How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

[Keano16]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

I think I am done with career mode. My origin account synced its cloud again and everything is gone, yet again.

Will syncing not just back it up?

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[Simppu12]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Just played a quick game against a friend here in Southampton and I got beat 7-3, with my keeper failing to make a save. I was on manual save assistance instead of semi. Does anyone have some tips for making saves with the GK on manual save assistance? To be honest I'm not really sure what buttons I'm supposed to press or move. Most of my saves have been dumb luck.

I think the keeper catches automatically crosses or long balls but if you want to save shots you need to press square/x or circle/b, I think.

Season 1 | 2014-15

Der Dino

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August 2014

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Aug 23, RheinEnergie Stadion
Bundesliga: Match 1

KOE 0-1 HSV
Jiracek 65'

Man of the match: Rene Adler (7.7)

In Keane's competitive debut match his team was lucky to have come away with the 3 points. Petr Jiracek headed in a Valon Behrami corner on 65 minutes to beat the Köln goalkeeper, Timo Horn. René Adler was the real star of the show however, totting up a total of 8 saves on his way to being named man-of-the-match and keeping a clean sheet. That was ultimately the difference here on opening day where Keane tried both a 4-3-2-1 and a 4-3-3 Holding. During the early parts of the game Rafael van der Vaart sprained his ankle ruling him out for the remainder of the month.


Rafael van der Vaart is expected to miss 4 weeks of action while recovering from a sprained ankle.

Aug 27, Niedersachsenstadion
Bundesliga: Match 2

H96 0-3 HSV
Rabiot 5'
Jansen 30'
Gülüm 58' OG

Man of the match: Marcell Jansen (9.8)

Two outstanding efforts from Rabiot and Jansen gave us a 2 goal advantage going into halftime. Jansen set up the young Frenchman for a first time shot that took a little deflection on its way past Zieler. The consistent left back then got one himself netting a powerful half volley. A corner broke out to him and he controlled the ball, hitting it just as it bounced, like a bullet through the crowd of players into the corner. This gave the team some breathing space and the ball was retained and passed around to the delight of Keane. With 58 minutes gone, Gülüm managed to lob his own goalkeeper in a bizarre own goal. Keane was pleased by the performance which ended with 14 shots and 10 on target while Camara made his debut in the midfield engine room. Adrien Rabiot was the tactician behind the win, playing like a man possessed in the #10 role.

Aug 30, Imtech Arena
Bundesliga: Match 3

HSV 3-1 SCP
Skjelbred 33'
Kutschke 13'
Lassoga 38' (Pen)
Stieber 85'

Man of the match: Pierre-Michel Lassoga (8.2)

Some of the squad was rotated due to fatigue and also for game time. It looked to have backfired on Keane when Kutschke dribbled straight through to open the scoring and also conceding our first goal. Skjelbred worked magic in a 10 minute spell, equalizing after some wonderful skill to beat his man and then winning the penalty that Lassoga converted to take the lead. The German striker has now registered his first goal with Hamburg. Late on substitute Stieber added a third with some good feet and a tidy finish.

Player of the Month



René Adler

The German shot stopper is by far our best player and he showed it by keeping 2 clean sheets and making 8 saves in both of those games. He only conceded 1 goal this month which gives confidence to the rest of the team.

Fußball-Bundesliga Standings
1. Borussia Dortmund 9
2. Bayern Munich 9
3. Hamburger SV 9
4. Bayer Leverkusen 6
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5. VfB Stuttgart 6
6. VfL Wolfsburg 6
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16. Borussia M'gladbach 1
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17. Hertha BSC 1
18. SC Paderborn 0

September Fixtures
20/9 Bayern Munich (h)
23/9 Borussia M'gladbach (a)
27/9 Eint. Frankfurt (h)

Conclusion

It has been a really good start to life in the Bundesliga! Three wins from three and with only one goal conceded is more than we could have hoped for. We have had six different goalscorers too with the seventh goal being an own goal. It's good that we aren't relying solely on our strikers but at the same time they are paid to put the ball into the net so I'll be looking for a more considerable contribution. Especially from Lassoga who, for £11 million, needs to be hitting the back of the net consistently. I'm expecting at least 20 goals from him and 10-15 from Rudnevs, our backup striker. Bahebeck should be getting around 10 in his limited role. At the other end of the pitch I think 15 clean sheets is a good target for Adler to aim for. Assists wise, van der Vaart will be the main player I'll look to for creativeness. 10 assists is his target. Rabiot and Skjelbred will be aiming for between 5-10 when they get the chance to play. Our wingers will need to aim for both goals and assists. 7 goals and 5 assists is the target for all of them.

Next month we have three games and we will be looking for 6 points against M'gladbach and Frankfurt while a point is what is probably all we can hope for against Bayern.

2 youth scouts have been hired, a 3*/4* sent to Germany looking for wingers and a 2*/2* sent to France looking for attackers. Both are out for 9 months.

Thanks for Reading!

Almost a perfect month with only one goal conceded! You're scoring a solid amount of goals which was HSV's biggest problem in real life. Bahebeck and Rabiot are interesting signings and they can grow into very big players. You're doing a great job so far. Maybe a top four run is on it's way?

Gazélec Football Club Ajaccio
FIFA 15 – Season 1
14/15 Season



Le Gaz

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Match Difficulty:

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Legendary

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Controls: Manual

Half Length: 15 Minutes

Financial Strictness: Strict (60%)

Currency: Euros

Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova

Squads Used: Current Customised

Transfer/Wage Budget: €400,000 / €2,000



Transfers In


Mathieu Baudry

CB – 65 OVR – 26 Years Old

Nation: France
For: Yoann Andreu
From: Leyton Orient



Maxwel Cornet

ST – 61 OVR – 18 Years Old
Nation: France
For: €50k + Kévin Mayi
From: Olympique Lyon



Sacha Bastien

GK – 59 OVR – 19 Years Old
Nation: France
For: Jules Goda
From: Stade Reims



Kevin Sainte-Luce

RM – 59 OVR – 21 Years Old
Nation: France
For: €140,000
From: AFC Wimbledon



Loaned In


Jean-Philippe Gbamin

RB – 65 OVR – 19 Years Old

Nation: France

From: RC Lens



Transfers Out

John Tshibumbu

To: Hamilton
For: €165,000



Other Notable Transfers:

1. Stevan Jovetić

From: Manchester City

To: Arsenal

For: €19,000,000

2. Jan Vertonghen

From: Tottenham

To: Newcastle United

For: €16,000,000

3. Fernando Muslera

From: Galatasaray SK

To: Roma

For: €15,500,000

4. De Gea

From: Manchester United

To: Juventus

For: €13,000,000

Full Squad:

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GK: Sacha Bastien : 59 : Age 19
GK: Clément Maury : 61 : Age 28
RWB: Louis Poggi : 66 : Age 30
RB: Matar Fall* : 59 : Age 32
RB: Jean-Philippe Gbamin : 65 : Age 19 (Loaned in from RC Lens)
RB:Cyriaque Rivieyran : 65 : Age 23
CB:Rodéric Filippi : 64 : Age 25
CB: Mathieu Baudry : 65 : Age 26
LB: Pablo Martinez : 57 : Age 25
CDM: Julien François : 64 : Age 35
CDM: Amos Youga* : 67 : Age 22
CDM: David Ducourtioux : 65 : Age 36
CM: Florian Fabre : 54 : Age 28
CM: Pierre-François Sinapi : 54 : Age 24
RM: Kevin Sainte-Luce : 59 : Age 21
LM:Mohamed Larbi* : 60 : Age 27
CAM: Rafik Boujedra : 55 : Age 21 (Loaned out to Tranmere Rovers)
RW:Lucas Libbra : 55 : Age 19
ST: Ali M’Madi* : 69 : Age 24
ST: Grégory Pujol : 69 : Age 35
ST: Maxwel Cornet : 61 : Age 18

* Denotes a player who isn’t French

Starting XI:






January



Coupe Nationale (Round 1)

AJ Auxerre 3 \(2-4) PEN/ GFC Ajaccio 3

AJA – Fumu Tamuzo 11’ Gragnic 35’ Nabab 37’

GFC – M’Madi (PEN) 27’ Pujol 45’+ 1’, 70’

