How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

**10cabee** · 07-14-2015, 10:36 AM

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Season 1 (2014/15)

April

SkyBet League 2 Match

Athlone Town | 4 – 0 | Oxford United

AFC – Foley 19’, 36’, 82’ Doyle 32’

In the ninth minute, Ian Sweeney is taken off with an ankle injury but ten minutes later Dean Ebbe angles a great cross along the ground for Eric Foley to slide and prod the ball past the keeper for the lead. Dean Ebbe has a shot outside the box but he’s tackled unfairly and his shot skews wide. A free-kick is given and left-back, Derek Doyle decides to take it. He smashes the ball off the underside of the crossbar and it bounces over the line to put Athlone two in front. Four minutes later and a corner’s whipped in by Ebbe. The ball goes to Foley who’s made a great run to get away from his marker and he heads it into the bottom corner. Gorman sprints down the right wing with eight minutes left and he back-heels the ball to Roddy Collins who crosses it in first time and the it dips onto the head of Eric Foley who glances the ball off the post and past the line for his first hat-trick!

MOTM: Dean Ebbe (9.5, AFC)

This win takes Athlone into twenty-third position! Athlone striker, Dean Ebbe made six tackles. Only one less than the whole of the Athlone defence.

Ian Sweeney has suffered a Sprained Ankle and will be out for about 4 weeks.

Results of the remaining bottom five:

Cambridge Utd 1 – Dagenham 2

Carlisle United 2 – Newport County 1

Stevenage 2 – Morecambe 0

Accrington Stanley 2 – Northampton 1

A team in bold is a team in the bottom five

SkyBet League 2 Match

Morecambe | 1 – 2 | Athlone Town

MOR – Wildig 12’

AFC – Ebbe 6’ Brady 90’+1’

If Athlone win this game, they will be out of the relegation zone with four games remaining... Potential starting XI striker, Dean Ebbe has furthered his cause with a hard-earned goal. A pass by Garreth Brady is cut out but Ebbe wins the ball back and finds himself with enough space inside the box to smash it past the keeper for an early one-nil lead. Awful defending allows Aaron Wildig through on goal and the ball is tucked into the bottom corner and past a helpless Shane Cusack. In the last minute, Philip Gorman breaks into the box and smashes the ball at the keeper. The ball rolls out to Garreth Brady who manages to get enough behind his off balance shot to take it across the line for a late winner.

MOTM: Eric Foley (7.4, AFC)

It’s Athlone Town’s first away win under Bee. Eric Foley made an outstanding twelve tackles and twenty-four successful dribbles.

Athlone Town have moved up to twenty-first position.

Results of the remaining bottom five:

Northampton 2 – Cambridge 1

Newport County 0 – Stevenage 2

Mansfield Town 1 – Shrewsbury 2

Bottom of the table:

18. Stevenage – 45 Points

19. Accrington – 42 Points

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20. Mansfield Town – 41 Points

21. Athlone Town – 40 Points
22 Morecambe – 39 Points

23. Newport County – 37 Points

24. Cambridge Utd – 36 Points

Four games left

SkyBet League 2 Match

Cheltenham Town | 0 – 2 | Athlone Town

AFC – Brown (OG) 18’ Ebbe 24’

Foley floats the ball into the box where Ebbe controls it well before chipping the keeper. The ball drops down and Cheltenham defender, Troy Brown, tries to clear it but it hits the crossbar before bouncing across the line. Eric Foley’s cross is cleared over to the right wing. The ball rolls invitingly for Roddy Collins who delivers an amazing cross into the middle where Dean Ebbe can just glance it past the keeper for a two-nil lead and to seal the three points.

MOTM: Eric Foley (6.7, AFC)

Athlone Town are now five points away from the relegation zone.

Results of the remaining bottom five:

Cambridge 0 – Carlisle United 2

York City 1 – Newport County 1

Mansfield Town 2 – Oxford United 0

Bottom of the table:

18. Cheltenham Town – 46 Points

19. Accrington – 45 Points

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20. Mansfield Town – 44 Points
21. Athlone Town – 43 Points
22 Morecambe – 39 Points

23. Newport County – 38 Points

24. Cambridge Utd – 36 Points

Three games left

SkyBet League 2 Match

Athlone Town | 2 – 1 | Accrington

AFC – Burke 42’ Mulroy 85’

ACC – Gornell 44’

Simmed.

