Career From China To World Domination(1KC and 30 Seasons Completed)

[Kun Aguero]

6 hours ago, huafupanyu said:

@Kun AgueroCould you please post your team tactics? Seems like your tactic is good enought to dominate all rivals🥰

Not exactly a tactic that dominate lol, only been dominating in China, struggling to win against big teams in Russia and Turkey.

Just a normal tactic, I'm not a tactical genious after all.

40 minutes ago, Mcfletche r roy said:

Nice to see a player from Malaysia play this game..why don't you pick a popular game over this one

Why would I? 😏

[broodje kip]

51 minutes ago, Mcfletche r roy said:

Nice to see a player from Malaysia play this game..why don't you pick a popular game over this one

Woah surprise to see another Malaysian here

[Kun Aguero]

From China To World Domination

Season 1 in Turkey

So I joined Basaksehir after staying in Russia for another season, and bought the main man Shan Huanhuan for only 2.5 million. What I'm going to aim for in Turkey will be as below. 

1. Join a LOTTO Ekstraklasa or SuperLig team.

2. Sign the Chinese player

3. Sign or use a Polish/Turkish player already in the team

4. Win the league

5. Complete your first stage of European invasion by winning the UEFA Europa League

6. Have your Chinese player scoring 70 goals

7. Have your Polish/Turkish player providing 50 assists

The Chinese player is obviously Shan Huanhuan, while for the Turkish assistor, I'm going with someone already in the club.

Going with an attacking mid this time with Berkay Ozcan.

Transfers

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The budget given is better than expected, and I went straight into the market after selling some players.

The best deal must have been Reece Oxford for only 5 million! Again get a few youngsters on loan, Celso Ruiz (regen of Keylor Navas) joined from Liverpool on a loan deal.

Competitions

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Won the league, crossing off the first trophy in Turkey. It was way difficult than what the league table shows, only been able to get to the top in the final few games.

No luck in both Conference League and Turkish Cup.

Player Awards

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Finally a first Asian player of the year award for Shan Huanhuan.

A first Turkish league player of the year for Shan Huanhuan as well.

Berkay Ozcan

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Decent improvement in Ozcan's attributes, as he get 24 assists in the first season, 26 more needed.

Shan Huanhuan

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Got himselves 50 goals in his first season in Turkey, 20 more needed to complete Stage 3 in Turkey.

Team Performance

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A good season from Dilrosun with 18 goals and 10 assists, alongside Shan Huanhuan and Berkay Ozcan.

1. Join a LOTTO Ekstraklasa or SuperLig team.

2. Sign the Chinese player

3. Sign or use a Polish/Turkish player already in the team

4. Win the league

5. Complete your first stage of European invasion by winning the UEFA Europa League

6. Have your Chinese player scoring 70 goals (50/70)

7. Have your Polish/Turkish player providing 50 assists (24/50)

A good first season in Turkey, winning the league, and getting 50 goals and 24 assists from Shan Huanhuan and Ozcan. Next target will be to win the Europa League. The 20 goals needed for Shan Huanhuan can probably done early next season, while the 26 assists may not be able to achieve in next season. Probably need 2 more seasons in Turkey, and then off we go to final stage in Germany. Thanks for reading, and any comments are appreciated.

Edited November 28, 2019 by Kun Aguero

[BatiGoal]

That EL can be a pain sometimes. There's usually 2-3 strong CL teams dropping from the group stages you'll face. Need the luck of the draw sometimes if you're not managing a quality team. 

Looking good so far. 

[Kanegan]

Another good season. This has gone really well so far.

[Kun Aguero]

1 hour ago, BatiGoal said:

That EL can be a pain sometimes. There's usually 2-3 strong CL teams dropping from the group stages you'll face. Need the luck of the draw sometimes if you're not managing a quality team. 

Looking good so far. 

Thanks, I'm playing to lose again to get myself delegated to UEL 😂

20 minutes ago, Kanegan said:

Another good season. This has gone really well so far.

Thanks, tho I'm a bit worried about next stage in Germany, getting 150 goals and 100 assists in Germany may be quite difficult if I'm not in any of the big teams. 

