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Career Taff Attempts The "Latin Europe Challenge" COMPLETE!!!!


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8 minutes ago, BatiGoal said:

Can't wait to see your guy.

I really like how this challenge plays out as by the time you land in Spain the game's wonderkids are at their peak. But if you land a club that can't afford the very best you still have a large selection of great teens that have hopefully matured into seasoned strikers.

Fingers crossed, just got to get Portugal out of the way, and as always my striker has decided to go on strike (pun intended) three games with nothing after scoring at least one in his first 15 games dam you FMM17 you cruel mistress

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Season 4

So we begin season 4 still at the helm of Monaco and all I can say is thank god Diamantakos managed to achieve the record last season 

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9 months hell I kind of feel for him (not enough to stay if a job comes up though)

So without our main man and no suitable jobs in Portugal available we crack on with the season

I didn't make many transfers at Monaco as i was hoping to get a move ASAP, the one I did make was to bring in Niang from AC Milan to replace the injured Diamantakos, we went into the season with pretty much the same squad as last season and we began defending our Trophee des Champions Cup crown

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Which we do thanks to my new star striker Niang and my young star Dias 

 Thanks to the teams great run in the UCL last year we also had the chance to defend our Euro Supercup 

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Which again we did successfully against surprise opposition CSKA Moscow

Then I felt a little bored if I'm honest and decided to take my chances on the unemployment line, so I leave AS Monaco (with a very strong squad) and take the plunge

And I think because today is St Patricks day the luck of the Irish rubbed off and who do you think was the first choice to replace me?

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OH HELL YEAH

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So with my new club and a very healthy transfer budget I began the season, now I missed the transfer window so thought about using someone from the existing team, Jimunez and Gudes were the obvious choices so I thought I'd give them both a try but unfortunately I ran into a few issues

1. Because the season had already started I couldn't tell how many goals (if any either had scored before I took over)

2. Both had either terrible stamina or couldn't stay fit

So I decided that once the Transfer window opened I would find a sturdy and reliable striker and where does one go to find sturdy and reliable 

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Why Germany of course so I welcome (with a fair bit of biast as he was a favourite wonderkid of mine a few years back) Timo Werner and the 5 green stats he has are all I need to know I've found my man

Now He isn't going to score 58 goals in half a season so we just let him loose to see what he's capable of and the first 12 games he smashed it, but then like all my strikers he just seemed to drop off

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23 goals in his first 12 games and I thought I was on to a winner but then his form took a bad turn and he seemed to struggle to get back to form

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His stats improved nicely but his goal scoring ratio just went on a serious downward spiral 

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Finishing his half season at SLB with 35 goals in 33 games

So I'm going to through this out there and let you guys decide

Do I give Werner a full season and see how he does or do i take my considarible budget and buy some one new

You guys decide

OK I really have to go so the spoilers below are all the other stuff thrown together

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Looking good, mate, looking good. The best team in Portugal and a great player. 58 gls shouldn't be underestimate tho, it's a tricky number but you'll definitely reach it one season or another. Hope it's soon tho to give you more options in killer stage 4.

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I have someone in mind to try for stage 4 but it depends on how long it takes to get there and which club I land in

do you think I should stick with Werner for a full season or try someone else?

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4 hours ago, BatiGoal said:

Timo should be able to reach 60 goals in the right team. He's a quality player.

Yeah I got to give him at least 1 full season

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Smashing this! 

Whoops had more to read as wasn't on last page haha! 

Going well with Timo, personally I'd say use someone else. My reasoning being is you've got this far using "unknown players", reverting back to using the typical wonder kids now would make those unusual picks less meaningful :P. Timo will walk it, I'd rather see some other hidden gem take the spot light! 

However it's your save and the important thing is you enjoy using the player! Can't wait for more :D 

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7 hours ago, Ashez said:

Smashing this! 

Whoops had more to read as wasn't on last page haha! 

Going well with Timo, personally I'd say use someone else. My reasoning being is you've got this far using "unknown players", reverting back to using the typical wonder kids now would make those unusual picks less meaningful :P. Timo will walk it, I'd rather see some other hidden gem take the spot light! 

However it's your save and the important thing is you enjoy using the player! Can't wait for more :D 

I agree with what your saying but at this point needing more and more goals I think I need some top class players, but I'll give Timo a full season and if he doesn't crack it I'll see if I can find an unkown to have a bash

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Taff mate! Nice stats "already" in 2020 - it looks great! Maybe i have to try the latin instead of the uk at some point :)!

