How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

[jamiec47]

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I think he means in his Brentford cm, maybe not tho.


This'll be really helpful, thanks for doing this.

Yeah, I meant for my Brentford career. Also, what position are you in in the table?

[Regens4Life]

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Yeah, I meant for my Brentford career. Also, what position are you in in the table?

First on 40 points, but still, only one point ahead of Frankfurt.

[Keano16]

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The New Clough

August 2015

Aug 15, City Ground
BPL: Match 1

Nott'm Forest 0-1 Swansea City
McCarthy 44' OG

MotM: Brad Guzan (SWA, 7.8, 8 saves)

- 7 shots & 4 on target for us. 4 & 1 for Swansea.
- Bony's shot was going wide but it deflected in off McCarthy when he dived at the striker's feet.
- Competitive debuts for McCarthy, Pavez, Baker while Turuc came off the bench.

Aug 22, Boleyn Ground
BPL: Match 2

West Ham 0-0 Nott'm Forest
Carroll 90' s/o

MotM: Adrián (WHU, 8.4, 7 saves)

- Carroll got a straight red, he was already booked too, for sliding tackle on Hyam.
- Going to need to take our chances sooner or later as we missed a lot.
- The best chance was probably for West Ham when Carroll just couldn't get there before McCarthy late on after they had opened us up.

Aug 29, City Ground
BPL: Match 3

Nott'm Forest 1-1 Southampton
Assombalonga 88'
Rodríguez 58'

MotM: Morgan Schneiderlin (SOU, 7.8)

- Moore ran out with Pelle leaving space for Rodriguez to run into. Cohen wasn't tight enough and the Englishman put it past McCarthy.
- Spearing hit a rocket off the post.
- Substitute Assombalonga equalized after dispossessing Balanta on the halfway line, late on for our first goal of the season.

Player of the Month



Alex McCarthy

Despite only arriving this summer, Alex has already made an impact. He has kept one clean sheet in three games but only conceded twice in those two games. The Englishman has earned us our two points thanks to outstanding saves and he made five alone in the last match against Southampton.

BPL

1. 9
2. 7
3. 7
4. 7

5. 6
7. 6
8. 6

15. 3
16. 2
17. 1

18. 1
19. 0
20. 0

September Fixtures
5/9 Cameroon (a)
9/9 Brazil (a)
12/9 Arsenal (a)
19/9 Liverpool (h)
27/9 Norwich (a)

Conclusion

Two points from our first three Premier League games isn't bad. Especially considering the opposition we were facing. Swansea, Southampton and West Ham all are very good and established mid table sides, something that we hope to become in the future. Scoring goals has been a problem however as we have only netted once so far. The creation of chances has been good and sooner or later some of them have to go in, right? The defence has been fairly solid too, no doubt thanks to McCarthy's arrival in goal commanding the back line. Next month we start with two friendly fixtures against Cameroon and fellow South Americans Brazil. The international break is followed by two extremely hard games against big hitters Liverpool and Arsenal. To close out September we face last season's Championship winners Norwich City. Worst case scenario, three points. What we are aiming for is 4/9 Points.

Thanks for Reading and I hope you enjoyed it!

[Keano16]

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Red Bulls Leipzig - The German Touch: Season 1

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To start, I was told simply to gain automatic promotion. Fair enough. I was to reach the round of 32 in the German Cup. Fair enough. I was also given a 16 million euro transfer budget, given, not much in wages, so it leveled out to around 12 million, maybe eleven and a half. With that being said, enough to make a couple quality signings. That I did, or so I feel.


Transfers In:
Julian Brandt - €8,500,000

The biggest signing money wise, hopefully he can prove to be a star. Really like this signing, as well as the other two permanent deals.


Serge Gnabry - €4,000,000

Another huge signing. Should prove as another stud. Now you may be wondering, Brandt and Gnabry are both RM's, how will they both play? Well, Brandt can play LM, so I'll show that in the squad below.


Samed Yesil - €140,000

I swear Liverpool always gives this guy up cheap. Really good striker, and should turn out good. Not quite first team quality yet, but can develop. We have time on our side. Especially for his price.


Gianluca Gaudino: Season Loan

Really promising player. If he hadn't recently joined Bayern, he would be joining us permanently. Maybe next season though. Has sine good stats, including decent pace, good agility, good dribbling & ball control, and good passing. Can play CAM as well, may get featured in the team.


Transfers Out:
Daniel Frahn - €1,000,000
Even though he is German, I didn't think he is worth that much. He didn't look that good anyways, and his estimated worth was only €600,000. I'm happy with the deal. Right now we have Poulsen, who, is not German, but by the rules, I can play him, just can't bring in a non-German player, however he was already in the club. So for now, I'll definitely take Poulsen & a rising Yesil over him.


Those were the transfers made, along with those there was one game... which was... wow.


RB Leipzig 5 - 0
Poulsen 23'
Jung 62'
Poulsen 67'
Forsberg 87'
Forsberg 90'


Notes: So, obviously you are wondering what happened. No doubt, we deserved to win the game, but not 5-0. It wasn't like that. The last 2, maybe even three goals were because of them going offensive, leaving nobody at the back. But, eh, we'll take the goal difference. What a way to start the season though, Germany should hire me right now(lol). Overall, it was a really good month, and hopefully leads into a good season, gaining promotion. That's all for now.

Thanks for reading!

Edit: Sorry, forgot to add the first team in this update, will get it in the next one.

Some very talented German youngsters you brought in there! I'm looking forward to seeing how they all do for you. Smashing way to start the season too!


EDIT: To Everyone, Forgot to add the Youth Academy in my last update, sorry about that.

[Simppu12]

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"TOO BIG FOR THIS LEAGUE"
LEGENDARY
PS4

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Match 45

Wigan 2-2 Brentford
Bidwell 11
McKay 19 (PEN)
Huws 82
Pritchard 84

Match 46

Brentford 2-1 Norwich
MacLeod 35
Howson 40
Pritchard 56 (PEN)

Final League Table

Brentford 98
Cardiff 85
Norwich 80
Reading 79
Leeds 77
Fulham 72
Bolton 72
Bournemouth 70
Wolves 70
Watford 68
Wigan 67
Brighton 65
Blackburn 64
Ipswich 63
Sheffield Wednesday 63
Middlesbrough 57
Charlton 52
Nott'm Forest 51
Millwall 50
Derby 49
Birmingham 40
Huddersfield 37
Blackpool 37
Rotherham 31

Top Scorers

1. Alex Pritchard 19
2. Mirco Antenucci 17
3. Ross McCormack 16
= Jordan Rhodes 16

Top Assists

1. Bryan Ruiz 14
2. Mirco Antenucci 10
3. Alex Pritchard 9

Clean Sheets

1. Richard Lee 19
2. Marco Silvestri 18
3. Adam Federici 14

What a season! It never looked like you weren't going to get promoted and you dominated the league. A thirteen-point difference between you and the runner-up is huge! I'm looking forward to your Premier League campaign.

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Red Bulls Leipzig - The German Touch: Season 1

Spoiler

To start, I was told simply to gain automatic promotion. Fair enough. I was to reach the round of 32 in the German Cup. Fair enough. I was also given a 16 million euro transfer budget, given, not much in wages, so it leveled out to around 12 million, maybe eleven and a half. With that being said, enough to make a couple quality signings. That I did, or so I feel.


Transfers In:
Julian Brandt - €8,500,000

The biggest signing money wise, hopefully he can prove to be a star. Really like this signing, as well as the other two permanent deals.


Serge Gnabry - €4,000,000

Another huge signing. Should prove as another stud. Now you may be wondering, Brandt and Gnabry are both RM's, how will they both play? Well, Brandt can play LM, so I'll show that in the squad below.


Samed Yesil - €140,000

I swear Liverpool always gives this guy up cheap. Really good striker, and should turn out good. Not quite first team quality yet, but can develop. We have time on our side. Especially for his price.


Gianluca Gaudino: Season Loan

Really promising player. If he hadn't recently joined Bayern, he would be joining us permanently. Maybe next season though. Has sine good stats, including decent pace, good agility, good dribbling & ball control, and good passing. Can play CAM as well, may get featured in the team.