MOTM: John Mulroy (8.4, AFC)

It’s Mulroy’s first goal under Bee’s management.

SkyBet League 2 Table

1. Hartlepool – 107 Points
2. Northampton – 83 Points
3. Plymouth Argyle – 80 Points

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4. Portsmouth – 77 Points
5. Luton Town – 71 Points
6. Bury – 70 Points

7. Burton Albion – 69 Points

8. Shrewsbury – 68 Points

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17. Stevenage – 48 Points

18. Mansfield Town – 47 Points

19. Cheltenham Town – 46 Points

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20. Athlone Town – 46 Points
21. Accrington – 45 Points
22 Morecambe – 39 Points

23. Cambridge Utd – 39 Points

24. Newport County – 38 Points

Two games left

SkyBet League 2 Top Goal Scorers

(Bury) Leon Clarke – 25 Goals

(Northampton) Marc Richards – 23 Goals

(Portsmouth) Matt Tubbs – 22 Goals

Athlone’s Player of the Month Goes To:

Dean Ebbe

Ebbe’s scored twice in four games and has provided an impressive three assists in the Oxford game alone. He has made the strongest case for the highly contested striker spot and will hold in going into the last month of the season.

Manager’s Thoughts:

I was expecting Oxford to be one of our biggest challenges but they turned out to be a shambles at the back and managed to concede three goals in thirty-six minutes. Our defence is working well together and we gained two clean sheets this month and only conceded twice in the other two games.

After a great run of games, we’ve finally escaped the relegation zone. The owners have given me confidence that they will be able to support me next season to ensure that we get off to a good start next season. It’s definite that we will not be relegated with seven points between us and the danger zone with two games left.

The last two games will not be any different to this month. We need to get as high in the table as possible to prove our worth in our new league.

Fixtures in May:

02/05: Luton Town (A)

09/05: Exeter City (H)

Hope you enjoyed my update! Feel free to comment.

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**Simppu12** · 07-14-2015, 01:41 PM

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Finally in Finland, however it took five hours longer than scheduled because I missed my connecting flight. At least now everything is fine.

**Keano16** · 07-14-2015, 04:38 PM

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Originally posted by Simppu12

Finally in Finland, however it took five hours longer than scheduled because I missed my connecting flight. At least now everything is fine.

Was it your fault you missed the flight? Or your other flight was late. Bet it feels good to he home.

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**TerpHamm** · 07-14-2015, 04:40 PM

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Newcastle United, Season 1
End of December 2014

New Contract: Extended R. Aarons for 4 yrs. at $15k per week
Player Notes: Despite his past remarks about the England weather causing him to be homesick, D. Santon has reaffirmed his allegiance to the club and will not put in a transfer request

Signed to Youth Squad: Mitchell Stam, Netherlands, 68-92 POT

PL Matchday 14
NUFC 0 - 2 Chelsea
NUFC: None
CHE: D. Costa, C. Fabregas
NUFC MOTM: D. Janmaat 6.7

PL Matchday 15
Arsenal 2 - 3 NUFC
ARS: M. Flamini, A. Ramsey
NUFC: Ings (2), Cabella (5), Ings (3)
NUFC MOTM: T. Krul 8.7

PL Matchday 16
Burley 1 - 2 NUFC
BRN: M. Kightly
NUFC: K. Babacar (3), E. Riviere (6)
RED CARD D. Jones (BRN) in the 62nd minute
NUFC MOTM: K. Babacar 7.5

PL Matchday 17 - Derby Day
NUFC 2 - 1 Sunderland
NUFC: Y. Gouffran (2), S. De Jong (3)
SUN: S. Larsson
RED CARD P. van Aanhalt (SUN) in the 45th minute
NUFC MOTM: T. Krul, Y. Gouffran 8.4

