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Challenge 4 - Don't try this at home 🙈

Welcome to challenge 4 of this H2H with the genius that is myself taking on @Nucleus. After three challenges I somehow find myself behind so is today the day where I finally up the anti and get out of first gear? Let's see a brief explanation of the challenge:

  • We both nominate a starting Juventus XI. This has to be used in every match, no changes (unless injuries occur) and the players can not swap positions or roles once they have been locked in.
  • Every outfield player in our systems have to score a goal, not including penalties.
  • Earliest date when all 10 have scored wins!

Now sit back and enjoy this update as for us this was probably the most entertaining one so far and I'm sure you'll all enjoy it too.

Nucleus - update

So Sam has hopefully explained the challenge and the team we’ll be using to you lads. So here is how I got on..

Transfers:

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Just the one. David Alaba needs no introduction to the majority of you and I can confess that I’m slightly in love with him this year.

The nominated XI & Formation:

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Thats the tactic, and those positions are now locked! I’ve no idea how I would do with the tactic as it’s literally something I threw together in 5 minutes! Now let’s have a look at how quickly I could get each of them to score a goal each!

Goals by nominated XI:

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So after the Basel game on the 27th of September, all I needed was for Bentancur to score, and boy did he make me wait!

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Fast forward a month later and he finally gets the goal through a free kick. 

Date to beat: 21st October

Squad Appearances:

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Squad Goals:

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League Table & Fixtures:

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Surprised how well I got on with the tactic and there were some crazy games in there as you can see below..

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Some huge scorelines in there, including a 9-3 & 6-4 in consecutive games!

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Averaging over three goal per game is not to be sniffed at, but all that matters at the end of the day is that date: 21st of October. I just hope I’ve done enough to beat Sam and hopefully go 3-1 up!

 

My update

21st October is the date to beat although I didn't know that at the time, let's see how I did and this is the difference between 2-2 and 3-1 so extremely important!

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I brought in two free kick specialists to help me on my way in this challenge, so where does Baines slot in I hear you ask?

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That's right, he's not in the line-up. After choosing my tactic I decided Baines wasn't needed after all. So 2 defensive minded players and 8 attack minded, what could go wrong? This should be easy!!

Game 1

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Look at that for a start! 4 different goalscorers in the first 15 minutes including one of the defenders! Can't ask for much more than that. Although...

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:O

Game 2

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Dybala ticked off.

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:O:O

Game 3

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Crazy game but Marchisio ticked off... Or not as he wasn't a initial choice he's Khedira's replacement!! Still 5 down.

However Khedira game back to score in a 8-3 defeat... Yes 8-3 defeat to Roma.

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We lost again to Chelsea but Mandzukic found the net.

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So that's Chiellini, Bernadeschi and Pjanic left but we are still only in September!

Game 6

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Huge game for us with two more done and dusted! We now have over a month to get Bernadeschi to score.

 It didn't happen in the first game...

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Or the second...

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Third time lucky? Are you ready for more barmy scorelines?

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He scores and the challenge is completed on September 27th! After he bagged the challenge was over so I put everyone in the attacking third to see how many I could lose by :P

Squad appearances

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Dates:

Nucleus - 21st October

Sam - 27th September

I get the win!

 

What a great challenge that was.

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Thanks for reading and join us for the next challenge which will be posted early next week :)

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Great challenge, I can just imagine the nerves you both had when you just had 1 left to score and not knowing how the other has done.

All square and it's anyone's guess which way this h2h will go:S

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1 minute ago, samhardy said:

Thanks everyone, walk in the park that one and not much fight put up by @Nucleus.

Just how I like it.

😂 roll on challenge 5!!

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Coming up tomorrow....

A clean sheets special with potentially the best centre back pairing in world football. Who will come out on top and go within one  win of the H2H title? Who will crumble and leave it all to do? 

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Round 5 - The Clean Sheet Kings

Hello Vibe, and welcome to round 5 of this H2H between myself and @samhardy. After four rounds the tie is finely poised at 2-2 so this round is a huge step for one of us whilst the other will be pegged back knowing the opponent will have a match point.

The challenge is a simple one, who can get as many clean sheets in one league season as possible?

There’s been a lot of talk over the World Cup if Diego Godin and José Giménez are the worlds best centre back partnership. Funnily enough they both play club football at Atletico Madrid together too, and that’s where we are headed for this challenge!

First up is myself with my update on how I got on in sunny Madrid...

