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[Abe Sargent]

We have scored 7 goals in 4 days

EURO LEG #2 – Home vs Sporting – I begin standardly. Any 0-0, 1-1, or 2-2 tie and a win puts us through.

Notes

Hermoso in for a carded Farfan
20th Minute – Mendez feeds Politano for goal



Nice!

40th Minute – Mendez feeds the other side, Berardi, with a goal



Nicex2!

46th Minute – Once again Politano crosses to Mendez for goal



We’ve scored 10 goals in the last week

HALF – I;m not saying anything that might screw this up…
49th Minute – Matuidi feeds Mendez for goal – I won’t keep showing you these goals
Arena for a carded Matuidi; Sensi for Pires
We hold and win 4-0! We shut out Sporting! MOM is Mendez

[Abe Sargent]

Serie A after 25 Games:




As you can see, we are very close to AC Milan by 2 points but Roma down in 4th is a full 9 points back. Juve is really probably going to win this thang.

We draw Basel in the next EURO knockout leg

Serie Game #26 – Away at Sampdoria – I begin countering

Notes

6th Minute – On a counter Politano feeds Mendez’s head for goal! He has really warmed up the last few games.
14th Minute – A Mendez goal is ruled offsides
40th Minute – We have a IFK and the target is Mendez who passes the ball to Berardi for goal
45th Minute – Farfan to Ozil for goal on a corner kick
HALF – What do you say when up by three with two set piece goals?
Sensi for a carded Pires; Arena for a carded Matuidi; Bongonda for a carded Berardi
77th Minute – Rubio feeds Bongonda on an IFK
Can we hold for another 4-0 victory?
79th Minute – They foul Mendez in the box and up steps Politano but they block it.
We crush them on the road 4-0, our third straight 4-0 result, and MOM is Ozil



Big win!

[Abe Sargent]

March

2nd – Home vs Udinese – Semi’s 2nd Round – I guess that was just the first round we played earlier
6th – Home vs Torino
10th – Home vs Basel, EURO
13th – Away at Atalanta
17th – Away at Basel, EURO
21st – Home vs Palermo

Good training – Birardi, Pires, Arena

Lirola, Rubio, and Mendez in Team of the Month.


Clyne is suspended so I am starting Hermoso

Semi-Final 2nd Leg – Home vs Udinese – I begin controlling – we won 1-0 there so any tie or win sends through – hello Leandrinho!

Notes

Arena for a carded Matuidi
Sensi for a carded Pires
45th Minute – Leandrinho scores
HALF – Nope
Dickmann for a carded Hermoso
Sensi a card
73rd – Rubio is injured and we are down a man
Berardi a card
5 Minutes –
94th Minute – They score. We lose 1-2.



Roma won 1-0 so they’re through to the Final 3-1

Return Clyne

[Abe Sargent]

Poliano has dropped to 3.5 stars

Serie A Game #27 – Home vs Torino – I begin standarding.

Notes

7th Minute – Mendez feeds Politano for goal
Dickmann for a carded Lirola
34th Minute – Berardi feeds Mendez for goal
37th Minute – They score a nasty long shot to come one back
HALF - Don’t get complacent
Acerbi for Rubio;
Dickmann a card
65th Minute – They score on an DFK
71st Minute – Matuidi feeds Mendez for goal
Hermoso for Clyne
75th Minute- They get a red card so they’ll get a result
Four minutes – We hold and win 3-2, MOM is Mendez

[Abe Sargent]

Our new intakes of players arrives! I check out La Rosa.



Here, 17 work rate, 4-5 star future rating, 1.5 stars right now is a bit rough, but I get it.

I sign them after their youth game..

[Abe Sargent]

EURO Cup, Knockout Round, 1st Leg – Home vs Basel. I stick with standarding, I don’t want to overextend. I won’t give you score by score pics this time…

Notes

17th Minute – Matuidi feeds Politano for goal!
Sensi for a carded Pires
39th Minute – Berardi crosses to Mendez for goal
HALF – Don’t get complacent
Acerbi for Rubio; Bongonda for a tired Ozil
Sensi a late card
We hold and win 2-0. MOM is Matuidi

[Abe Sargent]

Pires is banned for the next match

AC Milan tied so if we win we’ll put more distance between us.

Serie A Game #28 – Away at Atalanta – I begin countering

Notes

24th Minute – Politano feeds Mendez for goal!
HALF – Don’t get complacent
Acerbi for Farfan, Arena for Matuidi, Bongonda for a tired Berardi.
5 minutes. Can we hole? Wo do and shut them out 1-.0. MOM is Mendez

[Abe Sargent]

Sensi is starting for Pires

9 players are called up

EURO CUP, Knockout Leg Round #2 – Away at Basel, I begin countering, we need any win, any tie, any 1 goal loss or any 2 goal loss where we score at least 1 goal. Let’s be pros.

Notes

16th Minute – Mendez scores on an IFK, but it’s called offsides
Sensi a card in the 43rd, I’ll pull him at the half for Arena
HALF – Don’t get complacent
Acerbi for a carded Rubio; Bongonda for a tired Ozil
3 Minutes of Stoppage Times –




We hold and win this leg 1-0 and 3-0 overall. MOM is Berardi. We are through to the QF.

Replace Pires

[Abe Sargent]

Pires was called up to the Portugal Senior squad.

I link up De Rosa at DC with Hermoso.