[Kun Aguero]

From China To World Domination

Season 2 In Turkey

With the league title won last season, I will need to win the UEL, and have Shan Huanhuan scoring 20 more goals, and Ozcan providing 26 more assists to complete Stage 3 in Turkey. Shan Huanhuan is currently 27, at his peak season, so I will have to wrap things up in Turkey as soon as possible, and move on to Germany to get him scoring the final 150 goals before his stamina start to drop.

Transfers

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Lots of outgoing business, mostly unneeded players, with one of last season's best performer Dilrosun leaving as well.

Best business done here must have been the free signing of Ezequiel Barco from Man Utd. What a bargain! Free agents are treating me well in this challenge so far. Tonali joined for a cheap price as well.

Competitions

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A much easier league win where we are just 3 goals short from hitting 100 league goals. 

Both the Super Cup and Turkish Cup won to complete my trophy collection in Turkey.

And finally the main show, UEFA Europa League ...

We started the season playing in UCL after winning the league last season, being in the same group with Juventus, Hoffenheim and Lyon, and "successfully" get the third place to be demoted to Europa League. Faced a few easy opponents (Basel, Porto etc.) and only met my first tough opponent in the Semis against Sevilla, managed to defeat them and made into the final against Arsenal.

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Almost started my celebration but Nelson denied it in the very last moment of the 90 minutes, 2 missed penalties from Arsenal handed us the trophy! UEL won!

 

Awards

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A second Asian POTY for Shan Huanhuan

Shan Huanhuan finally been recognised as one of world's best.

Nothing special, just dominating all the awards in Turkey. 

Berkay Ozcan

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He managed 24 assists last season, needed 26 more to complete the assist challenge in Turkey.

And he didn't disappoint here, getting 30 assists this season, achieving a total of 54 assists in 2 seasons. Another target crossed off!

Shan Huanhuan

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With 50 goals scored last season, just needed 20 more to hit the 70 goals mark, and that shouldn't be a problem for him.

1 goal fewer than last season, as he struggled to score in the last few matches, but still passed the 70 goals mark, scoring in a total of 99 goals in his 2 seasons in Turkey. Challenge in Turkey completed!

Team Performance

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Best players besides Ozcan and Shan Huanhuan must have be Barco scoring 21 and 12 assists, what a bargain buy that is! A good performance from German midfielder Riddle Baku as well with 13 goals and 16 assists from midfield.

Other Players

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Allow me to show you some of the best players I have in Turkey, with most of them arrived for free.

Timothy Borkelmans

A player that I signed on a loan in Moscow, and his stats are so good I decided to bring him with me to Turkey, as soon as I joined Basaksehir.

Reece Oxford

Only costs me 2m+, and being an important player in the defense.

Sandro Tonali

Everyone knows him, one of the best wonderkids in the game, and he came for only 11m+!

Riddle Baku

Have to admit that this guy was totally a random buy, and he ended up being one of the best in the team.

Yannick Drole

From Juventus on loan, a midfielder from Ivory Coast never disappoint.

Stefano Parpajola

Ok , this guy is one I would like to brag about, came for free, and what a beast he had turned into!

Ezequiel Barco

Why would Man Utd released such a player for free? Anyway big thanks to them for giving me Barco which is a key player for my success in Turkey.

1. Join a LOTTO Ekstraklasa or SuperLig team.

2. Sign the Chinese player

3. Sign or use a Polish/Turkish player already in the team

4. Win the league

5. Complete your first stage of European invasion by winning the UEFA Europa League

6. Have your Chinese player scoring 70 goals 

7. Have your Polish/Turkish player providing 50 assists 

Only took me 2 seasons to complete the challenge in Turkey. And that allows me to start searching for a job in Germany, and the search ended very very soon. Just after the season ended, I found myself a new club ...

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Hoffenheim it is! A surprisingly rich team, giving me around 50 million to spend. Bayern is facing a downfall in this save, not winning the league for 3 seasons, with RB Leipzig, Schalke and Hertha Berlin winning it for the last 3 seasons. Hoffenheim was 4th for 2 consecutive season, so hopefully this won't be a bad choice for me to join them.