Julien François wonders way up-field which leaves a massive gap in the defence for Fumu Tamuzo on the counter attack. As soon as he gets into the penalty area, he opens up his body and places the ball into the bottom left corner. After a two whole month drought, Ali M’Madi gets a crucial goal for Ajaccio. Grégory Pujol sprints into the box and dummies a shot. The AJ Auxerre defender, Charles Castelletto slides in and catches Pujol on the way through to give away a penalty. The defender’s lucky and only gets a yellow. M’Madi steps up and sends the keeper the wrong way for the equaliser. The ball’s squared to Vincent Gragnic who has all the space in the world to just slot the ball past Maury and into the bottom corner. Only two minutes later, Maury makes a great save and the ball rolls out to Rodéric Filippi who takes an awful touch instead of just clearing it away which allows Livo Nabab to steal it off him and tap it into the open net. Ali M’Madi sprints forward dangerously and slips the ball through the defence for Pujol who sneaks the ball under the keeper to make the score three-two. Ali M’Madi bombs down the wing before turning his marker and delivering a low ball to the back post where Pujol slides in and pokes it home for the equaliser and it takes them into extra time and then into penalties. The first penalty by Auxerre is hit wildly over the bar. Pujol tucks his penalty away into the left corner. Auxerre’s second is sliced far and wide in the heavy snowfall. The keeper guesses the right way but Mayi’s penalty is too high for him and it makes it two-nil on penalties. Auxerre’s third is finally put away and Rivieyran answers back with a neatly taken penalty. If Auxerre miss their next one, they’re out. Auxerre’s forth is just about under the crossbar. If François scores his upcoming penalty, Gazélec win. François takes a big run-up and his smashed effort sends the keeper the wrong way for the win!

MOTM: Ali M’Madi (7.9, GFC)



Ligue 2

GFC Ajaccio 2 – Nîmes Olympique 0

GFC – Pujol 18’ Larbi 57’

This game was fairly uneventful except for the two goals. Yoann Andreu delivers a dipping cross into the middle for Pujol to rise above his marker and head the ball into the bottom corner. Twelve minutes later, a clearance from Rodéric Filippi falls to Mohamed Larbi who sprints past the remaining defenders before coolly finishing past a helpless keeper to end the game.

MOTM: Rodéric Filippi (9.0, GFC)



Coupe Nationale (Round of 32)

GFC Ajaccio 2 – Bordeaux 1

GFC – Cornet 39’ Pujol 70’

BOR – Diabaté 44’

Louis Poggi sprints down the right before holding the ball up. He spots the new signing, Maxwel Cornet, and delivers a low cross to the striker who opens up his foot to get enough on it to direct it past the keeper for his first goal for the club. Five minutes later, Cheick Diabaté manages to receive the ball in space, turn and place it past the rushing Maury for the equaliser. David Ducourtioux takes a corner from the right. The outswinger goes straight to the penalty spot where Pujol makes an amazing run to get away from his marker before nodding the ball into the right corner with ease and he’s only been on four minutes!

MOTM: Grégory Sertic (9.3, BOR)

Debuts For: Maxwel Cornet and Mathieu Baudry



Ligue 2

Stade Lavallois 1 – GFC Ajaccio 3

GFC – Pujol 9’ Cornet 53’ Sinapi 75’

STA – Bekamenga 17’

An early lead for Gazélec as Cornet delivers a cross into the middle where Pujol rises above his marker to force a great save from the opposition keeper, Lionel Cappone. The ball bobbles out to the centre-back, Adrien Monfray and he tries to clear it but he totally miss-hits it and it flies into the air. The keeper cannot use his hands and he’s out-jumped by Pujol who nods it home for an early lead. Amos Youga’s poor positioning allows Wesley Saïd to cut the ball back across goal for Christian Bekamenga to tap it into the back of the net to level it up. In the fifty-third minute, Maxwel Cornet beats a defender before a gap in the defence allows him to run through it. The last defender tries to tackle him but he’s too quick and he opens his body up to place the ball with his stronger left foot, past the keeper and into the bottom corner to make it two-one to Le Gaz. Pierre-François Sinapi gets his first goal under the management of Bee as he manages to flick the ball past his marker and sprint dangerously into the box where he clinically strikes the ball with his weaker right foot, into the bottom right corner. Sacha Bastien made his debut this match and he was amazing. His six foot five frame kept out two one-on-ones and he made some other great saves and also handled crosses/corners extremely well. In the end, he made eleven crucial saves and he would have been my personal choice for man of the match but Maxwel Cornet played just as well and managed to gain the reward.

MOTM: Maxwel Cornet (7.5, GFC)

Debuts For: Sacha Bastien

Injury News:

David Ducourtioux has suffered a Sprained Ankle and will be out for 3 weeks.



Gazélec Ajaccio’s Player of the Month

Grégory Pujol

(13 Goals and 3 Assists in 14 Games)

MOTM’s this Month = 0



Despite some great performances by the new signings, Pujol has carried on his tradition of scoring at least once in every match for the past two months. That alone has gained him our Man of the Month award and let’s hope he can keep it up for the upcoming month which is going to be difficult.



French Ligue 2 Table

1. Valenciennes FC - 49 points
2. GFC Ajaccio - 49 points
3. Angers SCO - 48 points
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4. FC Sochaux - 45 points

5. Stade Brest - 44 points

6. Dijon FCO - 44 points

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9. AC Ajaccio - 36 points

10. ES Troyes - 34 points

11. Cham. Niortais - 31 points

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17. - LB Chateauroux 15 points

18. Nîmes Olympique - 14 points

19. AC Arles - 13 points

20. US Orléans - 12 points



French Ligue 2 Top Scorers:

1. Angers SCO – Jonathan Kodjia (19 Goals)

2. GFC Ajaccio – Ali M’Madi(13 Goals)

3. Valenciennes FC – Rydell Poepon(12 Goals)



February’s Games:

03/02: SC Bastia (H)*

06/02: Tours FC (H)

13/02: US Orléans (A)

20/02: Clermont Foot (H)

27/02: AC Ajaccio (A)

*Denotes a cup game



Managers Thoughts:

This was the month we were looking for! It’s booted us up to joint-first in the league table and we’re in a great position for the coming months. The top three is still extremely tight and teams all the way down to seventh still have a very realistic chance of getting into the top two so we need to be on our game now that we have the required players to really kick-on.

February’s fixture list looks like the most exciting for the fans this season! Our bitter rivals, Bastia in the Coupe Nationale to open the month and then our other rival, AC Ajaccio to end the month!

Kevin Sainte-Luce and Jean-Philippe Gbamin were transfer deadline signings so these two have not had a chance to play yet. Maxwel Cornet has played amazingly as a replacement for Grégory Pujol and he’s a very exciting prospect and could lead to amazing things within the football club if he develops to what we expect him to be. He scored in both the games he played and he also got a man of the match this month too. Sacha Bastien played the last game against Stade Lavallois where he made a massive impact with some great saves. Sacha will be our new first team goalkeeper if he keeps playing the way he is and he still has plenty of time to grow and become even better. Mathieu Baudry has made things a lot tighter in defence but it’s still the weakest part of the team. Mathieu has given us the quality we need at the back to survive in Ligue 2 and hopefully he can continue as an important part of the team.

Our in Form Players: Pujol has managed to score in every game of the month again! Words cannot describe how well he’s doing and his attacking awareness is out of this world! Despite limited game time, Mohamed Larbi and Pierre-François Sinapi have really been amazing as substitutes or as fill-ins due to injury. They both snatched up a goal this month and I’m confident that we have some great substitutes to fall back on.

Our out of Form Players: Amos Youga and Rodéric Filippi are still down in the dumps with their form. Both just either stand on the spot or run around attackers without making a meaningful challenge. Hopefully the competition with Mathieu Baudry and Julien François will snap them out of it.



Career Record (W: D :L): 18-4-5


Thanks for reading my latest update! I’m always happy to hear your thoughts and answer any questions you may have!

Great signings! Cornet and Bastien look like very good players and they've been doing a very good job for you! You have a very good replacement for Pujol in the team now. It's also good to see that you're joint first in the league! Hopefully you can beat the Corsica rivals next month.

Hull City

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Season 1
October 2014

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Objectives:
The league objective is to avoid relegation.
The Domestic Cup objective is to reach the Round of 32.