PL Matchday 18
Man United 1 - 0 NUFC
MAN: J. Mata
NUFC: None
NUFC MOTM: F. Coloccini, M. Haidara 7.0

PL Matchday 19
NUFC 0 - 0 Everton
NUFC: None
EVE: None
NUFC MOTM: T. Krul 8.2

Tim Krul named Premier League Player of the Month for December 2014

Premier League: 7-6-6, 9th in the table with 27 pts
Capital One Cup: Eliminated, Round 3 to Man United

Thoughts: Extremely pleased with 10 points during a tough December. Went on the road and a massive win against Arsenal (just barely held on after a 3-0 lead), and, with the help of a first half red card, walked away with three points on Derby Day. Probably could have taken a point at United and was lucky to get the full three at Burnley, but starting to assert ourselves and hoping to make a late season push for Europe. Krul finally received the recognition he deserves and all four strikers in the rotation have been performing fairly well. Janmaat has quietly been one of the team's best, and Gouffran has been coming on well lately. Will look to add some midfield/winger depth during the winter transfer window, as well as possibly a young keeper to prep behind Krul.

Table Update
1. Liverpool 40
2. Chelsea 40
3. Arsenal 35
4. Stoke City 35
5. Man United 34
6. QPR 34
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9. NUFC 27
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18. Swansea 15
19. Crystal Palace 11
20. Burnley 5

**Simppu12** · 07-14-2015, 07:12 PM

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Originally posted by Keano16

Was it your fault you missed the flight? Or your other flight was late. Bet it feels good to he home.

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I had a connecting flight from Frankfurt to Helsinki which was scheduled to start the boarding about 40 minutes after the arrival of my flight from Sofia. I have no idea what happened but somehow the plane landed at 8:40AM instead of 8:10AM which meant that I had ten minutes to get from the plane (which was parked) to the gate. If you've ever been to the Frankfurt airport you will know that it takes easily over twenty minutes to get from point A to point B even if you walk faster than normal. Anyway, when I got to the gate the plane had already departured and I went to the info desk/service centre and I got transferred to Helsinki via Munich. At the end everything went well.

**indiblue** · 07-15-2015, 01:15 PM

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

What squad size does everyone run with? How many first team-quality players, how many promising youngsters, how many reserves/U21s? Wanted to get a feel for it.

I generally go with 18 first team-quality players in my starting XI and bench, then as many as 10 reserves who are either from my academy or are rated low but can still manage 2-3 games a season. I usually park my promising youngsters on the bench and give them a run of 12-15 games in the middle of the season to avoid fatigue.

**jamiec47** · 07-15-2015, 05:09 PM

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Originally posted by indiblue

What squad size does everyone run with? How many first team-quality players, how many promising youngsters, how many reserves/U21s? Wanted to get a feel for it.

I generally go with 18 first team-quality players in my starting XI and bench, then as many as 10 reserves who are either from my academy or are rated low but can still manage 2-3 games a season. I usually park my promising youngsters on the bench and give them a run of 12-15 games in the middle of the season to avoid fatigue.

I run with up to 25 players over 21 years old. I then usually end up filling the rest of my squad with youngsters/players out on loan. I like to just build up my team and if I have the time I like to make all 42 possible players at least 75 overall. Back in FIFA 13 was the only year I managed that but I try every year if I don't get bored.

**LukeWhu94** · 07-15-2015, 05:13 PM

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Originally posted by indiblue

What squad size does everyone run with? How many first team-quality players, how many promising youngsters, how many reserves/U21s? Wanted to get a feel for it.

I generally go with 18 first team-quality players in my starting XI and bench, then as many as 10 reserves who are either from my academy or are rated low but can still manage 2-3 games a season. I usually park my promising youngsters on the bench and give them a run of 12-15 games in the middle of the season to avoid fatigue.

I like to have a 25 man squad and the rest just academy players that I promote otherwise I find that I end up with too many unhappy players.