And you already know who my first signing will be, Shan Huanhuan arrived in Germany for 15 million. 

Anyway, it's World Cup and AFC Nations Cup again, stay tuned for the upcoming update of the China National Team. Thanks for reading and comments are appreciated.

(Should be an easy group, or is it not? 🙄)

[BatiGoal]

That EL is a potential major headache but you got it. Somehow it feels bigger than the CL because they're harder to come by. 

Can't wait to see how you own Germany. 

[Kun Aguero]

13 hours ago, BatiGoal said:

That EL is a potential major headache but you got it. Somehow it feels bigger than the CL because they're harder to come by. 

Can't wait to see how you own Germany. 

Tbh it was the luck that won me the UEL, some of the big teams either met each other or knocked out early. Teams like Man City and Chelsea seems to be way weaker than they should be due to the leagues loaded. 

[Kun Aguero]

From China To World Domination

Season 1 In Germany

So I got myself a job in Germany at the beginning of the season just after completing the challenge in Turkey. It's Hoffenheim, with a huge 50 million budget to spend. Here's the target I need to achieve in the Final Stage in Germany.

1. Join a Bundesliga team

2. Sign the Chinese player

4. Sign or use a Austrian player already in the team

5. Win the Bundesliga title

6. Complete your European invasion by winning the Champions League.

7. Have your Chinese player scoring 150 goals

8. Have your Austrian player providing 100 assists

Got the main man Shan Huanhuan from Basaksehir for 15 million, and my chosen Austrian player to provide the 100 assists needed will be ...

Hannes Wolf, one of the best Austrian wonderkid in the game, arriving from Newcastle for 29 million. Need to improve his crossing attributes to get some assists from the corners. 

Transfers

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Sold a lot of players to get enough fund to rebuild the squad.

Now there's another bargain there, Callum Hudson-Odoi on a free! Free agents are really treating me well in this save. Got a Chinese GK as well, he was top in the Wonderkid list in this save, might be a world-class GK regenerated with the Chinese nationality.

Competition

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Well, that was way easier than what I expect. Winning the league with 10 points ahead of Dortmund, Bayern continued their downfall, only placed 8th in the league. 

Managed to win the German Cup against Bayern as well.

Not that lucky in the UCL and UEL tho, get into the same group with Chelsea and PSG, knocked out in group stage, and knocked out by Arsenal (who I beat to win UEL last season) in the semis of UEL.

Player Awards

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Another Asian POTY for Shan Huanhuan, making it three in a row.

Shan Huanhuan won the Golden Boot in Germany, but it was Wolf and Callum Hudson-Odoi that won the other 2 awards in Germany.

Hannes Wolf

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His crossing attributes somehow decline even after 1 season of training in that attributes. Hopefully that won't be a trouble.

26 assists in the first season, 74 left.

Shan Huanhuan

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Not the best season from Shan Huanhuan in Germany. He started the season strong and stopped scoring after a 2 months injury in December. With 37 goals scored in his first season in Germany, still need 114 more to complete the challenge.

Team Performance

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Callum Hudson-Odoi arriving on a free was one of the best player with 18 goals and 14 assists.

China National Team

Got into the same group with Switzerland and Tunisia in the 2026 World Cup. Top 2 teams progressed to the Knockout round, maybe just need to defeat Tunisia to get into the next stage.

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Lost the 1st match against Switzerland (forgot to take screenshots), while Tunisia drew with them. Need to defeat Tunisia in the last match to get the KO round ticket.

So damn close, Tunisia managed to hold us to a draw, and that's the end of our journey in the World Cup. That 2 disallowed goals tho

And finally the AFC Nations Cup, we lost to Japan in the final last time. Any luck this time?

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And we did it! Shan Huanhuan missed the whole tournament due to a 2-months injury and Tao Qianglong from Basaksehir took his role as the key player in the team. Defeated Japan and Australia in Quarters and Semis to enter the final, and defeated South Korea in extra-time. That's a first major tournament won with China NT!