We draw Arsenal for the QF. Well, that was fun! The others in the QF are OM, Bournemouth, Wolfsburg, Barca, Liverpool and Hertha. I mean we could have drawn Barcelona…

AC Milan tied Atalanta 0-0 so we have a chance to make a bigger move on them

Serie A Game #29- Home vs Palermo - We lost to them earlier. I begin standard, and we are going to seek vengeance!

Notes

Acerbi for a carded Farfan
23rd Minute – They gift us an OG by the Sweeper.
30th Minute – They give a nasty foul to Matuidi and they are red carded. Down a goal? They’ll get a result now .
37th Minute – Politano feeds Ozil for goal
HALF – Don’t get complacent, we’ve each scored a goal…
Sensi for a carded Pires
62nd Minute – They score off an IFK. See? We play down
Babacar for a 6.3 Mendez
We hold and win 2-1. See? Without the OG that was a 1-0 game before the card and a 1-1 tie after. We play down. MOM is Politano.

[Abe Sargent]

Vincente is capped by Spain – I congrat him!

Pires is capped by Portugal and I congrat him as well

April

3rd – Away at Bologna
7th – Away at Arsenal, EURO QF,Leg 1
11th – Home vs Napoli
14th - Home vs Arsenal, EURO QF, 2nd leg
17th – Home vs AC Milan
20th – Away at Lazio
24th – Home vs Udinese

Good training – Pires, Arena Rubio

Mendez named in Team of the Month


AC Milan lost to Palermo 2-1.

Pires is suspended and Sensi will start for him

Serie A Game #30 – Away at Bologna – I begin countering

Notes

7th Minute – Politano’s long IFK is intercepted by them, and then Farfan scrambles on the loose ball and scores
37th Minute – They tie
HALF – Show me something else! We only have one shot
Arena for a carded Sensi
68th Minute – They get a red card so they’ll win
Acerbi for Rubio; Bogonda for Politano
Arena a card
Lirola a card too
93rd Minute – Mendez feeds Bogonda for goal! Are we going to actually win a one man up that was tied? Wow that’ crazy.

We win 2-1, they have MOM. We have 4 shots to their 13


We grew up 3 points on Milan We’re at 30 wanna see?



Roma and Lazio each have a game in hand. As you can see, we have a big 9 points on AC Milan at 3rd, and yet a ton of points behind the big bad, so with 8 games left I see us finishing in 2nd pretty likely.

[Abe Sargent]

EURO QF 1st Leg Away vs Arsenal – I begin countering. Can I show up? We didn’t away at Man Utd where we let them score 4 goals to our 2. We tied Sporting away 3-3, lost to AS Monaco 1-0 and to Ajax 3-2, so our biggest away games haven’t had a positive result. Woodshed time? This is Ozil’s former club.

Notes

25th – They score
41st – They score again
HALF – They only have 4 shots on target…
Dickmann for a 6.4 Lirola; Bongonda for a 6.4 Politano; Babacar for Mendez
If we can hold and lose 0-2 then that does give us a 3 goal win at home which Ive had happen once
4 minutes – we….keep them from scoring.

[Abe Sargent]

Serie A Game #31 – Home vs Napoli. Uh oh. I begin standardly, deep rain

Notes

6th Minute – Berardi crosses to Mendez for goal
29th Minute – They hit us back
Hermoso for a carded Farfan
HALF – The stats have been close
48th Minute – Corner kick, Politano feeds Hermoso for goal – that breaks the tie
We injure one of their players
Arena for Matuidi; Dickmann for Lirola
Four Minutes – Can we hold?
92nd Minute – They tie, we tie them 2-2.

[Abe Sargent]

We have qualified for the EURO next year.

EURO QF, 2nd Leg Home vs Arsenal – I begin standardly, vengeance! Can we get a miracle and win at least 3? We did beat Man Utd 2-0 at home and Sporting 4-0. But I doubt it – this is the end of my EURO campaign.

Notes

They are really coming…
43rd Minute – Off a counter, Berardi feeds Mendez for goal!



Well they won’t shut us out!
HALF- Don’t get complacent
Arena for Matuidi; Dickmann for Lirola
I move to control at the 74th minute, we only have 3 shots…
Bigas for a 6.4 Clyne
84th Minute – On an IFK, Arena feeds Bigas for goal!



We have tied it! I ease back to Standard

Four Minutes – Can we steal a win? Can we hold to extra time?
Extra Time! Dig down!!! We only have 7 shots to their 19, but we have a chance now!
99th Minute- On an IFK, Farfan feeds Mendez for goal



We are now up by one, and if they score, then they’ll win, since they have more away goals, so I got to counter.

105th Minute – They score, I move back to control
Half time in ET
No one scores. We tie them 3-3 aggregate, MOM is Mendez

[Abe Sargent]

Farfan is suspended and I start Acerbi. I move my DC wonderkid De Rosa to the main squad

Juve tied Sampdoria 3-3 so if we win against a big bad we’ll gain space on them

Serie A Game #32 – Home vs AC Milan – I stay standarding. I’d be fine with a 2-0 like Arsenal in normal time. Hello Vincente!

Notes
10th Minute – Politano feeds Mendez and Berardi on an attacking run and Mendez slides the ball to Berardi for goal.
12th Minute – On a Corner, Politano feeds Rubio for goal
Well it’s looking good to gain 2 points on Juve. But this is Milan
HALF – They have 11 shots to our 7, but just 3 on target to our 5. Don’t get complacent!
58th Minute – Ozil intercepts the ball, drives, sends it to Mendez for goal
Arena for Matuidi; Dickmann for a carded Lirola; Sensi for a tired Pires
Here they come. Can we hold a shut out?
Arena a card

We hold and shut out Milan!