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**LukeWhu94** · 07-15-2015, 05:17 PM

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Rosenborg Season 1
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Budget - £1,400,000
Wages - £20,000
Objective - Win The League & Cup

Squad List
Hansen - 31 - 66 - GK
Hansen - 24 - 68 - GK

Eyjolfsson - 23 - 64 - CB
Reginiussen - 28 - 71 - CB
Steiring - 17 - 52 - CB
Strandberg - 23 - 67 - CB
Skjelvik - 23 - 64 - LB
Svensson - 21 - 67 - RB

Hou Saeter - 16 - 54 - CM
Jensen - 26 - 73 - CM
Midtsjo - 20 - 65 - CM
Pederson - 32 - 67 - CM
Selnaes - 19 - 68 - CM

Nielsen - 20 - 59 - LW
Riski - 24 - 67 - LW
Helland - 24 - 72 - RW
Mikkelsen - 27 - 66 - RW
Helmerson - 16 - 58 - ST
Malec - 21 - 63 - ST
Soderlund - 26 - 69 - ST
Sorloth - 18 - 59 - ST

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Not sure whether to buy anyone or just blow the budget on the best scout I can. Any thoughts and thanks for reading.

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**texasbum06** · 07-15-2015, 05:49 PM

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Originally posted by indiblue

What squad size does everyone run with? How many first team-quality players, how many promising youngsters, how many reserves/U21s? Wanted to get a feel for it.

I generally go with 18 first team-quality players in my starting XI and bench, then as many as 10 reserves who are either from my academy or are rated low but can still manage 2-3 games a season. I usually park my promising youngsters on the bench and give them a run of 12-15 games in the middle of the season to avoid fatigue.

I'd say mine usually ends up about the same. It's too hard to have too many quality players since you have to find ways to keep them happy.

**Blue Eagle** · 07-15-2015, 06:33 PM

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Hull City
Season 1
March 2015

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

FA Cup
Hull City 0 (4) - (5) 0 Liverpool

MOTM Butland

An intense game to see who would advance in the FA Cup and sadly we lost out. The game was back and forth all game. Both keepers were forced into good saves and both teams hit the post several times as well. In the end it came to penalties. Livermore missed his hitting it off the crossbar. Then Coutinho missed his, he absolutely skied it. Our last taker was Elmohamady who scored our goal in the first game but he was unable to score his penalty and he hit it straight at the keeper. To make it even worse it was Glen Johnson who won it for them just after the Elmohamady.

League Match
Hull City 0 - 1 Sunderland
Roswell 45'

MOTM Van Aanholt

We didn't play well in this match and Sunderland fully deserved the three points. Roswell scored the only goal of the game after a good passing playing that started from Sundelands keeper and moved patiently up the field.

League Match
Hull City 1 - 0 QPR
Livermore 69'

MOTM Butland

Our recent shaky form followed us into this match and we didn't deserve to get all three points in this match. QPR had the first chance early on through Charlie Austin who luckily hit the post and we were able to clear, but it was only the first of many. In the 44' it looked like QPR opened the scoring with a goal from Barton. It was ruled offside by the linesman though so the game stayed even. Again in the 64' QPR got the ball into the back of the net, Charlie Austin the scored and again it was ruled offside. Five minutes after teething the ball out of our own net we scored. Livermore struck the ball from just outside the box and it flew in and the keeper could do nothing about it.

League Match
Leicester 0 - 1 Hull City
Coman 77'

MOTM Butland

Another win without playing well for us, I'm glad that we are still winning but I really hope we start playing better soon. We were under pressure most of the time and were forced to counter attacks. Coman scored the winner in the 77' after being played over the top by Hernandez and slotting it home just past the keeper's feet. Joe Dudgeon Will be out for three weeks because of a sprained ankle sustained in this game.

League Match
Hull City 1 - 1 Chelsea
Benteke (PEN) 44'
Hazard 75'

MOTM Butland

We tied but I am happy with the performance of the team. We scored just before halftime with a questionable penalty. It looked to me like Benteke slid into Ramires but the ref gave us a penalty. We scored and sent Courtois the wrong way. They equalized in the 75' with Hazard who vollied in between Butlands legs. To give up a goal like that sucked but to get a point from Chelsea this time around.