1. Join a Bundesliga team

2. Sign the Chinese player

4. Sign or use a Austrian player already in the team

5. Win the Bundesliga title

6. Complete your European invasion by winning the Champions League.

7. Have your Chinese player scoring 150 goals (37/150)

8. Have your Austrian player providing 100 assists (26/100)

Have to admit that my first season in Germany was better than expected, winning the league in my first season here, tho goals scored from Shan Huanhuan is a bit disappointing. Anyway hopefully things will be better for him in the upcoming season, as we need to start challenging for the Champions League trophy. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more!

 

[Kanegan]

Still going strong mate and great 1st season with Hoffenheim. KIU.

[BatiGoal]

Winning the league with Hoffenheim on your first go is impressive 👍 well done. Still a job ahead of you but looking good. 

[Scratch]

Just caught up with this and you're going great! Interesting that you are living in Beijing - I used to live just outside of Beijing (in Hebei). 🙂

It's tough cracking that World Cup with China though, especially if you aren't playing there (I always found the secret to do well with small ITN teams is to keep winning the CL in that country to improve the league's rep and keep training up the youngsters). 

Anyway, a really fascinating challenge and you are crushing it.. 

[Kun Aguero]

48 minutes ago, Scratch said:

Just caught up with this and you're going great! Interesting that you are living in Beijing - I used to live just outside of Beijing (in Hebei). 🙂

It's tough cracking that World Cup with China though, especially if you aren't playing there (I always found the secret to do well with small ITN teams is to keep winning the CL in that country to improve the league's rep and keep training up the youngsters). 

Anyway, a really fascinating challenge and you are crushing it.. 

The China team is getting stronger with some regens being regenerated in Chinese nationality, and the Chinese GK I signed for Hoffenheim had turned out to be the best GK in game. Thanks for the support!  

Edited December 2, 2019 by Kun Aguero

[Scratch]

2 minutes ago, Kun Aguero said:

The China team is getting stronger with some regens being regenerated in Chinese nationality, and the Chinese GK I signed for Hoffenheim had turned out to be the best GK in game. Thanks for the support!  

Ah, so that can happen even when you're not there in China. Interesting!

[Kanegan]

2 hours ago, Scratch said:

Just caught up with this and you're going great! Interesting that you are living in Beijing - I used to live just outside of Beijing (in Hebei). 🙂

It's tough cracking that World Cup with China though, especially if you aren't playing there (I always found the secret to do well with small ITN teams is to keep winning the CL in that country to improve the league's rep and keep training up the youngsters). 

Anyway, a really fascinating challenge and you are crushing it.. 

I used to live in Hangzhou, a picturesque town in Zhejiang province, also known for the West Lake, which is a beauty in itself.

[Kun Aguero]

From China To World Domination

This will be a 3-seasons-in-one update as we are reaching the end of the challenge. Shan Huanhuan and his fellow teammates won the Bundesliga in Hoffenheim last season, with Shan Huanhuan scoring 37 goals, while Hannes Wolf got himself 26 assists. Still needed 113 goals from Shan and 74 assists from Wolf, while winning the Champions League to complete the challenge.

Season 1

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Transfers

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Get rid of some unneeded players, as I done a lot of transfers in order to change the team into one that can contend for the UCL trophy.

Spend big this season, bringing in Ante Elez (a Croatian center back), Karamoko Dembele (well-known wonderkid winger) and one of my favorite player in FMM19 (Sergio Gomez).

Competitions

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Won my first German Super Cup thanks to a good performance from Chinese GK Lu Zheng.

The league results is quite disappointing, as I nearly got the sack at mid season, after losing a few games in a row.

UEFA Champions League

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Now to the main show here. Got a pretty easy group, ensuring the team progressing to the KO round. Got the easy draw against Fenerbahce in the first round.

KO Round 1

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A good performance ensure a ticket to the Quarters, despite drew 3-3 in the second leg. Juventus next!

Quarter Finals

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A great performance in the first leg as we manage a comeback 3-1 win, and a great defensive performance in the second leg send us into the Semis against my old team - Basaksehir. Quite surprise to see them in the Semis tho.

Semi Finals

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No surprise for my old team, as we progressed to the Final against Tottenham!

Final

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Took us 120 minutes to end the fight, but 2 extra time goals from Callum Hudson-Odoi ensure a good ending in our Champions League journey. With the UCL trophy collected, only the goals and assists left to complete the challenge.

