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MAKING THEM DREAM
SEASON 1
PS4
LEGENDARY

Match 23

Everton 0-1 Liverpool
Lallana 57
The first clear-cut chance of the Merseyside derby came when McCarthy turned and struck the post with his curling effort from just inside the box. Howard was forced into an incredible save to deny Balotelli's effort from close range, but the Italian should have done better. Lallana gave us the lead, controlling Sterling's pass, flicking it round the defender and smashing into the bottom corner. Lukaku put 2 headers wide late on, the first going just wide and the second going inches over the bar.

Match 24

Liverpool 1-1 Spurs
Gray 20
Chadli 67
Gray opened the scoring, flicking over Lloris after latching onto Gerrard's excellent trhough ball. Dembele came close to equalising on the stroke of half time, smashing the ball against the post after a failed clearance. Chadli got the equaliser, outpacing débutante Musacchio to get onto the through ball and smash in off the post. Lloris made an excellent save to deny Gerrard from a free kick and he made another one to deny Gray after the youngster had cut inside to beat his man. He made one final save to salvage a point for Spurs, denying Kane on his return from injury with a last minute save.

Match 25

Liverpool 4-0 West Ham
Sterling 5
Sturridge 52
Lallana 78
Sturridge 85
Sterling opened the scoring, running in from the byline, making out to square to Sturridge before smashing in near post leaving the keeper bamboozled. Adrian made an incredible finger tip save to deny Sturridge who prodded it towards the bottom corner and he made another good save to deny Balotelli one-on-one. Sturridge made it 2, getting onto a ball over the top, skipping over Collins' slide tackle and smashing into the top corner, despite the ball being caught behind his stride. Valencia put West Ham's only chance of the game wide after a defence splitting pass. Lallana made it 2, smashing in on the rebound of his initial effort and Sturridge completed the rout, calmly flicking the ball over Adrian's outstretched arm to find the back of the net. It could have been worse had Adrian not got a foot to Balotelli's effort in the last minute.

FA Cup Round 5

Liverpool 3-0 Crystal Palace
Lambert 10
Lambert 41
Gray 74
Lambert opened the scoring with an incredible finesse from the edge of the area into the bottom corner. Speroni was then forced into a good save by Ibe before Gray's pass fond Lambert who took one touch before prodding it under the keeper. Ibe struck the post with a powerful effort just after the hour mark but he then turned provider, whipping in a cross for Gray to head into the top corner.

Champions League Last 16 Leg 1

Zenit 1-1 Liverpool
Balotelli 22
Rondon 53
The first chance of the game came to the hosts, a good passing move culminating in Shatov firing just wide from the edge of the box. Balotelli gave us the lead with a perfect header into the top corner from Kane's cross and give us a crucial away goal. Rondon equalised for the Russian outfit, slotting in after being played through by Javi Garcia. Rondon almost made it 2, turning the defender but striking the post. The ball was whipped in on the rebound and Danny volleyed it, prompting an excellent save from Mignolet. The Belgian made another great save late on to deny Witsel and to take us into the home leg level with an away goal.

League Table

1. Manchester City 60
2. Liverpool 58
3. Arsenal 51
4. Manchester United 42
5. Spurs 41
6. Everton 41
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18. Burnley 23
19. Aston Villa 23
20. Leicester 18

Big Games Next Month

The League Cup Final vs Chelsea
The Potential Title Decider vs Manchester City
The Champions League Second Leg vs Zenit
The North-West Derby vs Manchester United

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In case you guys were wondering where I disappeared to, the date of my hearing got rescheduled, so I was in court. I'm finally f*cking divorced!

[Keano16]

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In case you guys were wondering where I disappeared to, the date of my hearing got rescheduled, so I was in court. I'm finally f*cking divorced!

Woot!!!!

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FIFA 15 | PS3 | Season 2 | 2015-16

Los Blanquillos

October 2015


Oct 4th
Liga BBVA
Match 8
Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Zaragoza
Jiménez 4'
García 8'
Porcar 61' (Tarsi)

MotM: Lucas Porcar

With the hosts languishing all the way down in 12th they will no doubt be up for this game to try and kick start their season with a win after starting with a 1-5-1 record. Star man from last season Borja Bastón was also named on the Atletico bench. Two lapses in concentration in the first 10 minutes gave Atletico a 2 goal cushion that they never looked like losing. Laguardia got caught on the ball by Jiménez who tackled him just as he was passing it. 4 minutes later Raúl García headed in past Alcolea who really should have saved it. There were shouts for a penalty when Alderweireld appeared to push Pedro over as he was shooting causing a soft shot. The ref waved play on however. Tarsi got the ball and in doing so dragged Giménez out of position leaving room for Porcar to run onto the ball and fire it first time past Oblak. Turan then hit the crossbar after taking down a cross with great control and hitting the ball on the turn. Luckily for Zaragoza it didn't go in as that surely would have been game over. Tarsi then fluffed his lines shooting wide from a great equalizing position. Right at the death a ball was crossed in and Ángel was on his own but he just couldn't connect correctly with the side bicycle kick. Atletico deserved the win and they didn't even have their full team out!


Oct 18th
Liga BBVA
Match 9
Real Zaragoza 2-1 Villarreal
Modeste 42'
Suárez 71' (Pedro)
Hadzic 87' (Pen)

MotM: Tomás Pina

In this game 5th placed Villarreal came to La Romareda. Both teams were level on points going into this game. The yellow men dominated the early exchanges and had a goal to show for it at halftime through in form striker Anthony Modeste. He notched his 7th in all competitions tapping in a ball across the six yard box. Rico and Pedro failed to deal with Pina allowing him into the box to supply Modeste. It could have been 2-0 going into the second half if not for Alcolea stopping a powerful, goal bound header. Pina then almost made it 2 after the hour mark dribbling into the area but luckily for Los Blanquillos fans he hit the post. Modeste narrowly missed the target soon after, Alcolea doing well to close down the angle. Then Zaragoza born and bred Diego Suárez came on as Keane, desperate not to lose, threw on the extra striker switching to a 4-4-2 Diamond Wide with Tarsi making way. It worked almost instantly as Suárez found the net. Talk about an impact substitution! He avoided Pantic's sliding tackle and then held off Dos Santos before shooting low and hard from the edge of the box into Asenjo's bottom left corner. Encouraged by this Keane's men poured forward. Villarreal were rattled as they first gave away a free on the left hand side of the box which Porcar got a header on target from. Then unbelievably Alves earned us a penalty with 3 minutes to play. Mario stupidly barged Alves over as he turned him. Hadzic as cool as can be sent Asenjo the wrong way and La Romareda erupted with cheers. Anxious to secure the lead Keane threw on Cabrera and Guilló, without then even warming up, for Porcar and Ángel moving to a 5-4-1 Flat. We held on and secured a very satisfying 3 points.


Oct 26th
Liga BBVA
Match 10
Rayo Vallecano 2-1 Real Zaragoza
Pozuelo 6'
Buenacasa 61' (Pérez)
Manucho 71'

MotM: Cobeño

The B Team was unable to beat a spirited Vallecano side. An early save was forced by Tierno but it was Vallecano who scored 3 minutes later. Vallejo initially tackled Manucho on the edge of the box but he got onto the break and played it into Pozuelo who took a touch across Cabrera creating space for a powerful shot past Whalley. Mojica and Buenacasa both had shots saved before Whalley made a great close range stop from Raul Baena to end the half. Nothing much happened until Buenacasa equalized running onto a Pérez ball down the right side of the box. He turned back inside the centre half and curled it around Cobeño. But then the winner was scored by Manucho with 19 minutes left. Tierno failed to tackle Bueno before he passed it into Manucho who shot through Vallejo's legs blocking Whalley's view meaning all he could do was watch it go Info the bottom corner.


Oct 28th
Liga BBVA
Match 11
Real Zaragoza 1-2 Athletic Bilbao
Hadzic 16' (Pen)
De Marcos 18'
Muniaín 60'

MotM: Herrerín

Bilbao's 4-3-3 found a lot of spaces in the 4-4-2 Wide Diamond we decided to run for this game. Things started well with Hadzic getting his 6th league goal converting a penalty that Ángel won. But just 2 minutes later De Marcos equalized. Our defence was all out of shape and a one touch pass from Iturraspe was all it took to unlock it. De Marcos did the rest curling around Alcolea. Suárez had one of our few chances to take the lead but his header went wide but it seemed MOTM, with 7 saves, Herrerín had it covered anyway. Then Muniaín won the game for the Basques on the hour mark. A corner broke inside the box and Bigas was unable to get there before Aduriz and all he had to do was pass it across to Muniaín who was all alone on the left side of the box leaving him a simple finish past Alcolea. This gave us our second 2-1 defeat in a row and third of the month.