Transfers Out:
Daniel Frahn - €1,000,000
Even though he is German, I didn't think he is worth that much. He didn't look that good anyways, and his estimated worth was only €600,000. I'm happy with the deal. Right now we have Poulsen, who, is not German, but by the rules, I can play him, just can't bring in a non-German player, however he was already in the club. So for now, I'll definitely take Poulsen & a rising Yesil over him.


Those were the transfers made, along with those there was one game... which was... wow.


RB Leipzig 5 - 0
Poulsen 23'
Jung 62'
Poulsen 67'
Forsberg 87'
Forsberg 90'


Notes: So, obviously you are wondering what happened. No doubt, we deserved to win the game, but not 5-0. It wasn't like that. The last 2, maybe even three goals were because of them going offensive, leaving nobody at the back. But, eh, we'll take the goal difference. What a way to start the season though, Germany should hire me right now(lol). Overall, it was a really good month, and hopefully leads into a good season, gaining promotion. That's all for now.

Thanks for reading!

Edit: Sorry, forgot to add the first team in this update, will get it in the next one.

Very good beginning to the season against... someone. Poulsen should be very big for you and Brandt has a lot of potential. I'm looking forward to this.

The New Clough

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August 2015

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Aug 15, City Ground
BPL: Match 1

Nott'm Forest 0-1 Swansea City
McCarthy 44' OG

MotM: Brad Guzan (SWA, 7.8, 8 saves)

- 7 shots & 4 on target for us. 4 & 1 for Swansea.
- Bony's shot was going wide but it deflected in off McCarthy when he dived at the striker's feet.
- Competitive debuts for McCarthy, Pavez, Baker while Turuc came off the bench.

Aug 22, Boleyn Ground
BPL: Match 2

West Ham 0-0 Nott'm Forest
Carroll 90' s/o

MotM: Adrián (WHU, 8.4, 7 saves)

- Carroll got a straight red, he was already booked too, for sliding tackle on Hyam.
- Going to need to take our chances sooner or later as we missed a lot.
- The best chance was probably for West Ham when Carroll just couldn't get there before McCarthy late on after they had opened us up.

Aug 29, City Ground
BPL: Match 3

Nott'm Forest 1-1 Southampton
Assombalonga 88'
Rodríguez 58'

MotM: Morgan Schneiderlin (SOU, 7.8)

- Moore ran out with Pelle leaving space for Rodriguez to run into. Cohen wasn't tight enough and the Englishman put it past McCarthy.
- Spearing hit a rocket off the post.
- Substitute Assombalonga equalized after dispossessing Balanta on the halfway line, late on for our first goal of the season.

Player of the Month



Alex McCarthy

Despite only arriving this summer, Alex has already made an impact. He has kept one clean sheet in three games but only conceded twice in those two games. The Englishman has earned us our two points thanks to outstanding saves and he made five alone in the last match against Southampton.

BPL

1. 9
2. 7
3. 7
4. 7

5. 6
7. 6
8. 6

15. 3
16. 2
17. 1

18. 1
19. 0
20. 0

September Fixtures
5/9 Cameroon (a)
9/9 Brazil (a)
12/9 Arsenal (a)
19/9 Liverpool (h)
27/9 Norwich (a)

Conclusion

Two points from our first three Premier League games isn't bad. Especially considering the opposition we were facing. Swansea, Southampton and West Ham all are very good and established mid table sides, something that we hope to become in the future. Scoring goals has been a problem however as we have only netted once so far. The creation of chances has been good and sooner or later some of them have to go in, right? The defence has been fairly solid too, no doubt thanks to McCarthy's arrival in goal commanding the back line. Next month we start with two friendly fixtures against Cameroon and fellow South Americans Brazil. The international break is followed by two extremely hard games against big hitters Liverpool and Arsenal. To close out September we face last season's Championship winners Norwich City. Worst case scenario, three points. What we are aiming for is 4/9 Points.

Thanks for Reading and I hope you enjoyed it!

Two points from those games isn't too bad. I have always trouble playing agaisnt all of those teams (even with the likes of ManU) and I think that you did well. It will be interesting to see how you do this year. I'm sure you won't get relegated.

Deportivo La Coruña
FIFA 15 - Season 3

Blanquiazules’

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September 2016

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Sevilla FC 1 - RC Deportivo 1
SEV - Vitolo 55'
DEP - De Tomas 3'
MOTM: Akinfeev

Iglesias played the ball to De Tomas on the right side of the goal and he blasted a shot off the keeper's hands and into the net. Rabello found Vitolo just outside the box and he took advantage of a misstep by Laure and fired the ball into the top left corner.

Champions League Group Stages
RC Deportivo 1 - VFL Wolfsburg 0
DEP - De Tomas 78' (PEN)
MOTM: Ruiz

Guardado sent a cross in from the left wing and De Tomas was able to head it back into the box for Costa. The defender grabbed onto Costa's shirt and pulled him down to concede a late penalty. De Tomas stepped up and used a hesitation to place the ball into the bottom right corner as the keeper dove to the opposite side.

RC Deportivo 3 - Real Sociedad 1
DEP - Dominguez 20', Williams 74', Iglesias 90'
SOC - Finnbogason 86' (PEN)
MOTM: Dominguez

Juan Dominguez split two defenders and worked his way into the box and placed the ball into the top right corner to open the scoring. Carmona found Williams on the top right side of the box and he used a quick touch to get around the defender and hit the ball just inside the far post. Golobart made a poor challenge inside his own box and took out the attacker to concede a penalty. Finnbogason hit it hard and even though the keeper guess correctly it went just past his hands. Hernandez found Williams to the right and he sent the ball ahead to Iglesias running into the box and he used a fake to send the defender the wrong way before cutting it back and slotting it into the bottom left corner.

Villarreal CF 2 - RC Deportivo 2
VIL - dos Santos 49', Gomez 53'
DEP - Aquino 5', Iglesias 90' (PEN)
MOTM: Lux

Carmona broke free down the right side of the box and sent a low cross into the box finding Aquino on the back post for the tap in. Muniain's shot was deflected into the air falling right to dos Santos waiting on the back post for the volley into the net. Villarreal showed off great ball movement getting it to Gomez open in the middle of the box for a quick turn and shoot to take the lead. Iglesias drew a penalty in the 90th minute and stepped up to convert from the spot beating the keeper just out of his reach to the left side of the goal.

RC Deportivo 2 - Atletico Madrid 2
DEP - Dominguez 20', Guardado 36'
ATL - Koke 58', Siqueira 89'
MOTM: Lux

Miereles' shot was tipped up by the keeper and Juan Dominguez was able to run in and head it into the net. Williams found Barral at the top of the box and he quickly found Guardado on the left side for the strike into the bottom left corner. Siqueira crossed the ball into the box where Markovic headed it to the back post to Koke's feet for a quick shot into the back of the net. Koke laid the ball off for Siqueira in the middle of the box and he struck it first time into the bottom right corner for the late equalizer.

Champions League Group Stages
RC Deportivo 2 - Arsenal 1
DEP - Barral 84', Carmona 90'
ARS - Ramsey 3'
MOTM: Guardado

Ruiz saved a shot and it fell back to Wilshere who played it quickly to Ramsey for a well placed finish to the bottom left corner. Carmona dribbled to the end line on the right side of the box and sent a cross in to Barral for a header that went off the post and came right back to him for the finish. Meireles got the ball in the middle of the field and threaded it directly up the middle to Carmona in the box who was able to hit it first time into the top left corner for the winner.