Nice! MOM is Politano, and we had just 10 shots for those 3 goals.



Return Farfan

[Abe Sargent]

If Berardi scores another goal, he will tie the team record of 20, he’s at 19.

Lirola is banned and I start Dickmann

Ozil is now able to speak Italian

I move La Rosa to that open space on my roster

Serie Game #33 – Away at Lazio – I begin countering. I hand Da Rosa #35,

Notes

16th Minute – Ozil feeds Berardi for goal! That’s our team’s 20th!
We injure their AMC and he heads out
38th Minute – They tie on a 30 year long shot
42nd Minute – Berardi crosses to Mendez for goal to break the tie
I send in Bigas for Dickmann who is injured
HALF – Don’t get complacent…
They change to a 4-2-4
62nd Minute – They tie us again
Clyne a card, in heads Hermoso
La Rosa for a tired Rubio
Matuidi a late card
Four minutes – We hold and tie them 2-2, Berardi MOM

Dickmann is out for 3-5 weeks.

We qual for the Champion’s Cup!

La Rosa is the youngest ever player for us, my hope is to develop him to be my sub at DC.

[Abe Sargent]

Our budget is set for next year:



Juve lost 0-2 to Atalanta and if we win this we will gain 3 pints on them with 4 games to go after this one.


Serie A Game #34 – Home vs Udinese – We lost this game in the Cup since we were down a man. I begin controlling. Vengeance!

Notes

They have two cards in the first 3 minutes
Sensi for a carded Pires
HALF – We have dominated the first half statistically
50th Minute – They get a red card…uh oh
Babacar for a 6.5 Mendez
Poilitano a card
La Rosa for Rubio
La Rosa with a card…
I move to attacking
Sensi with a card
85th Minute – Politano to Babacar for goal. I ease back to control
Five Minutes – Can we hold a win and shut out? We do! MOM is Politano



Show the table after 34



Four games left! We are a lot over AC Milan and cannot be caught, and 6 behind Juventus. That’s not likely, but our final 4 games are against Bari our kryptonite, Genoa, away at Juventus, and Novara. If Juve drops another game to us and we beat them, this is doable. But if we tie in score they will win with a massive GD, so we’ll need more than two games.

[Abe Sargent]

Politano is banned, Bongonda will start.

May

1st – Away at Bari
8th – Home at Genoa
15th – Away at Juventus
22nd – Home vs Novara

Good training - Lirola, Karius, Pierini

Vincente won Goal of the Month!

Mendez is now a four star player

Serie A Game #35 – Away at Bari – I begin countering. Vengeance!

Notes

Sensi for a carded Pires
27th Minute – They foul us in the box and up steps Berardi and….blocked!
HALF – We have dominated the match statistically, they don’t even a have a shot off
Babacar for Berardi
La Rosa for Rubio.
Lirola a card
83rd Minute – Lirola drives, feeds Bongonda for goal
We hold and win 1-0, MOM is Bongonda. That’s our first win against Bari in 5 tries.

I return Politano to my lineup. Three games left

[Abe Sargent]

Juve beats Palermo 2-0


Serie A Game #36 – Home vs Genoa – I begin controlling

Notes



Juve tied Bologna – that’s an opening… they need two losses and us two wins in the final 2 games

5th Minute – Ozil feeds Pires for goal
30th Minute – Politano crosses to inside forward Berardi who scores and sets the record!
Hermoso for a flagged Lirola
Arena for an injured Matuidi
HALF – Don’t get complacent!
Arena a card
La Rosa for Farfan
We hold and win 2-0 MOM is Pires.

[Abe Sargent]

Matuidi is out for 3-4 months. I move Arena to his spot

298 minutes of shut outs

Two games left!

Udinese beat Roma 2-0 to win the Italian Cup! They beat teams like us, Napoli and Roma to win, and yet they are in 16th tied with the same number of points in 17th in the relegation zone and they could be relegated. Nice win!

Dickmann’s injury is finished

Serie A Game #37 – Away at Juventus – If they tie or win they win the Serie and take it back from Palermo last year. If we win, then we have a shot. I begin countering. This is Lirola’s 175th appearance for us.

Notes

Hermoso for a carded Lirola
HALF – Hmmmm
We injure one of their players
Berardi a card, Bongonda heads in
Babacar for Mendez
4 Minutes – Can we score a single goal?
0-0 tie, we shut them out on the road, but they are through

[Abe Sargent]

One game left!

We are locked in 2nd so I move Acerbi, Babacar, and Bigas that are leaving in a few months to start.

Liverpool defeated Bournemouth to win the EURO.

We won a big award



Good job Arena!

Serie A Game #38 – Home vs Novara – I begin controlling. Mendez is missing he was called up.

Notes

19th Minute – On a corner kick, Politano feeds Bigas for goal
Sensi for a carded Pires
HALF – Don’t get complacent out there!
We injure their ST
La Rosa for Acerbi
Berardi a card Bongonda heads in
Arena a card
83rd Minute – They get a red card, on that IFK, Babacar scores but called offsides
6 Minutes – Are we going to finish with another shut out and win?
GAME! We win 1-0 MOM is Politano



Final Table



Here you go! As you see we finished with the same number of wins as Juventus, but two fewer ties. They only had 3 losses on the season, nice. We finished close and long away from AC Milan a ton of points behind. We were much more consistent this year than previously, rarely dropping points to lower powered teams.