League Table:
1. Manchester City - 77
2. Chelsea - 56
3. Manchester United - 54
4. Arsenal - 52
5. Spurs - 50
6. Everton - 50
7. Liverpool - 50
8. Hull City - 45
9. Aston Villa - 43
10. West Brom - 40
11. Southampton - 40
12. Crystal Palace - 38
13. Swansea City - 35
14. Sunderland - 33
15. Stoke City - 30
16. West Ham - 30
17. Newcastle - 27
18. QPR - 26
19. Burnley - 15
20. Leicester City - 11

My Thoughts:

This was a tough month, a lot of things didn't go our way. I was disappointed to be knocked out of the FA Cup but Liverpool were too good for us. We also had some shaky 1-0 wins. We picked up at the end though and I hope we can replicate what we did against Chelsea in our future games.

I also accepted the job to manage the United States team. I don't know if we play in a tournament this summer but I hope that we do.

Future Fixtures:
Swansea (A) - League
Southampton (A) - League
Crystal Palace (A) - League

Sorry about the all text with no pictures but I've been very busy and haven't quite had the time that I wish I did.

**texasbum06** · 07-15-2015, 11:44 PM

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Portsmouth FC
FIFA 15 - Season 2

Pompey's March to the Top

February 2016

J. Paint Trophy Area Final Leg 2
Portsmouth FC 4 (7) - 0 (1) Barnsley FC
POR - Nyatanga 12' (OG), Tubbs 30', 78', Pack 45'
MOTM: Pack

Kane sent a cross in to the box and Pack's header hit off the crossbar only to have Barnsley mess up the clearance and knock it back into their own net. Pack threaded the ball up the middle for Wallace and he drew the keeper out before laying it off for Tubbs to tap in on the back post. Bannigan found Pack outside the box and he turned around the right side of the defense and slotted it home on the near post. Tubbs dribbled across the top of the box and he cut the ball back to his left foot and fired it inside the left post.

Yeovil Town 1 - 1 Portsmouth FC
YEO - Marchi 90'
POR - Jamieson IV 42'
MOTM: Krysiak

Hahn played a ball over the top and Jamieson touched it forward towards goal and powered a shot past the keeper on the near post. Bell played a ball in to Marchi on the right post and his first effort was saved by the keeper but his second attempt was placed inside the near post for the equalizer.

Portsmouth FC 1 - 1 Peterborough United
POR - Pack 45'
PET - Garner 90'
MOTM: Pack

Pack beat the defense too a free ball off of a deflection and blasted a shot into the top left corner. Taylor found Garner in the middle and he turned the defender to get free on the left side of the goal and slotted it in on the left post.

Rotherham United 0 - 0 Portsmouth FC
MOTM: Loach

Neither team got on the board in what turned out to be an uneventful draw. The closest chance was when Rotherham had a goal disallowed after the attacking player was ruled just barely offside.

Stevenage FC 0 - 1 Portsmouth FC
POR - Jamieson IV 13'
MOTM: Bannigan

Jamieson took off on the counter down the left wing past the defense and worked in towards the goal before blasting a shot around the keeper on the near post.

League Table

Youth Academy

Drey Beasant - 16 yrs old, England, LB, 54-58 OVR, 71-77 Potential, Defensive Minded
Chris Mahoney - 16 yrs old, England, LM, 54-64 OVR, 77-91 Potential, Technically Gifted

Monthly Highlights

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Manager Comments

J. Paint Trophy - After taking care of Barnsley we are on to the final where I was hoping to be since the start of the season. We will face Rotherham United, and as I've said all year, anything less than the trophy will be a disappointment.

League Form - We only scored 3 goals in league play this month, but our defense held strong and we managed to earn 3 draws and 1 win. We are getting closer and closer to securing promotion, but at this point it would take a collapse of epic proportions for us to miss out.

Bradford Jamieson - Bradford has been fantastic all season long, and he is right in the mix for the Golden Boot. He has been the engine in this attack, and we are hoping that his hard work will pay off and he will be recognized as one of the best strikers in the league once the season is over.