League Table


Champions League


Abegondo Academy
Ben Valentin (United States) - 16 years old, 46-58 OVR 71-91 POT, CAM, Playmaker
Conor Jumper (United States) - 16 years old, 58-72 OVR 80-94 POT, RW/CM/RM, Unknown
Francisco Acuna (Portugal) - 17 years old, 59-63 OVR 80-86 POT, CB, Physically Strong
Francisco Rotela (Spain) - 15 years old, 63-67 OVR 81-87 POT, GK, Goalkeeper
Humberto Sanchez (Mexico) - 16 years old, 58-62 OVR 74-80 POT, LB, Defensive Minded
Jose Baquero (Argentina) - 16 years old, 59-63 OVR 75-81 POT, LW, Attacker
Pablo Munoz (Argentina) - 16 years old, 65-69 OVR 83-89 POT, CM, Technically Gifted

Deportivo La Coruña Player of the Month

Bruno Carmona


Bruno Carmona made a step up in his development as he was the star player this month. He scored his second career goal, but more impressively contributed three assists in his appearances. His is making the manager have to find ways to incorporate both him and Aquino since both are in great form.

Manager Comments

League Form - Still unbeaten, but we've dropped in the standings after settling for some draws. We have to be better in late game situations and not let teams come back on us. Still a lot of games left to be played, and like I said, we still haven't been beaten.

Champions League - Deportivo's return to the Champions League is off to a spectacular start. We took care of business against Wolfsburg before winning in dramatic fashion against Arsenal. Carmona deserves to be the man of the hour for coming through late to secure all three points.

Youth Academy - Our scout has returned to Spain to begin scouting for local talent to bring in. We are raising our standards with each new recruit brought in. While we want an academy with options, we want to make sure those options will have the chance to be stars for us.



International Friendly
Egypt 0 - United States 5
USA - Agudelo 45', Zardes 49', 72', 81', 90'
MOTM: Zardes

Bradley took the ball down the right side of the box and crossed it in for Agudelo to head into the net. Zardes got the ball in space and used a step over to get past the defense and fire it past the keeper. Shea found Zardes running into the box and he took a touch around the defender and fired a shot just inside the box into the top right corner. Hyndman sent a ball over the top to Zardes as he held the defender on his back and slotted it past the keeper to the right side. Chandler raced down the right wing and sent a cross into the box finding Zardes for a header down into the bottom right corner.

International Friendly
Ivory Coast 1 - United States 4
CIV - Ya Konan 23'
USA - Zardes 11', 69', 81', Altidore 31'
MOTM: Zardes

Altidore played the ball ahead to Zardes past the defense and he beat the keeper placing the ball to the bottom right corner. Romaric played the ball over the top of the defense for Ya Konan on the left side of the box and the slotted it home on the near post. Bradley found Altidore on the right side of the box and he fired the ball into the top right corner. Diskerud played Altidore through on the right side of the box and he chipped the ball over the defender fox Zardes to tap in on the far post. Dempsey played a through ball up the middle for Zardes to beat the keeper to and knock into the right side of the goal to complete his hat-trick.

Draws, draws everywhere. Sevilla, Atleti and Villarreal are good teams, though. You haven't been great in the league but you're doing very well in the Champions League with those two nice wins. The league is pretty even and you have a good chance of finishing in the top three.

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Inter Milan

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Season 1
March 2015

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Objectives:
Qualify for the Champions League
Reach the Final of the Europa League
Reach the Semi Final of the Domestic Cup

TIM Cup
Inter 0 - 1 Juventus
Tevez 52’

MOTM Alves

A hard fought game that we played well but it was not enough. It was a midfield battle the whole game with few chances and they took one and we did not. Tevez hit the shot from 20 yards out and it went in off the post. We were close to equalizing with a free kick from Depay when he hit the crossbar and it bounced down and looked like it crossed the line but the goal line technology showed that it in fact did not. We are knocked out of the cup to Juventus with a 1-2 aggregate scoreline.

League Match
Inter 3 - 2 Fiorentina
Shaqiri 28’ 78’
Depay 53’
Kurtic 56’
Babacar 70’

MOTM Shaqiri

We were in control of this game the entire time except the fifteen minutes where they scored and had all their chances. Shaqiri’s first goal was a rebounded ball that came off the keeper from a Depay shot. Depay would double the lead after have time with some excellent skill to cut in and smash the ball over the keeper’s head and into the roof of the net. Fiorentina cut the lead in half directly after the kickoff with a well placed header to the far post. Less than fifteen minutes after that goal they would equalize with a sensational strike from just outside the box to the top corner of the far post. After they scored though we took control of the game once again and we looked like we would go on to win the game. Shaqiri put us back ahead with twelve minutes to when he was played through from Icardi and a coolly placed finish to the right of the keeper.

Europa League
CSKA Moskva 1 - 1 Inter
Tosic 27’
Palacio 74’

MOTM Palacio

Going to Russia is always difficult and this game was no different. Tosic opened the scoring with a brilliant volley when his teammate headed a cross down to him and it was too powerful for Leno to stop. Most of the game was played on their side of the pitch but Akinfeev proved to be a top keeper. Palacio would equalize for us with a finesse shot from just outside the box that proved to be inch perfect to the upper 90 and Akinfeev just watched it go in. That’s how the game finished and we will go back to the San Siro with an important away goal.


Akinfeev watching the ball go in.



League Match
Inter 3 - 0 Cesena
Agliardi (OG) 5’
Dodo 27’
Mane 73

MOTM Agliardi

We dominated this game and Agliardi being man of the match despite an own goal shows how important he was that they didn’t lose by more. The own goal came when the Cesena defender cleared the ball off the line but kicked it right into the goalkeeper and it bounced in. Dodo scored his first goal of the season with a volley from a rebound off the post into an open goal. Mane scored and excellent volley just inside the box after a brilliant ball over the top by Podolski.

League Match
Sampdoria 0 - 1 Inter
Dodo 87’

MOTM Leno

We played a severely weakened side because we had a Europa League game two days later and it almost proved to be fatal. We were under pressure the whole time and if not for a goalkeeper in amazing form we probably would have lost. Dodo was able to score in an open net after Mane sweat it across to him. Vidic tore his quad and will be out for 3 months.

Europa League
Inter 1 (5) - (4) 1 CSKA Moskva
Shaqiri 34’
Musa 43’

MOTM Depay

In a highly contested match that saw us go through to the next round on penalties both teams played very open and both keepers were very busy. shaqiri would open the scoring with a tap in with an assist from Depay who drilled a ground cross to the far post. Musa would equalize just before half time after some poor defending left him unmarked inside the 6 and an easy finish. Neither team could score even through overtime and it saw us go to penalties. Everyone made theirs until Musa stepped up. Leno proved too good for the Nigerian and made the save to see us advance. In the quarter-final we will be playing German side Wolfsburg.

League Match
Napoli 0 - 3 Inter
Palacio 24’ (PEN) 59’
Depay 45’

MOTM Palacio

Much like last time we played Napoli we were comfortable winners. We controlled the match very well and the only time they looked like scoring was in the final five minutes or so. Palacio was able to score a 1v1 after Depay beat 2 players and played him through. Depay scored right before half time. He beat his man and then smash it past the keeper using his weaker left foot. Shaqiri was awarded a penalty when he was pulled down from behind on the edge of the box. Palacio hit it to his left and above the keeper who dove the right way. For the rest of the game we were on top of them but unable to score a fourth goal.


Depay beating his man before his goal.

League Table:



Europa League Table:


My Thoughts:

Our only loss came in the TIM Cup which was a disappointing loss but we met our objective in the cup so it will not be that bad. We went undefeated in the league this month and that left us on top of the table. We were glad to find our way through the Round of 32 of the Europa League in what turned out to be quite a difficult draw. Hopefully we can do the same next month and continue through the end of the season.

Also we have a youth player from a scout future star that was sent to me by a friend and I used it on this career. His name is Riccardo Camigliano, an Italian midfielder that is 16 years old. His overall is 38-48 with a potential of 73-91.