We pay 4.5 mill to our squad

[Abe Sargent]

Ozil won 3rd place in Best Midfielder of the Year

Two of my players are called up to the World Cup – Farfan and Claud Adjapong.


Stats

We had 62 goals, 4th best in the league after Napoli 1st with 76, Lazio 2nd with 70, and Juve 3rd with 67.

Juve led the league in fewest goals scored with 18, we were 2nd with 29

Juve led the league in shutouts with 26 out of 38 games. We were 2nd with 20 shut outs in 38 games.



Individual

MOM – Politano was tied for 6th with 6, Berardi and Ozil had 5 each

Dist. Cover – Ozil 2nd; Politano 3rd;

Dist. Cover/90 mint – Politano 5th

Avg Rating – Politano 5th; Ozil 9th; Berardi 14th;

Headers Won – Rubio 1st;

Goals – Berardi with 15 8th

Shots – Berardi 6th

Shots on Target – Berardi 5th –

Shots on Target % - Mendez 4th;

Assists – Politano 1st; Berardi 6th

Key Passes – Ozil 1st; Politano 4th;

Chances Created – Ozil 3rd – Berardi 6th

Pass % - Pires 1st, Matuidi 10th

Cross Complete % - Ozil 1st;

Drib.Game – Politano, 3rd;

Tack/Game – Lirola, 7th;

Interceptions- Rubio 1st;

Shut Outs – Karius, 2nd

Saves Held – Karius 6th

Saves Parried – Karius 8th


Good stuff!

[Abe Sargent]

Team Eval

I am going to rate that player based on how likely I am to want to replace them with a 1-3.

GK Karius - 2.5 - Loads of shut outs, 5 Euro shut outs in 12 games, 6.87 rating. Strong guy. 28 years signed for 2 more years, my first major signing for my team at 6milll from Liverpool where he was the backup. German. 3.5 stars. Eventually I’ll want to upgrade him, but I doubt that happens this year.

DC Farfan – 2 – Growing Wonderkid, Colombian international, 5 caps, 20 years old, hasn’t grown that much and is at 3 stars and growing, his rating is 6.93. He doesn’t play as well as I’d hope. 2.9 mill from Nacional in Colombia. Here for three more years, first team rating. Non EU

DC Rubio – 3.5 – Growing wonderkid from Spain, 18 years old, 4 stars and growing much better stats in year, 2 more years, 8 mill grab from Real Madrid, 7.06 rating. He has my best stats of any starting DC, from Acerbi Ferrari, Farfan, and Bigas, and highest rated defender.

DR Lirola – 3 – 24 year old, here for another year, 3.5 stars, homegrown at the club so not for sale, 7.03 rating. Italian – inherited him.

DL Clyne – 1.5 – Non-EU, 31 years old, here for one more year, 3.5 stars, 6.99 rating, added for free last year. English

DM Matuidi – 1/3 – 35 years old, 3 stars, here for a few more weeks, replacement is Arena, 6.88 rating, signed for free last year. France, 2 assist

MC Pires – 3 – 20 year old wonderkid, Portugal, just capped, 4 stars and growing, 1 mill from Braga last year, 6.95 rating – big drop as he was 7.20 last year and my 2nd best rated player. 1 goal, 1 assist,



AMC Ozil – 2 – 33 years old, German, here for another year 3.5 stars, 7.24 rating, 5 goals, 5 assist, will need replaced after next year. Got for free.

AMR Berardi 3 – 27 year old Italian, homegrown at my club so not for sale, 3.5 stars, here for 3 years, 15 goals, 11 assist, 7.19 rating – inherited him

AML Politano – 2 – 28 year old, here at 2 more years, 3.5 stars, 7.34 rating, 6 goal, 18 assist, getting older and dropping in ability. Inherited him

ST Mendez – 2.5 – 20 year old Spanish Wonderkid, signed in winter break for 4.5 mill from Middlesbrough, he really came on after a few games, but just has a half season of starts, so I don’t want to stay on his wagon. 18 starts in Serie A, 11 goals, 4 assist, 7.27 rating, in the EURO he has 6 goals, 3 assist, and 7.70 rating. Good stuff!

There you go!

Except for Matuidi who has already been replaced, I’ll be looking probably for just a new DL, since Clyne is just here for a year, but he is still good so I might grab a wonderkid and then raise them up for a year. Other than that, I will just play defense, not offense.

[Abe Sargent]

My backup GK Pries wants to leave, and I agree to sell him and I transfer list him.

Actually, he backs down, nevermind.

In the Champion’s Cup A. Madrid defeated Man Utd 2-1 to win it all.

Season Award:




As you can see, the fans loved Politano, Berardi and Ozil this year they loved Pires’s goal against Genoa, the loved the Rubio signing and Mendez is their young player.

Youth and training upgrades begin

I hold my team meeting, we are going to qualify for Champions play again the following year!

The 23 assists by Poliano in various places broke the record of 15.

Berardi’s 8 MOM won the record for most in a year.

Karius’s 27 clean sheets broke the previous record he set last year of 17 by 10. Good stuff!

Juve’s manager won Manager of the Year.

I offer deals to a bunch of staff to come back.

Goodbye May

[Abe Sargent]

These are the key players leaving this year:

Dickmann
Bigas
Babacar
Acerbi
Matsuidi

I make an offer to extend Lirola.