 

Hannes Wolf

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Not the best season for the Austrian but still 20 assists there, 46 down, 54 left.

Shan Huanhuan

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He's fitting well in Germany, scoring 43 goals this season, 80 down, 70 to go.

Awards

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Shan dominating the awards in Germany.

Assists left : 54

Goals left : 70

Season 2

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Transfers

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The hero in the last two season, Callum Hudson-Odoi left for 117 million, just can't say no to such money.

 

Another Chinese player in the team, right winger Chao Qiu joined the club, being the third Chinese player here.

Competitions

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Another Champions League trophy added to my trophy cabinet! Got the league trophy as well. The team is just getting stronger and stronger.

Hannes Wolf

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Best season from the Austrian so far. 33 assists, that will be a total of 79 assists for him, 21 to go.

Shan Huanhuan

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He's just getting better with his age, 48 goals this season, reaching a total of 128 in Germany. 22 more to go.

Awards

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Chinese GK Lu Zheng ended Shan Huanhuan's streak in the Asian POTY.

Got the team a new stadium as well, can't think of a better name, so decided to went from the original PreZero Arena to Zero Arena.

Assists left : 21

Goals left : 22

Season 3

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Transfers

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Yannick Drole, a loanee when I'm in Basaksehir progressed well, and joined the team for 55 million.

Competitions

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Won the league again, but no luck in the UCL Final, losing to Leverkusen. 

Hannes Wolf

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Hit in 23 assists, and achieving a total of 102 assists. Now just need Shan Huanhuan to score 22 more goals to complete the challenge.

Shan Huanhuan

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And without any doubt, he did it, scoring 48 goals, achieving a total of 176 goals in Germany. Challenge Completed!

Awards

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Another Hoffenheim player winning the Asian POTY, this time Hee-Chan Choo (Son's regen), while the 2 Chinese player Chao Qiu and Lu Zheng took 2nd and 3rd place.

No more domination of prizes for Shan Huanhuan, but is his fellow teammates to do so.

Something interesting happening in this save, Dortmund relegated! 

1. Join a Bundesliga team

2. Sign the Chinese player

4. Sign or use a Austrian player already in the team

5. Win the Bundesliga title

6. Complete your European invasion by winning the Champions League.

7. Have your Chinese player scoring 150 goals 

8. Have your Austrian player providing 100 assists 

With Hoffenheim winning 2 UCLs, Hannes Wolf providing 102 assists, and 176 goals from Shan Huanhuan, that means the challenge is COMPLETED! Took me 10 seasons to complete it! Still haven't complete the Bonus challenge of winning the World Cup with China, but maybe that can be achieved very soon, as we now have the best GK in the team. Anyway it's the end of the China Invasion Challenge, but not the end of my journey with Shan Huanhuan ...

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Returning to China in where it all started - Dalian Yifang, and of course the man follows me here.

Got him on a free, as his contract ended just after the completion of the challenge. Why returning to China when the challenge is completed? Well, you may have guess it by now, there's just one final target for me to aim for ... the one and only 1KC! Shan Huanhuan had scored 491 club goals + 67 international goals for me so far, making it a total of 558 career goals, with 442 goals left to hit 1000. He's now 31, if I manage to get him playing until 36, that will be 5 seasons left, with an average of 89 goals per season including international goals. And if I managed to get him playing till his 40's, I will have 9 more seasons to hit the 1k, which will be an average of 50 per season which seems much more achievable. It may seems impossible to try to score 442 goals with a striker in his 30's, but since it's in China where he can score 40+ in a very young age, it may be achievable after all. Anyway, thanks for reading and please wish me some luck in trying to achieve the "impossible". 

Hold on, that's not the end of the update yet, here's a sneak peek on what's coming next.

World Cup again, now this one is probably one of the easiest group, despite having Germany, we all know how weak Germany is in FMM. Stay tuned for the detailed World Cup update up next, trust me, we did well this time. 😉

 

Edited December 2, 2019 by Kun Aguero

[Kanegan]

Congrats on completing this and good luck for your 1KC. If anywhere this is possible, it is in China and you have chosen the perfect league to wrap this up.