Fixtures:
Wolfsburg (A) - Europa League
Parma (H) - Serie A
Wolfsburg (H) - Europa League
Hellas Verona (A) - Serie A
AC Milan (H) - Serie A
Roma (H) - Serie A
Udinese (A) - Serie A


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Portugal
European Qualifiers


Starting Lineup:



Bench: Danny (82), Almeida (76), Fernandes (79), Tiago (80), Oliveira (76), Artunes (76), Lopes (80)

Reserves: Pereira (77), Patrico (80), Fonte (78), Eder (74), Varela (78)

After much consideration of who to play and where this is what I decided on. I took Simppu’s advice of playing Ronaldo at striker and use Nani and Quaresma on the wings. I think I will enjoy all my forwards having 5 star skills.The midfield trio has a creative playmaker in Moutinho, a box to box in Ander and the holding mid is Carvalho. Pepe is out injured so he was not a choice in back and for centerback I think this will be my best partnership. All of my goalkeepers have an overall of 80 but Beto looks to have the best stats and will be our starter at least for now even though he is the oldest of the bunch.

European Qualifier
Portugal 3 - 1 Hungary
Ronaldo 22’ 47’ 74’
Dzsudzsak 45’

MOTM Ronaldo

A good game for my first game in charge. Hungary gave a good fight in in the first half, but in the second we were too good for them. Our first goal was Nani playing Ronaldo through on goal and he had an easy left footed finish to the bottom corner. Dzsudzsak would score the equalizer for Hungary with a brilliant header back post that floated over Beto. In the second half Ronaldo would score two more to complete his hat trick. His second was a long shot that bounced in off the crossbar. The final goal of the match was a Ronaldo free kick from 22 yards out that went over the wall and in. We always looked like winning and Hungary only had chances on the counter.



Ronaldo’s long shot.


European Qualifier
Portugal 2 - 2 Italy
Totti 14’
Ander 37’
Ronaldo 54’
Balotelli 74’

MOTM Sirigu

The game against Italy was much more difficult. Totti opened the scoring early on with a header from close range. Ander scored our first goal from a header when Coentrao crossed the ball in from a corner. Ronaldo put us in the lead when he beat 3 men and then the goal keeper from inside the six. Balotelli would tie the game once again with a powerful volley from 10 yards out. We only didn’t win because of the brilliant Italian goalkeeper Sirigu who was awarded man of the match.

Table:


My Thoughts:

We had a good game against Hungary and a decent one against Italy. I wish we had won against Italy, but it wasn’t meant to be. It was good to see Ronaldo start scoring for Portugal and he is now tied for top goal scorer in the qualifiers. The team has been playing well as a whole and we also have Joao Moutinho who is the top assister in the group. I’m confident we will be able to make it through and maybe even top the group.

Overall you had a very good month! The loss against Juve in the cup surely hurts but after all we are talking about Juventus. I'm a bit surprised that you beat CSKA on penalties but the most important thing is that you went through. Wolfsburg should be a challenging opposition but you can beat them. Next month will be interesting with some good oppositions. Also, very good job with Portugal.

[Keano16]

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The Venezuelan Adventure

September 2015 Friendlies

Sept 5, Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo
Friendly 1

Cameroon 1-2 Venezuela
Overtoom 89'
Del Valle 8' (Pen) 87' (Pen)

MotM: Yonathan Del Valle (VEN, 7.3)

- Two penalties were enough for us to win a game we didn't deserve to.
- Some of the squad was rotated to look at different players.
- Cameroon missed a lot of chances but both penalty decisions were correct.
- Del Valle put each of them a different way.
- Overtoom's goal looked very like an Amorebieta own goal as he tried to prevent it going in.

Back down to World Class with some different sliders.

Sept 8, Emirates Stadium
Friendly 2

Brazil 2-2 Venezuela
Hulk 82' Dani Alves 86'
Rondón 25' 84'

MotM: Dani Hernández (VEN, 8.5, 9 saves)

- Brazil dominated and we scored with our two shots. Both were tap ins after the ball was pulled back.
- Hulk smashed a free kick through our wall and Dani Alves headed in a Neymar cross.
- Hernández was immense in goal.

Conclusion

Well as you see I moved back down to World Class, although it may be too easy for me. I'm gonna play some matches with Forest first before I decide whether or not to go back to Legendary and the sliders. So anyway to Venezuela. We were outplayed in both games but managed to get a result from both of them. Del Valle impressed me in the Cameroon game (70 Ovr, ST) where he played at LAM. Gonzalez (65 Ovr, RM) played well at RAM too. Rondón (80 Ovr, ST) showed why he's our best player notching twice against Brazil. Dani Hernández (73 Ovr, GK) was also very impressive in goal.

Next month we are straight into the World Cup qualifiers with games against Brazil and Argentina. Wish me luck, we'll need it lol. Also do you guys prefer to have Venezuela and Forest updates separate or together?
Thanks for Reading!

[Regens4Life]

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Very good beginning to the season against... someone. Poulsen should be very big for you and Brandt has a lot of potential. I'm looking forward to this.

Didn't even realize until now. Can't believe I forgot that . Lol, thanks for that. I'll edit it now, it was 1860 Munich.

[Blue Eagle]

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Inter Milan
Season 1
April 2015

Objectives:
Qualify for the Champions League
Reach the Final of the Europa League
Reach the Semi Final of the Domestic Cup

Europa League
Wolfsburg 2 - 2 Inter
De Bruyne 26’
Depay 49’ 76’
Bacca 74’

MOTM Depay

I knew this would be difficult game. Wolfsburg has a squad with some very good players like De Bruyne, Schurrle, Luis Gustavo and their newly signed Carlos Bacca. Wolfsburg opened the scoring with a De Bruyne header. He was left wide open on the back post and had an easy finish past Leno. Depay equalized for us just after half. Wolfsburg had a corner kick but Leno was able to catch it and punt it up to Depay and he beat the last two men and ran through to score. Bacca scored Wolfsburg's second goal and second header of the game. Again we left a man open on the cross and were punished for it when Bacca looped the header of Leno and in at the back post. Directly after kickoff Mane, who just subbed on, ran through the German side's defense and was able to take it to the goal line. He then drilled in a cross on the ground to Depay who arrived at the perfect time to knock the ball in. Although I think we could have won, but having two away goals will be a great boost to our morale in the next leg.

League Match
Inter 2 - 1 Parma
Belfodil 18’
Mane 24’
Icardi (PEN) 39’

MOTM Icardi

A good result for our weaker back up players. Our former player Belfodil (He was gone before I joined) opened the scoring when he collected the ball from a poor touch of our midfielder, Obi. He turned Felipe and scored with a powerful shot past Leno. Soon after the resulting kickoff Mane was played out wide and paced past the opposition to score through the goalkeepers legs. Six minutes before half time Mane cut in but was harshly tackled just inside the box and was awarded a penalty. Icardi stepped up to take it for Palacio who didn't play this game. He hit a powerful shot to the right that bounced in off the cross bar and he sent the keeper the wrong way.


Mane being taken down.

Europa League
Inter 0 - 0 Wolfsburg
Trasch (RED) 72’

MOTM Jesus

A boring game were we just sat back and defended the whole game. We go through on the away goal ruling so we decided that we would not press hard and only attack on the counter. Neither team had many chances. Once Wolfsburg went down to 10 men they didn’t create any chances for the rest of the game. We go through to the next round with an aggregate of 2-2 on away goals.


The tackle that Trasch received a straight red for.

League Match
Hellas Verona 0 - 2 Inter
Mane 15’
Podolski 88’

MOTM Leno

Hellas Verona deserved at least a point in this encounter and were very unfortunate that Leno had a spectacular game. Mane put us ahead against the run of play with a volley after a poor clearance from just outside the area. The entire time we were back defending unable to go forward and Leno made 13 saves. Podolski would score the final goal with a volley from close range after Icardi flicked on a Mane cross. An undeserved 3 points for us.


Icardi’s flick on to Podolski.

League Match


Inter Lineup:



AC Milan Lineup:





1’ - AC Milan kickoff

3’ - El Shaarawy takes a shot from just inside the box but skies it.

7 - AC Milan sub: (Out) Destro (In) Menez

11’ - Thiago forces Lopez into a good save with a shot from 20 yards out

13’ - From the following corner Ranocchia hits the cross bar with a header and then Guarin has another shot that is deflected over the bar for another corner

15’ - Guarin wins this corner but his header is harmlessly over the bar

19’ - Depay is played through on goal but Diego Lopez makes a brilliant stop and it’s cleared away

24’ - Inter wins the ball in midfield. Palacio plays Memphis who plays Shaqiri through and Shaqiri rounds the keeper and puts it in! A well worked play that results in a simple finish for Shaqiri and the home team is up!!