He signs for a three year deal getting paid 40k/week

Serie A remains in 3rd position; we moved up to 59th position in the ranking,

Serbia, Albania and Montenegro have joined the EU


Any young EU Wonderkids that are lovers of DL I can bring in?

What about Holland’s Louis Burgzorg? Germany’s Leif Eidelloth?
Romania’s Frank Naicu? Spain/Moroccos Azzedine Tagnaouti?

11 mill for Louis Burgzorg from ADO Den Haag.

He’ll be coming here!

The next is to bring in some Dutch youth to join him.

200k for Kay van Binsbergen an 18 year old AMC youth prospect

[Abe Sargent]

I also like 17 year old Ibrahim de Vries with a DC for 150k.

We got a profit of 25 mill last year.

Enrico Cardona is called up for the U19 EURO Championships.

In addition to the big five that are leaving, we also have 29 year old 2 star backup Bessa, 6 Hot Prospects that are too old, and 3 youngsters.

I am getting rumors about being linked to the Roma job.

I just got a huge offer for Pires from Chelsea – 32.5 mill up front, 8.5 mill over one year in installments, 12.25 mill after 50 apps, 12.25 after 10 caps. That could easily be enough to replace Pires. Remember I have Vincente coming back and just one MC after moving one to AMC for Ozil for two years to see what happens and push myself into more goals, but then the first year was very slow with my ST, and then the second half with Mendez looked a lot better. But Ozil, while a nice rating, was just 5 goals and assists. Pires this year had a Serie A rating of 6.95 in the deep lying playmaker role which he is better at. I’m also pretty sure that with a transfer kitty of 32 mill I could start Vincente in the middle and bring in a future replacement to groom into the role. I accept. I add in a 30% of next sale into it.

I get a 22.5 mill offer for Politano from a Chinese Super League. Politano has tons of assists and great ratings for me, but he is 28 years old and we’ll need to eventually bring in a replacement. But not now, I reject the fine offer.

Pires is granted a work permit, and…good luck!

Alright, now I have 32.5 mill added to my transfer kitty.

I add Pires to my short list

That is a record transfer fee for the club, the previous best was 15 mill

[Abe Sargent]

June 30

We get 40.3 mill for TV rights

I start scouting wonderkids generally. Let’s start with Italy. Italian stud AM Luca Tos won’t want to leave Juve for us, What about Napoli’s GK Simone Di Cesare? They don’t want to sell to a team in the division. I scout Cremonese’s Italian 16 year old Enea Valbonesi who can play DR.


I like the idea of a young GK to bring in, Spain’s Juan Racero is with Real Hispalis, which might want to come here. He’s on the Spain U19 team. We do 4.5 mill and 30% of next sale. Now will he sign?

We agree to 9 mill for Enea. Maybe I can grow him up.

Anyone else from Italy, like DL Stefano Stridi for Juve or ST Nicolò De Rosa for Napoli? Probably not.

I do like the idea of a future replacement for Politano/Berardi that could play both AM Spots. I scout around. Actually I found AMC/MC Spanish/Basque 18 year old Eneko Sánchez? I scout him out. Could he be my future Pires? He plays for Real San Sebastian. I make them an offer.

Juan Racero wants to sign! Enea as well!

Good bye June!

[Abe Sargent]

July 1

I make friendly offers to 7 teams. Everyone but Slavia Prague agreed, so I offer another one. This year I have one home game with Juventus to test myself, the Big Three from Portugal, Braga and Vit. Guimarães from Portugal and Viktoria Plzen from the Czech Republic.

Here’s my first signee –



11 mill later! This guy is on hot prospect deal, 8.75k/week, and 2.5 now and big future. I love his 17 work rate. On international duty right now.

Here’s 9 mill student Enea



As you can see he is a DR, and has a rating of 2.5 now and a nice future. He’s also on international duty right now. He’s not as developed as Burgzorg and only an okay work rate.

[Abe Sargent]

28 year old Mariano arrives on a rotation deal for 45k/week for two years.

I reject an offer for Berardi

Here’s my question – who is free who might want to come here? The best one is 31 year old Cédric Bakambu who we looked at earlier when we were looking at winter replacements and then brought in Mariano. What about non-EU players? The best player is Gareth Bale, 32, can play any AM spot, and that would be a nice temporary replacement for Politano if I got another offer for him. What about 32 year old Ukrainian DC/DMC Taras Stepanenko? He’s studly, but I don’t need DC or DM. Well, Forfan hasn’t played well, I could bring him in for first team and then loan out Forfan for development. He does have 85 caps so the guy should be startable. I scout him and he’s more of a natural DMC who can play the role, so no thanks. Brazil’s Rodrigo Dourado Cunha can play DMC and DC but is also more of a DMC.

No one seems to fit my roster and need, there are no Ozils here that would push my roster. Although Bale is pretty good compared to Politano, but he’s also 32 and would be a temp dork as well for my club and Politano is my most in form player each of the last two years.

Any youth I might want to bring in? None in the EU.

I reject an offer for Mendez.

The 11 mill for my Dutch beats our previous record of 9 mill for Babacar, and get ready because the stud prospect AMC/MC I have just asked to see if 20 mill after they whiffed on 15 mill will work.

We sign Racero!




Here he is! As you can see, this 16 year old Spanish GK is already at 2.5 stars and a big potential. He’ll serve as a backup GK for now and could grow into my new one. He is also on international duty.