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4 hours ago, Taff said:

I agree with what your saying but at this point needing more and more goals I think I need some top class players, but I'll give Timo a full season and if he doesn't crack it I'll see if I can find an unkown to have a bash

Yeah that's fair enough and I get it :). Hope you smash it! 

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1 hour ago, AndersJ said:

Taff mate! Nice stats "already" in 2020 - it looks great! Maybe i have to try the latin instead of the uk at some point :)!

It's much easier for the moves but getting the totals is the real task especially in Spain, I'm lucky to just break the 50 goal mark let alone getting anywhere near 80 but first things first I have to Crack Portugal

8 minutes ago, Ashez said:

Yeah that's fair enough and I get it :). Hope you smash it! 

Me to although I'm starting to struggle with tactics again can't get the team going consistently, but I'll give him this season and if not will try someone new 

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I can't see you running into many issues but if you do my advice would be to use a player in his peak, you need a player at the top of his ability and not one finding his feet still. We've seen what damage peak seasons can do in a 1kc etc so my advice in this type of situation is to stay away from young players and use 27-28 year olds. Predicting someone's peak isn't that simple but in a one shot save like this it's how I'd handle it, especially when looking to hit those high end numbers. 

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6 minutes ago, Ashez said:

I can't see you running into many issues but if you do my advice would be to use a player in his peak, you need a player at the top of his ability and not one finding his feet still. We've seen what damage peak seasons can do in a 1kc etc so my advice in this type of situation is to stay away from young players and use 27-28 year olds. Predicting someone's peak isn't that simple but in a one shot save like this it's how I'd handle it, especially when looking to hit those high end numbers. 

Cheers dude, I'll give it a go as Timo seems to be struggling this year (he says as the guy scores a first half hat-trick)

If he does pick it up I will defo keep your advice in mind when I try (laughing hysterically) to achieve the 80 goals in Spain

As always mate your guidance and wisdom are GREATLY appreciated 

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Season 5

OK guys we're back one again with season 5 of my attempt at the "Latin Euro Challenge", and you'll have to bare with me as this is a long update with plenty of screenshots to go through so lets get on with it

So Last season Werner finished a decent half season, but I was concerned that he wouldn't be able to get the 58 goals required for this stage of the challenge but I wanted to give him 1 full season to have a go and then replace him if needed.  

To Help him out I did some big business this year in the transfer market to try and give the team some real class to back Timo up

Here's the Transfers 

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In's

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Now spending over £120M is pretty excessive but the team needed some big improvements in the CB area, so we brought in Douglas Santos to be my new first choice LB, then Garcia and Bauer were brought in as back ups for the LB/RB position and Toljan was a great sub option as he can play both LB and RB (always try and have one in the team who can play both sides) Pereira was the big buy to give my AM a much needed boost.

But it's my three free agents that I'm most proud of.  Lemos for the CD, and Ruane and Silva to boost the midfield.  Here's their stats 

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Three amazing finds and all three played a major part in the season we had

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Going out were all my left footed players (I planned to play with only a RW and LIF (so Right Footed players only), Jovic was let go from the reserves to make some capital.  Grimaldo and Lopez were both good players I didn't really want to let go of but their constant whining about their training regimes was getting on my nerves to out they went and I heard nothing from anyone the rest of the season about their training

This year I also decided to mix up my tactics as they seemed to be getting a bit stale and not giving Werner the chances he needed so I switched between these three main tactics (they all had minor tweaks here and there when needed but this was how they were set out

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This one was my prime tactic, changed the left FB to a WB now and again and messed with the instructions if the team seemed to be struggling 

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I tried this one a few times and it did give some good results but could also struggle against a 451 which a lot of teams seemed to play

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This one was put in place for those bigger European teams and it served me well, if we were behind I'd shift the LW up to an IF position 

Now onto the main man himself and he started well enough but come November he started to struggle up front again no matter which tactic I put in place, so I decided to call in someone to help

Enter renowned football psychologist @Ashez who took some time to talk and work with Timo and well in our next game I set our prime tactic and asked Werner to show me what he's got, and I think it's fair to say Ashez earned his paycheck 

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6 goals in one game and this was the beginning of a great bout of form which saw him through the rest of the season

So we enter April with Werner now tied for the most domestic goals scored in a season by a player in Portugal