26’ - Straight off kickoff AC Milan attacks, Honda takes it down the line and crosses it into Menez but his header goes over for a goal kick

33’ - Menez once again hits a header over the bar

36’ - The goal kick is kicked up to Depay who plays Palacio. Palacio is able to turn his man and go for goal all alone. And what a goal! He powered it past Lopez into the top corner an unstoppable shot!



44’ - Just before half time Menez takes a low hard shot and forces Leno into a good save

45’ - There will be 3 added minutes

45 +3’ - Ref blows his whistle for half time

45’ - Inter kickoff to start the second half

55’ - Inter is keeping possession but not doing anything with it

61’ - AC Milan sub: Out (Poli) In (Montolivo)

63’ - Guarin takes a shot from 40 yards but Lopez catches it easily enough

70’ - Inter sub: Out (Depay) In (Mane) Out (Shaqiri) In (Santon)

75’ - Inter is sitting back and AC Milan is unable to break them down

79’ - AC Milan sub: Out (Honda) In (Suso)

83’ - Thiago goes to ground to try and block an Abate shot but takes the man down and receives a red card!! AC Milan are awarded a penalty.



84’ - Inter sub: Out (Palacio) In (Kovacic)

85’ - GOAL!! Menez takes the penalty and chips it down the middle. Leno dives to his right and is unable to stop it.

88’ - Mane dribbles to the corner and shields the ball to waste time and wins a freekick

89’ - Mane crosses the ball in but Jesus heads it over for a goal kick

90’ - Four added minutes

90 + 4’ - The ref blows for full time Inter 2 - 1 AC Milan.

MOTM Palacio

Europa League
Dinamo Moskva 1 - 3 Inter
Kuranyi 17’
Vainqueur (RED) 53’
Depay 62’
Palacio (PEN) 79’ (PEN) 90’

MOTM Palacio

Kuranyi opened the scoring when the Russian side played a short corner played two quick passes to find him open in the middle and he took a touch then shot. After their goal we went on the offensive and as we put more men forward their challenges got more and more careless. Eventually one of them collected their second yellow and was told to leave the field. After they went down to 10 men we were able to press. Depay would score our first goal with a sliding shot in a 1v1 with the keeper. Eleven minutes before time Depay Ronaldo chopped in the box and was taken down. Palacio stepped up to take the penalty and sent the goalkeeper the wrong way Right before the final whistle Guarin was pulled down inside the box. It was a dumb thing to do by the defender as Guarin was facing AWAY from goal and had no chance of scoring. Yet again Palacio would step up to take the kick. This time he would chip the ball down the middle and sent the keeper the wrong way. With this win we take away what I believe is our first win from Russia. Also 3 crucial away goals and I firmly believe we will make it to the final and face either Lille or Everton.

League Match
Inter 0 - 0 Roma

MOTM De Sanctis

A highly contested match between two of the teams in the top three were neither deserved to win and a tie was a fair result. I wish we could have won because we are now behind Juventus on goal differential and will have to hope they slip up at some point. Both keepers were excellent and earned their clean sheets.

Europa League
Inter 0 - 1 Dinamo Moskva
Dzsudzsak 28'

MOTM Valbuena

We played a weaker squad because of our league game in two days time but we still got the job done and advanced. I wish we could have won but they pressed incredible high of the field and we barely left our own half. Leno had a good game and should be proud despite being scored on. They scored from a volley that was very powerful and well placed into the bottom corner of the far post where Leno had no chance. We will be playing Everton in the final on May 20.

Serie A Table:



Europa League Table:


My Thoughts:

We have qualified for Champions League next year already and have made it to the final of the Europa League which means we have met all of the objectives for the season already! I was glad to beat AC Milan this time around and not lose to Roma. Wolfsburg was a tough opponent and I may look into some of their players during the transfer window. Also we have received $1,500,000 for advancing in the Europa League so after I get prize money for the league I should have enough to get a good youth scout and start scouting.

Fixtures:
Chievo Verona (H) - Serie A
Lazio (A) - Serie A
Juventus (H) - Serie A
Everton (N) - Europa League
Genoa (A) - Serie A
Udinese (A) - Serie A
Empoli (H) - Serie A

[Simppu12]

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Valencia CF


Transfers Out

João Cancelo, season loan to Barcelona B
Rodrigo, €26,000,000 to Tottenham Hotspur


Transfers In



Marc Bartra

76 Ovr, Centre Back, 23 Years Old, Spain

€6,000,000

One position where Valencia needed strengthening was the centre back position and they signed the young Marc Bartra from FC Barcelona to improve the defence. The Barca youth product broke into the first team during the 2013-14 season but he didn't get much playing time. Now the Catalan, mostly known for the Copa del Rey final in 2014 where Gareth Bale humiliated him, will continue his career in Valencia as a second-choice centre half.




Giannelli Imbula

77 Ovr, Defensive Midfielder, 21 Years Old, France

€7,000,000

Valencia signed two French holding midfielders in the summer and Giannelli was one of them. The 21-year-old joined from Olympique de Marseille for a fee of €7 million on deadline day. Imbula has a lot of potential and he is an attacking-minded player who can play everywhere in the middle. The France U-21 player will probably get rotated in the middle with Enzo Perez and Dani Parejo.




Hugo Mallo

75 Ovr, Right Back, 23 Years Old, Spain

€8,900,000

The third most expensive signing of Valencia's summer was Hugo Mallo who joined from Celta Vigo for just under nine million. The price is considerably high but Mallo is one of the biggest Spanish right back talents and he has been linked with top clubs for a few seasons now. The quick and talented right back has played for Celta since he was 8 years old but now he'll compete for the starting spot with Antonio Barragan in the city of Valencia.




Geoffrey Kondogbia

77 Ovr, Defensive Midfielder, 21 Years Old, France

€9,000,000

The other French 21-year-old defensive midfielder who was signed by Valencia was Geoffrey Kondogbia. The midfielder has a lot of potential in him and he has become an important piece of Monaco's midfield after joining them from Sevilla in 2013. Kondogbia is more defensive minded than Imbula and he is going to be the long-term replacement of the 30 years old Javi Fuego.




Nolito

79 Ovr, Left Winger, 27 Years Old, Spain

€11,500,000

The most expensive signing Valencia made in the summer was Rodrigo's surprising replacement Manuel Agudo Duran, or simply Nolito. According to many reports SL Benfica had accepted Valencia's offers for Salvio and Gaitan but the Spanish club decided to sign Nolito from Celta Vigo. The winger was Celta's most important team and he's well known in Spain for his passing and scoring abilities.


August 2014





Sevilla FC 0 - 1 Valencia CF
Negredo 78'

Our first competitive game of the season was against a very good Sevilla team. Both teams defended well and there weren't that many chances in the game. Finally in the 78th minute our super sub Alvaro Negredo was able to break the deadlock with a powerful first time shot from Feghouli's pass.





Hertha BSC 4 - 0 Malaga CF
Negredo 3', Nolito 34', 42', Angeleri OG 75'

This was our first game at home and we had an amazing performance. The first half was incredible for us as Negredo got us into the lead with our first shot. Half an hour later Nolito got his first goal for the club in his debut with a nice curling shot to finish a dribbling move. Soon he got a brace with a very nicely positioned shot into the bottom right corner. Fifteen minutes before the game Sofiane Feghouli's shot got deflected into the net by Angeleri. At the end we had 61% possession and 13 shots in the game. Great performance!


Player of the Month



Enzo Perez

It's a slight surprise that the central midfielder is the player of the month of August but Perez's contribution for the team in the two games was incredible. He was everywhere on the pitch, attacking and defending. To top it off he got two assists.