Oct 31st
Liga BBVA
Match 12
Sevilla 2-2 Real Zaragoza
Rabello 3'
Ángel 41' (Álamo)
Banega 61'
Pareja 88' OG

MotM: Ángel

In an effort to keep our first clean sheet of the season we changed formation to a 4-4-2 Holding but that didn't work as Rabello scored within 3 minutes. It was the same goal as always is scored on us. The ball was passed around the outside of our box dragging our defence out of position then a pass was played into the box where it was then curled home. The ref gave a very suspect penalty against Romero at a corner but luckily Bacca managed to hit the crossbar with it. Directly from this we countered and Álamo played the ball into Ángel who turned and rounded Arribas getting inside the box. He proceeded to smash it past Beto.



But then Sevilla dominated again with Bacca missing some chances. They took the lead through Banega just after the hour mark. Fernández kept him onside to receive a pass and then just let him through to score past Alcolea. The 4-4-2 wasn't working so we switched back to a 4-3-3 and were much more fluid. Tierno forced the own goal getting the ball around the corner from Buenacasa and then Pareja slid in to try and block the shot but Tierno hit it off him and it curled around Beto. Alcolea was quick off his line to deny Gameiro a 90th minute winner.

Real Zaragoza Player of the Month



Lucas Porcar - CAM, 67 (+1) Ovr, 25, Spain

The Espanyol youth product came to Zaragoza from Villarreal B in 2012 and has been on a series of loans. The playmaker has been capped at U16 and U17 levels by the Spanish national side. He makes an impact every time he is on the pitch with his work rate but also his technical ability. He got the goal against Atletico Madrid and even picked up MOTM.

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Liga BBVA Table
1. FC Barcelona - 29 Points
2. Athletic Bilbao - 25 Points[/b]
3. Valencia CF - 24 Points
4. Real Madrid - 21 Points
5. Real Zaragoza - 21 Points
6. Villarreal CF - 21 Points
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7. Málaga CF - 18 Points
8. Getafe CF - 18 Points
9. Real Sociedad - 18 Points
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20. Levante UD - 9 Points
21. Córdoba CF - 8 Points
22. CD Tenerife - 5 Points

Liga BBVA Top Scorers
1. Deulofeu (FC Barcelona) 10
2. Neymar (FC Barcelona) 7
3. 4 with 6

Real Zaragoza Top Scorers
1. Eldin Hadzic 6
2. Ángel 3
3. Sergio Guilló 2
Diego Suárez 2
Sergio Buenacasa 2
Lucas Porcar 2

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Youth Academy

* Denotes New Addition

Andrés Ferreras - (Mexico) CM, 42-50 Ovr, 70-82 Pot, 15 (Playmaker) - Andrés is an extremely tall young lad. He is 6'2" and not even fully grown yet. The Mexican is great to have in the middle of the park with his height. He has good potential and has chosen to be a central midfielder.

Fabian Lopez - (Spain) CB/CM/RM, 52-64 Ovr, 81-94 Pot, 15 (Unknown) - One of the brightest prospects in the academy is new 15 year old addition Fabian. The Spanish player's stats lean towards him being a playmaker from the centre of the park. Can he one day be as good as Xavi or Iniesta of Barcelona? Only time will tell.

Gabriel Rodriguez - (Spain) RB, 57-61 Ovr, 74-80 Pot, 16 (Defensive Minded) - The 5'8" 16 year old is the second addition to the Zaragoza Academy. He looks like he will be either a defender or a defensive midfielder seeing as his best stats are his defensive one. Particularly his standing tackle and strength. He has decided to be a right back even though he is left footed. With a lack of pace he is most likely to be a CB. I hope he will grow though.

Laurenco Pauleta - (Portugal) LW, 56-60 Ovr, 73-79 Pot, 15 (Attacker) - Laurenco is the first non Spanish player to join our Academy. The Portuguese has decided to play on the left wing where he won't be able to speed past people due to not having incredible pace. The 15 year old is described as an attacker so he may actually be played through the middle or behind the striker because of his 5'11" height.

*Miguel Cerezo - (Argentina) LM, 51-61 Ovr, 71-87 Pot, 16 (Technically Gifted) - This 5'9" Argentinian has enough pace to play out wide but he also looks competent enough to play in the middle if needed.

Pablo Acosta - (Mexico) CM/RM/CB/RB, 42-52 Ovr, 72-88 Pot, 15 (Unknown) - The second Mexican added was also a 15 year old. The 5'9" right footer looks like he could be a good fit for the centre of midfield as a creative mind.

Rafael Lopez - (Spain) GK, 60-64 Ovr, 75-81 Pot, 15 (Goalkeeper) - The third addition to the Academy is 6'3" 15 year old goalkeeper Rafael Lopez. The left footed shot stopper's best attribute at the minute looks to be his kicking. We hope that he can be our future No.1 as well as his country's No.1.

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The Team

Spoiler

GK - Alcolea, 65 Ovr, 26, Spain
GK - Óscar Whalley, 63 Ovr, 21, Spain

RB - Fernández, 70 (+1) Ovr, 25, Spain
RB - José Luis Gómez, 67 Ovr, 21, Argentina
CB - Pedro Bigas, 71 (+1) Ovr, 25, Spain
CB - Leandro Cabrera, 68 (+1) Ovr, 24, Uruguay
CB - Victor Laguardia, 70 (+2) Ovr, 25, Spain
CB - Vallejo, 66 (+1) Ovr, 18, Spain
LB - Diego Rico, 68 Ovr, 22, Spain
LB - Lucas Gafarot, 65 Ovr, 20, Spain

CDM - Ricardo Alves, 67 (+1) Ovr, 22, Spain
CDM - Sergi Guilló 62 Ovr, 24, Spain
RM - Pedro Sánchez, 67 Ovr, 28, Spain
CM - Tarsi, 68 (+1) Ovr, 20, Spain
CM - Sergio Gil, 62 Ovr, 18, Spain
CM - Álvaro Tierno, 66 (+1) Ovr, 22, Spain
LM - Eldin Hadzic, 68 (+1) Ovr, 22, Bosnia Herzegovina
LM - Jaime Romero, 67 Ovr, 24, Spain
CAM - Lucas Porcar, 67 (+1) Ovr, 25 Ovr, Spain
CAM - Adán Pérez, 64 Ovr, 25, Spain

RW - Javi Álamo, 69 Ovr, 26, Spain
***RW - Jose Baquero, 65 (+1) Ovr, 17, Spain
ST - Ángel, 73 (+1) Ovr, 28, Spain
ST - Sergio Buenacasa, 67 (+2) Ovr, 19, Spain* (On loan from Juventus)
ST - Diego Suárez, 64 Ovr, 21, Spain
ST - David Muñoz, 60 Ovr, 17, Spain** (On loan at Doncaster)
ST - Esnáider, 63 (+1) Ovr, 23, Spain ** (On loan at RC Recreativo)

* On loan from
** On loan at
*** Youth Player

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October Headlines

Fernández Demands a Transfer

Speedy Spanish fullback José Fernández has recently told Zaragoza manager Keane that he wants to move away from the club. He had reportedly turned down a contract extension a couple of months ago although the rumours were never confirmed. Fernández, 25, seems to have his heart set on leaving for whatever reason but it remains to he seen whether or not Keane will grant his transfer request. One fan said that he could have become a mainstay on the right side of the defence for many years. Many are wondering why he is demanding a transfer after Los Blanquillos great start to the league. Maybe he saw their recent dip in form coming or maybe he is even the cause of it. Whatever it is fans are divided. Some saying good riddance to him while others are begging for him to stay. Some of the most hardcore who want the 25 year old to stay are even protesting outside his house. Whether it will do any good remains to be seen.

Keane is a Wanted Man

Real Zaragoza manager Paddy Keane is one of the hottest prospects in management at this present time. The 31 year old has reportedly been of interest to many international sides who wish for him to take over and lead the country to World Cup and continental glory. Keane has however said that any international job that he does take will be coupled with his club duties at Zaragoza. Countries rumoured to have approached Keane include South Africa, Paraguay, Romania, Egypt and Hungary. According to sources within the club Keane has turned down all the offers saying that until Euro 2016 is over he will not take a job unless the team has already qualified for the tournament which will be held in France. As qualifying has already finished he says that he sees no point in taking a job until he can start at the beginning of qualifying. Will a job be offered to Keane before the tournament? That remains to be seen but with still 7 months until the finals there is still plenty of time and no doubt plenty of offers to be made.

