lost and we have put some distance between ourselves and our competition. Besnard has 18 goals in 12 games and Rico is 2nd in the Ligue with 5 shut outs despite only having 7 starts. Only Courtois has more.

[Abe Sargent]

Champions Group Stage #4 – Home vs Barcelona – I begin countering. Santana is back as is Moreira. Can I get a win at home? I need points to advance and those are limited. A1-0 or a 2-1 or a 7-6 would all be good. I’ll take another tie though!


Goals

Santana crosses to Besnard in the 3rd minute…



Nice!

HALF
Them in the 49th off a DFK
Besnard to Solanke in the 63rd
Besnard to Solanke in the 76th.

We win 3-1! MOM is Besnard.

We win 1.5 mill in cash

Bayern defeated Benfica 2-1.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Match #13 – Home vs Lille – Rico starts. I begin standarding.

Goals

Solanke to Besnard, 7th minute
Them in the 33rd
HALF
Isimat-Mirin to Solanke, goal in the 79th, on a corner


We win 2-1, MOM is Solanke.

I terminate Ferguson’s loan as he wasn’t getting the plays he was supposed to be getting.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Match #14 – Away vs Strasbourg – I begin defensively. Hello Natcho!

Goals

Machacek to Besnard, 4th minute
Santana to Besnard, 19th minute
Besnard crosses to Solanke for goal in the 45th minute
HALF
Them in the 57th

We win 3-1. MOM is Besnard.




Wanna see my first FIVE STAR PLAYER? Yeah Besnard!

I just hope he doesn’t get poached during the Winter Break.

[Abe Sargent]

Group F Going into Game 5

Bordeaux – 8 points
Barca – 5 points
Bayern – 5 points
Benfica – 3 points


Champions Game #5 – Away vs Bayern – This is the last big game against a massive heavy. Can I steal a tie? Or even a win? A tie would give me an extra point against a the Benfica / Barca match result and would give me a strong way to get out. Can we get through? I have Moreira. I begin defensively.

Goals

Solanke to Besnard, counter, at the 0:31 mark!



Nice start!

They score in the 27th
HALF
Them in the 46th
Solanke to Besnard, 58th!




Not bad! Can we steal a tie?

They score in the 65th
Them in the 68th

We lose 2-4. Benfica won too so we are in 2nd tied with Bayern at 8 points, and Benfica is 3rd with 6 so we’ll need a result against them to get out.

Hey last year we beat them 5-1 in our place so if we have that luck we’ll get out!

[Abe Sargent]

December

2nd – Home vs PSG
6th- Home vs Benfica
10th – Home vs RC Lens
17th – Away vs OM
20th – Away vs PSG, Coupe de la Ligue
23rd – Home vs Montpelier
27th- Away vs Angers

Good training – Ates, Machacek, and Lorenzo



They are offering me even more money!

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #15 – Home vs PSG. I begin countering. Neymar is out today.

Goals

Besnard to Marchi, 26th minute
HALF

We win 1-0!!!



Marchi is MOM.

PSG have fired their manager

[Abe Sargent]

Champions Group #6 – Home vs Benfica. I begin countering. We need a result to get out. Moreira is back at GK. We are 5-1, 3-1, and 1-1 against them. I need that streak to continue today!

Goals

HALF
Them in the 56th
Besnard to Marchi in the 64th



We tie them 1-1! MOM is Marchi

We got out!!!

Group F Final Standings

Bayern – 9 points
Bordeaux – 9 points
Benfica – 7 points
Barcelona – 6 points

NOICE!!!!!

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #16 – Home vs RC Lens- I begin standarding. Rico is back at GK

Goals

HALF
Solanke to Cano, 95:34 mark

We win 1-0. MOM is Cano.

AS Monaco tied FC Nantes on the road. A manager less PSG defeated at home the #17 team 1-0.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #17 – Away vs OM – I begin defensively.

Goals

Santana to Besnard, 11th minute
HALF
Them in the 77th

We tie 1-1. That’s our first tie of the season.

We draw Real Madrid for the Champions League. Well that was a fun campaign! Well to be fair I took four points from Barcelona so that’s feasible. Not really though.

[Abe Sargent]

Coupe de la Ligue 4th Round Away vs PSG – I begin defensively. This is Rico’s old team!