[Abe Sargent]

The 25 mill beats our previous high of 20.5

Real San Sebastien agree to our transfer fee offer of 20 mill, and now the question is if Eneko Sánchez wants to join us. He doesn’t want to sign. That sucks, because I really liked him.

Our expectations are to qualify for the EURO.

Vicente wants a new deal and I agree.

My squad is back and I welcome them! Let’s qualify for the Champions League again! They like it! Especially my new players.

I transfer list Prieto, and I move Racero to my starting sub squad, and make him eligible for U20 play.

I accept an offer for Prieto from Pescara

I decline a job interview offer from Roma.

Pol Garcia wants to talk about leaving, and I agree to sell him if an offer comes at the value of 1 mill, which is a few hundred k below his value. I go ahead and transfer list him.

I reject an offer for Berardi.

Vincente signs his new deal for 40k, first team, and 5 years – he’s at 4 stars right now.

Do I accept a loan offer for Crivelli? Nope, I need a 3rd backup st.

[Abe Sargent]

I am massaging my tactics and the issue is that both Vicente and Arena are best at deep lying playmaker. Who do I give what to? Matuidi was a ball winning DM. Arena isn’t that good at anything else. I give Vicente a basic central mid role, but he’s not that good at it, I’ll train it.

I still have that cash and the need for a future AML. How about French Romuald Guitton or AMLC fellow countryman Maurice Gautier? I scout him. What about Croatian Gordan Prahic who is playing for Hajuk? He is already transferred to Man City.

We negotiate a 10 mill offer with FC Laurent for Maurice Gautier. Will he want to arrive here? Yes he does.




16 years old, looks 1.5 current and big potential in the future, good work rate, and I love his potential. That will be my last major signing of the window.



I reject an offer for Clyne.

I accept an offer for Garcia

I agree to sell backup Franchini.

Friendly #1 – Home vs Porto – They win 3-1

[Abe Sargent]

My backup GK is sold

Bologna sign Babacar

Matuidi signs with Valencia

The Italy Football Association have offered me the job of Manager…

What do I do?

[Abe Sargent]

I reject it. With all of the extra games for EUROs and Champions and Cups and 38 Serie A games, it’s really hard for me to invest that time.

I loan Baranowski

Friendly 2 – Home vs Viktoria Plzen – We win 3-1, MOM is Rubio

We sell Garcia to Villareal for 1 mill

One of my youth just had an injury that knocks him out for 6-8 months. Ouch.

Taras Stepanenko still has not been made an offer… man, if I needed a DMC…

Friendly #3 – Home vs Benfica – We win 1-0, MOM is Sensi

I reject an offer to loan my Dutch fullback since I’ll be using him as a key sub.

I move 5 players from my U20 squad

I added an away friendly for serious cash…

Friendly #4 – Home vs Sporting – Can I grab a 4-0 again? Nope but we win 2-1. I’ll take it.

Good bye July!

[Abe Sargent]

August

3rd – Away at Hertha, FR
7th – Home vs Juve, Fr
14th – Home vs Braga, fr
21st – Home vs Vit G, fr
28th – Home vs Genoa

Good training – Mendez

Friendly #5 - Away at Hertha – We draw 1-1, MOM is Crivelli

Friendly #6 – Home vs Juventus – This is a great time to check to see how we are doing… we tied them 0-0 they have MOM. I was hoping for a win, even a friendly one, but ah well

I register my team and I have two open spots for future folks

I accept a first team loan offer for Enea from Roma since I have a 3 star sub there this year to develop them.

I submit a ton of squad numbers

We have 7-1 odds of winning Serie A, not bad

Juve is 5-2 and Milan 4-1 and we have the 3rd best odds.

Friendly #7 – Home vs Braga – We thump them 5-1. Berardi is MOM

I keep Berardi as my captain and my vice was Matuidi so now I name Politano.

We are selling 9k in season tickets, a big increase from last year’s 7k

Friendly #8 – Home vs V. G. – We win 2-0, MOM is Lirola

That’s just one loss in 8 games against clubs. Although, remember, my AssMan runs my friendlies.

Acerbi signs with Olympiakos.

We make 12.5 mill for making the Group Stage of the Champions League

Group Draw – We are still seeded 4th, sucks

Group F

1st Seed – Real Madrid
2nd Seed – AS Monaco
3rd Seed – Galatasaray
4th Seed – Us

Well, we couldn’t do anything against Monaco last year, maybe we will this year? :0


That’s the end of the preseason!

[Abe Sargent]

Serie A Game #1 – Home vs Genoa – I begin controlling – Arena is suspended from last year and Sensi will start for him.

Notes

Clyne a card, I send in my replacement Burgzorg.
Bongonda for a carded Politano
35th Minute – They foul Ozil in the box, Berardi steps up and…sinks it
HALF – Don’t get complacent
Criestig for a carded Sensi
4 Minutes they move to a 4-2-4 can we hold? We hold 1-0. Narrow win, but I’ll take it.

[Abe Sargent]

I replace Arena.

6 games in a row without allowing a goal scored is a new record!

International duty begins we have 12 called up

Transfer Window…

I reject an offer for Hermoso from Inter and no pushback. This guy has never pushed back…

I loan a few players inc homegrown at my club ST Cappa.

Window ended, a few moves here and there.