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The next game we face off against Inter in the European Champions League Quarter Final, with Werner needing just 1 goal to take the record

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 and it takes him all of 6 minutes to do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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And Timo Werner is now the goal scoring record holder for Portugal 58 goals in 49 games is a great return, but the season is not over yet

Here's how his stats look at the end of the season

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He's looking like a real top class striker now (I'm glad I loved using him a few years ago and it's great to finally use him for a challenge) Dribbling, Shooting, Technique, Decisions and Movement all in the green, but his physical stats are I think the most impressive 20 Pace is astounding 

So we know he managed to break the record but we both knew he could do better

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He finished the season with a truly remarkable 73 goals in 60 games and an AVG rating of 8.46

I owe @Ashez one hell of a commision check after this

Now as pleased as I am with Werner this season, I have to say how impressed I was with the whole squad they dug deep and produced a season for the ages

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Here's how the team did in the league this year

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We're crowned champions once again with 8 games still to go in the season

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And we end it with a fantastic record of 33-1-0 and look at the GA only 6 goals conceded in the league the whole season and finishing 36 points clear of our nearest rivals 

The league was a great win for the team but they didn't let me down in the Cups this year either 

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We begin the season by smashing 4 past Braga to lift the Supertaca

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Another easy win this time scoring 5 and not allowing 1 shot, corner or anything else to Estoril in the entire game

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A much closer contest in the Taca de Portugal running out with just a single goal win

But my favourite of the whole season

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a 4-1 win over Barcelona who took the game to extra time thanks to an 88th minute equaliser only to have Werner and Pereira to score 3 in ET

Here's our full season fixture list (and look and all the green)

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We won all but two games the whole season drawing one in the league and suffering a bad loss to A. Madrid in the UCL group stages, but what a season with my defence and GK conceding only 23 goals the whole year

Here's the team stats for the year with a surprising player tops the assist list

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Werner obviously topping the goal chart but Guedes and Pereira also jumping in with a combined 34 goals for the year

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And here's the surprise with Werner topping the assist chart with a huge 21 assists meaning he was involved in 94 goals this year, what a star turn

Some end of season awards to top off a fantastic year

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My two top goal/assist makers coming 1st and 2nd in the POTY

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My young RW Bacuna who was immense down the flanks and one of my star free agents Ruane claim the top two spots in the YPOTY

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And I grab the MOTY award after an amazing year

So that's it we have completed 3/4 of the challenge and now simply have to wait for a job in Spain to open, but with Werners tally this year I go into it with a lot more confidence than I previously had

Thanks for sticking with this pretty long post 

Stay tuned and thanks for following

 

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6 minutes ago, Ashez said:

Glad I could help :P 

Told you he'd walk it! Spain will be much more challenging! 

I think landing a job is going to be tough but with my new found confidence I'm sure I can achieve the record (or fail miserably that's also a real possibility)

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23 minutes ago, BatiGoal said:

Benfica have a gorgeous team. Little disappointing getting 73 gls only. Come on, show us you really want it. :P

73 for me is like finding El Darado mate, I am looking forward to getting to Spain and seeing what I can do, but I have to wait for one of maybe 5 teams to come up for me to have any chance

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Wowow, seeing how you netted 73 goals in Portugal, I've no doubt you will kill the Spanish part of the challenge ! Good luck on finding a job there, KIU !

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4 minutes ago, Gonzolito said:

Wowow, seeing how you netted 73 goals in Portugal, I've no doubt you will kill the Spanish part of the challenge ! Good luck on finding a job there, KIU !

Cheers dude, I'm working on my UK challenge at the moment but will get back to this one soon and hopefully have some luck and get one of the big 3 (Barca, Real or A. Madrid)

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3 hours ago, Taff said:

Cheers dude, I'm working on my UK challenge at the moment but will get back to this one soon and hopefully have some luck and get one of the big 3 (Barca, Real or A. Madrid)

Maybe surprising but I've hardly played with Madrid or Barca in my FMMH years, not sure why. Always got the Atletico job when moving to Spain but love 'em. Outstanding players. Sevilla and Valencia are nice alternatives if you have a few seasons to build the squad but I know getting 80gls requires a worldclass squad. Goodluck mate!

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1 minute ago, BatiGoal said:

Maybe surprising but I've hardly played with Madrid or Barca in my FMMH years, not sure why. Always got Atletico job when moving to Spain but love 'em. Outstanding players. Sevilla and Valencia is nice alternatives if you have a few seasons to build the squad but I know getting 80gls requires a worldclass squad. Goodluck mate!