League Match
Hull City 2 - 3 Crystal Palace
Chamakh 29' 44' (RED) 52'
Munir 35'
McArthur 38'
Aluko 65'

MOTM Sagbo

A disappointing defeat to a Crystal Palace side that have had a good start to the season. We played a weaker side because of our against Arsenal in two days time but I was still really hoping for a win in this match. The away time only had three shots while we had nine. For their first goal Chamakh was played through behind the defense and his shot was a powerful one that rocketed in off the post. McGregor just stood and watched. Munir equalized thirty-five minutes in when he was played and then ball rolled past two opponents and then placed the ball to the far post out of the keeper's reach. McArthur would put them back in the lead just after kickoff. He was played the ball just past the center circle and proceeded to dribble past five defenders. His finish was poor though McGregor should have saved the pea roller of a shot and McArthur was lucky to be celebrating. Chamakh scored one more right before halftime. A cross came in from Bolasie and Chamakh got it at the near post and flicked it on with his head to the back post with a good finish. In the 52' Chamakh slid into Quinn from behind in our own half and received a straight red for the reckless challenge. With the away team down a man we started to press more in hope of getting at least one point out of the game. Just past the hour mark we got one back through Aluko. Sagbo back heeled it into Aluko who took one touch and then hit a swerving effort that found it's way into the back of the net. Sadly we could not get the equalizer and lost at home once again.


Munir celebrating his first league goal for Hull City.

League Match
Arsenal 3 - 2 Hull City
Benteke (PEN) 37’
Sanchez (PEN) 50’
Dawson (OG) 69’
Hernandez 85’
Debuchy 90’

MOTM Benteke

I was hoping to take at least a point from Arsenal who have been struggling this year and went into this game in 10th place. We got the first goal when Debuchy tripped Hernandez inside the box and we were awarded a penalty. Benteke stepped up to take it and smashed the ball into the roof of the net. Just after halftime though we gave up a penalty. Dawson went barrelling into Debuchy and laid him out. Sanchez was the one to take it and hit it low and straight down the middle, just like Yaya Toure did last month. Just before the 70’ we conceded another goal. This time an own goal. Walcott crossed the ball in and it was a poor cross that Butland was going to catch but Dawson decided to head the ball and misjudged it. The ball ended up hitting him in the shoulder and bouncing into the open goal. Five minutes before time Hernandez looked like he rescued us a point with a simple tap in after a cross came in and bounced past everyone and to him at the back post. Sadly Debuchy redeemed himself for the Arsenal fans when he was able to head in a cross in added time to get them all three points and put them into 7th place.

League Match
Liverpool 3 - 2 Hull City
Coutinho 14’
Huddlestone (OG) 59’
Benteke 60’

MOTM Benteke

Going to Liverpool is always tough and that was proved once again. The scoreline makes it look like a close game but it really wasn’t, Liverpool were all over us and had to defend the whole time. They pressed early and in the 10’ Markovic hit the cross bar and hit bounced straight to Coutinho who shot but luckily Dawson was on the line to clear it. They won the clearance though and just has Coutinho got onside he made another run. Gerrard played him the ball over the defense and he vollied it to the back post without the ball ever touching the ground. We were able to keep the ball out of the net until the 59’ when Sturridge had a shot the Huddlestone jump in front of to block but only deflected it into the net and Butland couldn’t get to it because he had already dove the other way. We pulled one back just after half time when Hernandez dribbled down the middle and drew three players out of position which opened up space for Benteke to run into. Hernandez played it over the top and Benteke was able to volley in from close range. We didn’t get any more chances though and they were still pressing us and almost had a few more goals.



Benteke’s Volley.


Table:



My Thoughts:

Zero out of nine points possible is not good. We dropped all the way down to 15th place and I’m not very happy about it. We really should have beat Crystal Palace, we were all over them but our finishing was not good enough and theirs was great. The Arsenal game was killer, I really wanted the point and to have it taken away in added time just makes me bitter and want to beat them next time. We knew going to Anfield was going to be hard, but they absolutely dominated us. We could do nothing they controlled everything, there was maybe about 5 minutes of time that we looked like we might score again and that is all.

I got three international management offers this month. One from Switzerland, one from Wales and the other from Ireland. I’m not sure if I will take any but if I was I would prefer the Swiss job. What do you guys think?

November Fixtures:
Southampton (H) - League
Burnley (A) - League
Spurs (H) - League
Manchester United (A) - League

That is so unfortunate! You really should've beaten Crystal Palace and the way you lost the point against Arsenal sucks. Hopefully you can improve next month. It's interesting that every game finished 3-2.

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Arsenal: Invincible - Season One

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So, here it is. The beginning. We had some money to spend, some gaps to fill. Here it is.

Transfers In:
Asmir Begovic - Swap for Szczesny

Begovic was signed straight for Szczesny. It is said that Begovic was not Regens first option, but when Muslera went to Barcelona, and Cech wouldn't accept his contract, he went to both Begovic and Victor Valdes, and Begovic it was.


Fabian Schar - ₤8,000,000

This was said to be a signing that Regens wanted. However, at 8 million pounds, it has been leaked he wasn't expecting to pay that much. He still went through with the deal.


Morgan Schneiderlin - ₤16,500,000

It has been released that Morgan Schneiderlin was picked over Geoffrey Kondogbia to be signed. Victor Wanyama was also in consideration, but Schneiderlin greatly outperformed him in all areas Arsenal were looking for.

Jackson Martinez - ₤20,000,000

Striker was a need for Arsenal. They filled that need by signing Martinez, who looks to come in and have a big impact.

Transfers Out:
Nacho Monreal - Atletico Bilbao - ₤3,600,000


Abou Diaby - Southampton - ₤2,200,000


Mathieu Flamini - Southampton - ₤1,600,000


Gabriel Paulista - Valencia - ₤3,600,000


Olivier Giroud - Spurs - ₤16,000,000


Well, didn't want to sell Giroud to Tottenham, but decided, I don't think he can really damage us. 16 Million pounds is good, especially considering their first offer was 11. Good business.


Arsenal 2(5) - 2(3) Manchester City
Gibbs(OG) 21'
Nasri 29'
Ozil 43'
Sanchez 86'

Brilliant to win the Community Shield on penalties. Of course Nasri had to score against us, but that's alright, because later, in the penalty shootout, his shot was saved by Begovic.

Match Day 1
Arsenal 5 - 1 Crystal Palace(SIMMED)
Cazorla 14'
Fletcher 18'
Cazorla 35'
Sanchez 44'
Cazorla 66'
Martinez 76'

Match Day 2
Leicester City 0 - 1 Arsenal
Ozil 74'


That's all. A good month, a good start. Couldn't get much better. Thanks for reading!

Nice signings, you got everything you needed and Arsenal need in real life. Selling Giroud to Spurs is an interesting decision but so far you haven't needed him.

SS Lazio

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Biancocelesti

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Game:

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FIFA 15
Difficulty: Professional
Board Difficulty: Lenient
Half Length: 10 Minutes
Summer Transfer Window: Disabled

President: Claudio Lotito
Manager: Stefano Pioli
Scouts: Michele Aridita (Italy) - 5 Star
Gil Cardenas (Portugal) - 3 Star
Jose Manuel (Spain) - 4 Star
Sinan G

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ültekin (Turkey) - 3 Star
Stipe Ujević (Croatia) - 4 Star
Youth Academy Scout: Francesco Palatto (Italy) - 3 Star

League Objective: Win the Title
Cup Objective: Reach the Semi-Final

Transfer Budget: €14.425 million
Wage Budget: €200,000

History: SS Lazio is an Italian football club founded in 1900 and based out of the city of Rome. The club plays their home matches at the Stadio Olimpico which has a capacity of 72,481. Lazio have spent most of their history in Serie A, the top tier of Italian football. The club has won the Scudetto twice in 1974 and 2000. Lazio has also won the Coppa Italia 6 times, the Supercoppa Italiana 3 times, as well as the UEFA Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 1999. Lazio's main rival is fellow city-dwellers AS Roma for whom they compete against in the Derby della Capitale since 1929.

Domestic Players (Italian Rule): To be in compliance with Federcalcio requirements regarding domestic players, Lazio must have at least 4 Italians on the pitch at all times.

Transfer Targets: Lazio is a worldwide club and will search every corner of the globe to find top talent. However, a premium will be placed on Italian players.