La Liga Table

1. Real Madrid, 6 points
2. Valencia CF, 6 pts
3. Elche CF, 6 pts
4. Athletic Bilbao, 6 pts
5. Atletico Madrid, 6 pts
6. Deportivo la Coruña, 4 pts
------------------------------------------------
18. FC Barcelona, 0 pts
19. Granada FC, 0 pts
20. SD Eibar, 0 pts


Starting XI




My Thoughts

Let's start with the transfers. Cancelo was loaned out because I don't believe in his abilities to be my second-choice RB yet. Rodrigo was sold because Spurs offered a big amount of money and because I don't like him on the game. I can't do anything with him. Then we have the signigs. We had only one reserve CB in the team and that's why I signed Bartra. Even though Imbula is a CDM I plan on using him as a CM/CAM (another position that lacks depth) because of his good attacking stats and his high/medium workrates. Kondogbia will be the starting CDM when I stop using Fuego and he'll get a good chunk of game time this season. Mallo is going to take Barragan's spot in the following couple of years. Then we have the biggest surprise signing. I decided to sign Nolito because he was cheaper than Gaitan and Salvio and because I believe in him. He has good finishing and skill attributes.

We got off to a perfect start in the league. Two wins against solid Sevilla and Malaga sides is a good tally so far. We scored five goals and we didn't concede a single one. Nicholas Otamendi is the biggest reason behind that. He's just amazing! Our attackers have been doing well but I'm disappointed in Paco Alcacer. I didn't like him at ManU and I'm not liking him so far. He has four months left to impress me.



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

[jamiec47]

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I have opted to use a financial takeover in my Brentford career. Don't worry, if anything it will make it more realistic as the amount of money teams get for being in the Premier League is ridiculous. Not all of it will be spent though.

[Keano16]

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Inter Milan
Season 1
April 2015

Spoiler

Objectives:
Qualify for the Champions League
Reach the Final of the Europa League
Reach the Semi Final of the Domestic Cup

Europa League
Wolfsburg 2 - 2 Inter
De Bruyne 26’
Depay 49’ 76’
Bacca 74’

MOTM Depay

I knew this would be difficult game. Wolfsburg has a squad with some very good players like De Bruyne, Schurrle, Luis Gustavo and their newly signed Carlos Bacca. Wolfsburg opened the scoring with a De Bruyne header. He was left wide open on the back post and had an easy finish past Leno. Depay equalized for us just after half. Wolfsburg had a corner kick but Leno was able to catch it and punt it up to Depay and he beat the last two men and ran through to score. Bacca scored Wolfsburg's second goal and second header of the game. Again we left a man open on the cross and were punished for it when Bacca looped the header of Leno and in at the back post. Directly after kickoff Mane, who just subbed on, ran through the German side's defense and was able to take it to the goal line. He then drilled in a cross on the ground to Depay who arrived at the perfect time to knock the ball in. Although I think we could have won, but having two away goals will be a great boost to our morale in the next leg.

League Match
Inter 2 - 1 Parma
Belfodil 18’
Mane 24’
Icardi (PEN) 39’

MOTM Icardi

A good result for our weaker back up players. Our former player Belfodil (He was gone before I joined) opened the scoring when he collected the ball from a poor touch of our midfielder, Obi. He turned Felipe and scored with a powerful shot past Leno. Soon after the resulting kickoff Mane was played out wide and paced past the opposition to score through the goalkeepers legs. Six minutes before half time Mane cut in but was harshly tackled just inside the box and was awarded a penalty. Icardi stepped up to take it for Palacio who didn't play this game. He hit a powerful shot to the right that bounced in off the cross bar and he sent the keeper the wrong way.


Mane being taken down.

Europa League
Inter 0 - 0 Wolfsburg
Trasch (RED) 72’

MOTM Jesus

A boring game were we just sat back and defended the whole game. We go through on the away goal ruling so we decided that we would not press hard and only attack on the counter. Neither team had many chances. Once Wolfsburg went down to 10 men they didn’t create any chances for the rest of the game. We go through to the next round with an aggregate of 2-2 on away goals.


The tackle that Trasch received a straight red for.

League Match
Hellas Verona 0 - 2 Inter
Mane 15’
Podolski 88’

MOTM Leno

Hellas Verona deserved at least a point in this encounter and were very unfortunate that Leno had a spectacular game. Mane put us ahead against the run of play with a volley after a poor clearance from just outside the area. The entire time we were back defending unable to go forward and Leno made 13 saves. Podolski would score the final goal with a volley from close range after Icardi flicked on a Mane cross. An undeserved 3 points for us.


Icardi’s flick on to Podolski.

League Match


Inter Lineup:



AC Milan Lineup:





1’ - AC Milan kickoff

3’ - El Shaarawy takes a shot from just inside the box but skies it.

7 - AC Milan sub: (Out) Destro (In) Menez

11’ - Thiago forces Lopez into a good save with a shot from 20 yards out

13’ - From the following corner Ranocchia hits the cross bar with a header and then Guarin has another shot that is deflected over the bar for another corner

15’ - Guarin wins this corner but his header is harmlessly over the bar

19’ - Depay is played through on goal but Diego Lopez makes a brilliant stop and it’s cleared away

24’ - Inter wins the ball in midfield. Palacio plays Memphis who plays Shaqiri through and Shaqiri rounds the keeper and puts it in! A well worked play that results in a simple finish for Shaqiri and the home team is up!!



26’ - Straight off kickoff AC Milan attacks, Honda takes it down the line and crosses it into Menez but his header goes over for a goal kick

33’ - Menez once again hits a header over the bar

36’ - The goal kick is kicked up to Depay who plays Palacio. Palacio is able to turn his man and go for goal all alone. And what a goal! He powered it past Lopez into the top corner an unstoppable shot!



44’ - Just before half time Menez takes a low hard shot and forces Leno into a good save

45’ - There will be 3 added minutes

45 +3’ - Ref blows his whistle for half time

45’ - Inter kickoff to start the second half

55’ - Inter is keeping possession but not doing anything with it

61’ - AC Milan sub: Out (Poli) In (Montolivo)

63’ - Guarin takes a shot from 40 yards but Lopez catches it easily enough

70’ - Inter sub: Out (Depay) In (Mane) Out (Shaqiri) In (Santon)

75’ - Inter is sitting back and AC Milan is unable to break them down

79’ - AC Milan sub: Out (Honda) In (Suso)

83’ - Thiago goes to ground to try and block an Abate shot but takes the man down and receives a red card!! AC Milan are awarded a penalty.



84’ - Inter sub: Out (Palacio) In (Kovacic)

85’ - GOAL!! Menez takes the penalty and chips it down the middle. Leno dives to his right and is unable to stop it.

88’ - Mane dribbles to the corner and shields the ball to waste time and wins a freekick

89’ - Mane crosses the ball in but Jesus heads it over for a goal kick

90’ - Four added minutes

90 + 4’ - The ref blows for full time Inter 2 - 1 AC Milan.

MOTM Palacio

Europa League
Dinamo Moskva 1 - 3 Inter
Kuranyi 17’
Vainqueur (RED) 53’
Depay 62’
Palacio (PEN) 79’ (PEN) 90’

MOTM Palacio

Kuranyi opened the scoring when the Russian side played a short corner played two quick passes to find him open in the middle and he took a touch then shot. After their goal we went on the offensive and as we put more men forward their challenges got more and more careless. Eventually one of them collected their second yellow and was told to leave the field. After they went down to 10 men we were able to press. Depay would score our first goal with a sliding shot in a 1v1 with the keeper. Eleven minutes before time Depay Ronaldo chopped in the box and was taken down. Palacio stepped up to take the penalty and sent the goalkeeper the wrong way Right before the final whistle Guarin was pulled down inside the box. It was a dumb thing to do by the defender as Guarin was facing AWAY from goal and had no chance of scoring. Yet again Palacio would step up to take the kick. This time he would chip the ball down the middle and sent the keeper the wrong way. With this win we take away what I believe is our first win from Russia. Also 3 crucial away goals and I firmly believe we will make it to the final and face either Lille or Everton.