October Fixtures
7/11 Real Madrid (h)
11/11 Málaga CF (a)
21/11 Deportivo (h)
29/11 Córdoba CF (a)

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Thoughts

Well, that wasn't a great month at all. We slipped from 2nd to 5th which wasn't nice to watch. Lost to Atletico, fair enough but Vallecano? Bilbao aren't a bad team so I have no problem losing to them. We only barely got 4 points out of a possible 15 though which is a worry. Even those 4 points were very lucky with a late comeback against Villarreal and an own goal equalizer in the 88th against Sevilla. We haven't kept a clean sheet in all 12 games this season which is so frustrating. A lot of the goals seem the same too. The CPU pass it around my box dragging my defence all over the place and then bang, they pass it into one of their players who touches it away from my defender and scores before my keeper knows. Also another thing that annoys me is that when I change to a player that is running (Or it auto changes) the player stops running effectively leaving the attacker through on goal and there's nothing I can do. Have you guys any advice on clean sheets? I'm desperate! Especially with my first game being against Real.

Hope you enjoyed this month! Thanks for reading!

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In case you guys were wondering where I disappeared to, the date of my hearing got rescheduled, so I was in court. I'm finally f*cking divorced!

I'm glad you can officially move on now man. Time to just spend some time worrying about you and only you and enjoy your life as much as you can.

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Ha Ho He


Transfers Out

Peter Niemeyer, €1,400,000 to Maiz
Sami Allagui, €4,000,000 to Stuttgart


Transfers In



Stefanos Kapino

72 Ovr, Goalkeeper, 21 Years Old, Greece

€2,800,000 + Rune Jarstein

Hertha BSC made only two signings in the January window and both of them were defensive. The cheaper one was the young Greek goalkeeper Stefanos Kapino who joined from Mainz 05 for three million euros. Hertha's third-choice keeper Rune Jarstein was sent to Mainz in the deal. Kapino, who is/was considered one of the best goalkeeping talents of the world, has been warming Mainz's bench for the last year and half. The young talent has played for Greece's every youth team and he has made a few appearances for the men's team, as well. Kapino won't be the starter at Hertha but he will get some playing time.




Atsuto Uchida

77 Ovr, Right Back, 27 Years Old, Japan

€6,500,000 + Marcel Ndjeng

The second and last signing Hertha BSC made in the winter was the underrated right back Atsuto Uchida who joined from Schalke 04 for six and a half million euros. Hertha's second-choice right back Marcel Ndjeng (64 ovr) was sent to Gelsenkirchen in the same deal. The fast right back, who runs endlessely on the pitch, will be the starter in Berlin.


January 2016





Hertha BSC 3 - 0 FC Kaiserslautern
Kalou 55', 67', Stocker 80'

Hertha BSC continued their season with a solid win from bottom of the table Kaiserslautern following the winter break. The Berliners controlled the game but they weren't able to find the back of the net in the first half. Salomon Kalou finally opened the scoreline ten minutes into the first half when he finished a counter attack by curling the ball into the top right corner. Ten minutes later he got a brace with an identical goal. Valentin Stocker also got on the scoreboard when Kaiserslautern's keeper passed the ball to him by mistake.





VfL Wolfsburg 2 - 2 Hertha BSC
Gustavo 12', Kruse 49'
Skjelbred 30', Stocker 73'

Wolfsburg got their first chance in the 9th minute when Thomas Kraft took down Max Kruse in the box. Kevin de Bruyne stepped up to take the penalty but Kraft managed to redeem himself by saving it! Hertha's joy didn't last long because Luiz Gustavo scored from a rebounded shot that bounced off Kraft and Matip. Hertha's Per Skjelbred managed to equalise the game at the half an hour mark from a counter attack after cutting in from the left. Wolfsburg took the lead again only nine minutes into the second half when John Anthony Brooks' pass got intercepted by Max Kruse who then curled the ball into the net. Hertha started attacking more and finally in the 73rd minute they equalised. Maximilian Arnold got into the box but instead of shooting he decided to pass the ball to Valentin Stocker. Stocker took a few steps before shooting the ball between Christian Träsch's legs into the middle of the goal to secure a point!





Hertha BSC 2 - 2 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Langkamp 8', Drmic 57'
Liendl 61', 70'

Aaaand Hertha drew with a bottom side again. Just like pretty much every time they took the lead, this time with Sebastian Langkamp's header from a corner and Josip Drmic's quick footwork. But then they did it again. The defenders lost their concentration and Liendl just rolled the ball past Thomas Kraft who rushed forwards only four minutes after Drmic's goal. Under ten minutes after that Liendl equalised the game with a beautiful curling shot that found it's way into the top left corner. On top of everything Josip Drmic missed a penalty in the 84th minute. A very bad performance in the second half.




Player of the Month



Valentin Stocker

For the second time in a row Salomon Kalou did not receive the award. This time it was Valentin Stocker's turn to get into the spotlight. The attacking midfielder created lots of chances, scored two important goals and he assisted a couple, as well. Stocker has now assisted about twenty goals this season.


Hot or Not

Hot



Valentin Stocker

The player of the month was the only player this month who had a very good month. Stocker created a few important goals and always did well.


Not

No one


Bundesliga Table

1. Hertha BSC, 51 pts
2. Bayer Leverkusen, 47 pts
3. Bayern München, 39 pts
4. Borussia Dortmund, 38 pts
5. Borussia Mönchengladbach, 36 pts
6. Mainz 05, 32 pts
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16. Eintracht Frankfurt, 17 pts
17. FC Nürnberg, 12 pts
18. FC Kaiserslautern, 10 pts


Starting XI




Headlines

Transfer Window - Hertha BSC sold two players and bought two players. The sold Allagui and Niemeyer weren't getting almost any playing time and Allagui had requested a transfer. The two players who were brought in arrived mainly for squad depth. The two biggest transfers of January were Pierre-Emeric Aubameyang's move to PSG for €30 million and Salvatore Sirigu's transfer to Tottenham for €19 million.

Current Form - The Berliners didn't have the best month ever with one win and two draws. They got five out of nine points which isn't that good when you consider that Wolfsburg was the only good team they faced. The Berliners are still leading the league by four points but they need to improve if they want to stay in the lead.

February - The first game of February is a DFB Pokal semi final game against Bayern München. Later in February Hertha will face Napoli in the Europa League knock out stages. In between those games they will face other teams (that I don't remember right now). It won't be an easy month for the Berliners.



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

[Cruzerr]

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Road to Glory
Season 1
Leeds United

Post 1 - Introduction and Pre-season (July 2014)




What is this?

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This, my friends, is a new player career mode. Yes, I have decided to run another one, with big Thomas Cruzerr in action yet again. A few things will change though.

First, Thomas is not a striker anymore, but a central attacking midfielder. I wanted to change things up a bit and actually be a part of the "buildup" rather than the scoring.

Second, I am starting in Leeds United. I liked Tex's idea of starting in a team that used to be big, so I am hoping to be a part of the big Leeds yet again.

Third, this career mode will have a goals system. What I mean by that, is going to be explained a few posts down below.

Forth and finally, this will be written as more of a blog, kinda like the last one, so think of me as Cruzerr...I mean...I am Cruzerr at the moment aswell but think of me as the player. You know what I mean!

That is it for now, so here is the first (and only) game of the pre-season!

Games

So out of the three pre-season games, I only got to play in one of them. We went up against Dundee United at home. I didn't really know what to expect. First game in a Leeds shirt, and I had little knowledge on how my team would actually play.

As we were the favorites, we were the ones controlling the tempo and holding the ball. And to be honest, we actually looked fine. I thought we would look really bad, yet we moved the ball nicely and created chances. I got a few good passes to the wings, but we had no luck scoring in the first half.

Second half, I had about 16 minutes of play before I was subbed off, yet I made use of it, as my through pass to Antenucci got him through on goal and we took the lead. I got subbed off right after the assists. Yet, the game itself finished 3-0. I have no idea if the team actually played better without me or not.

That was the only game I got to play in the pre-season. We lost the other two; 2-0 against Nice and 3-1 against Monaco. Our first game of the season will be a COC game against Cardiff, so hopefully that can go well.