**indiblue** · 07-16-2015, 04:02 AM

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Lots of interesting takes on the ideal squad size. I'm definitely sticking with my 18-man team with reserves as backup, but it's really good to see the different opinions on here. The main reason I asked is because I'm in January of my first season at Sunderland, and squad planning is going on. As you may remember, I can sell players but can't sign anyone until summer 2015, though I can bring people in on loan or agree a pre-contract deal. I'm also limited to just one free transfer per season.

I hope you guys are looking forward to some big updates because results for October to January will be up by tomorrow, along with one or two nice stories later on during the weekend.

**Simppu12** · 07-16-2015, 06:36 AM

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Valencia CF

December 2015

Round of 32, First Leg
Valencia CF 3 - 0 AD Alcorcon
Ruiz 32', Negredo 52', Nolito 74'

Simulated.

Valencia CF 2 - 0 UD Almeria
Parejo 56' pen, Iborra 66'

We did everything that was expected from us as be beat the bottom of the table side Almeria in front of our home fans. The first half ended goalless but only ten minutes into the second half Sofiane Feghouli got taken down in the box and the captain Dani Parejo slotted the penalty into the back of the net. Ten minutes later the defensive midfielder Vicente Iborra had gotten into the box and he tapped the ball into the net from a counter attack.

AS Roma 3 - 3 Valencia CF
Doumbia 26' 88', Pjanic 68'
Parejo 23', Bacca 29', Negredo 76'

We played some nice football in the first 25 minutes of the game in our last Champions League group stage game. Dani Parejo put us into the lead in the 23rd minute when Nolito's powerful shot was parried by Roma's keeper. The ball bounced in the box and Parejo managed to shoot it into the back of the net. The lead didn't last long as Seydou Doumbia equalised the game a few minutes later with another rebound shot. Three minutes later we saw the third goal in six minutes as Carlos Bacca got inside the box and shot the ball into the top left corner. After the hour mark Miralem Pjanic equalised the game after a passing move and a shot into the bottom right corner but under ten minutes later we got back into the lead when Sofiane Feghouli passed the ball across the goal to Alvaro Negredo for an easy finish in a counter attack. It looked like we were going to get the three points but in the 88th minute Seydou Doumbia equalised the match again with a header. We still finished first in our group and we will face Juventus in the round of 16.

Villarreal CF 1 - 1 Valencia CF
Dos Santos 87'
Feghouli 82'

The first Valencian derby of this season ended in a draw. Just like in past times Villarreal gave us a tough time and they played well. Both keepers made a few saves and both teams hit the bar and posts a couple of times. Finally in the 82nd minute our Sofiane Feghouli put us into the lead from Thiago's nice through ball. Unfortunately Giovani dos Santos equalised five minutes from a counter attack after the ball was shifted to him from Luciano Vietto in front of the goal.

Round of 32, Second Leg
AD Alcorcon (0) 0 - 2 (5) Valencia CF
Nolito 19', Feghouli 58'

Simulated.

Valencia CF 3 - 1 Athletic Bilbao
Negredo 28', 81', Parejo 35' pen
Beñat 25'

Things didn't look good as Athletic Bilbao controlled the first 25 minutes and our keeper Sergio Rico had to make a few nice saves. The Basque side still managed to get the lead in the 25th minute as the ball bounced off the crossbar in front of Beñat who headed it into the net. Alvaro Negredo equalised the game just a few minutes later with a powerful shot into the top left corner. Seven minutes later Pablo Piatti got tackled inside the box and Dani Parejo put the following penalty into the top right corner of the net. Ten minutes before the fulltime whistle Negredo and Feghouli combined well again for a third goal.

Champions League Group

1. Valencia CF, 10 pts
2. Bayer Leverkusen, 9 pts
3. FC Basel, 6 pts
4. AS Roma, 5 pts

La Liga Table

1. Real Madrid, 46 pts
2. Valencia CF, 46 pts
3. FC Barcelona, 42 pts
4. Getafe CF, 38 pts
5. Atletico Madrid, 33 pts
6. Deportivo la Coruña, 28 pts
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18. Elche CF, 16 pts
19. UD Almeria, 16 pts
20. Cordoba CF, 9 pts

Press Conference

You had an up and down month in December but you still progressed in the cup and in the Champions League and you are still second in the league. How does this make you feel?