League Match
Inter 0 - 0 Roma

MOTM De Sanctis

A highly contested match between two of the teams in the top three were neither deserved to win and a tie was a fair result. I wish we could have won because we are now behind Juventus on goal differential and will have to hope they slip up at some point. Both keepers were excellent and earned their clean sheets.

Europa League
Inter 0 - 1 Dinamo Moskva
Dzsudzsak 28'

MOTM Valbuena

We played a weaker squad because of our league game in two days time but we still got the job done and advanced. I wish we could have won but they pressed incredible high of the field and we barely left our own half. Leno had a good game and should be proud despite being scored on. They scored from a volley that was very powerful and well placed into the bottom corner of the far post where Leno had no chance. We will be playing Everton in the final on May 20.

Serie A Table:



Europa League Table:


My Thoughts:

We have qualified for Champions League next year already and have made it to the final of the Europa League which means we have met all of the objectives for the season already! I was glad to beat AC Milan this time around and not lose to Roma. Wolfsburg was a tough opponent and I may look into some of their players during the transfer window. Also we have received $1,500,000 for advancing in the Europa League so after I get prize money for the league I should have enough to get a good youth scout and start scouting.

Fixtures:
Chievo Verona (H) - Serie A
Lazio (A) - Serie A
Juventus (H) - Serie A
Everton (N) - Europa League
Genoa (A) - Serie A
Udinese (A) - Serie A
Empoli (H) - Serie A

Good month with your only dropped points in the league coming against Roma, which is a good result. You are three points behind Juve but you do have a game in hand although there GD is a killer. Great going in the Europa League seeing off Wolfsburg and the Russians. Good luck against Everton in the final. The match against Juve next month will also be very crucial in terms of the league and a possible double.

Valencia CF

Spoiler

Transfers Out

João Cancelo, season loan to Barcelona B
Rodrigo, €26,000,000 to Tottenham Hotspur


Transfers In



Marc Bartra

76 Ovr, Centre Back, 23 Years Old, Spain

€6,000,000

One position where Valencia needed strengthening was the centre back position and they signed the young Marc Bartra from FC Barcelona to improve the defence. The Barca youth product broke into the first team during the 2013-14 season but he didn't get much playing time. Now the Catalan, mostly known for the Copa del Rey final in 2014 where Gareth Bale humiliated him, will continue his career in Valencia as a second-choice centre half.




Giannelli Imbula

77 Ovr, Defensive Midfielder, 21 Years Old, France

€7,000,000

Valencia signed two French holding midfielders in the summer and Giannelli was one of them. The 21-year-old joined from Olympique de Marseille for a fee of €7 million on deadline day. Imbula has a lot of potential and he is an attacking-minded player who can play everywhere in the middle. The France U-21 player will probably get rotated in the middle with Enzo Perez and Dani Parejo.




Hugo Mallo

75 Ovr, Right Back, 23 Years Old, Spain

€8,900,000

The third most expensive signing of Valencia's summer was Hugo Mallo who joined from Celta Vigo for just under nine million. The price is considerably high but Mallo is one of the biggest Spanish right back talents and he has been linked with top clubs for a few seasons now. The quick and talented right back has played for Celta since he was 8 years old but now he'll compete for the starting spot with Antonio Barragan in the city of Valencia.




Geoffrey Kondogbia

77 Ovr, Defensive Midfielder, 21 Years Old, France

€9,000,000

The other French 21-year-old defensive midfielder who was signed by Valencia was Geoffrey Kondogbia. The midfielder has a lot of potential in him and he has become an important piece of Monaco's midfield after joining them from Sevilla in 2013. Kondogbia is more defensive minded than Imbula and he is going to be the long-term replacement of the 30 years old Javi Fuego.




Nolito

79 Ovr, Left Winger, 27 Years Old, Spain

€11,500,000

The most expensive signing Valencia made in the summer was Rodrigo's surprising replacement Manuel Agudo Duran, or simply Nolito. According to many reports SL Benfica had accepted Valencia's offers for Salvio and Gaitan but the Spanish club decided to sign Nolito from Celta Vigo. The winger was Celta's most important team and he's well known in Spain for his passing and scoring abilities.


August 2014





Sevilla FC 0 - 1 Valencia CF
Negredo 78'

Our first competitive game of the season was against a very good Sevilla team. Both teams defended well and there weren't that many chances in the game. Finally in the 78th minute our super sub Alvaro Negredo was able to break the deadlock with a powerful first time shot from Feghouli's pass.





Hertha BSC 4 - 0 Malaga CF
Negredo 3', Nolito 34', 42', Angeleri OG 75'

This was our first game at home and we had an amazing performance. The first half was incredible for us as Negredo got us into the lead with our first shot. Half an hour later Nolito got his first goal for the club in his debut with a nice curling shot to finish a dribbling move. Soon he got a brace with a very nicely positioned shot into the bottom right corner. Fifteen minutes before the game Sofiane Feghouli's shot got deflected into the net by Angeleri. At the end we had 61% possession and 13 shots in the game. Great performance!


Player of the Month



Enzo Perez

It's a slight surprise that the central midfielder is the player of the month of August but Perez's contribution for the team in the two games was incredible. He was everywhere on the pitch, attacking and defending. To top it off he got two assists.


La Liga Table

1. Real Madrid, 6 points
2. Valencia CF, 6 pts
3. Elche CF, 6 pts
4. Athletic Bilbao, 6 pts
5. Atletico Madrid, 6 pts
6. Deportivo la Coruña, 4 pts
------------------------------------------------
18. FC Barcelona, 0 pts
19. Granada FC, 0 pts
20. SD Eibar, 0 pts


Starting XI




My Thoughts

Let's start with the transfers. Cancelo was loaned out because I don't believe in his abilities to be my second-choice RB yet. Rodrigo was sold because Spurs offered a big amount of money and because I don't like him on the game. I can't do anything with him. Then we have the signigs. We had only one reserve CB in the team and that's why I signed Bartra. Even though Imbula is a CDM I plan on using him as a CM/CAM (another position that lacks depth) because of his good attacking stats and his high/medium workrates. Kondogbia will be the starting CDM when I stop using Fuego and he'll get a good chunk of game time this season. Mallo is going to take Barragan's spot in the following couple of years. Then we have the biggest surprise signing. I decided to sign Nolito because he was cheaper than Gaitan and Salvio and because I believe in him. He has good finishing and skill attributes.

We got off to a perfect start in the league. Two wins against solid Sevilla and Malaga sides is a good tally so far. We scored five goals and we didn't concede a single one. Nicholas Otamendi is the biggest reason behind that. He's just amazing! Our attackers have been doing well but I'm disappointed in Paco Alcacer. I didn't like him at ManU and I'm not liking him so far. He has four months left to impress me.



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

You got good money for Rodrigo and it's a win win considering you don't like using him. All Spanish and French signings which is nice and I like all of them. Great start to the league with two clean sheets and five goals scored against no pushovers in Sevilla and Malaga. I hope Alcacer improves as he looks like he could be a great player. Btw, you said Hertha instead of Valencia in the scoreline against Malaga. Can't move on huh?

I have opted to use a financial takeover in my Brentford career. Don't worry, if anything it will make it more realistic as the amount of money teams get for being in the Premier League is ridiculous. Not all of it will be spent though.

Nice one and I agree with the realism. Wish I could have had a takeover with Forest but no online for me. Oh well, I was happy with my signings anyway and I'm sure you will be too. Good luck!