Goals

So, as Tex gave me a great idea, I decided to run a little system of some of the goals I am trying to reach, either this season or the whole career. What I mean by goals are objectives that I want to complete.

I will divide them into two: Season Goals and Career Goals. Season Goals are the ones that I want to complete this season, or what the manager wants me to do this season.

Career goals are a lot bigger and a lot more unique, as they represent the goals that I want to reach at some point in my career.

When I do reach a goal, I will mark it as complete and put a date to it aswell, so we can track when it all happens.

Here are the goals I have written down so far. I will put them in a spoiler next time, so they don't make the post too long. If you have more good goal ideas, then please, let me know!

Season Goals:

Manager

Keep an average league match rating of 6.6 or better.
Create 17 goals whether I am setting them up or popping them in myself.
Maintain a pass completion rate of 76% or better.
Create over 53 scoring chances.

My Own

Be a part of the League Team of the season.
Get promoted with Leeds.
Be top 10 in the league in assists.

Career Goals:

Score 5 goals in a season.
Score 10 goals in a season.
Score 15 goals in a season.
Score 20 goals in a season.
Score 25 goals in a season.
Score 30 goals in a season.
Assist 5 goals in a season.
Assist 10 goals in a season.
Assist 15 goals in a season.
Assist 20 goals in a season.
Assist 25 goals in a season.
Assist 30 goals in a season.
Be the Player of the year.
Win a league title.
Win a cup.
Play in the Champions League final.
Play in the Europa League final.
Play in the World Cup final.
Play in the European Championship final.
Play in the national team.
Win the Champions League.
Win the Europa League.
Win the World Cup.
Win the European Championship.
Score for the national team.
Score a hat-trick.
Score a perfect hat-trick (Left leg, Right leg, Header)
Score a free-kick.
Score a game winner.
Score a scissors kick.

Customizing the player

Yes, it is back! This career mode aswell, I will let you customize Thomas if you get my question right!

The first question is pretty simple: We will face Cardiff, Blackburn, Fulham and Derby County next month. Predict how many games we will win!

I will leave the stuff that you can customise down below:

Kit Name
Kit Number
Hair
Eyes
Complexion
Brows
Ears
Nose
Cheeks
Mouth
Jaw
Chin
Boots
Kit Fit
Waist
Gloves
Sock Height
Free Kick Style
Penalty Kick Style
Default Running Celebration
Signature Finishing Moves

Summary

So there, here it is folks. I am actually motivated to do this, for some reason. No idea why, yet Tex had a pretty good idea. Hopefully I can now stick to it.

If you have any goals or any feedback or you want to answer the question, please, comment down below! Tace kare!

[Simppu12]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Indi - Good to see that you got divorced! I guess you were very cold to her if she was there in court but she deserves it. Now you don't need to care for anyone except for yourself.

Keano - Your start to the season was incredible! To reach the top three in your first season in La Liga is a good achievement. Your form dropped slightly in October but that's reasonable because Atleti, Bilbao and Sevilla are some very good teams. You're still in a very good position. And to answer your question, I don't really have a B team but I do rotate my team. I've been using a second-choice team plus Stocker, Hahn and Lustenberger in all of the Europa League games.

Jamie - The form is looking very good! You should be able to beat Zenit, ManU and Chelsea. Then there is the important game against City. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you! Even if you lose you can still win the league, though. I like the Musacchio signing, he's a good defender.

Tex - That free kick! It reminds me a bit of Roberto Carlos' free kick against France, don't know why. Probably because it was from pretty much the same position. Anyway, you're doing a great job with Depor! Three clean sheets against Real Madrid, Sevilla and Atleti is very impressive.

Moose - From the keepers you listed Leno looks like the best option but he will be pretty expensive. Ter Stegen costs a lot, too. I would suggest trying to get someone a bit cheaper like Ron-Robert Zieler, Kevin Trapp or even Joe Hart for some British blood. Matthews and Byram look like very good options for the RB position. I would probably sign John Anthony Brooks because he's young, good, he has potential and he's from Hertha. Depay and Rafa are good winger options. I'm looking forward to seeing your transfers!

Chico - You're having a terrific season, at least for now! Your position in the league is very good and you could even grab the title with a bit of luck. December was a very good month with a lot of very good resuts like the wins against Real Madrid and Sevilla! Also, I'm sure you'll do big things with Mexico.

I hope that was everyone. I'm very sorry if I missed someone.

[Simppu12]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

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Road to Glory
Season 1
Leeds United

Post 1 - Introduction and Pre-season (July 2014)

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What is this?

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This, my friends, is a new player career mode. Yes, I have decided to run another one, with big Thomas Cruzerr in action yet again. A few things will change though.

First, Thomas is not a striker anymore, but a central attacking midfielder. I wanted to change things up a bit and actually be a part of the "buildup" rather than the scoring.

Second, I am starting in Leeds United. I liked Tex's idea of starting in a team that used to be big, so I am hoping to be a part of the big Leeds yet again.

Third, this career mode will have a goals system. What I mean by that, is going to be explained a few posts down below.

Forth and finally, this will be written as more of a blog, kinda like the last one, so think of me as Cruzerr...I mean...I am Cruzerr at the moment aswell but think of me as the player. You know what I mean!

That is it for now, so here is the first (and only) game of the pre-season!

Games

So out of the three pre-season games, I only got to play in one of them. We went up against Dundee United at home. I didn't really know what to expect. First game in a Leeds shirt, and I had little knowledge on how my team would actually play.

As we were the favorites, we were the ones controlling the tempo and holding the ball. And to be honest, we actually looked fine. I thought we would look really bad, yet we moved the ball nicely and created chances. I got a few good passes to the wings, but we had no luck scoring in the first half.

Second half, I had about 16 minutes of play before I was subbed off, yet I made use of it, as my through pass to Antenucci got him through on goal and we took the lead. I got subbed off right after the assists. Yet, the game itself finished 3-0. I have no idea if the team actually played better without me or not.

That was the only game I got to play in the pre-season. We lost the other two; 2-0 against Nice and 3-1 against Monaco. Our first game of the season will be a COC game against Cardiff, so hopefully that can go well.

Goals

So, as Tex gave me a great idea, I decided to run a little system of some of the goals I am trying to reach, either this season or the whole career. What I mean by goals are objectives that I want to complete.

I will divide them into two: Season Goals and Career Goals. Season Goals are the ones that I want to complete this season, or what the manager wants me to do this season.

Career goals are a lot bigger and a lot more unique, as they represent the goals that I want to reach at some point in my career.

When I do reach a goal, I will mark it as complete and put a date to it aswell, so we can track when it all happens.

Here are the goals I have written down so far. I will put them in a spoiler next time, so they don't make the post too long. If you have more good goal ideas, then please, let me know!

Season Goals:

Manager

Keep an average league match rating of 6.6 or better.
Create 17 goals whether I am setting them up or popping them in myself.
Maintain a pass completion rate of 76% or better.
Create over 53 scoring chances.

My Own

Be a part of the League Team of the season.
Get promoted with Leeds.
Be top 10 in the league in assists.

Career Goals:

Score 5 goals in a season.
Score 10 goals in a season.
Score 15 goals in a season.
Score 20 goals in a season.
Score 25 goals in a season.
Score 30 goals in a season.
Assist 5 goals in a season.
Assist 10 goals in a season.
Assist 15 goals in a season.
Assist 20 goals in a season.
Assist 25 goals in a season.
Assist 30 goals in a season.
Be the Player of the year.
Win a league title.
Win a cup.
Play in the Champions League final.
Play in the Europa League final.
Play in the World Cup final.
Play in the European Championship final.
Play in the national team.
Win the Champions League.
Win the Europa League.
Win the World Cup.
Win the European Championship.
Score for the national team.
Score a hat-trick.
Score a perfect hat-trick (Left leg, Right leg, Header)
Score a free-kick.
Score a game winner.
Score a scissors kick.

Customizing the player

Yes, it is back! This career mode aswell, I will let you customize Thomas if you get my question right!

The first question is pretty simple: We will face Cardiff, Blackburn, Fulham and Derby County next month. Predict how many games we will win!

I will leave the stuff that you can customise down below:

Kit Name
Kit Number
Hair
Eyes
Complexion
Brows
Ears
Nose
Cheeks
Mouth
Jaw
Chin
Boots
Kit Fit
Waist
Gloves
Sock Height
Free Kick Style
Penalty Kick Style
Default Running Celebration
Signature Finishing Moves

Summary

So there, here it is folks. I am actually motivated to do this, for some reason. No idea why, yet Tex had a pretty good idea. Hopefully I can now stick to it.