Cheers dude, really looking forward to getting on with this one now, I'm just finishing up my first season in Scotland on the UK version and than I'll get straight back into this 

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34 minutes ago, Cockers2505 said:

Congrats @Taff I could be soon joining you, my guy has currently scored 47 in 32 games for Montpellier, and he was a freebie 2 season ago, anyway good luck in Portugal.

Finally got him scoring by the sounds of it, well done dude

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Just caught up, that was one hell of a season!! I knew Timo would pull through he's a class goalscorer ?? great choice! I've just started this challenge myself with a team no one has used yet and as far as I know I haven't seen anyone sign the player at all this year so relatively unknown ? Cross your fingers for me...

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1 hour ago, Brenty92 said:

Just caught up, that was one hell of a season!! I knew Timo would pull through he's a class goalscorer ?? great choice! I've just started this challenge myself with a team no one has used yet and as far as I know I haven't seen anyone sign the player at all this year so relatively unknown ? Cross your fingers for me...

Looking forward to seeing it dude

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Season 6

So after a fantastic season netting a fantastic 73 goals this season was all about 2 things

1. Getting the move to Spain

2. Remaining in Portugal and working on new tactic options for when I get to Spain

So with the latter in mind I hit the Transfer Market HARD!!!

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Like I said I went Big.  Sanches and Ntcham came in to sure up my CM, Cordoba came in as my backup/partner for Werner Kempf was brought in to help out the Defence, Manneh and Boli as emergency backup strikers and Ozil was brought in late in the year as an injury replacement 

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Horta brought in a big chunk of capital after failing to impress me over the 1 1/12 seasons I've been there, Talisca, Walace and the rest were just dead wood who never really had any game time

So with a crop of new players brought in we set out to just play a season (wasn't ever really trying to top Werners record) just have fun and try some new tactic Ideas

Here's how the German Machine did anyway

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He picks up the WPOTY award after impressing with his time as Benfica

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His stats still looking mighty impressive (especially his Shooting, Speed and Stamina)

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He managed to bag a respectable 53 goals (considering he shared the striker role or was rested/injured) he did well he's managed to net 161 goals since joining Benfica so it's not all bad, could be a great candidate for a 1K

So like I said this season was just about playing and having fun while we looked out for a job in Spain (Real, Valencia and Villarreal all became V. Insecure throughout the season but nothing came of any of them

So we cracked on and had a fantastic season (One of the best I've ever had)

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We win the league with 8 games to go thanks to a perfect 26-0-0 record, could we manage to finish the season off with a 100% winning record in the league

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Yes we could winning all 34 league games and just leaving our opposition in the dust

As for the domestic cups another solid season

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We start the season off claiming the Supertaca thanks to a hat-trick from Pereira

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My striking partners combine to give us a two goal win over our rivals and claim the League Cup

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And we make it 3/3 for domestic cups over the season

So a great season winning the league with a 100% winning record and claiming all three domestic cups, but the team also had a great year playing on the continent as well

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Which starts off with a tight game claiming the Euro Supercup over Lazio (Should not have been anywhere near this close)

The are drawn in the UCL group stages against Barca, APOEL and Basel, which we manage to top thanks to a great 5-1-0 record 

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We would then go through to the Knockout stages where our first opponent is BMG, we then face Seville, then my old team AS Monaco in the Semi's and all three rounds were seen out by a 4-1 agg score (how weird is that)

Then we would face Arsenal in the Final 

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And thanks to 4 from Cordoba we walk the game 5-1 and claim the UCL title for Benfica 

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We also had the opportunity to add the Club World Championship to our trophy case

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Which we do without much bother

So a great season completed with a fantastic win in the UCL Final

So here's the season fixture list

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A truly remarkable season managing to win all but two games with one draw against Barca in the UCL group stage and a 0-1 loss to BMG in the UCL knockout round

Here's how the team did this year

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Some good numbers there from the whole squad with the team scoring 149 goals across all competitions this year

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My LB Santos leading the way with the assists this year (and it's made me realise how good a decent WB can give the team a good boost

Not much in the way of season awards this year,

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Werner claimed his WPOTY

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And also claimed the POTY with Pereira coming a close second after a very good season with 23 goals and 10 assists 

So another great season in terms of team performance, but now I'm ready to get that move to Spain and hopefully complete this Challenge (after 2-3 seasons maybe)

Thanks for following and stay very close as season 7 will be loaded in a minute or two

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That's one hell of a season bud, I have no doubt that the tally in Spain will crumble once you find the perfect job and striker!