The Squad

Goalkeepers
GK Federico Marchetti, 79 Ovr, Italy, 31 years old

GK Etrit Berisha, 72 Ovr, Albania, 25 years old

GK Thomas Strakosha, 64 Ovr, Albania, 19 years old

Defenders
CB Stefan de Vrij, 78 Ovr, Netherlands, 22 years old

CB Lorik Cana, 77 Ovr, Albania, 30 years old

LB Ștefan Radu, 77 Ovr, Romania, 27 years old

RB Abdoulay Konko, 76 Ovr, France, 30 years old

CB Michaël Ciani, 76 Ovr, France, 30 years old

RB Dušan Basta, 75 Ovr, Serbia, 29 years old

RB Luis Pedro Cavanda*, 72 Ovr, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 23 years old
(*also holds Belgian citizenship)

CB Santiago Gentiletti, 70 Ovr, Argentina, 29 years old

RB Pereirinha, 69 Ovr, Portugal, 26 years old

CB Diego Novaretti, 69 Ovr, Argentina, 29 years old

LB Edson Braafheid, 69 Ovr, Netherlands, 31 years old

LB Vinicius, 63 Ovr, Brazil, 21 years old

LB Lorenzo Filippini*, 59 Ovr, Italy, 18 years old
(*on loan at Bari)

Midfielders
LM Senad Lulić, 78 Ovr, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 28 years old

CAM Stefano Mauri, 77 Ovr, Italy, 34 years old

CM Marco Parolo, 77 Ovr, Italy, 29 years old

CDM Cristian Ledesma, 77 Ovr, Italy, 31 years old

CM Lucas Biglia, 77 Ovr, Argentina, 28 years old

CAM Ederson, 76 Ovr, Brazil, 28 years old

CM Ogenyi Onazi, 75 Ovr, Nigeria, 21 years old

CM Álvaro González, 74 Ovr, Uruguay, 29 years old

CM Danilo Cataldi, 67 Ovr, Italy, 19 years old

CAM Joseph Minala*, 64 Ovr, Cameroon, 17 years old
(*on loan at Bari)

LM Luca Crecco*, 63 Ovr, Italy, 18 years old
(*on loan at Ternana)

CDM Josip Elez, 63 Ovr, Croatia, 20 years old

CDM Enrico Zampa*, 61 Ovr, Italy, 22 years old
(*on loan at Trapani)

Forwards
RW Antonio Candreva, 83 Ovr, Italy, 27 years old

ST Miroslav Klose, 81 Ovr, Germany, 36 years old

LW Keita Baldé Diao, 76 Ovr, Spain, 19 years old

ST Filip Djordjevic, 75 Ovr, Serbia, 26 years old

LW Felipe Anderson, 73 Ovr, Brazil, 21 years old

LW Giuseppe Sculli, 73 Ovr, Italy, 33 years old

ST Brayan Perea, 71 Ovr, Colombia, 21 years old

RW Antonio Rozzi*, 68 Ovr, Italy, 20 years old
(*on loan at Bari)

RW Cristiano Lombardi*, 62 Ovr, Italy, 18 years old
(*on loan at Trapani)

ST Mamadou Tounkara, 61 Ovr, Spain, 18 years old

Formation: 4-3-3



*Italian Player

I'm looking forward to this! The squad is very solid but it's also quite old. It'll be interesting to see your changes in January. Also, Lazio have always seemed like a very interesting team for a career.

[Simppu12]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

I think I am done with career mode. My origin account synced its cloud again and everything is gone, yet again.

No way, it's unbelievable how unlucky you are when it comes to career mode. Just keep going, everything will work out at the end! Don't give up. I feel terrible for you.

[Cruzerr]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Will syncing not just back it up?

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The stupid program works that if your local system is newer version than the cloud, and it checks it, then it gives you the option to choose if you want the use the cloud data (which is older) or local. I made the mistake in pressing cloud, just like last time.

[Keano16]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

The stupid program works that if your local system is newer version than the cloud, and it checks it, then it gives you the option to choose if you want the use the cloud data (which is older) or local. I made the mistake in pressing cloud, just like last time.

Oh, that's probably put you off FIFA, career mode at least, for a while now I take it.

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[Cruzerr]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Yeah. Now, I need a new team and a new idea for fifa. sigh

[Keano16]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Yeah. Now, I need a new team and a new idea for fifa. sigh

Ever try a road to glory? Or you could build up former glories in different leagues before moving club to build another club and keep moving around.

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[Keano16]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Season 1 | 2014-15

Der Dino

September 2014

Sept 20, Imtech Arena
Bundesliga: Match 4

HSV 0-3 FCB
Müller 7'
Müller 57'
Müller 69'

Man of the match: Robert Lewandowski (7.7)

•Lassoga and van der Vaart both went off early with a sprained knee and a broken ankle.
•The Dutchman in his first game back from a previous injury.
•A hat trick from German international Thomas Müller gave Bayern a dominant win.


Pierre-Michel Lassoga and Rafael van der Vaart will both be out for 3 weeks and 3 months respectively. Pierre-Michel with a sprained knee and Rafael with a broken ankle. That is now his second injury already this season.

Sept 23, Borussia-Park
Bundesliga: Match 5

BMG 0-0 HSV

Man of the match: René Adler (9.1)

•The full team was rotated except for Adler who made 10 saves.
•It was an even game but there was a lack of clear cut opportunities.
•Our biggest chance came when Rudnevs raced through from the halfway line but ultimately shot wide.

Sept 27, Imtech Arena
Bundesliga: Match 6

HSV 1-0 FFM
Bahebeck 88'

Man of the match: René Adler (6.8)

•4-2-3-1 did little to penetrate in the first half.
•Switched to a 4-3-3 at halftime.
•Two substitutes combined within a minute of coming on. Skjelbred passed it to Bahebeck who rounded the defender and slotted under Trapp.
•Looked better with Skjelbred and Bahebeck on the field.

Player of the Month



René Adler

For the second month in a row our goalkeeper is our player of the month. He kept two clean sheets and did his utmost to keep Bayern and Muller out.

Standings
1. Borussia Dortmund 18
2. Bayern Munich 18
3. Hamburger SV 13
4. Hannover 96 12
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5. Bayer Leverkusen 11
6. FC Schalke 04 10
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16. Borussia M'gladbach 3
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17. FC Augsburg 2
18. SC Paderborn 1

Thoughts

The 4-2-3-1 started to lose it's effectiveness this month. Bayern completely dominated us but that is to be expected. M'gladbach was frustrating, Rudnevs hasn't impressed me so far at all. He's played 5 times and hasn't scored or assisted. Whereas Bahebeck has made 3 appearances and scored once. And that was even off the bench. He will become second choice striker now and Rudnevs may be on his way out in January for a better quality striker. We were lucky against Frankfurt, Bahebeck saved us. The 4-3-3 we switched too got instantly better when Skjelbred and Bahebeck were subbed in. I'm going to try the 4-3-3 against Dortmund and Hoffenheim and see how it goes.

October Fixtures
4/10 Borussia Dortmund (a)
7/10 1899 Hoffenheim (h)
25/10 Hertha BSC (a)
28/10 1899 Hoffenheim (h) (Deutscher Pokal)

We go away to face the formidable yellow wall against league leaders Dortmund before hosting the first of our two games against Hoffenheim this month. A trip to the capital to play Simp's beloved Hertha is nice before our second game against Hoffenheim, this time in the Deutscher Pokal. 6 points from the league and progression in the cup is the aim.

Thanks for Reading!

[Keano16]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Gazélec Football Club Ajaccio
FIFA 15 – Season 1
14/15 Season



Le Gaz

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Match Difficulty: Legendary

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Controls: Manual

Half Length: 15 Minutes

Financial Strictness: Strict (60%)

Currency: Euros

Stadium: Stade Ange Casanova

Squads Used: Current Customised

Transfer/Wage Budget: €400,000 / €2,000



Transfers In


Mathieu Baudry

CB – 65 OVR – 26 Years Old

Nation: France
For: Yoann Andreu
From: Leyton Orient



Maxwel Cornet

ST – 61 OVR – 18 Years Old
Nation: France
For: €50k + Kévin Mayi
From: Olympique Lyon



Sacha Bastien

GK – 59 OVR – 19 Years Old
Nation: France
For: Jules Goda
From: Stade Reims



Kevin Sainte-Luce

RM – 59 OVR – 21 Years Old
Nation: France
For: €140,000
From: AFC Wimbledon



Loaned In


Jean-Philippe Gbamin

RB – 65 OVR – 19 Years Old

Nation: France

From: RC Lens



Transfers Out

John Tshibumbu

To: Hamilton
For: €165,000



Other Notable Transfers:

1. Stevan Jovetić

From: Manchester City

To: Arsenal

For: €19,000,000

2. Jan Vertonghen

From: Tottenham

To: Newcastle United

For: €16,000,000

3. Fernando Muslera

From: Galatasaray SK

To: Roma

For: €15,500,000

4. De Gea

From: Manchester United

To: Juventus

For: €13,000,000

Full Squad:

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GK: Sacha Bastien : 59 : Age 19
GK: Clément Maury : 61 : Age 28
RWB: Louis Poggi : 66 : Age 30
RB: Matar Fall* : 59 : Age 32
RB: Jean-Philippe Gbamin : 65 : Age 19 (Loaned in from RC Lens)
RB:Cyriaque Rivieyran : 65 : Age 23
CB:Rodéric Filippi : 64 : Age 25
CB: Mathieu Baudry : 65 : Age 26
LB: Pablo Martinez : 57 : Age 25
CDM: Julien François : 64 : Age 35
CDM: Amos Youga* : 67 : Age 22
CDM: David Ducourtioux : 65 : Age 36
CM: Florian Fabre : 54 : Age 28
CM: Pierre-François Sinapi : 54 : Age 24
RM: Kevin Sainte-Luce : 59 : Age 21
LM:Mohamed Larbi* : 60 : Age 27
CAM: Rafik Boujedra : 55 : Age 21 (Loaned out to Tranmere Rovers)
RW:Lucas Libbra : 55 : Age 19
ST: Ali M’Madi* : 69 : Age 24
ST: Grégory Pujol : 69 : Age 35
ST: Maxwel Cornet : 61 : Age 18

* Denotes a player who isn’t French

Starting XI:






January



Coupe Nationale (Round 1)

AJ Auxerre 3 \(2-4) PEN/ GFC Ajaccio 3

AJA – Fumu Tamuzo 11’ Gragnic 35’ Nabab 37’

GFC – M’Madi (PEN) 27’ Pujol 45’+ 1’, 70’

Julien François wonders way up-field which leaves a massive gap in the defence for Fumu Tamuzo on the counter attack. As soon as he gets into the penalty area, he opens up his body and places the ball into the bottom left corner. After a two whole month drought, Ali M’Madi gets a crucial goal for Ajaccio. Grégory Pujol sprints into the box and dummies a shot. The AJ Auxerre defender, Charles Castelletto slides in and catches Pujol on the way through to give away a penalty. The defender’s lucky and only gets a yellow. M’Madi steps up and sends the keeper the wrong way for the equaliser. The ball’s squared to Vincent Gragnic who has all the space in the world to just slot the ball past Maury and into the bottom corner. Only two minutes later, Maury makes a great save and the ball rolls out to Rodéric Filippi who takes an awful touch instead of just clearing it away which allows Livo Nabab to steal it off him and tap it into the open net. Ali M’Madi sprints forward dangerously and slips the ball through the defence for Pujol who sneaks the ball under the keeper to make the score three-two. Ali M’Madi bombs down the wing before turning his marker and delivering a low ball to the back post where Pujol slides in and pokes it home for the equaliser and it takes them into extra time and then into penalties. The first penalty by Auxerre is hit wildly over the bar. Pujol tucks his penalty away into the left corner. Auxerre’s second is sliced far and wide in the heavy snowfall. The keeper guesses the right way but Mayi’s penalty is too high for him and it makes it two-nil on penalties. Auxerre’s third is finally put away and Rivieyran answers back with a neatly taken penalty. If Auxerre miss their next one, they’re out. Auxerre’s forth is just about under the crossbar. If François scores his upcoming penalty, Gazélec win. François takes a big run-up and his smashed effort sends the keeper the wrong way for the win!

MOTM: Ali M’Madi (7.9, GFC)



Ligue 2

GFC Ajaccio 2 – Nîmes Olympique 0

GFC – Pujol 18’ Larbi 57’

This game was fairly uneventful except for the two goals. Yoann Andreu delivers a dipping cross into the middle for Pujol to rise above his marker and head the ball into the bottom corner. Twelve minutes later, a clearance from Rodéric Filippi falls to Mohamed Larbi who sprints past the remaining defenders before coolly finishing past a helpless keeper to end the game.

MOTM: Rodéric Filippi (9.0, GFC)



Coupe Nationale (Round of 32)

GFC Ajaccio 2 – Bordeaux 1

GFC – Cornet 39’ Pujol 70’

BOR – Diabaté 44’

Louis Poggi sprints down the right before holding the ball up. He spots the new signing, Maxwel Cornet, and delivers a low cross to the striker who opens up his foot to get enough on it to direct it past the keeper for his first goal for the club. Five minutes later, Cheick Diabaté manages to receive the ball in space, turn and place it past the rushing Maury for the equaliser. David Ducourtioux takes a corner from the right. The outswinger goes straight to the penalty spot where Pujol makes an amazing run to get away from his marker before nodding the ball into the right corner with ease and he’s only been on four minutes!

MOTM: Grégory Sertic (9.3, BOR)

Debuts For: Maxwel Cornet and Mathieu Baudry



Ligue 2

Stade Lavallois 1 – GFC Ajaccio 3

GFC – Pujol 9’ Cornet 53’ Sinapi 75’

STA – Bekamenga 17’

An early lead for Gazélec as Cornet delivers a cross into the middle where Pujol rises above his marker to force a great save from the opposition keeper, Lionel Cappone. The ball bobbles out to the centre-back, Adrien Monfray and he tries to clear it but he totally miss-hits it and it flies into the air. The keeper cannot use his hands and he’s out-jumped by Pujol who nods it home for an early lead. Amos Youga’s poor positioning allows Wesley Saïd to cut the ball back across goal for Christian Bekamenga to tap it into the back of the net to level it up. In the fifty-third minute, Maxwel Cornet beats a defender before a gap in the defence allows him to run through it. The last defender tries to tackle him but he’s too quick and he opens his body up to place the ball with his stronger left foot, past the keeper and into the bottom corner to make it two-one to Le Gaz. Pierre-François Sinapi gets his first goal under the management of Bee as he manages to flick the ball past his marker and sprint dangerously into the box where he clinically strikes the ball with his weaker right foot, into the bottom right corner. Sacha Bastien made his debut this match and he was amazing. His six foot five frame kept out two one-on-ones and he made some other great saves and also handled crosses/corners extremely well. In the end, he made eleven crucial saves and he would have been my personal choice for man of the match but Maxwel Cornet played just as well and managed to gain the reward.

MOTM: Maxwel Cornet (7.5, GFC)

Debuts For: Sacha Bastien

Injury News:

David Ducourtioux has suffered a Sprained Ankle and will be out for 3 weeks.



Gazélec Ajaccio’s Player of the Month

Grégory Pujol

(13 Goals and 3 Assists in 14 Games)

MOTM’s this Month = 0



Despite some great performances by the new signings, Pujol has carried on his tradition of scoring at least once in every match for the past two months. That alone has gained him our Man of the Month award and let’s hope he can keep it up for the upcoming month which is going to be difficult.



French Ligue 2 Table

1. Valenciennes FC - 49 points
2. GFC Ajaccio - 49 points
3. Angers SCO - 48 points
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4. FC Sochaux - 45 points

5. Stade Brest - 44 points

6. Dijon FCO - 44 points

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9. AC Ajaccio - 36 points

10. ES Troyes - 34 points

11. Cham. Niortais - 31 points

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17. - LB Chateauroux 15 points

18. Nîmes Olympique - 14 points

19. AC Arles - 13 points

20. US Orléans - 12 points



French Ligue 2 Top Scorers:

1. Angers SCO – Jonathan Kodjia (19 Goals)

2. GFC Ajaccio – Ali M’Madi(13 Goals)

3. Valenciennes FC – Rydell Poepon(12 Goals)



February’s Games:

03/02: SC Bastia (H)*

06/02: Tours FC (H)

13/02: US Orléans (A)

20/02: Clermont Foot (H)

27/02: AC Ajaccio (A)

*Denotes a cup game



Managers Thoughts:

This was the month we were looking for! It’s booted us up to joint-first in the league table and we’re in a great position for the coming months. The top three is still extremely tight and teams all the way down to seventh still have a very realistic chance of getting into the top two so we need to be on our game now that we have the required players to really kick-on.

February’s fixture list looks like the most exciting for the fans this season! Our bitter rivals, Bastia in the Coupe Nationale to open the month and then our other rival, AC Ajaccio to end the month!