[BatiGoal]

Great stuff. Congrats. 

[Kun Aguero]

8 hours ago, Kanegan said:

Congrats on completing this and good luck for your 1KC. If anywhere this is possible, it is in China and you have chosen the perfect league to wrap this up.

Quite confident in the 1k, since it's in China, the only difficult part is probably preventing any serious injury and an early retirement.

7 hours ago, BatiGoal said:

Great stuff. Congrats. 

Thanks mate 😄

[Scratch]

9 hours ago, Kanegan said:

I used to live in Hangzhou, a picturesque town in Zhejiang province, also known for the West Lake, which is a beauty in itself.

Nice! Haven't been there myself, but have eaten West Lake Fish in several places. Wouldn't mind visiting there some day. 

[Scratch]

@Kun Aguero Congrats on completing this! 🏆

I'd say the 1KC was a little ambitious, with him already being 31, but as discussed above, should be possible in China! Go get it! 😄

Also hoping you do well in the World Cup!

[broodje kip]

Great season but 1kc might be a bit too ambitious

[Kun Aguero]

9 minutes ago, Scratch said:

@Kun Aguero Congrats on completing this! 🏆

I'd say the 1KC was a little ambitious, with him already being 31, but as discussed above, should be possible in China! Go get it! 😄

Also hoping you do well in the World Cup!

 

2 minutes ago, Lord Danish said:

Great season but 1kc might be a bit too ambitious

Agree that the 1k is probably too ambitious, but if I can get him playing until 48 yrs old like @Ian's Kean, it's more than possible 😂, thanks anyway.

Edited December 3, 2019 by Kun Aguero

[Scratch]

3 minutes ago, Kun Aguero said:

I can get him playing until 48 yrs old like @Ian's Kean, it's more than possible

Yeah, just get him into some of that TCM, maybe some of those stewed medicine soups, etc and he'll play into his 50s...

[broodje kip]

Just now, Scratch said:

Yeah, just get him into some of that TCM, maybe some of those stewed medicine soups, etc and he'll play into his 50s...

😂We’ll see his pace and stamina becoming 1

[Kun Aguero]

FIFA World Cup 2030

Host : Italy

Previous Holder : Portugal

Nations : Italy, Brazil, China, Argentina, Peru, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Uzbekistan, New Zealand, Paraguay, USA, Mexico, Qatar, Cameroon, Ghana, Uruguay, Algeria, Canada, Panama, England, Chile, Portugal, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guinea, Tunisia, South Africa, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Rwanda, France, Germany, Spain, Wales, Russia, Denmark, Holland, Ecuador, Zambia, Belgium, Croatia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Norway, Turkey

Favorites To Win : 

• France (ranked No.1 in the international rankings with Mbappe as their star player)
• USA (ranked No.2 in the international rankings)
• Portugal (ranked No.3 in the international rankings, and previous holder of the trophy, with Man Utd star Fabio Silva their star player)

 

China National Team

• ranked 26th in the international rankings
• failed to get past the group stage for the previous two occassions
• winner of the AFC Nations Cup

Star Players

Lu Zheng

World's most expensive GK at 128m, started his playing career in Shanghai Shenhua, and moved to Hoffenheim to play under current China manager Zach Steffen in 2026/27 for 12 million. Won Asian POTY once.

Chao Qiu

World's 5th most expensive right winger. Another player coming out from Shanghai Shenhua academy, and joined CSKA Moscow for 5.25 million in 2027/28, joining Hoffenheim in 2028/29 for 25 million, playing 80 times for the German side, scoring 21 goals and providing 21 assists.

Yongzhe Deng

The main man in China's midfield, current vice-captain of the China team. Started his playing career in Beijing, joining Zenit in 2023/24, and left for Marseille in 2025/26 for 14.25 million, played 53 times for the Chinese team, and an active player in the team since last World Cup.