Goals

HALF
Them in the 54th
Them in the 76th

We lose 0-2 and are out of the Coupe de la Ligue very early.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #18 – Away vs Montpelier – I begin defending.

Goals

Besnard to Solanke, 44th minute
HALF
Them in the 57th
They get a red card in the 59th
Solanke to Lorenzo in the 70th

We win 2-1 and MOM is Solanke.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #19 – Away vs Angers – I begin defensively. I am starting Cano for Lorenzo due to cards.

Goals

HALF
Cano feeds Besnard in the 85th

We win 1-0. MOM is Cano.

Wanna see the table at the halfway mark?



Sure thing! Here you go. We are ten points over PSG and 12 over OL. We have dropped one game in the first 19 and came away with victories against all of the powers save for a tie against OM. Ready for act two?

[Abe Sargent]

December 30th is here.

Is there anyone who would come to us that we need? Any Santana’s out there I can bring in in the window? I feel like my team is fine. Only a new Solanke might be necessary. I take a look around…

I can’t find anyone coming free. And I can’t find an obvious strike partner for Besnard that’s cheap enough to come here.
 



These are expiring

I accept a 10 mill offer from PSG for Andre Moreira

Besnard again claims European Golden Boy!

He also won French Player of the Year!

Santana won Ligue Foreign Player of the Year!

[Abe Sargent]

January

8th – Away vs Aveyron, French cup
20th – Home vs AS Saint-Etienne
24th – Home vs Renne
28th - Away vs Guingamp
31st – Away vs OL

Good training – Ferguson, Machacek, Peeters

The transfer window rises

Moreira signs with PSG. Holding doesn’t like it but accepts it. I name Santana my vice captain.

I scout some young talented Strikers. Can we make it through this window without any damage?

I reject a PSG Offer for Machacek and open up a new deal.

I come across a great young Striker kid named Nicolás Iriarte who plays for Boca in Argentina that would love to come play for us! But his skill set is better than but similar to Solanke. Well he’s more of a poacher than a complete forward but you get the idea. Dave Wood is this young English ST who plays for Derby and would love to come our way but he’s just an advanced forward like Besnard.

There is a stud ST in Argentina for Newell’s called Nicolás Blanco and Blanco is best as a trequarista. But that along side an advanced forward gives you two very attacky guys and I’m not sure that would work together. Because he plays a different role that could be my guy. Solanke is my worst player and I’d love to upgrade him but it’s hard do to so.

Another option is to go old. Mr Belgium Romelu Lukaku is coming free and would be happy to come to us. He’s a great target man although he’s 30. I could sign him for a two year deal and then move Solanke in the off season or move him to my 3rd St.

I like that. I make Lukaku an offer!

Lukaku signs with another team and won’t be bringing his game over to France next year for us. That’s a sad thing. I’ll keep the position fluid right now.

[Abe Sargent]

Wanna see where Bell is now?



There you are! Dude keeps on growing! He’s now a 4 star rating.

I accept a loan offer for Weah for Guingamp at first team.

[Abe Sargent]

I make an offer for Blanco. We agree to 8.5 mill. Dude is on fire right now and looks very strong… We offer him a 4 year hot prospect deal.



Here he is! I give him my #3 spot now and drop my current Australian to #4 and I move Weah off my depth chart for backup. I offer my Australian for loan as he hasn’t done that well when subbing.

[Abe Sargent]

I decline a 28 mill offer for Neilsen.

Here he is today!



He has also gotten a lot better and is sitting at 4 stars. He’s my best DC.

No pushback. Dude loves it here!

Machacek signed his new deal

[Abe Sargent]

Away vs Aveyron – French Cup – I begin countering.

Goals

Santana to Besnard, goal, 1st minute
Solanke to Besnard 45th minute
HALF
Santana to Besnard, 59th minute
Solanke PK in the 79th

We win 4-0. MOM is Besnard and his hattrick

Cano signs a new deal after I ejected a bid for him

I keep on rejecting offers from Liverpool for Nielsen. Nope! The last was 52.50 million.

I loan Weah to Guingamp and Ferguson to RC Lens

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #20 – Home vs AS Saint-Etienne – I begin standardly, and Lorenzo is back at ML. I lost to them last time away. Can we hold serve?