The biggest move was Federico Bernardeschi heading to PSG from Juve for 73 mill

Good bye August

[Abe Sargent]

September

10th – Away at Chievo
14th – Away at Real Madrid, Well let’s start that one off with the worst possible game and place
18th – Home vs Bologna
21st – Away at Juventus – Uh oh, away at the big bad, we tied them there 0-0 just a few games ago
24th – Home vs Ascoli
27th – Home vs Monaco

Good training – de Vries, Burgzorg, La Rosa

Rubio got his first cap for Spain and I send him congrats!

I register my squad for the Champion’s League

Mariano already learned Italian!


Serie A Game #2 – Away at Chievo – I begin countering against the recently promoted team.

Notes

38th Minute – Politano feeds Mendez for goal
HALF – Don’t get complacent
Sensi for a carded Vicente, Hermoso for a tired Rubio; Bongonda for Berardi
5 Minutes – Can we hold and shut them out?
91st Minute – Ozil scores! We win 2- 0 and Ozil is MOM

[Abe Sargent]

Juve lost to Roma 1-0. In my first year here, if you’ll recall, Juve stumbled early and then finished strong at 2nd behind Palermo. Could that happen this year or is this a blip?

All of our good karma is about to be punched in the face…

Champions Group F – Game #1 – Away at Real Madrid – I begin countering. Woodshed time! This is Rubio’s old club, he wanted to start.

Notes

4th Minute – On a counter, Berardi feeds Ozil for goal!



That score won’t last!

12th Minute – Arena feeds Mendez on an attack run for goal



We are not winning this game. Remember in the blow out against Man Utd we still scored twice. Remember that Sporting hung three on us after we went up 3-0.

24th Minute- Renaldo scores on us
HALF – Don’t get complacent. But hey, we showed up!
55th Minute – Dybala scores ties it.
Hermoso for a 6.4 Rubio
Sensi for Vicente
Politano a card
FIVE minutes is way too many minutes to give them a chance to score…can we hold and tie them 2-2?
We injure Dybala. We hold and tie 2-2! Good result!

[Abe Sargent]

Serie A Game #3 – Home vs Bologna – I begin standarding. Hello Babacar!

Notes

15th Minute – Babacar scores…normally a good thing to type
22nd Minute – Mendez finds Berardi on an attack run to tie it.
37th Minute – Babacar scores again, Karius came out to grab the ball and gave up goal.
HALF – Nope
48th Minute – Arena feeds Vicente for goal to tie it back again
Hermoso for Farfan;Mariano for a banged up Mendez; Gautier for Ozil
Gautier our first card
Berardi a late card
5 Minutes – can we win? We tie them 2-2. Sad.

[Abe Sargent]

We make 650k from our deal from Genoa for a player who just made his 50th start

Serie A Game #4 – Away at Juventus – I begin countering. I’ve never scored against Juve, not even in the friendly.

Notes

HALF – Busy for them with 10 shots to our 1.
52nd Minute – Vicente is sent off, I send in Sensi for Ozil and add him to DMC.
Well, we’re not scoring this time either…
Bogonda for Politano
Card for Lirola, I send in Hermoso
82nd Minute – They score
We lose 1-0

[Abe Sargent]

I issue Vicente a warning which he accepts

Arena got a salary hike to 7750 after his 25h appearance for us

Serie A Game #5 – Home vs Ascoli – I begin controlling.

Notes

12thMinute – Sensi feeds Berardi for goal on a corner kick
14th Minute- Goal kick starts an attack, Politano feeds Mendez
HALF – Don’t get complacent
Gauthier for Ozil; Burgzorg for Clyne; La Rosa for Farfan
Lirola a card
Four Minutes – Can we hold our shut out?
We win 2-0, MOM is Politano

I return Vicente


Here’s the Table after 5



We’re currently 4th after dropping a game to Juve and a tie. Bologna are in front.

[Abe Sargent]

Champions League Group 6 Game #2 – Home vs AS Monaco – I begin standardly. Will we show up today? Vengeance!

Notes

HALF – We have 10 shots to their 5, 54% possession and are outplaying them.
61st Minute – On a counter attack, Berardi feeds Vicente for goal:



They blanked us last year, so that’s my first goal against them!

Bongonda for Politano; Hermoso for Farfan; Sensi for a carded Arena
Four Minutes – Can we hold? We do and defeat AS Monaco!!! MOM is Lirola.

We win 1.5 mill.

[Abe Sargent]

Our gate receipt of 403k is a new record and beats last year’s Man Utd gate receipt of 387k

Galatasaray tied Real Madrid

I have 11 call ups

October

2nd – Away at Roma
15th - Home vs Cittadella
18th – Away at Galatasaray
23rd – Away at Napoli
26th – Away at AC Milan
29th – Home vs Samdoria

Three away games vs toughs in Roma, Napoli and Milan is rough.

Good training – Arena, Burgzorg, Racero

Serie A Game #6 – Away at Roma – I begin countering! Vengeance! Hello Enea!

Notes

Lirola a card in the 3rd. Adjapong heads in
Sensi for a booked Vincente
HALF – Hmmm, we each have 7 shots. We have 49% possession. We are pretty tied, so this is winnable
53rd Minute – Enea scores
Sensi a card
Mariano for Mendez
84th Minute – They score again
They shut us out 0-2. Nasty

[Abe Sargent]

I talk down Bongonda who wants to leave to get more play

One of my youth prospects that came through our academy with a 4 star potential was offered their first full time deal.

Serie A Game #7 – Home vs Cittadella – I begin controlling. Can we get back to our winning ways?