If you have any goals or any feedback or you want to answer the question, please, comment down below! Tace kare!

So you decided to post this while I was writing another thing? Not cool. But man, I'm very happy to see this back! I really enjoyed the last one and I know I'll enjoy this one, too! Leeds is a good choice. I like a lot the career goals, they bring little more to the whole. I have a few suggestions for the career goals: Make 5, 10, 15 etc. appearances for the national team, score 5, 10 etc. goals for the national team, assist 5, 10 etc. goals for the national team, don't get injured during a season, score 4 or 5 goals in a game and win the double or the treble. By the way, is your player English? I'm not sure if you mentioned it, if you did I missed it. I hope something bad doesn't happen to the save.

My guess is that you will win two of those games.

[Keano16]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Cruzerr: I like the idea! Just before I go off I had an idea for your career goals, Reach 25 caps, 50 caps, 75 and then 100 for your country. Also I think ye will win 3 games.

EDIT: Looks like Simp had the same idea, haha.

[texasbum06]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

MAKING THEM DREAM
SEASON 1
PS4
LEGENDARY

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Match 23

Everton 0-1 Liverpool
Lallana 57
The first clear-cut chance of the Merseyside derby came when McCarthy turned and struck the post with his curling effort from just inside the box. Howard was forced into an incredible save to deny Balotelli's effort from close range, but the Italian should have done better. Lallana gave us the lead, controlling Sterling's pass, flicking it round the defender and smashing into the bottom corner. Lukaku put 2 headers wide late on, the first going just wide and the second going inches over the bar.

Match 24

Liverpool 1-1 Spurs
Gray 20
Chadli 67
Gray opened the scoring, flicking over Lloris after latching onto Gerrard's excellent trhough ball. Dembele came close to equalising on the stroke of half time, smashing the ball against the post after a failed clearance. Chadli got the equaliser, outpacing débutante Musacchio to get onto the through ball and smash in off the post. Lloris made an excellent save to deny Gerrard from a free kick and he made another one to deny Gray after the youngster had cut inside to beat his man. He made one final save to salvage a point for Spurs, denying Kane on his return from injury with a last minute save.

Match 25

Liverpool 4-0 West Ham
Sterling 5
Sturridge 52
Lallana 78
Sturridge 85
Sterling opened the scoring, running in from the byline, making out to square to Sturridge before smashing in near post leaving the keeper bamboozled. Adrian made an incredible finger tip save to deny Sturridge who prodded it towards the bottom corner and he made another good save to deny Balotelli one-on-one. Sturridge made it 2, getting onto a ball over the top, skipping over Collins' slide tackle and smashing into the top corner, despite the ball being caught behind his stride. Valencia put West Ham's only chance of the game wide after a defence splitting pass. Lallana made it 2, smashing in on the rebound of his initial effort and Sturridge completed the rout, calmly flicking the ball over Adrian's outstretched arm to find the back of the net. It could have been worse had Adrian not got a foot to Balotelli's effort in the last minute.

FA Cup Round 5

Liverpool 3-0 Crystal Palace
Lambert 10
Lambert 41
Gray 74
Lambert opened the scoring with an incredible finesse from the edge of the area into the bottom corner. Speroni was then forced into a good save by Ibe before Gray's pass fond Lambert who took one touch before prodding it under the keeper. Ibe struck the post with a powerful effort just after the hour mark but he then turned provider, whipping in a cross for Gray to head into the top corner.

Champions League Last 16 Leg 1

Zenit 1-1 Liverpool
Balotelli 22
Rondon 53
The first chance of the game came to the hosts, a good passing move culminating in Shatov firing just wide from the edge of the box. Balotelli gave us the lead with a perfect header into the top corner from Kane's cross and give us a crucial away goal. Rondon equalised for the Russian outfit, slotting in after being played through by Javi Garcia. Rondon almost made it 2, turning the defender but striking the post. The ball was whipped in on the rebound and Danny volleyed it, prompting an excellent save from Mignolet. The Belgian made another great save late on to deny Witsel and to take us into the home leg level with an away goal.

League Table

1. Manchester City 60
2. Liverpool 58
3. Arsenal 51
4. Manchester United 42
5. Spurs 41
6. Everton 41
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18. Burnley 23
19. Aston Villa 23
20. Leicester 18

Big Games Next Month

The League Cup Final vs Chelsea
The Potential Title Decider vs Manchester City
The Champions League Second Leg vs Zenit
The North-West Derby vs Manchester United

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Wow, you only dropped 2 points total in your past 2 updates. You're in a good spot against Zenit going into the home fixture with an away goal under your belt as well. You are making City sweat coming up behind them and not letting them run away with the league. I hope you are able to overtake them and I am also hoping that it is an extremely dramatic finish down the rest of the season for it, but that's for my own personal enjoyment

FIFA 15 | PS3 | Season 2 | 2015-16

Los Blanquillos

October 2015

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Oct 4th
Liga BBVA
Match 8
Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Zaragoza
Jiménez 4'
García 8'
Porcar 61' (Tarsi)

MotM: Lucas Porcar

With the hosts languishing all the way down in 12th they will no doubt be up for this game to try and kick start their season with a win after starting with a 1-5-1 record. Star man from last season Borja Bastón was also named on the Atletico bench. Two lapses in concentration in the first 10 minutes gave Atletico a 2 goal cushion that they never looked like losing. Laguardia got caught on the ball by Jiménez who tackled him just as he was passing it. 4 minutes later Raúl García headed in past Alcolea who really should have saved it. There were shouts for a penalty when Alderweireld appeared to push Pedro over as he was shooting causing a soft shot. The ref waved play on however. Tarsi got the ball and in doing so dragged Giménez out of position leaving room for Porcar to run onto the ball and fire it first time past Oblak. Turan then hit the crossbar after taking down a cross with great control and hitting the ball on the turn. Luckily for Zaragoza it didn't go in as that surely would have been game over. Tarsi then fluffed his lines shooting wide from a great equalizing position. Right at the death a ball was crossed in and Ángel was on his own but he just couldn't connect correctly with the side bicycle kick. Atletico deserved the win and they didn't even have their full team out!

Oct 18th
Liga BBVA
Match 9
Real Zaragoza 2-1 Villarreal
Modeste 42'
Suárez 71' (Pedro)
Hadzic 87' (Pen)

MotM: Tomás Pina

In this game 5th placed Villarreal came to La Romareda. Both teams were level on points going into this game. The yellow men dominated the early exchanges and had a goal to show for it at halftime through in form striker Anthony Modeste. He notched his 7th in all competitions tapping in a ball across the six yard box. Rico and Pedro failed to deal with Pina allowing him into the box to supply Modeste. It could have been 2-0 going into the second half if not for Alcolea stopping a powerful, goal bound header. Pina then almost made it 2 after the hour mark dribbling into the area but luckily for Los Blanquillos fans he hit the post. Modeste narrowly missed the target soon after, Alcolea doing well to close down the angle. Then Zaragoza born and bred Diego Suárez came on as Keane, desperate not to lose, threw on the extra striker switching to a 4-4-2 Diamond Wide with Tarsi making way. It worked almost instantly as Suárez found the net. Talk about an impact substitution! He avoided Pantic's sliding tackle and then held off Dos Santos before shooting low and hard from the edge of the box into Asenjo's bottom left corner. Encouraged by this Keane's men poured forward. Villarreal were rattled as they first gave away a free on the left hand side of the box which Porcar got a header on target from. Then unbelievably Alves earned us a penalty with 3 minutes to play. Mario stupidly barged Alves over as he turned him. Hadzic as cool as can be sent Asenjo the wrong way and La Romareda erupted with cheers. Anxious to secure the lead Keane threw on Cabrera and Guilló, without then even warming up, for Porcar and Ángel moving to a 5-4-1 Flat. We held on and secured a very satisfying 3 points.

Oct 26th
Liga BBVA
Match 10
Rayo Vallecano 2-1 Real Zaragoza
Pozuelo 6'
Buenacasa 61' (Pérez)
Manucho 71'

MotM: Cobeño

The B Team was unable to beat a spirited Vallecano side. An early save was forced by Tierno but it was Vallecano who scored 3 minutes later. Vallejo initially tackled Manucho on the edge of the box but he got onto the break and played it into Pozuelo who took a touch across Cabrera creating space for a powerful shot past Whalley. Mojica and Buenacasa both had shots saved before Whalley made a great close range stop from Raul Baena to end the half. Nothing much happened until Buenacasa equalized running onto a Pérez ball down the right side of the box. He turned back inside the centre half and curled it around Cobeño. But then the winner was scored by Manucho with 19 minutes left. Tierno failed to tackle Bueno before he passed it into Manucho who shot through Vallejo's legs blocking Whalley's view meaning all he could do was watch it go Info the bottom corner.