Goals

Santana to Machacek, long shot, in the 10th minute
Lorenzo crosses to Santana for goal in the 21st minute
HALF
Marchi to Besnard, goal, 47th minute
Red card for them in the 82nd minute
Lorenzo DFK in the 91st minute

We win 4-0. MOM is Lorenzo

AS Monaco tie PSG on the road 1-1.

Machacek is out for 2 weeks and Lerager will start for him.

That shut out is 338 minutes since GK Rico conceded a goal!

My board agree to a request to upgrade the training facilities and youth facilities. While I’m hot let’s get the board to grant our request!

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #21 – Home vs Rennes. I begin standarding as well.

Goals

Besnard drives the corner, crosses to Solanke for goal in the 3rd
HALF
Cano crosses to Solanke in the 82nd
Besnard to Cano in the 87th goal

We win 3-0. MOM is Solanke. Another shutout!

AS Monaco and OL tie 1-1. PSG dropped a game.

Bell wants a new deal and I offer him one.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #22 – Away vs Guingamp – I will play defensively. Hello Weah!

Goals

Marchi to Solanke,goal, 22nd minute
HALF
Lorenzo to Besnard,goal, 49th
Them in the 54th. There goes the shutout streak.
Besnard to Santana, goal, 61st
Santana to Solanke, 86th minute
Solanke PK in the 89th

We win 5-1 and MOM is Solanke


The final day of the transfer window is here…

I get a big offer from Man City for Joao. Nope!

I reject an offer for Holding.


Machacek is back from injury.

[Abe Sargent]

February

3rd – Home vs Havre
7th – Away vs Football Club Villefranche-Beaujolais, French Cup
11th – Away vs Caen
14th – Home vs Metz
17th – Home vs Nantes
20th – Home vs Real Madrid
24th – Home vs Lorient

Good training – Fevgas Peeters

Machacek won Czech Player of the Year. Nice!

Solanke is Player of the Month! Nice too! Santana was 2nd

Bell signs his new deal

Ligue Game #23 – Home vs Havre – I begin standarding

Goals


HALF
Fevgas to Besnard, 78th minute
They score in extra time

We tie 1-1.

I register Rico for the Champions league!

[Abe Sargent]

French Cup Round 10, Away vs Villefranche-Beaujolais. I begin countering.

Goals

Santana puts a rebounded shot away in the 13th minute
HALF

We win 1-0. MOM is Lorenzo

Nitra is currently in front of the Fortuna after 19 games by just two points over Streda.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #24 – Away vs Caen – We begin defensing. This is Nielsen’s 100th appearance for Bordeaux!

Goals

Lorenzo crosses to Besnard, 16th minute
They score in the 17th minute off a lazy back pass by Bell.
Besnard to Solanke, long shot, 26th minute
HALF
Solanke, PK, in the 71st

We win 3-1. MOM is Solanke.

OM Defeated AS Monaco.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #25 – Home vs Metz – I begin standard. Cano is starting for a banned Santana.

Goals

HALF
Besnard to Solanke, 53rd minute
Lorenzo to Holding, IFK, 58th minute
Lorenzo crosses to Solanke’s head in the 73rd
Them in the 78th

We win 3-1, MOM is Solanke

[Abe Sargent]

French Cup, 10th Round, Away vs RC Lens – I begin defendingly.

Goals

Besnard, Santana cross, 41st.
HALF

We win 1-0 MOM is Santana


I worked on my corner kicks. I moved Santana to Machacek’s long shot spot as he’s better at it.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Match #25 – Away vs FC Nantes – I begin defensively. Santana is back!

Goals

Besnard to Satana,long shot, corner kick! 26th minute. We got fruit already!
HALF
Marchi to Holding, IFK, 50th minute!!!

We hold and win 2-0. MOM is Santana!

PSG defeated OL

[Abe Sargent]

The Ligue after 25 games



We have kept our form and our chasers haven’t. PSG has 6 losses, as does OL and AS Monaco and OM with 5. We have played well against the Ligue and have kept our form. We have room to lose to the big teams should that be needed later in the season.

[Abe Sargent]

1st Knockout Round, Champion’s League – Home vs Real Madrid. I begin countering. Ready?

Goals



Besnard to Holding on a corner kick in the 23rd! We are the first off the block!

Goals Cont.

Them in the 42nd
Machacek to Besnard, goal, 44th minute



Nice! We are showing up for this game!