Notes

20th Minute – On an IFK, Rubio feeds Mendez for goal
Adjapong for a carded Lirola
37th Minute -Politano feeds Mendez for goal
HALF – Don’t get complacent
54th Minute – Politano feeds Ozil for goal, he scored on his birthday!
Sensi for a carded Arena
Bongonda for Berardi
We win 3-0, MOM is Politano

[Abe Sargent]

Champions Group F Game #3 – Away at Galatasaray – We surprisingly won against AS Monaco and tied away at Real Madrid, so if we can win here today, that would be 7 points in three games, a commanding first half of the group stage given who we are playing against. I begin countering.

Notes

35th Minute – We give up a dubious PK and…Karius blocks it!
We injure their MR and they head out
HALF – We have 9 shots to their 8
Bongonda for a 6.4 Politano;
Sensi for a 6.4 Vincente
Hermoso for a carded Farfan
83rd Minute – On a corner kick, Arena feeds Berardi for goal!



Will this win the game?

Four minutes to come back…

We hold and win 1-0! MOM is Arena

We win another 1.5 mill

[Abe Sargent]

AS Monaco defeated Real Madrid and have 6 points.

Juve lost 1-2 to Empoli

Serie Game #8 – Away vs Napoli – I begin countering

Notes

15th Minute - They score
19th Minute – Mendez hits Berardi coming in on an attack run for goal to tie it
HALF- Okay.
Mariano for a carded Mendez
Bongonda for a 6.3 Politano
Hermoso for Farfan
89th Minute- They break the tie.
Five Minutes –Can we tie it back?
92nd Minute On a counter, Berardi feeds Mariano for his first goal for us! We tied it back up!
2-2 tie. MOM is on their team

[Abe Sargent]

Serie A Game #9 – Away vs AC Milan – I also begin countering. This is Berard’s 325th App for the club

Notes

11th Minute - Politano, on a counter, juked TWO players to come free, and fed Berardi on an attack run.
Adjapong for a carded Lirola
19th Minute – Berardi crosses to Mendez for goal
Bongonda for a carded Berardi
HALF – Don’t get complacent!
52nd Minute – They sink a PK off a Rubio foul in the box. We had to give them a way back in.
Hermoso for Rubio
Three minutes – can we hold?
Hermoso a card
We win 2-1! MOM is Berardi

[Abe Sargent]

We got four points from the three rough games!

Lirola is banned and I start Adjapong

Serie A Game #10 – Home vs Sampdoria – I begin controlling

Notes

They are starting with an injured ST.
31st Minute – Berardi and Mendez on an attack run, Ozil feeds Berardi who slides to Mendez for goal
37th Minute – They tie it
Half – Nope!
Sensi for a tired Vincente
71st Minute – Berardi is given a counter attack run by Clyne and he hits Mendez for another goal. That puts us up!
Hermoso for Farfan
81st Minute – Berardi scores on an attack run fed by Sensi.
We hold and win 3-1, MOM is Mendez.


I return Lirola

Here’s the table after 10:



A few teams have a few games in them but we are tied with Juve in 4th. Our 6-2-2 record ties where we were last year. Roma has dominated and is tops with more than a game, but Bologna is just a point over us and Juve.

[Abe Sargent]

November

2nd – Home vs Galatasaray
6th – Away at Cremonsese
19th – Home vs Empoli
22nd – Home vs Real Madrid
27th – Away at Udinese
30th – Home vs Torino

Good training – Gautier, Arena, Mendez

Mendez named in Team of Month

I offer a new contract to Arena after his agent asks for one

Our updates are finished for youth and training



I get them to invest some more.

13 are called up

Champions Group F, Game #4 – Home vs Galatasaray – I begin standard, if I can win this we’ll be in a strong spot. They have fired their manager.

Notes

Bongonda for a carded Ozil
Adjapong for a carded Lirola
33rd Minute – On a corner kick Farfan’s head connect with Mendez for goal…



Nice!

36th Minute they score back.
Farfan a card I tell him to lay off tackles rather than make my last sub
38th Minute – They get a red card. That’s our kryptonite.
44th Minute – Politano scores
HALF – Don’t get complacent!
49th Minute – Berardi scores
55th Minute – Berardi another goal
We hold and win 4-1 and MOM is Politano


We make another 1.5 mill

Real Madrid won 3-0 over AS Monaco

[Abe Sargent]

Arena signs his new deal for 5 years, key player, and 27k per week

Serie A Game #11 – Away at Cremonese – I begin countering

Notes

Gautier for a carded Politano
Adjapong for Lirola after his card
Arena a card but I’ll hold off
Vicente is injured and I send in Sensi
HALF – Boring.
58th Minute - They are given a red card, which means they’ll win or tie unless it’s a champion’s game…
Adjapong a card
Three Minutes –
92nd Minute – They foul us in the box and up steps Berardi and...he sinks it!
We win 1-0. MOM is Gautier.

[Abe Sargent]

Vincente is out for a week. He’ll miss the international break but will be back for Empoli

I decline a job interview for Milan sitting back in 19th

I talk down Hermoso into wanting to leave

Serie A Game #12 – Home vs Empoli – I begin controlling

Notes

Clyne a card Burgzorg heads in
HALF – They have 10 shots to our 6, 54% possession, and that’s not how this is supposed to work
62nd Minute – Ozil feeds Vicente in the box for goal
Bongonda for a 6.4 Berardi
Mariano for Mendez
83rd Minute – They foul Mariano in the box, and Berardi my 18 PK guy is out so Politano steps up and sinks it.
We hold and win 2-0, MOM is Politano