Oct 28th
Liga BBVA
Match 11
Real Zaragoza 1-2 Athletic Bilbao
Hadzic 16' (Pen)
De Marcos 18'
Muniaín 60'

MotM: Herrerín

Bilbao's 4-3-3 found a lot of spaces in the 4-4-2 Wide Diamond we decided to run for this game. Things started well with Hadzic getting his 6th league goal converting a penalty that Ángel won. But just 2 minutes later De Marcos equalized. Our defence was all out of shape and a one touch pass from Iturraspe was all it took to unlock it. De Marcos did the rest curling around Alcolea. Suárez had one of our few chances to take the lead but his header went wide but it seemed MOTM, with 7 saves, Herrerín had it covered anyway. Then Muniaín won the game for the Basques on the hour mark. A corner broke inside the box and Bigas was unable to get there before Aduriz and all he had to do was pass it across to Muniaín who was all alone on the left side of the box leaving him a simple finish past Alcolea. This gave us our second 2-1 defeat in a row and third of the month.

Oct 31st
Liga BBVA
Match 12
Sevilla 2-2 Real Zaragoza
Rabello 3'
Ángel 41' (Álamo)
Banega 61'
Pareja 88' OG

MotM: Ángel

In an effort to keep our first clean sheet of the season we changed formation to a 4-4-2 Holding but that didn't work as Rabello scored within 3 minutes. It was the same goal as always is scored on us. The ball was passed around the outside of our box dragging our defence out of position then a pass was played into the box where it was then curled home. The ref gave a very suspect penalty against Romero at a corner but luckily Bacca managed to hit the crossbar with it. Directly from this we countered and Álamo played the ball into Ángel who turned and rounded Arribas getting inside the box. He proceeded to smash it past Beto.

But then Sevilla dominated again with Bacca missing some chances. They took the lead through Banega just after the hour mark. Fernández kept him onside to receive a pass and then just let him through to score past Alcolea. The 4-4-2 wasn't working so we switched back to a 4-3-3 and were much more fluid. Tierno forced the own goal getting the ball around the corner from Buenacasa and then Pareja slid in to try and block the shot but Tierno hit it off him and it curled around Beto. Alcolea was quick off his line to deny Gameiro a 90th minute winner.

Real Zaragoza Player of the Month

Lucas Porcar - CAM, 67 (+1) Ovr, 25, Spain

The Espanyol youth product came to Zaragoza from Villarreal B in 2012 and has been on a series of loans. The playmaker has been capped at U16 and U17 levels by the Spanish national side. He makes an impact every time he is on the pitch with his work rate but also his technical ability. He got the goal against Atletico Madrid and even picked up MOTM.

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Liga BBVA Table
1. FC Barcelona - 29 Points
2. Athletic Bilbao - 25 Points[/b]
3. Valencia CF - 24 Points
4. Real Madrid - 21 Points
5. Real Zaragoza - 21 Points
6. Villarreal CF - 21 Points
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7. Málaga CF - 18 Points
8. Getafe CF - 18 Points
9. Real Sociedad - 18 Points
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20. Levante UD - 9 Points
21. Córdoba CF - 8 Points
22. CD Tenerife - 5 Points

Liga BBVA Top Scorers
1. Deulofeu (FC Barcelona) 10
2. Neymar (FC Barcelona) 7
3. 4 with 6

Real Zaragoza Top Scorers
1. Eldin Hadzic 6
2. Ángel 3
3. Sergio Guilló 2
Diego Suárez 2
Sergio Buenacasa 2
Lucas Porcar 2

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Youth Academy

* Denotes New Addition

Andrés Ferreras - (Mexico) CM, 42-50 Ovr, 70-82 Pot, 15 (Playmaker) - Andrés is an extremely tall young lad. He is 6'2" and not even fully grown yet. The Mexican is great to have in the middle of the park with his height. He has good potential and has chosen to be a central midfielder.

Fabian Lopez - (Spain) CB/CM/RM, 52-64 Ovr, 81-94 Pot, 15 (Unknown) - One of the brightest prospects in the academy is new 15 year old addition Fabian. The Spanish player's stats lean towards him being a playmaker from the centre of the park. Can he one day be as good as Xavi or Iniesta of Barcelona? Only time will tell.

Gabriel Rodriguez - (Spain) RB, 57-61 Ovr, 74-80 Pot, 16 (Defensive Minded) - The 5'8" 16 year old is the second addition to the Zaragoza Academy. He looks like he will be either a defender or a defensive midfielder seeing as his best stats are his defensive one. Particularly his standing tackle and strength. He has decided to be a right back even though he is left footed. With a lack of pace he is most likely to be a CB. I hope he will grow though.

Laurenco Pauleta - (Portugal) LW, 56-60 Ovr, 73-79 Pot, 15 (Attacker) - Laurenco is the first non Spanish player to join our Academy. The Portuguese has decided to play on the left wing where he won't be able to speed past people due to not having incredible pace. The 15 year old is described as an attacker so he may actually be played through the middle or behind the striker because of his 5'11" height.

*Miguel Cerezo - (Argentina) LM, 51-61 Ovr, 71-87 Pot, 16 (Technically Gifted) - This 5'9" Argentinian has enough pace to play out wide but he also looks competent enough to play in the middle if needed.

Pablo Acosta - (Mexico) CM/RM/CB/RB, 42-52 Ovr, 72-88 Pot, 15 (Unknown) - The second Mexican added was also a 15 year old. The 5'9" right footer looks like he could be a good fit for the centre of midfield as a creative mind.

Rafael Lopez - (Spain) GK, 60-64 Ovr, 75-81 Pot, 15 (Goalkeeper) - The third addition to the Academy is 6'3" 15 year old goalkeeper Rafael Lopez. The left footed shot stopper's best attribute at the minute looks to be his kicking. We hope that he can be our future No.1 as well as his country's No.1.

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The Team

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GK - Alcolea, 65 Ovr, 26, Spain


GK - Óscar Whalley, 63 Ovr, 21, Spain

RB - Fernández, 70 (+1) Ovr, 25, Spain


RB - José Luis Gómez, 67 Ovr, 21, Argentina


CB - Pedro Bigas, 71 (+1) Ovr, 25, Spain


CB - Leandro Cabrera, 68 (+1) Ovr, 24, Uruguay


CB - Victor Laguardia, 70 (+2) Ovr, 25, Spain


CB - Vallejo, 66 (+1) Ovr, 18, Spain


LB - Diego Rico, 68 Ovr, 22, Spain


LB - Lucas Gafarot, 65 Ovr, 20, Spain

CDM - Ricardo Alves, 67 (+1) Ovr, 22, Spain


CDM - Sergi Guilló 62 Ovr, 24, Spain


RM - Pedro Sánchez, 67 Ovr, 28, Spain


CM - Tarsi, 68 (+1) Ovr, 20, Spain


CM - Sergio Gil, 62 Ovr, 18, Spain


CM - Álvaro Tierno, 66 (+1) Ovr, 22, Spain


LM - Eldin Hadzic, 68 (+1) Ovr, 22, Bosnia Herzegovina


LM - Jaime Romero, 67 Ovr, 24, Spain


CAM - Lucas Porcar, 67 (+1) Ovr, 25 Ovr, Spain


CAM - Adán Pérez, 64 Ovr, 25, Spain

RW - Javi Álamo, 69 Ovr, 26, Spain


***RW - Jose Baquero, 65 (+1) Ovr, 17, Spain


ST - Ángel, 73 (+1) Ovr, 28, Spain


ST - Sergio Buenacasa, 67 (+2) Ovr, 19, Spain* (On loan from Juventus)


ST - Diego Suárez, 64 Ovr, 21, Spain


ST - David Muñoz, 60 Ovr, 17, Spain** (On loan at Doncaster)


ST - Esnáider, 63 (+1) Ovr, 23, Spain ** (On loan at RC Recreativo)

* On loan from


** On loan at


*** Youth Player

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October Headlines

Fernández Demands a Transfer

Speedy Spanish fullback José Fernández has recently told Zaragoza manager Keane that he wants to move away from the club. He had reportedly turned down a contract extension a couple of months ago although the rumours were never confirmed. Fernández, 25, seems to have his heart set on leaving for whatever reason but it remains to he seen whether or not Keane will grant his transfer request. One fan said that he could have become a mainstay on the right side of the defence for many years. Many are wondering why he is demanding a transfer after Los Blanquillos great start to the league. Maybe he saw their recent dip in form coming or maybe he is even the cause of it. Whatever it is fans are divided. Some saying good riddance to him while others are begging for him to stay. Some of the most hardcore who want the 25 year old to stay are even protesting outside his house. Whether it will do any good remains to be seen.

