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The latest instalment in my VivaGlobetrotting save sees Ken Sasaki take Colo-Colo further in the Copa Libertadores whilst maintaining their domestic dominance. Colo-Colo went unbeaten in the 2026 domestic season, winning both the league title and the Copa Chile with relative ease...

Ken Sasaki has made Colo-Colo dominant. In the league he has focused on the foreign player limit, implemented an attacking style of play and benefitted from a lack of quality from rivals Universidad Catolica and Universidad de Chile. These three key aspects have led to the dominance of...

The latest VivaGlobetrotting post reviews the 2025 season with Colo-Colo. Ken Sasaki has transformed this Chilean club into a truly dominant force in domestic football. VivaGlobetrotting Part 12 The next post in this series will look at HOW Ken Sasaki has turned his team into this dominant...

Ken Sasaki developed a managerial identity including three key elements: attacking mindset, target specific attributes and focus on youth. The latest post is all about the latter, focus on youth. Ken Sasaki is categorising his youth players into four groups. 1) Signed as 1st team squad members...

Part 10 of VivaGlobetrotting completes five years of the save. Ken Sasaki is managing Colo-Colo in Chile after a rocky start to his managerial career. VivaGlobetrotting Part 10 This post reviews all five seasons, including the latest season in greater detail. I'm loving this save and the...

It's Wednesday, meaning another VivaGlobetrotting post! Ken Sasaki makes the most of his transfer window where he can only sign three players and manages to lead Colo-Colo to more league success. It is continental football in which will determine how successful Sasaki is in his time with...

Ken Sasaki won the league with Colo-Colo last season after joining the club mid-season. They trailed Universidad de Chile in the title race and Sasaki managed to overhaul a six-point gap with three games remaining. This would surely secure Sasaki his job for the foreseeable future, right? Well...

The seventh instalment of VivaGlobetrotting is perhaps the biggest yet. VivaGlobetrotting Part 7 In this post, Sasaki starts trying to correct the elements of his manager identity that had negatively affected his Coquimbo Unido team. This is successful and helps the club perform above...

I tend to show them on my blog. On here I will show a brief summary so as not to just repeat my blog post here :)

In the previous post, Ken Sasaki created his own managerial identity. In Part 6 of VivaGlobetrotting, we see how Sasaki has implemented it at Coquimbo Unido. VivaGlobetrotting Part 6 Sasaki's identity has had several positive effects, including raising the level of the squad's teamwork to...

Ken Sasaki has really struggled to ignite his managerial career so far. There was a time at Puerto Montt throughout their magical cup run when Sasaki felt settled and comfortable with his managerial style. But a run of poor form, coupled with a run of poor decisions, has led to a rethink...

Sasaki has been sacked from Puerto Montt! After a poor season in which Sasaki was summoned to the board room three times in a month, the club have relieved Sasaki of his duties. VivaGlobetrotting Part 4 Check out part four of my series to see exactly what went wrong at Puerto Montt and where...

The Copa Chile provides a perfect distraction from league football for teams who are struggling. Puerto Montt were definitely struggling, with manager Sasaki having been called to the board room and given a points target. Luckily, this came at a time when things were beginning to look up and...

The Chilean season is split into two main parts. There are 30 games per season, with each team playing each other twice. After 15 games, league football finishes for a month or so and Copa Chile football becomes the main priority. In the second post of my VivaGlobetrotting series, I review the...

This thread will detail a series of blog posts following the managerial career of Ken Sasaki, a Japanese-born (fictional) footballing legend who has just begun his managerial journey. Sasaki has been appointed as manager of Deportes Puerto Montt, a second-tier side in Chile, and this is where my...