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Season 7

So this is the season I am hoping to get a move to Spain, so I didn't bother with any transfers at Benfica this year and just set out to play until something (hopefully) came up

There's no sign of any (decent) jobs at the beginning of the year so we carry on as normal

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We begin the year claiming another Supertaca which we had to win in Extra Time

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Then a single goal from the main man Werner claims our second Euro Supercup

Then we get to December and Finally lady luck smiles on me and a very good job becomes available, which is then applied for and obviously taken

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Hellfor Leather is now managing in the Spanish first division and gladly takes the reigns at Valencia

The team is in a pretty decent state when I arrive, but the defence looks shocking apart from two star WB's my CD's are all terrible so once the Winter Transfer window opens that will be the first place addressed, but with a £60M+ budget I'm hoping there's room to bring in the man I hope will grab the 80 goals required to finish the Challenge.

So the Winter transfer window opens and I grab three decent CD's but there is enough in the budget to make a decent bid for the man I've always had in mind for this stage of the challenge and thanks to the fact I haven't had to spend too much time anywhere he's in very good condition to try and net those 80 goals I need

So I place a bid of £27M (he's valued at £22.5M) so I don't hold my breath but then I get the message that the bid is accepted, he tells me his contract demands which I can gladly meat and then the next message I receive is the transfer of ......... can now be complete I hit that Green button so hard I think my phone's got a bruise and my new primary attacker joins us at Valencia.  

May I present a wonderful man who I hope can lead us to glory, a former FMM wonderkid and well known big transfer deal of last year ladies and gentleman I give you.....

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MEMPHIS DEPAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Look at all those green stats (his ariel is a worry) but I'm sure at 28/29 this guy can lead the charge towards 80 goals

So with my main man in place lets see what sort of damage he can do (obviously not expecting him to net 80 in half a season, but might get a feel of what he can do) 

So this is how he did after half a season in Spain 

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41 goals in 34 games is very promising (could just do it if he keeps his form unlike a certain Rangers striker i won't mention)

When I took over the team in early December they were sitting in 13th place, we had some decent results but after January we took off in a big way

Here's the transfers (note not all of them were mine)

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Some big spending this year, Depay was the main target for me, but like I said earlier we needed some defenders and quick, so I grabbed Pedro, Grant and Plattenham then Ruane from SLB to give my midfield some stability and Mario as a backup GK as mine was always on INT duty

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Got rid of Gaya as I had two world class LB's and needed the funds to bring in Depay, not sure about the rest think they were done before I arrived  

So we cracked on with the season, no way we were going to catch the big three after the gap they left in front of us but could we reach a respectable league position...

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Yes we could and we did manage to narrow the gap quite a bit ending only 8 points off top spot

We were also still in the Spanish Cup

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We managed to make it to the Semi Finals but Barcelona edge us out 3-4 on agg

And the Euro Cup knockout round (where the team went on a bit of a rampage)

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First up we take apart Konyaspor from Turkey 5-0 on agg

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Then we come up against Liverpool who we edge out 3-2 over two legs

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Our second English opponents are simply no match for us as we overpower them 8-5 on agg

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then we face fellow Spanish club Sevilla who are also swept aside winning 7-1 over two games and Valencia are in the Euro Cup Final where we face our third English Team this time it's the mighty Chelsea

So could we keep our good run of form in Europe going and take the title?

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Yes we can thanks to a brace from Depay and a late goal from Mohammadi seals a great 3-0 win to clinch the Euro Cup for Valencia 

Here's the season fixture list (from the first game I took over on the 8/12/22)

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A slow start losing our first two games but we ended the season strongly and as you've already seen had a great spell in Europe this year

Here's how the team did (apart from Depay not sure how many they had before I came)

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Depay leading the way with Pulisic and Corozo (both sharing the IF duties) showing there worth

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The assists coming from the AP and RW once again

We also manage a few end of season awards

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Memphis showing his class winning the POTY after only half a season in the league

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My backup IF showed what he could do when called for and grabs the YPOTY award

So a very decent half(ish) season in Spain, with a few more upgrades this could be a very dangerous team

Thanks for following and stay tuned

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