Keane is a Wanted Man

Real Zaragoza manager Paddy Keane is one of the hottest prospects in management at this present time. The 31 year old has reportedly been of interest to many international sides who wish for him to take over and lead the country to World Cup and continental glory. Keane has however said that any international job that he does take will be coupled with his club duties at Zaragoza. Countries rumoured to have approached Keane include South Africa, Paraguay, Romania, Egypt and Hungary. According to sources within the club Keane has turned down all the offers saying that until Euro 2016 is over he will not take a job unless the team has already qualified for the tournament which will be held in France. As qualifying has already finished he says that he sees no point in taking a job until he can start at the beginning of qualifying. Will a job be offered to Keane before the tournament? That remains to be seen but with still 7 months until the finals there is still plenty of time and no doubt plenty of offers to be made.

October Fixtures
7/11 Real Madrid (h)
11/11 Málaga CF (a)
21/11 Deportivo (h)
29/11 Córdoba CF (a)

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Thoughts

Well, that wasn't a great month at all. We slipped from 2nd to 5th which wasn't nice to watch. Lost to Atletico, fair enough but Vallecano? Bilbao aren't a bad team so I have no problem losing to them. We only barely got 4 points out of a possible 15 though which is a worry. Even those 4 points were very lucky with a late comeback against Villarreal and an own goal equalizer in the 88th against Sevilla. We haven't kept a clean sheet in all 12 games this season which is so frustrating. A lot of the goals seem the same too. The CPU pass it around my box dragging my defence all over the place and then bang, they pass it into one of their players who touches it away from my defender and scores before my keeper knows. Also another thing that annoys me is that when I change to a player that is running (Or it auto changes) the player stops running effectively leaving the attacker through on goal and there's nothing I can do. Have you guys any advice on clean sheets? I'm desperate! Especially with my first game being against Real.

Hope you enjoyed this month! Thanks for reading!

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Falling behind 2 goals that early against Atletico is rough. You outplayed them for 90% of the game, but those first 10 minutes made the difference which sucks. A nice win against Villarreal was a nice point in the month, but the rest was really rough. The Rayo Vallecano game was a trap game, sitting between those 2 tough fixtures. It's disappointing that your B team couldn't get it done. After it is all said and done though, 5th place after being promoted is still huge. Sometimes it can be better since jumping straight to CL football can be too much too fast. Still, if you do get it then it just makes you that much more proud of your team. I think you definitely still have a chance to climb back up, and I can't wait to see where you do end up.

Ha Ho He

Spoiler

Transfers Out

Peter Niemeyer

, €1,400,000 to Maiz

Sami Allagui, €4,000,000 to Stuttgart

Transfers In

Stefanos Kapino

72 Ovr, Goalkeeper, 21 Years Old, Greece

€2,800,000 + Rune Jarstein

Hertha BSC made only two signings in the January window and both of them were defensive. The cheaper one was the young Greek goalkeeper Stefanos Kapino who joined from Mainz 05 for three million euros. Hertha's third-choice keeper Rune Jarstein was sent to Mainz in the deal. Kapino, who is/was considered one of the best goalkeeping talents of the world, has been warming Mainz's bench for the last year and half. The young talent has played for Greece's every youth team and he has made a few appearances for the men's team, as well. Kapino won't be the starter at Hertha but he will get some playing time.

Atsuto Uchida

77 Ovr, Right Back, 27 Years Old, Japan

€6,500,000 + Marcel Ndjeng

The second and last signing Hertha BSC made in the winter was the underrated right back Atsuto Uchida who joined from Schalke 04 for six and a half million euros. Hertha's second-choice right back Marcel Ndjeng (64 ovr) was sent to Gelsenkirchen in the same deal. The fast right back, who runs endlessely on the pitch, will be the starter in Berlin.

January 2016

Hertha BSC 3 - 0 FC Kaiserslautern

Kalou 55', 67', Stocker 80'

Hertha BSC continued their season with a solid win from bottom of the table Kaiserslautern following the winter break. The Berliners controlled the game but they weren't able to find the back of the net in the first half. Salomon Kalou finally opened the scoreline ten minutes into the first half when he finished a counter attack by curling the ball into the top right corner. Ten minutes later he got a brace with an identical goal. Valentin Stocker also got on the scoreboard when Kaiserslautern's keeper passed the ball to him by mistake.

VfL Wolfsburg 2 - 2 Hertha BSC
Gustavo 12', Kruse 49'
Skjelbred 30', Stocker 73'

Wolfsburg got their first chance in the 9th minute when Thomas Kraft took down Max Kruse in the box. Kevin de Bruyne stepped up to take the penalty but Kraft managed to redeem himself by saving it! Hertha's joy didn't last long because Luiz Gustavo scored from a rebounded shot that bounced off Kraft and Matip. Hertha's Per Skjelbred managed to equalise the game at the half an hour mark from a counter attack after cutting in from the left. Wolfsburg took the lead again only nine minutes into the second half when John Anthony Brooks' pass got intercepted by Max Kruse who then curled the ball into the net. Hertha started attacking more and finally in the 73rd minute they equalised. Maximilian Arnold got into the box but instead of shooting he decided to pass the ball to Valentin Stocker. Stocker took a few steps before shooting the ball between Christian Träsch's legs into the middle of the goal to secure a point!

Hertha BSC 2 - 2 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Langkamp 8', Drmic 57'
Liendl 61', 70'

Aaaand Hertha drew with a bottom side again. Just like pretty much every time they took the lead, this time with Sebastian Langkamp's header from a corner and Josip Drmic's quick footwork. But then they did it again. The defenders lost their concentration and Liendl just rolled the ball past Thomas Kraft who rushed forwards only four minutes after Drmic's goal. Under ten minutes after that Liendl equalised the game with a beautiful curling shot that found it's way into the top left corner. On top of everything Josip Drmic missed a penalty in the 84th minute. A very bad performance in the second half.

Player of the Month

Valentin Stocker

For the second time in a row Salomon Kalou did not receive the award. This time it was Valentin Stocker's turn to get into the spotlight. The attacking midfielder created lots of chances, scored two important goals and he assisted a couple, as well. Stocker has now assisted about twenty goals this season.

Hot or Not

Hot

Valentin Stocker

The player of the month was the only player this month who had a very good month. Stocker created a few important goals and always did well.

Not

No one

Bundesliga Table

1. Hertha BSC, 51 pts

2. Bayer Leverkusen, 47 pts
3. Bayern München, 39 pts
4. Borussia Dortmund, 38 pts
5. Borussia Mönchengladbach, 36 pts
6. Mainz 05, 32 pts
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16. Eintracht Frankfurt, 17 pts
17. FC Nürnberg, 12 pts
18. FC Kaiserslautern, 10 pts

Starting XI

Headlines

Transfer Window - Hertha BSC sold two players and bought two players. The sold Allagui and Niemeyer weren't getting almost any playing time and Allagui had requested a transfer. The two players who were brought in arrived mainly for squad depth. The two biggest transfers of January were Pierre-Emeric Aubameyang's move to PSG for €30 million and Salvatore Sirigu's transfer to Tottenham for €19 million.

Current Form - The Berliners didn't have the best month ever with one win and two draws. They got five out of nine points which isn't that good when you consider that Wolfsburg was the only good team they faced. The Berliners are still leading the league by four points but they need to improve if they want to stay in the lead.

February - The first game of February is a DFB Pokal semi final game against Bayern München. Later in February Hertha will face Napoli in the Europa League knock out stages. In between those games they will face other teams (that I don't remember right now). It won't be an easy month for the Berliners.

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

Not what I was expecting this month, but it is still an unbeaten month so no need to dwell too much on it. You are letting Leverkusen keep it close though. You are now officially on to the second half of the season, and your team has the ability to run away with the league and win it by 10-15 points if you play with the attacking power you have shown all season.