Besnard to Solanke, extra time!!!



We are really showing up for this game!!!

HALF
Them in the 50th minute
Them in the 61st minute
Cano is send off in the 64th
Marchi scores in the 67th
March to Besnard, in the 68th!!!



We are not going away!

We hold and win 5-3!!! MOM is Besnard!

Cano is suspended for a match

That gives us a chance to get out!

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #27 – Home vs FC Lorient – I begin standarding.

Goals

Solanke to Santana, goal, in the 13th minute
Machacek to Solanke, goal, 23rd minute
Joao to Solanke, goal, 34th minute
Solanke to Marchi, 43rd minute!

HALF
Santana feeds Besnard for goal in the 76th

We win 5-0. MOM is Solanke

[Abe Sargent]

Our youth team is here!

[Abe Sargent]

March

2nd – Away vs AS Monaco
6th – Away vs OL
9th – Home vs Nice
13th – Away vs Real Madrid
16th -Away vs Lille
20th – Away v RC Lens, French Cup
23rd – Home vs Strasbourg

Good training – Marchi, Calvet, Stradella

Solanke claimed Player of the Month.


Ligue Game #28 – Away vs AS Monaco – This is one of the hardest games of the season. I begin defensively.

Goals

Them in the 30th
Marchi to Besnard, 40th
Them in the 43rd
HALF
Santana to Besnard, goal, 61st can we hold on or steal a win?
They score in the 81st. Nope.

We lose 2-3. MOM is Besnard. That’s our 2nd loss on the year and we might be about to get our third…

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #29 – Away vs OL- I begin defensively for this match as well. This is another potential hard game with spanking potential.

Goals

Jack Bruno scores for them in the 8th. Yes that Bruno!
HALF

We lose 0-1. That’s our third loss this year.

We get 1.4 mill in cash when one of our old transfers got 50 league games.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #30 – Home vs Nice – I start standard. A win today secures Champion’s club play. Ready?

Goals

Solanke to Machacek, goal in the 9th minute
Lorenzo to Besnard, cross, 14th minute
Besnard drives the corner and feeds Solanke for goal in the 29th
Machacek to Solanke, 33rd minute
HALF

We hold and win 4-0. MOM is Solanke

We are back to our winning ways!

[Abe Sargent]

Table after 30



With our two losses PSG has gotten closer. We are now only up by nine points.


Now the big match…

[Abe Sargent]

Champions 1st Knockout Round, 2nd Leg – Away vs Real Madrid. I begin defensively. Cano isn’t available as a sub as he is banned for this match. We need a 1 goal loss, tie, or any win to advance which is doable.

Goals

Them in the 31st
HALF
Them in the 57th
They get a double booking in the 59th
Besnard feeds Marchi for goal in the 66th

We lose 1-2 and are through 6-5 aggregate!

We win 6 mill cash for the Victoire!

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #31 – Away vs Lille – Machacek is banned and I am starting Lerager. I begin defensing. This is Lerager’s 175th app.

Goals

Marchi feeds Solanke in the 16th for goal
HALF
Solanke sinks a PK in the 53rd
Santana crosses to Lorenzo for goal in the 64th

We win 3-0 and MOM is Solanke.

[Abe Sargent]

French Cup, Away vs RC Lens – I begin defensively.

Goals

Lorenzo to Solanke, 42nd
HALF
Santana to Machacek, 49th minute, on a corner kick
Santana to Machacek, goal, 71st minute, another corner kick!
Them in the 75th off a DFK


We hold and win 3-1. Mom is Santana.

Are you ready for who we drew in the Quarter Finals of the Champions? It only makes PERFECT sense….

We defeated Barcelona in the group stage and took four points…

We defeated Real Madrid by more at home (2 goals) then we lost on the road (1 goal)…

So we HAVE to be facing At. Madrid right? Right!

Can we go 3-3 against the Spanish heavies?

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #32 – Strasbourg at Home – Hello Natcho! I begin a standard formation.

Goals

Solanke a beautiful solo goal in th 40th
HALF
Them in the 63rd
Santana leaps on an open ball and scores in the 73rd

We win 2-1. MOM is Santana

Lorenzo Is out for 2-3 weeks and Cano wil start for him

The international break begins!

Ferguson was capped by Scotland

Peeters learned a lot from his link up with Holding.