Tao Qianglong

China's all-time second top scorer with 44 goals in 60 caps. Started his playing career in Beijing in 2010, and joined Hebei China Fortune after not playing any matches for the Beijing team. Got his first European team move to Basaksehir in 2023/24, playing under current China manager Zach Steffen. Not a regular player for the Turkish team winning the Europa League, but still managed to play 30 games in his 3 seasons playing in Turkey, scoring in 8 goals. Got a move to German side Koln for 8 million, before moving back to Turkey for 11 million. Key player in the side that won AFC Nations Cup, with the absence of Shan Huanhuan, and managed to win the Golden Boot in the tournament. 

Junzhe Ren

Another key player in the midfield, Junzhe Ren started his playing career in Shandong, before moving to Russian side Zenit in 2025/26, played 167 matches with them, scoring 39 goals and 42 assists for the Russian team.

Shan Huanhuan

Last but not least, Shan Huanhuan, 4 times Asian POTY winner, China all-time top scorer with 67 goals in 72 caps. The legend that has been scoring consistently in China, Russia, Turkey and Germany. Not the best performance from him in the previous 2 World Cups, but being the current captain of the team, fans are hoping to see him leading the team to a success in Italy.

The Group

Germany with world ranking No. 5, but with no real players, they shouldn't be a problem.

Guinea world ranking 68th with star players being Moriba from Barca and Amadou Diawara, no more star players other than these two, shouldn't be a problem as well.

Group Stage Results

The China team kick started the World Cup with a 6-1 win against Guinea, with Shan Huanhuan getting 2 goals, while Chao Qiu from Hoffenheim getting 2 as well.

Germany shocked in the second group stage match, with China beating them 4-1, Shan Huanhuan grabbed himself 2 more goals, while the team's second topscorer Tao Qianglong got 2 as well. Now to the first KO round against Cameroon.

Knockout Round Results 

Cameroon

Their star players are center back Stephane Biang playing for Real Sociedad, and striker Jean Ntep playing for Man Utd.

Man Utd striker Jean Ntep scored early in the match, but Marseille midfielder Yongzhe Deng equalized in the 69th minute, bringing the match to extra time. None of the teams scored in the added 30 minutes, bringing the match to penalties, while Lu Zheng put in a great performance, saving 2 penalties from Cameroon, sending China into the next round! Tunisia up next!

Tunisia

Won the African Cup of Nations 3 times in the recent 10 years, while finished second in the other 2. 6th in the World Ranking, with no big players playing for a big club. Defeated Switzerland 3-0 in the previous round to met China.

No surprise from Tunisia, as China heavily defeated them with a hat trick from Shan Huanhuan. Right back Chuang Che will be missing the next few games after getting a red card in the final minutes in the match. Wales next!

Wales

Ranked 26th in the world rankings, defeating Turkey and Holland in the previous rounds, both through extra time. Their poor stamina after 2 extra time matches should benefit China.

Key Players

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Ben Woodburn, from Liverpool, ended in Derby in 2025/26 after being released by Liverpool, and had been a key player for the English side.

 

Rabbi Matondo, from Cardiff moving to Man City academy in 2016/17, and then to Schalke , earned his first big team move to Arsenal in 2024/25 , disappointed in Arsenal, and moved to Everton just after 2 seasons, been a key player for Everton since the move.

 

Ethan Ampadu, from Chelsea, moving to Liverpool for 63 million in 2023/24, and to Arsenal in 2028/29 for 30.5 million. The key player in Wales defense.

China has done it! Goals from Shan Huanhuan and Junzhe Ren won China the match, progressing into the Semis against Belgium. Shan Huanhuan's still top in the scoring chart.

Belgium

10th in world ranking, defeated Uruguay, Croatia and Argentina to get into the Semis.

Key Players

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Key player in the defense, from KV Mechelen, moving to Schalke for free in 2019/20, developed into a world-class defender and moved to Newcastle in 2029/30 for 43 million.

 

The new "Yannick Carrasco", started his playing career in PSG, and a key player for the French side.

 

The new "Vincent Kompany" or "Toby Alderweirld" or "Jan Vertonghen", from Chelsea, moving to Lokomotiv Moscow, Hoffenheim (under current China manager Zach Steffen) and finally to Lazio in a player exchange deal.