Kevin Sainte-Luce and Jean-Philippe Gbamin were transfer deadline signings so these two have not had a chance to play yet. Maxwel Cornet has played amazingly as a replacement for Grégory Pujol and he’s a very exciting prospect and could lead to amazing things within the football club if he develops to what we expect him to be. He scored in both the games he played and he also got a man of the match this month too. Sacha Bastien played the last game against Stade Lavallois where he made a massive impact with some great saves. Sacha will be our new first team goalkeeper if he keeps playing the way he is and he still has plenty of time to grow and become even better. Mathieu Baudry has made things a lot tighter in defence but it’s still the weakest part of the team. Mathieu has given us the quality we need at the back to survive in Ligue 2 and hopefully he can continue as an important part of the team.

Our in Form Players: Pujol has managed to score in every game of the month again! Words cannot describe how well he’s doing and his attacking awareness is out of this world! Despite limited game time, Mohamed Larbi and Pierre-François Sinapi have really been amazing as substitutes or as fill-ins due to injury. They both snatched up a goal this month and I’m confident that we have some great substitutes to fall back on.

Our out of Form Players: Amos Youga and Rodéric Filippi are still down in the dumps with their form. Both just either stand on the spot or run around attackers without making a meaningful challenge. Hopefully the competition with Mathieu Baudry and Julien François will snap them out of it.



Career Record (W: D :L): 18-4-5


Thanks for reading my latest update! I’m always happy to hear your thoughts and answer any questions you may have!

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Nice transfers! Baudry will hopefully be a rock at the back, Bastien solid in goal, Cornet banging them in up front, Sainte-Luce a menace on the wings and Gbamin bombing up from fullback. You got decent money for Tshibumbu too. No doubt helping you sign some of those players.

It was a great month! Moving through two rounds in the cup and getting level at the top of the league. It's amazing how Pujol manages to score in every game he plays! Cornet got a couple of goals too which is a good sign. Next month looks exciting and I'm looking forward to reading about it!

Valencia CF

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Transfers Out


Vinicius Araujo

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, season loan to Real Sociedad
Geoffrey Kondogbia, season loan to Granada CF
Ruben Vezo, season loan to PSV Eindhoven
Rodrigo De Paul, season loan to Rayo Vallecano
Andre Gomes, season loan to RSC Anderlecht
Andres Guardado, €11,000,000 to Juventus
Antonio Barragan, €12,000,000 to Everton FC


Transfers In




Oliver Torres

78 Ovr, Central Midfielder, 20 Years Old, Spain

€4,800,000

This transfer can be considered a real bargain for Valencia. They signed one of the biggest Spanish midfielder talents for just under five million euros (his transfer value ingame was 6,2M). It's unclear what was going through Atletico's board's mind but the Valencia fans are happy about the low fee for the talented Spaniard. The Atletico Madrid youth academy graduate is a talented dribbler and playmaker and he'll probably be a rotational player for the Bats.




Juan Bernat

79 Ovr, Left Back, 22 Years Old, Spain

€5,500,000 + Lucas Orban

According to many reports Valencia's manager Simone Mendieta wasn't too happy with his left backs, especially with Lucas Orban. Because of this reason he decided to sign a top class left back and bench Jose Gaya. The signing was Juan Bernat which surprised many football fans because Bernat had left Valencia just a season ago to join Bayern. It's unclear why he decided to rejoin his old club but many supporters are happy about the decision. The young and pacy Spaniard, who is often called the new Jordi Alba, can also be used on the wings.




Thiago Alcantara

81 Ovr, Central Midfielder, 24 Years Old, Spain

€13,000,000

Another player who Valencia signed from Bayern München was the central midfielder Thiago Alcantara, or just Thiago, who arrived to replace Andres Guardado. Valencia had to pay only thirteen million for him which is twelve million less than what Bayern payed for the Spaniard. The young man spent two injury-filled seasons with Bayern before moving back to Spain. Now the talented passer of the ball will continue his career a few hundred kilometres south of his old home, Barcelona.




Asier Illarramendi

81 Ovr, Central Midfielder, 25 Years Old, Spain

€20,000,000

The most expensive signing of Valencia's summer was the Basque midfielder Asier Illarramendi who joined for twenty million from Real Madrid. The last two seasons have been painful for the young man who spent them almost entirely on the bench. Now he will continue his career at Valencia CF who have been after him since January.


January 2015





1st Leg
Valencia CF 3 -3 Real Madrid
Feghouli 62', Bacca 69', 86'
Kroos 15', Ronaldo 50', Benzema 55'

What a game this was! The first leg of the Supercopa España can be split into two parts: the first 55 minutes and the remaining part of the game. We were terrible in the first 55 minutes and we had already conceded three goals. The game looked like it was over but that was not the case this time. Right after Karim Benzema's goal something changed in our players and only seven minutes later Sofiane Feghouli was able to cut in from the right wing to shoot the ball past Casillas in goal. It then took only seven minutes for our second goal which came when Carlos Bacca dribbled inside the box and curled the ball into the bottom right corner. Real then parked the bus, because that's what one of the world's best teams does twenty minutes before the end of the game in a two-leg tie, but it wasn't enough to keep us from equalising as in the 86th minute Carlos Bacca got a brace to finish a long and patient passing move! We had completed the comeback! What a game!





2nd Leg
Real Madrid (3) 0 - 1 (4) Valencia CF
Piatti 22'

We won the Spanish supercup! Real Madrid had an advantage because of their away goals and we pushed hard to get a goal early on. Pablo Piatti was the man who put is into the lead in the 22nd minute with a near post shot. Neither team managed to create anything special after the goal and we were able to hung on to the lead. The Supercopa España is ours!







Real Madrid 1 - 0 Valencia CF
Benzema 53'

The fixture maker was drunk while he made these fixtures. First we faced Real Madrid twice in the supercup and now we faced them for a third time in two weeks in the league. Unlike the supercup games this match finished in our defeat. Karim Benzema's half-volley in the 53rd minute was enough to secure the three points for the Whites at the Bernabeu. Especially when after that they did the one thing every top team always does for half an hour: park the bus.





Valencia CF 2 -1 Getafe CF
Parejo 41', Bacca 89'
Lafita 45'

Getafe gave us a real challenge in this game where they parked the bus from the 70th minute onwards. We took the lead with Dani Parejo's shot into the bottom left corner but a few minutes Getafe equalised with Lafita's header. We finally managed to get past their ten-man wall in the 89th minute when Carlos Bacca put a rebound into the net for the three points.





Real Betis 0 - 1 Valencia CF
Piatti 90'

Our bad league form continued in this game against the newly promoted side. We had twelve shots on target in the game but nothing seemed to get past Antonio Adan in goal. Just like every other team Betis also parked the bus late on to the game and it looked like we were going to drop two points until Pablo Piatti scored the winner with the last kick of the game.


Champions League Group

Valencia CF
Bayer Leverkusen
AS Roma
FC Basel


La Liga Table

1. Villarreal CF, 9 pts
2. FC Barcelona, 9 pts
3. Atletico Madrid, 7 pts
4. Real Sociedad, 7 pts
5. Real Madrid, 6 pts
6. Sevilla FC, 6 pts
7. Valencia CF, 6 pts
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18. UD Almeria, 1 pt
19. Athletic Bilbao, 0 pts
20. Real Betis, 0 pts


Starting XI




My Thoughts

I'll start with the transfers, or with the sells to be more accurate. A lot of players were loaned out because I won't use them this season and it's better for them to get some playing time and improve instead of wasting their career in our reserves. Guardado was sold because I didn't plan to use him in the future and Barragan was sold because Everton made an offer of almost twice his value. That's very good for a 28-year-old.

Then to the arrivals. Torres came for squad depth, Bernat arrived to replace Orban and to take Gaya's place (because he wasn't growing), Thiago arrived to replace Guardado on the bench and Illarra was meant to be Iborra's replacement. How have they done? Bernat and Thiago arrived on deadline day and I haven't used them yet. Torres hasn't played that much yet but he has already grown by an overall. And finally we have Illarra. I'm regretting signing him already, he's just terrible. I seriously feel like terminating his contract.

Our games didn't go well at all this month. We did a good job in the supercup to come back from 3-0 down but in the league we were poor. A defeat to Real isn't that bad but we should've done better against Getafe and Betis. We need to improve as fast as possible because our first game of September is against Barca. Also, our objectives are to win the league, reach the cup quarter finals and progress from our Champions League group.



Thank you for reading this post! I hope you have enjoyed it! Any feedback or suggestions will be appreciated!

Very good money for Guardado and Barragan! I can't believe you got Torres for so cheap!!! Great bargain. Bernat is class at LB and grew extremely well for me at Swansea. You got Thiago for fairly cheap as well. Illra was expensive and at first glance you'd think that's money well spent and when I saw your team at the end of the post I thought, why isn't he in the team? I was like he must be injured or something. It sucks to see he isn't working out. Maybe he'll get better with time?