[Abe Sargent]

April

3rd – Away vs Lille, Cup QF – 10 of my players are still on break
9th – Home vs At. Madrid
13th – Away vs PSG
17th – Away vs At. Madrid
21st – Home vs OL
27th – Away vs Lens

Good training – Calvet, Gros, Blanco

Jack Bruno won Ligue Player of the Month!


Cup Quarter Final, Away vs LOSC Lille – I am starting Lerager and Jens for Machacek and Bell respectively and Fevgas and Blanco for Besnard and Solanke. Rough I know… I begin defending.

Goals

HALF

0-0. Normal time!

Half in extra time

0-0. Penalties!

We each go 4-4 and then they miss their 5th PK but I only have a 7 PK Nielsen stepping up. Can we sink it and win?



We do! We are through that rough game. Joao was MOM. Whew!

Nielsen wants a new deal I offer him one.

PSG defeats OL 4-0 to win the Coupe de la Ligue

Nielsen signs his new deal

[Abe Sargent]

Champion QF 1st Leg Home vs At. Madrid – I have my starters back from the international break. I begin countering.

Goals

Solanke misses a PK in the 35th minute
Nielsen from Marchi on an IFK in the 48th




We are up over the big bad!
HALF
Griezmann scores in the 56th
Them in the 68th
Pk in the 70th by Solanke ties it
They get a red card for a professional foul on Besnard in the 74th. I move to controlling.



We tie 2-2. That should have been ours, we had a missed PK and 26 shots on target and 16 minutes with an 11:10 advantage. Ah well. Now we need to win on the road or get a 3-3 or 4-4 or 10-10 tie.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #33 – Away vs PSG – I begin defensively. Lorenzo is back from his injury.

Goals

Solanke to Santana, long shot, 36th minute
HALF
Holding to Solanke, corner kick, 48th minute

We hold and win 2-0!




Good job! Nice away shut out. Santana was MOM

[Abe Sargent]

Champions QF 2nd Leg Away vs At. Madrid. – If I couldn’t win at home with a compass and a flashlight then I’m not getting it on the road… I begin defensively.

Goals

They score in the 8th
Santana to Besnard in the 28th…



Can we keep this respectable? Or get to 3-3?

HALF
Them in the 86th

We lose 1-2. That’s the end of our qualification. Even if we had the PK at home we’d lsoe on away goals.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #34 – Home vs OL – I begin with a standard mentality, This is Besnard’s 100th game for us! Hello Jack Bruno!

Goals

Bruno scores in the 13th
HALF
Them in the 67th
Them in the 88th

We lose 0-3. That’s our only 3 goal loss this year anywhere.

[Abe Sargent]

Here is the Ligue after 34 with four games to go. We have 9 points over PSG and they are 2 over OL which could pass them and they are 9 over AS Monaco which makes it unlikely that OL won’t make the Champion’s league next year. PSG just lost as well.

[Abe Sargent]

Ligue Game #35 – Away vs RC Lens – I begin defending

Goals

Santana to Machacek, the 34th on a corner kick
HALF
Them in the 53rd
Santana to Marchi, goal, 67th


We win 2-1 and MOM is Santana

[Abe Sargent]

Semi-Final French Cup – Away vs AS Monaco – They dropped us from the Coupe de la Ligue early, can we drop them from the cup? Can we assault Castle Courtois? I begin defending…

Goals

Them in the 14th
HALF


We lose 0-1. There goes my chance at a double… So sad.

[Abe Sargent]

May

4th – Home vs OM
12th – Away vs Rennes
18th – Home vs FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

Good training – Cano, Machacek, Nielsen

Rico is shortlisted for GK of the Ligue


Ligue Game #36 – Home vs OM. I begin standardly. Santana is banned and Cano will start for him. A win or tie here today gets us the Ligue championship.

Goals

Lorenzo to Solanke, 4th minute
Them in the 15th minute
Machacek to Besnard, 28th minute
Them off a counter in the 35th
HALF
Besnard to Solanke, 50th minute
Besnard to Solanke, 52nd minute




We hold and win 4-2 and win the Ligue!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MOM is Solanke!


This is our first Ligue win since 2009.

[Abe Sargent]

Here’s the Fortuna three years later and Nitra is still a juggernaut and has won every year. They have won with three games to go and ten points over #2.