 

Key player in the Champions League winning side Hoffenheim, from Anderlecht, moving to Monaco in 2022/23 and to Man Utd in 2024/25, and finally to his current team Hoffenheim in 2028/29 for 53 million.

China did it yet again! Goals from Chao Qiu and Yari Verschaeren brings the match into extra time, with debutant Xinyuan Abdulghani scoring the winning goal in the 99th minute to send China into the Final against Spain. Star player Shan Huanhuan injured in 62 minutes, ending his journey in Italy, and will be a huge loss to the team. 

Spain

Ranked 4th in the world ranking, winning the trophy once in South Africa 2010, defeated 2 champions favorites USA and France in the previos rounds.

Key Players

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The new "Sergio Ramos" from La Masia, one of the best defenders in the world, and key player in the Spain team.

 

Unai Simon, from Athletic Bilbao, earning himself a move to Juventus in 2024/25, and to City in 2027/28, continuing the tradition of world-class goalkeepers for Spain.

 

A "Messi" from Real Madrid, started his playing career in Real Madrid, and get a big move to Tottenham for 56 million. 

The Final

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Live from San Siro, here we are in the final between China and Spain. Best result for China in the previous World Cup is making into the the Group stage, and it's the very first time they had progressed so far in the tournament, and here they are in the Final! Probably the strongest China team ever in history. Shan Huanhuan a legendary goal scorer, scoring more than 500 goals in his playing career, bad news that he will not be playing in the final against Spain today after an injury against Belgium in the semis. And the team sheet for China team had been revealed, let's see who's replacing Shan in the starting eleven.

 

Weiming Cai it is, a striker currently playing for French side Lyon, started his playing career in Guangzhou, and moved to Lyon in 2026/27, not the main striker for the team, but one that play consistently for them. Played 53 times for the China team, but not the best scoring performance from him, only scoring 8 goals for the team. The team will have to rely in wingers Tao Qianglong and Chao Qiu for the goals instead.

 

All the other starters are as predicted, the 2 strong midfielders Junzhe Ren and Yongzhe Deng. News had come out that Zach Steffen had signed Yongzhe Deng for his team Dalian Yifeng, pairing him up with Shan Huanhuan. Meanwhile, as for the wingers, as expected, Chao Qiu and Tao Qianglong,  3 goals from the Hoffenheim winger in the tournament so far, and 3 more from Tao Qianglong. Dalian Yifang had also announced the signing of Tao Qianglong. No surprise at all that it's Lu Zheng starting for China in the GK position, rumours are spreading around that he will be joining Barcelona very soon.

Well, with the teams ready, let's kick it started!

32' 

 

That's it! A goal from Weiming Cai for China, oh wait, he's offside, he looks disappointed there. 

53'

 

Spain scored! Tottenham striker Antonio Messi headed in a cross, and Spain is now leading 1-0!

87'

 

That's the end of China's hopes, Ansu Fati scoring in the 87th to win Spain their second World Cup. 

Regardless of the defeat, China played well having a 55% possession in the game, but way fewer shots compared to Spain. Anyway, they did way better than expected, from failing to even progressed from the Group Stage, to First Runner-up. They will just get stronger in the future. 

A Golden Boot fro Shan Huanhuan, scoring 8 goals in the tournament, 1 ahead Mbappe.

It's Shan Huanhuan winning the Best Player as well, being the first Chinese player ever to win the award.

3 players in the Dream Team, Shan Huanhuan, Chao Qiu and Lu Zheng all 3 from Hoffenheim.

That's the end of my World Cup journey in Italy, came so close from winning it. Anyway thanks for reading, and hope you like it! 

 

Edited December 3, 2019 by Kun Aguero

[BatiGoal]

Great run, mate! Did well. Can't see any of the match screenshots tho. Could be my poor internet here. 

Congrats. 

[Kun Aguero]

52 minutes ago, BatiGoal said:

Great run, mate! Did well. Can't see any of the match screenshots tho. Could be my poor internet here. 

Congrats. 

The China team is getting stronger, and hopefully more quality regens since I'm now managing in China, maybe next World Cup will be ours. 

The screenshots worked well for me tho.

[Kanegan]

Can't see the screenshots too but fantastic run at the World Cup.