[Cruzerr]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Adventures of Regens, Jamie and Cruzerr

FC Schalke 04
Season 1

November-December



Games


Bundesliga
Matchday 10
FC Augsburg 1-1 FC Schalke 04
21' Caiuby (Verhaegh)
42' Choupo-Moting

MOTM: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

Bundesliga
Matchday 11
FC Schalke 04 1-0 SC Freiburg
45' Choupo-Moting (Boateng)

MOTM: Kevin-Prince Boateng


Bundesliga
Matchday 12
VfL Wolfsburg 1-5 FC Schalke 04
12' Dybala (Meyer)
45' Dybala (Boateng)
55' Dybala (Höger)
70' Dybala (Draxler)
80' Höwedes (OG)
87' Cedric

MOTM: Paulo Dybala

Bundesliga
Matchday 13
1.FSV Mainz 05 1-0 FC Schalke 04
72' Höwedes (OG)

MOTM: Ralf Fährmann


Bundesliga
Matchday 14
FC Schalke 04 0-1 VfB Stuttgart
67' Abdellaoue

MOTM: Julian Draxler

Bundesliga
Matchday 15
1. FC Köln 1-3 FC Schalke 04
20' Matip (Farfan)
24' Matip (Farfan)
45' Choupo-Moting (Matip)
66' Fährmann (OG)

MOTM: Joel Matip

Bundesliga
Matchday 16
FC Schalke 04 1-0 SC Paderborn
38' Kirchoff (Draxler)

MOTM: Julian Draxler

Bundesliga
Matchday 17
Hamburger SV 1-3 FC Schalke 04
31' Rudnevs
44' Barnetta (Choupo-Moting)
70' Choupo-Moting (Boateng)
88' Farfan (Choupo-Moting)

MOTM: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

Pokal
Matchday 2 (RO16)
Werder Bremen 0-2 FC Schalke 04
18' Choupo-Moting (Sam)
85' Arnautovic (PEN)

MOTM: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

League Table

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Transfer priority - Well, it saddens me, but I am not getting transfer priority this window. If Jamie can beat you, Regens, than he takes it, but I am in second place in the league with 36 points. Good luck Jamie!

A change - Now, I really feel like a change is needed, both in players and formation. I think that I have found the formation answer, yet I might try to shake a few things up and bring in a few new faces.

Dybala and Wolfsburg - My god, Dybala really went ham. The dribbling and finishing was just on point, which really makes me happy for the future

The own goals - No idea how Höwedes has scored so many these 2 months, but eh, stuff happens.

The list - This is for you, Regens and Jamie. Keep this list in mind when you go and sign somebody. The list is in two, the players that we have bought and the players we have sold.

Players bought

Marko Arnautovic (Cruzerr)
Cedric (Cruzerr)
Paulo Dybala (Cruzerr)
Martin Odegaard (Regens)
Yussuf Poulsen (Regens)
David Alaba (Regens)
Kevin Volland (Regens)
Erik Lamela (Regens)
Samed Yesil (Regens)
Eden Hazard (Regens)
Danilo (Jamie)
Inigo Martinez (Jamie)
Manolo Gabbiadini (Jamie)

Players sold/traded

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Cruzerr)
Marcel Schmelzer (Regens)
Kevin Grosskreutz (Regens)
Nuri Sahin (Regens)
Henrik Mkhitaryan (Regens)
Jakob Blaszcykowski (Regens)
Ilkay Gündogan (Regens)
Martin Stranzl (Jamie)
Raffael (Jamie)
Julian Korb (Jamie)

Thanks for the read, I hope you enjoyed it. Take care !

[moose141]

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West Ham United - Episode #82: Huge Title Clash w/ Chelsea!

In this episode, we host top of the table Chelsea in a massive 1st vs. 3rd matchup. We then see how the league is shaping up so far this season while also checking out the positions in the Champions League group stages. We then have a bit of controversy in Hammer Headlines so stay tuned until the end for that!

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[Keano16]

Re: How's Your FIFA Career Mode Going?

Adventures of Regens, Jamie and Cruzerr

FC Schalke 04
Season 1

Spoiler

November-December

Spoiler

Games


Bundesliga
Matchday 10
FC Augsburg 1-1 FC Schalke 04
21' Caiuby (Verhaegh)
42' Choupo-Moting

MOTM: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

Bundesliga
Matchday 11
FC Schalke 04 1-0 SC Freiburg
45' Choupo-Moting (Boateng)

MOTM: Kevin-Prince Boateng


Bundesliga
Matchday 12
VfL Wolfsburg 1-5 FC Schalke 04
12' Dybala (Meyer)
45' Dybala (Boateng)
55' Dybala (Höger)
70' Dybala (Draxler)
80' Höwedes (OG)
87' Cedric

MOTM: Paulo Dybala

Bundesliga
Matchday 13
1.FSV Mainz 05 1-0 FC Schalke 04
72' Höwedes (OG)

MOTM: Ralf Fährmann


Bundesliga
Matchday 14
FC Schalke 04 0-1 VfB Stuttgart
67' Abdellaoue

MOTM: Julian Draxler

Bundesliga
Matchday 15
1. FC Köln 1-3 FC Schalke 04
20' Matip (Farfan)
24' Matip (Farfan)
45' Choupo-Moting (Matip)
66' Fährmann (OG)

MOTM: Joel Matip

Bundesliga
Matchday 16
FC Schalke 04 1-0 SC Paderborn
38' Kirchoff (Draxler)

MOTM: Julian Draxler

Bundesliga
Matchday 17
Hamburger SV 1-3 FC Schalke 04
31' Rudnevs
44' Barnetta (Choupo-Moting)
70' Choupo-Moting (Boateng)
88' Farfan (Choupo-Moting)

MOTM: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

Pokal
Matchday 2 (RO16)
Werder Bremen 0-2 FC Schalke 04
18' Choupo-Moting (Sam)
85' Arnautovic (PEN)

MOTM: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

League Table

Spoiler

--

Transfer priority - Well, it saddens me, but I am not getting transfer priority this window. If Jamie can beat you, Regens, than he takes it, but I am in second place in the league with 36 points. Good luck Jamie!

A change - Now, I really feel like a change is needed, both in players and formation. I think that I have found the formation answer, yet I might try to shake a few things up and bring in a few new faces.

Dybala and Wolfsburg - My god, Dybala really went ham. The dribbling and finishing was just on point, which really makes me happy for the future

The own goals - No idea how Höwedes has scored so many these 2 months, but eh, stuff happens.

The list - This is for you, Regens and Jamie. Keep this list in mind when you go and sign somebody. The list is in two, the players that we have bought and the players we have sold.

Players bought

Marko Arnautovic (Cruzerr)
Cedric (Cruzerr)
Paulo Dybala (Cruzerr)
Martin Odegaard (Regens)
Yussuf Poulsen (Regens)
David Alaba (Regens)
Kevin Volland (Regens)
Erik Lamela (Regens)
Samed Yesil (Regens)
Eden Hazard (Regens)
Danilo (Jamie)
Inigo Martinez (Jamie)
Manolo Gabbiadini (Jamie)

Players sold/traded

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Cruzerr)
Marcel Schmelzer (Regens)
Kevin Grosskreutz (Regens)
Nuri Sahin (Regens)
Henrik Mkhitaryan (Regens)
Jakob Blaszcykowski (Regens)
Ilkay Gündogan (Regens)
Martin Stranzl (Jamie)
Raffael (Jamie)
Julian Korb (Jamie)

Thanks for the read, I hope you enjoyed it. Take care !

Overall that was a fairly good two months. Choupo-Moting had a good spell with goals and assists, as did Dybala. You did have a couple of poor 1-0 losses and Howedes had some terrible luck. Second is still good though and only behind by two points. Shame you don't get priority but you should get some good players anyway. Let's see if Jamie can take away Regens priority!

[Regens4Life]

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Overall that was a fairly good two months. Choupo-Moting had a good spell with goals and assists, as did Dybala. You did have a couple of poor 1-0 losses and Howedes had some terrible luck. Second is still good though and only behind by two points. Shame you don't get priority but you should get some good players anyway. Let's see if Jamie can take away Regens priority!

I hope not, but if he can, fair play. I have a couple of moves hoping to happen, with a couple of departures in mind.


Cruzerr - Good month, still not quite good enough for priority. Also, on the list, you need to add Leno to the bought players. My bad, I bought him, but forgot to put it in my first update. You don't really have to add him if you don't want, as long as we remember he is also unavailable. Great work on the list. That just showed me how many moves I actually made and.. wow. I plan on selling players I am using in other CM's or plan on trying to acquire such as Yesil and possibly Odegaard, Yesil being in the Leipzig CM and I may try to get Odegaard in the Bournemouth career. Good work.