Wow, 3 games against Real to open the season. Congrats on the supercup! What a comeback in the 1st leg and a solid performance in the 2nd leg. Shame to lose the 3rd game but you have showed that you are able to beat them and compete with them so I wouldn't be too disappointed. Bit jittery against Getafe and Betis, but you managed to get the 3 points.

[Simppu12]

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Season 1 | 2014-15

Der Dino

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September 2014

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Sept 20, Imtech Arena
Bundesliga: Match 4

HSV 0-3 FCB
Müller 7'
Müller 57'
Müller 69'

Man of the match: Robert Lewandowski (7.7)

•Lassoga and van der Vaart both went off early with a sprained knee and a broken ankle.
•The Dutchman in his first game back from a previous injury.
•A hat trick from German international Thomas Müller gave Bayern a dominant win.


Pierre-Michel Lassoga and Rafael van der Vaart will both be out for 3 weeks and 3 months respectively. Pierre-Michel with a sprained knee and Rafael with a broken ankle. That is now his second injury already this season.

Sept 23, Borussia-Park
Bundesliga: Match 5

BMG 0-0 HSV

Man of the match: René Adler (9.1)

•The full team was rotated except for Adler who made 10 saves.
•It was an even game but there was a lack of clear cut opportunities.
•Our biggest chance came when Rudnevs raced through from the halfway line but ultimately shot wide.

Sept 27, Imtech Arena
Bundesliga: Match 6

HSV 1-0 FFM
Bahebeck 88'

Man of the match: René Adler (6.8)

•4-2-3-1 did little to penetrate in the first half.
•Switched to a 4-3-3 at halftime.
•Two substitutes combined within a minute of coming on. Skjelbred passed it to Bahebeck who rounded the defender and slotted under Trapp.
•Looked better with Skjelbred and Bahebeck on the field.

Player of the Month



René Adler

For the second month in a row our goalkeeper is our player of the month. He kept two clean sheets and did his utmost to keep Bayern and Muller out.

Standings
1. Borussia Dortmund 18
2. Bayern Munich 18
3. Hamburger SV 13
4. Hannover 96 12
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5. Bayer Leverkusen 11
6. FC Schalke 04 10
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16. Borussia M'gladbach 3
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17. FC Augsburg 2
18. SC Paderborn 1

Thoughts

The 4-2-3-1 started to lose it's effectiveness this month. Bayern completely dominated us but that is to be expected. M'gladbach was frustrating, Rudnevs hasn't impressed me so far at all. He's played 5 times and hasn't scored or assisted. Whereas Bahebeck has made 3 appearances and scored once. And that was even off the bench. He will become second choice striker now and Rudnevs may be on his way out in January for a better quality striker. We were lucky against Frankfurt, Bahebeck saved us. The 4-3-3 we switched too got instantly better when Skjelbred and Bahebeck were subbed in. I'm going to try the 4-3-3 against Dortmund and Hoffenheim and see how it goes.

October Fixtures
4/10 Borussia Dortmund (a)
7/10 1899 Hoffenheim (h)
25/10 Hertha BSC (a)
28/10 1899 Hoffenheim (h) (Deutscher Pokal)

We go away to face the formidable yellow wall against league leaders Dortmund before hosting the first of our two games against Hoffenheim this month. A trip to the capital to play Simp's beloved Hertha is nice before our second game against Hoffenheim, this time in the Deutscher Pokal. 6 points from the league and progression in the cup is the aim.

Thanks for Reading!

Poor result against Bayern but what else could you expect against them? I'm just surprised that Müller wasn't the MotM even though he got a hattrick. A draw against Borussia is a nice thing as they are a good team. Next month looks tough with games against BVB, a solid Hoffenheim side and an amazing Hertha team. You should start using Skjelbred more since he's getting the job done for you and I find him a good midfielder. Shame about the injuries, though.

[Keano16]

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Almost a perfect month with only one goal conceded! You're scoring a solid amount of goals which was HSV's biggest problem in real life. Bahebeck and Rabiot are interesting signings and they can grow into very big players. You're doing a great job so far. Maybe a top four run is on it's way?

Yeah, it was a great start, we're scoring and defending well. Unfortunately we struggled to score next month as you probably just saw but our defending is still good, thanks to Adler in goal. As long as we qualify for the Europa League I am happy, anything more is a bonus as far as I'm concerned.

[Keano16]

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Poor result against Bayern but what else could you expect against them? I'm just surprised that Müller wasn't the MotM even though he got a hattrick. A draw against Borussia is a nice thing as they are a good team. Next month looks tough with games against BVB, a solid Hoffenheim side and an amazing Hertha team. You should start using Skjelbred more since he's getting the job done for you and I find him a good midfielder. Shame about the injuries, though.

Yup, I was surprised too, I think Lewa got 2 assists though. Considering where Borussia were in the table I was a bit disappointed at the draw. Next month will be tough alright, Hertha are the easiest I think, . I'm definitely going to use Skjelbred more now. Really good on the ball and good feet. Lassoga should be back after the Dortmund game I think. I hope van der Vaart doesn't decrease too much now he's out for 3 months. He'd already gone down to an 80 from 81 before this injury. I think I'm going to sign a pre-contract CAM in January as his replacement.

[southernmetalhead]

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FC Rubin Kazan
The Tatars

October 2014

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Dević 34'
Dević 52'
Georgiev 71'
Dyadyun 90'

In a battle of 3rd place Lokomotiv Moskva versus 4th place Rubin Kazan at the Kazan Arena, Rubin came away with a dominating 4-0 win over the visitors. Rubin started off dangerously as Gökdeniz Karadeniz forced Lokomotiv goalkeeper Guilherme to make a save in the 7th minute, and Carlos Eduardo missed just wide in the 24th minute. Lokomotiv nearly got on the board in the 29th minute, but Dame N'Doye's chance hit the right post. Rubin was a little luckier in the 34th minute when a Marko Dević shot went off the left post and in for a 1-0 lead. Dević again scored in the 52nd minute on a shot from the top of the box to complete his brace. Then Dević got an assist as the Ukrainian striker found Blagoy Georgiev with a cross that the Bulgarian headed home in the 71st minute. Just before the whistle, substitute Vladimir Dyadyun made the game 4-0 as the Russian scored his first goal for Rubin since returning to the club from Dinamo Moskva. All in all, it was a great effort from manager Rinat Bilyaletdinov's men.

MotM: Dević

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Dević 14'
Dević 25'
Dević 29'
Mavinga 57'
Dević 62'
Dević (PEN) 64'
Karadeniz 70'
Ozdoev 75'
Stevanović 90'

Hosting newly promoted side Torpedo Moskva, Rubin Kazan put on the performance of the season as they demolished the capital city club 8-1 behind an incredible 5 goals from striker Marko Dević. The first goal came in the 14th minute when Magomed Ozdoev sent in a through ball that Dević slotted home by Torpedo goalkeeper Yuriy Zhevnov. Dević then scored from the top of the box in the 25th minute and completed his hat trick before halftime after tapping in a Maxim Kanunnikov cross in the 29th minute. Left back Chris Mavinga scored his first goal of the season in the 57th minute when a Rubin free kick fell to him, and he blasted one by Zhevnov. Dević's fourth goal occurred in the 62nd minute when the Ukrainian footed down a Carlos Eduardo cross and struck for goal. An Ivan Franjic yellow card in the 64th minute allowed Dević to step up for a penalty, and the in-form man did not miss for goal number five. Dević then got an assist as he sent a cross into the box that Gökdeniz Karadeniz headed home. The 8th and final goal came from Ozdoev who headed in a Carlos Eduardo cross in the 75th minute. Dalibor Stevanović ruined Rubin goalkeeper Sergey Ryzhikov's clean sheet with a late 90th minute goal, but it was not nearly enough to save Torpedo the humiliation of a 7 goal defeat as Rubin had a clinical conversion rate of 8 goals on 9 shots.