It makes me feel very good and proud. It just shows that we have a done a great job in the last season and a half and even if we play poorly in one game we can put on an amazing performace in the next game. Progressing in the cup was expected as Alcorcon are a level below us. The Champions League game against Roma didn't go as planned but we still managed to top our group. Real Madrid are first in the league only because they beat us in the beginning of the season. If you look at the goal differences and the amount of scored goals we have been much better than them.

By this you mean that you think you will win the league again?

It's still very early in the season and if we get unlucky we could even not reach the Champions League but realistically we should finish in the top 2. We may not have Messi or Ronaldo but our team has very good chemistry and they always do their best.

What about your Copa del Rey and Champions League ambitions?

I'd love to win the Copa again. We are facing Eibar in the next round and we should eliminate them easily. If we can reach our top form in the big games we will win the cup. The Champions League will be much harder as our first knock out stage opponent is Juventus but like I said about the Copa del Rey if everything goes well we will be serious contenders for the title.

The transfer window is here. What kind of signings are you looking to make?

The team is very good as it is but I'm looking to strengthen two or three positions. I'm not saying what those positions are.

Asier Illarramendi and Miguel Moya have both been unhappy lately and neither of them has made an appearance since October. Are you looking to sell them?

Asier hasn't shown professionality during his bench spell and he doesn't have a future in Valencia. He wants to leave and so does the club management. Miguel has also complained about lack of playing time but his future is unsure.

Your defence didn't perform well in December. Will you address this issue?

No comment.

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**LukeWhu94** · 07-16-2015, 07:51 AM

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Rosenborg
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August 2014
Rosenborg 0 Vs 0 ODD

Aalesunds FK 0 Vs 0 Rosenborg

Rosenborg 3 Vs 0 Stabaek Football
(22' Stabaek RED)
35' Riski (Pen)
42' Helland (Selnaes)
61' Soderlund (Pen)

Transfers In:
None
Transfers Out:
Dorsin - LB - Cesena - £350,000

Biggest Spenders:
Vikings FK - £1,350,000
Valerenga - £1,075,000
Stromsgodest IF - £1,020,000

September 2014
Vikings FK 1 Vs 3 Rosenborg
8' Soderlund (Helland)
38' Riski (Pederson)
45' Berisha (Vikings FK)
45+5' Soderlund (Jensen)
(81' Vikings FK RED)

Rosenborg 4 Vs 0 FK Bodo/Glimt
19' Soderlund (Jensen)
45' Riski (Soderlund)
59' Helland (Jensen)
90' Nielson (Helmerson)

SK Brann 3 Vs 3 Rosenborg
(22' SK Brann RED)
25' Helland (Soderlund)
33' De Tacchio (SK Brann)
36' Selnaes (Jensen)
45' Pederson (SK Brann)
50' Haugen (SK Brann)
66' Jensen (M.G.Pederson)

Sorloth Returns From Injury.

League Table
1. Molde 15pts
2. Lillestrom 14pts
3. ODD 13pts
4. Rosenborg 12pts
5. Sognadal 11pts

Press Conference
Q: After 6 Games You Are Currently Unbeaten (3wins, 3draws), is this the start you wanted?
A: Obviously I would rather be sat here with 6 wins but you don't always get what you want in football. But overall I'm pleased with the teams performance and the results. We have been pretty solid at the back and scoring goals going forward so it's a good combination.

Q: What do you think you can accomplish with this team?
A: I honestly believe that we have the best starting 11 in the league and if I can keep this selection of players fit I know we can win the league and cup this season. There are some good teams in this division so it will not be an easy task but one I believe we are perfectly able of doing though.

Q: You were very inactive in your first trabsfer window with the team, why was that and should the fans be worried?
A: I will start by telling the fans that there is nothing to worry about and there are funds avaliable to spend. I decide to use the squad that I have at my disposal before dipping into the market and I can then evaluate what we need for the winter window. Behind the scenes however the owner has spent a lot of money on a scouting for the future so exciting times are ahead for this club.

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