Transfers:

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The rules in place stated no transfers, so here they are. Torres agreeing to join Stoke on a bosman made me chuckle!

Squad Appearances:

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Squad Goals:

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Diego Costa ends up as top scorer with a measly 21 goals! It was all about the defence this year

Squad Assists:

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He also tops the assists chart too, a quality target man 😮

Manager Profile:

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Not too bad I guess 😐

Full Fixture List:

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Season History & League Table:

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The youths were knocked out early in the cups, but the first team went on to win the league with an impressive 11 goals conceded

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Just the three points in it, but a league title is in the bag. So how many clean sheets could I manage?

Clean Sheets:

I went into this one with the same tactic from my Augusta Save which has bode well with me defensively since the inception of FMM18, how would it fare at Atletico?

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Very well, I think! 31 clean sheets is a score I was very happy with and it will take some beating from Sam to trump it!

Speaking of Sam, here he is with his update!

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Thats right folks! Sam asked to see my result after I’d completed the challenge (he hadn’t started at the time) and he’s pussied out of even attempting it! Sam concedes the round and I go 3-2 up. Match point @Nucleus

Scorecard:

@Nucleus: 31 clean sheets

@samhardy: DNF (again)

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2 minutes ago, Foxy said:

That score would have taken some beating but I'm sure @samhardywould have got close if he had attempted it:O

A tainted victory I’m afraid, I would have preferred to see him try and fail than not try at all

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4 minutes ago, Foxy said:

Wins a win so i wouldnt worry😃

The only tainted victories are when people cheat.

Not worrying 😂 I’ll take it any day! Especially as I know how tough Sam is so it may be the last win I get in this h2h

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I hope people appreciate the amount of effort that went into my part of the update.

With regards to the reasoning behind the DNF I don't enjoy that way of playing the game at all (defensively) so feared that if I attempted that it would ruin all enjoyment and motivation that I have for this.

It was me who suggested the challenge too 🙈

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Coming up tomorrow...

Who can handle the pressure and remain unbeaten for the longest period of time? Can @Nucleus wrap it up or is it going the distance? Did I play the challenge?

Stay tuned to find out.

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Challenge 6 - Longest Unbeaten Run

Welcome vibe to what *could* be the last update of this H2H! Currently I find myself 3-2 behind meaning I have to win consecutive challenges if I’m to overcome the deficit and reign victorious.

This is the simplest challenge so far but was tense to play especially with the match on the line. Simply whoever lost a game first as Seoul in career lost the challenge, and no signings were permitted.

Let’s look at how I did first.

My Update

The season started in February and two tricky looking ACL games to kick us off.

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However it turned into a fairly comfortable first few games, especially in the first half of March but we ended up grinding a couple of 1-0’s towards the end of the month. Onto April.

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We were in a bit of trouble against Jeonbuk but got an equaliser with 20 minutes left to keep the run alive, otherwise another unbeaten month with no real dangers. Total currently 14.

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I was extremely happy with May as we were never behind in a game at any point. The definition of a comfortable month and I was feeling pretty good at this point.

Unfortunately a few games later we suffered defeat to Jeonbuk who threatened to do so much earlier in the challenge. Challenge over.

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But what was the total?

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27 games unbeaten which isn't bad at all.

Appearances

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Goals

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Assists

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So Nucleus has to beat 27 to take the victory here. Quietly confident with that score however as there are some teams that can cause a threat and one slip up for my opponent and it’s over. However if this is the end then thank you everyone for reading and commenting throughout!!

Score to beat - 27

Nucleus - Update

So Sam has hopefully explained the challenge ahead in great detail. Nothing to it really. South Korea. Seoul. Longest unbeaten run wins. Simple.

Now before I delve deeper into this update I have completely forgotten to take a lot of screenshots and since then the save has been overwritten, i can only apologise for this as it will be a very short update on my behalf.

I had a couple of scares early season, including this match against Gangwon...

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92nd minute equaliser comes to my rescue in this one! I had a couple of these to be fair.

As for my first defeat of the season, it happened on the 18th of June against Suwon in a 1-2 loss

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I was happy with the run I had which in the end stood at 23 games.

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With no transfers, I was happy with how I went about this, and hopefully it’s enough to take the point I need to win the entire H2H.

 

Turns out it wasn't enough to win the point and as @Nucleus falls just 4 games short of taking the outright victory! This is now tied at 3-3 and going to a decider!

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Thanks for reading :)

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