MotM: Dević

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><table class="osdyn" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="575"><tbody><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="4">Oct 26, 2014 - Spartak Moskva vs Rubin Kazan</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="61%">TEAM</td><td align="right" width="12%">1</td><td align="right" width="12%">2</td><td align="right" width="15%">SCORE</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Spartak Moskva (8-0-1)</td><td align="right">2
</td><td align="right">0
</td><td class="active" align="right">2</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Rubin Kazan (6-1-2)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td class="active" align="right">1</td></tr></tbody></table>
Costa 7'
Carlos Eduardo 12'
Dzyuba (PEN) 19'
RED - Shirokov 57'
RED - Bocchetti 87'

After scoring 12 goals in their previous 2 matches, Rubin Kazan came into the Otkrytie Arena confident to face 1st place Spartak Moskva. However, despite Spartak eventually going down to 9 men, Rubin could not come away with victory and lost 2-1. Spartak got a quick goal in the 7th minute when Rômulo sent a through ball into the box that Alberto Costa fired past Rubin goalkeeper Sergey Ryzhikov. Rubin would get a fast equalizer though as Blagoy Georgiev played Carlos Eduardo in with a great through ball that the Brazilian toe poked by Spartak goalkeeper Artem Rebrov in the 12th minute. However, Georgiev then took down Costa in the box in the 19th minute, and a penalty was awarded. Artem Dzyuba stepped up and slotted home the shot to send Spartak back ahead 2-1. Spartak would lose Costa to injury in the 24th minute, and Rubin began to take control. Maxim Kanunnikov came agonizingly close to tying the game in the 53rd minute, but his header hit the post. In the 57th minute, Spartak would go down to 10 men as Roman Shirokov was shown his second yellow card. Then in the 87th minute, Spartak again got a red card as Salvatore Bocchetti took down Vladimir Dyadyun in the box and a penalty was awarded. With Marko Dević already being subbed off, it was Carlos Eduardo who would take the chance. Unfortunately for Rubin, Rebrov made a great save on the penalty chance to seal victory and retain 1st place for Spartak.

MotM: Georgiev

Rubin Kazan Player of the Month



ST Marko Dević, 76 Ovr, Ukraine, 31 years old

Ukrainian striker Marko Dević earned his second consecutive Player of the Month award as he had an incredible October with 7 goals and 2 assists in 3 matches. Dević started the month with a brace against Lokomotiv Moskva before exploding for 5 goals in an 8-1 rout of Torpedo Moskva. Dević now leads the RFPL in scoring with 11 goals on the season.

RFPL Table
1. Spartak - 24 pts
2. Lokomotiv - 21 pts
3. CSKA - 20 pts
4. Rubin - 19 pts
5. Kuban - 17 pts
6. Dinamo - 16 pts
7. Krasnodar - 15 pts
8. Zenit - 14 pts
9. Amkar - 14 pts
10. Rostov - 11 pts
11. Ural - 11 pts
12. Mordovia - 6 pts
13. Ufa - 6 pts
14. Torpedo - 6 pts
15. Terek - 3 pts
16. Arsenal - 2 pts

RFPL Top Scorers
1. Dević (Rubin) - 11
2. Dzyuba (Spartak) - 8
3. Kerzhakov (Zenit) - 6
4(t). Kanunnikov (Rubin) - 5
4(t). Niasse (Lokomotiv) - 5

RFPL Clean Sheets
1(t). Rebrov (Spartak) - 5
1(t). Guilherme (Lokomotiv) - 5
2(t). Dikan (Krasnodar) - 4
2(t). Gabulov (Dinamo) - 4
3. Ryzhikov (Rubin) - 3

Manager's Thoughts
That was a month of highs and lows. We started amazing with a 4-0 win over a quality Lokomotiv Moskva side and then had the game of our lives with an 8-1 win over Torpedo Moskva. After those matches, I felt as if no one could stop us. Then we hit a brick wall against 1st place Spartak Moskva and lost 2-1. If we would have won that game, we would have been in 1st place in the RFPL. Instead, with the loss we dropped to 4th. That is still good enough for a Europa League spot, but I really want to achieve Champions League football. The goals are pouring in for us, but we need to do a better job defensively and start getting more clean sheets.

Rubin Youth Academy
The following players have been signed:

UNK Andrei Marchenko, 45-55 Ovr, 71-91 Pot, Russia, 15 years old
UNK Konstantin Seleznev, 46-62 Ovr, 80-94 Pot, Russia, 15 years old
UNK Stepan Tverdovsky, 43-53 Ovr, 67-85 Pot, Russia, 16 years old
ATT Vladimir Meshkov, 41-49 Ovr, 69-85 Pot, Russia, 16 years old

International Duty
Defensive midfielder Blagoy Georgiev has again been called up to represent his home country of Bulgaria. Georgiev scored one goal this month for Rubin Kazan and was also awarded Man of the Match against Spartak Moskva. Rubin congratulates Blagoy on his accomplishments.

November 2014 Fixtures
11/2 - vs Rostov
11/9 - at CSKA
11/22 - vs Zenit
11/30 - at Ural

This month is going to be really tough as we face two quality sides in CSKA Moskva and Zenit St. Petersburg. CSKA currently sits one point ahead of us in the table, but we have to travel to Moscow to face them. I would be satisfied with a draw in this match. Zenit is really struggling as they sit at 8th in the table despite having the most talent in the league. With this match at Kazan Arena, I hope to get a win and continue Zenit's woes. As far as FC Rostov and FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast are concerned, we must win both of those match. So in total, I anticipate 10 out of a possible 12 points.

[Blue Eagle]

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Hull City
Season 1
November 2014

Objectives:
The league objective is to avoid relegation.
The Domestic Cup objective is to reach the Round of 32.

League Match
Hull City 3 - 1 Southampton
Benteke 5’ 90'
Rodriguez 24’
Hernandez 80’’

MOTM Benteke

The game started off with Southampton pressing forward. Their shot was weak though and Butland picked the ball up and then threw it to Benteke who got the ball inside our own half. He started dribbling at the defenders and got past one with a step over then he took on another who he beat with a ball roll. He got into the box and finessed it around keeper at near post. Southampton would equalize with another deflection goal, the third game in a row for us to concede this way. Rodriguez shot it and Elmohamady jumped to block it but was unsuccessful and just deflected it in. Hernandez put us back in the lead in the 80’. Snodgrass crossed it in and Hernandez shot but the keeper saved it. The ball was almost out for a corner but Hernandez took his chance from a tight angle and was able to finish it the second time. Benteke removed all doubt with his strike in the 90’. Gaston Ramirez played Benteke through and he went all by himself and smashed it into the back post out of the keeros reach. It was a good game to start the month and end the five game losing streak we were on. Huddlestone pulled his hamstring and will be out for 3 weeks.


Benteke’s goal.


League Match
Burnley 0 - 1 Hull City
Livermore 22’

MOTM Livermore

A second win in a row, hopefully we starting to turn it around. With Huddlestone out injured Jake Livermore stepped into the starting lineup and he impressed. He is similar to Huddlestone in the way that he dictates play but he is smaller so he he is not as physical and relies more on interceptions and good positioning. He scored the only goal of the game with a strike from the edge of the box. Snodgrass crossed the ball from a corner and Benteke headed it down to Livermore who was outside the box. He took a touch and then struck the ball that went to the bottom corner and the keeper had no time to react. The rest of the game was back and forth in the midfield with few chances.

League Match
Hull City 2 - 0 Spurs
Brady 27’
Hernandez 80’

MOTM Butland

Our second clean sheet and it was against a good Spurs side. Brady opened the scoring with a header that he beat Yedlin to and it just looped over Vorm and into the net. Spurs were constantly pressing us and we were lucky to have an inform Butland in goal who ended the match with an 8.8 match rating and 10 saves. Hernandez doubled our lead when he was played by Benteke with his back to goal but an excellent touch to turn he passed the ball into the back of a net with a well placed shot.



Hernandez’s turn.


League Match
Manchester United 1 - 1 Hull City
Blind 29'
Benteke 79'

MOTM Butland

I am happy to come away with a point from Old Trafford, they were unlucky and had poor finishing which explains being just above us in the league. Blind scored when Butland went to throw the ball but tripped over and injured player and dropped the ball. It fell straight to Blind who had an open goal and was never going to miss. We took one of our three chances in the 79'. Benteke was able to create enough space to get a shot off and it flew past De Gea.


Benteke's goal.


Table:



My Thoughts:

A much better month and we got more points than I expected. The win against Spurs is a big result and I was very please. We kept our first two clean sheets this month which was good to see.

I've received an international management offer from Finland. I will most likely will not take it but it is good to see that my work with Hull is being noticed.

So I'm leaving on vacation so this will be my last update for about 2 weeks.

[10cabee]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Yeah. Now, I need a new team and a new idea for fifa. sigh

Keano's suggestions are good. You could even try a 'super league' career but I don't know if they're any good or not.