Road to Glory
Season 1
Leeds United

Spoiler

Post 1 - Introduction and Pre-season (July 2014)

What is this?

Spoiler

Spoiler

This, my friends, is a new player career mode. Yes, I have decided to run another one, with big Thomas Cruzerr in action yet again. A few things will change though.

First, Thomas is not a striker anymore, but a central attacking midfielder. I wanted to change things up a bit and actually be a part of the "buildup" rather than the scoring.

Second, I am starting in Leeds United. I liked Tex's idea of starting in a team that used to be big, so I am hoping to be a part of the big Leeds yet again.

Third, this career mode will have a goals system. What I mean by that, is going to be explained a few posts down below.

Forth and finally, this will be written as more of a blog, kinda like the last one, so think of me as Cruzerr...I mean...I am Cruzerr at the moment aswell but think of me as the player. You know what I mean!

That is it for now, so here is the first (and only) game of the pre-season!

Games

So out of the three pre-season games, I only got to play in one of them. We went up against Dundee United at home. I didn't really know what to expect. First game in a Leeds shirt, and I had little knowledge on how my team would actually play.

As we were the favorites, we were the ones controlling the tempo and holding the ball. And to be honest, we actually looked fine. I thought we would look really bad, yet we moved the ball nicely and created chances. I got a few good passes to the wings, but we had no luck scoring in the first half.

Second half, I had about 16 minutes of play before I was subbed off, yet I made use of it, as my through pass to Antenucci got him through on goal and we took the lead. I got subbed off right after the assists. Yet, the game itself finished 3-0. I have no idea if the team actually played better without me or not.

That was the only game I got to play in the pre-season. We lost the other two; 2-0 against Nice and 3-1 against Monaco. Our first game of the season will be a COC game against Cardiff, so hopefully that can go well.

Goals

So, as Tex gave me a great idea, I decided to run a little system of some of the goals I am trying to reach, either this season or the whole career. What I mean by goals are objectives that I want to complete.

I will divide them into two: Season Goals and Career Goals. Season Goals are the ones that I want to complete this season, or what the manager wants me to do this season.

Career goals are a lot bigger and a lot more unique, as they represent the goals that I want to reach at some point in my career.

When I do reach a goal, I will mark it as complete and put a date to it aswell, so we can track when it all happens.

Here are the goals I have written down so far. I will put them in a spoiler next time, so they don't make the post too long. If you have more good goal ideas, then please, let me know!

Season Goals:

Manager

Keep an average league match rating of 6.6 or better.
Create 17 goals whether I am setting them up or popping them in myself.
Maintain a pass completion rate of 76% or better.
Create over 53 scoring chances.

My Own

Be a part of the League Team of the season.
Get promoted with Leeds.
Be top 10 in the league in assists.

Career Goals:

Score 5 goals in a season.
Score 10 goals in a season.
Score 15 goals in a season.
Score 20 goals in a season.
Score 25 goals in a season.
Score 30 goals in a season.
Assist 5 goals in a season.
Assist 10 goals in a season.
Assist 15 goals in a season.
Assist 20 goals in a season.
Assist 25 goals in a season.
Assist 30 goals in a season.
Be the Player of the year.
Win a league title.
Win a cup.
Play in the Champions League final.
Play in the Europa League final.
Play in the World Cup final.
Play in the European Championship final.
Play in the national team.
Win the Champions League.
Win the Europa League.
Win the World Cup.
Win the European Championship.
Score for the national team.
Score a hat-trick.
Score a perfect hat-trick (Left leg, Right leg, Header)
Score a free-kick.
Score a game winner.
Score a scissors kick.

Customizing the player

Yes, it is back! This career mode aswell, I will let you customize Thomas if you get my question right!

The first question is pretty simple: We will face Cardiff, Blackburn, Fulham and Derby County next month. Predict how many games we will win!

I will leave the stuff that you can customise down below:

Kit Name
Kit Number
Hair
Eyes
Complexion
Brows
Ears
Nose
Cheeks
Mouth
Jaw
Chin
Boots
Kit Fit
Waist
Gloves
Sock Height
Free Kick Style
Penalty Kick Style
Default Running Celebration
Signature Finishing Moves

Summary

So there, here it is folks. I am actually motivated to do this, for some reason. No idea why, yet Tex had a pretty good idea. Hopefully I can now stick to it.

If you have any goals or any feedback or you want to answer the question, please, comment down below! Tace kare!

Im glad you liked the Leeds idea! I'm excited to see how this plays out since I really enjoyed your last player career. You have the added motivation this time of rebuilding a club on top of that. Plus the Leeds United home kits always look pretty good with the all white.

Oh, I'll say 2 wins this month.

Tex - That free kick! It reminds me a bit of Roberto Carlos' free kick against France, don't know why. Probably because it was from pretty much the same position. Anyway, you're doing a great job with Depor! Three clean sheets against Real Madrid, Sevilla and Atleti is very impressive.

You know what, you're right! If he had hit it left footed it would be exactly like Roberto Carlos' goal! Honestly, that is what has always impressed me the most about that strike against France was how he used the outside of his left foot to curl it from right to left from that far out.

[Cruzerr]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

So you decided to post this while I was writing another thing? Not cool. But man, I'm very happy to see this back! I really enjoyed the last one and I know I'll enjoy this one, too! Leeds is a good choice. I like a lot the career goals, they bring little more to the whole. I have a few suggestions for the career goals: Make 5, 10, 15 etc. appearances for the national team, score 5, 10 etc. goals for the national team, assist 5, 10 etc. goals for the national team, don't get injured during a season, score 4 or 5 goals in a game and win the double or the treble. By the way, is your player English? I'm not sure if you mentioned it, if you did I missed it. I hope something bad doesn't happen to the save.

My guess is that you will win two of those games.

I'm sorry Simp, next time I will wait for you to post, then post myself, deal?

I will add those in the next post, the treble is a really good idea, yet that seems really difficult. I also think the career goals make it quite interesting.

My player is English, yes, so winning the world cup just got a whole lot harder lol.

Cruzerr: I like the idea! Just before I go off I had an idea for your career goals, Reach 25 caps, 50 caps, 75 and then 100 for your country. Also I think ye will win 3 games.

EDIT: Looks like Simp had the same idea, haha.

Hah, but you know how they say: Great minds think alike!

Im glad you liked the Leeds idea! I'm excited to see how this plays out since I really enjoyed your last player career. You have the added motivation this time of rebuilding a club on top of that. Plus the Leeds United home kits always look pretty good with the all white.

Oh, I'll say 2 wins this month.

Thanks for the support! The Leeds kit does look really good, even the away one is nice.

Also, I gotta say, you are a free-kick master around these parts. :P

[moose141]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Moose - From the keepers you listed Leno looks like the best option but he will be pretty expensive. Ter Stegen costs a lot, too. I would suggest trying to get someone a bit cheaper like Ron-Robert Zieler, Kevin Trapp or even Joe Hart for some British blood. Matthews and Byram look like very good options for the RB position. I would probably sign John Anthony Brooks because he's young, good, he has potential and he's from Hertha. Depay and Rafa are good winger options. I'm looking forward to seeing your transfers!

Leno is definitely my top choice, especially from watching him play IRL the guy is just a tank, plus he's young and has potential to keep improving. I would love to bring in Joe Hart, but seeing as City just won the BPL last season for realism's sake I don't think they'd give up their #1. Matthews is definitely a guy I've always had my eye on, but funds wise we may need to look for alternative options. Brooks WAS my first choice for a CB that I wanted to go after :wink: but you'll see how that panned out. Depay would be insane, especially after how he played us last season it'd be like when United bought CR7 after they played him in a friendly, but I just don't think we'd have the funds for it, but Rafa looks like an absolute danger and I've looked at him as well for a few FIFAs but never had a chance to use him so that would be a great move as well.

[texasbum06]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Thanks for the support! The Leeds kit does look really good, even the away one is nice.

Also, I gotta say, you are a free-kick master around these parts. :P

Thanks haha! I remember back in FIFA 14 I was terrible at FKs, could never get close. So I started looking up how to take them and I spent a LONG time in the practice arena getting it down. Luckily, the strategy for taking them didn't change from 14 to 15 so it translated well. But also more importantly I've had some great FK takers to use from Yoell van Nieff, to Haris Medunjanin, and then now I have the not as good but still solid Andres Guardado and Raul De Tomas.

[poulka]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

And now for the announcement drum roll please. (Many of you probably can guess)