A Fight for Adam Ryan. A CSKA (Sofia) Story

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Season Expectations, Formations, and New Players

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Coach

The coach after making the Hall of Fame for the American’s has been given a $330 pay raise. Racking in the money now

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New Youth Players

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Sure they might not be the best overall, but they showed in pre-season that they can be amble reserves or replacements. Petrov though is being moved down to under-19 squad while Stoykov is moved up to the senior squad. After a great pre-season some people think he can be the super sub like Saidhodzha last year.

Captain and Co-Captain

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Starting Lineups: (Formation 4-1-2-3)

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Man, I have a CSKA Sofia game at the moment. They're a really good team to play as.

Yes I am liking them. Just need to get my rep up so I can start bringing in some top notch players.

 

[ribeiro]

i'll follow because im bulgarian but still CSKA (Sofia) is a very good team to play as.. You should check their real history.. as they have beaten most of the ECC winners back in time

 

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i'll follow because im bulgarian but still CSKA (Sofia) is a very good team to play as.. You should check their real history.. as they have beaten most of the ECC winners back in time

Acutally I don't know a lot about Bulgarian leagues. I do know that CSKA used to be really good though, and I do have a friend who was born and lived in Bulgaria for most of his life. He now is in college in the US. I told him if he has time to tell me about the leagues, but am learning about it.

 

[Conbee92]

You should try and get Cristaldo. He tears the league up.

 

[plos]

gr8 story!! Im Bulgarian and support CSKA so i'll follow ur story!
chears and good luck

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Acutally I don't know a lot about Bulgarian leagues. I do know that CSKA used to be really good though, and I do have a friend who was born and lived in Bulgaria for most of his life. He now is in college in the US. I told him if he has time to tell me about the leagues, but am learning about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSKA_Sofia this will tell u something about the team that CSKA was back in years

 

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June 2011 Review

Super Cup

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For this game there would be two new strikers starting. One would be in his second game, newly transfer Cheikh Gueye (2nd game), had his first two goals of the year. The youngest player to ever play for CSKA, Grisha Stoykov, got the start and didn’t disappoint as it took him 69 minutes to score his first goal.

ECC Qualifying Round 3

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Leg one saw coach Ryan not field is normal lineup. Due to injuries and some players without match fitness coach ran with a different lineup. Plus he would also not sub anyone in to try to give some of his players a rest to get ready for the season to start. With an own goal and then Platini scoring in the first half would be all that was needed for the game.

Finances

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[Man v.1]

Wow that regen striker seems pretty good apart from his pace though. And you've got plenty of budget to spend on players! Keep up the good work mate! (H)

 

[choices]

You should try and get Cristaldo. He tears the league up.

Yeah I tried. He is worth 5 million, I could get him which isn’t that bad, but the wages are too much for him to come to my team so I couldn’t get him. He did look good.

gr8 story!! Im Bulgarian and support CSKA so i'll follow ur story!
chears and good luck 

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSKA_Sofia this will tell u something about the team that CSKA was back in years 

Very interesting link so thank you. I am glad I have some other followers. I know they were successful but not that successful. I hope I just do them and Bulgarian league justice.

Wow that regen striker seems pretty good apart from his pace though. And you've got plenty of budget to spend on players! Keep up the good work mate! 

I know I ever usually get anyone good when I have top facilities, but then I get him. I like him, and he looks to be a great sub for the next two years, and might be a starter in 3.

 

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August Review

League Games

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Again with injuries in pre-season, ECC qualifiers, Super Cup, and trying to fit in the new signings it was another slow start to the season. Well not that slow since they still didn't lose a game, but are currently in 3rd cause of a 2-2-0 record. Platini and Obaje were coming off injuries and still scored some goals, but as soon as they can get Ribeiro back they should be back on top of the standings.

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The first league game of the year and the first time under coach Ryan they got out shot. Still it didn’t matter as the Reds would post a dominate win. Iliev (1st) and Platini (2nd) would score goals this game. With an injury to Gueye and Obaje getting back in the swing of things came off the bench for him. It would take less than a minute for Obaje to score his first goal of the year.

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Surprise, surprise, surprise! Obaje (2nd) and Platini (3rd) both scored goals to make it back-to-back games to open up league play. Is there a better tandem that these two? Midfielder Aleksandar Tonev got his first goal over for CSKA which started the scoring in the ninth minute.

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For a game that the Red’s dominated they had nothing to show for it. It was similar to a game last year, but at least they didn’t lose it. “Still for us taking fifteen shots we need to do a little more better on target. Just one shot on target isn’t good enough. While it is upsetting we didn’t take three points at least we came out with one.”

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“We needed a point in this game. Its that simple. A win would have been great, a tie is good, but a loss would have been devastating. With Ribeiro out a loss would of probably put us on a slippery slope, and I don’t think the team would recover to win the league.” Which was a surprising statement by coach Ryan so early in the year. Down at half 1-nil it would be Chrapek as he would tie it up in the 89th minute for his second goal of the year. Looks as if Chrapek is finally settling in to CSKA. Maybe he isn’t a bust now?

Super Cup

For this game there would be two new strikers starting. One would be in his second game, newly transfer Cheikh Gueye (2nd game), had his first two goals of the year. The youngest player to ever play for CSKA, Grisha Stoykov, got the start and didn’t disappoint as it took him 69 minutes to score his first goal.

ECC Qualifying Round 3 and Playoff’s

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The new drawings for the ECC this year looks a lot easier than last years. Benfica they played two years ago in a friendly and the game ended in a 2-2 tie. Although some changes to both teams that has to be a good sign for CSKA. Also Panathinaikos looks to be even keel with CSKA. The only game they are heavy underdogs as well as at home is against FC Bayern.

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Round 3: Leg 2 would come. It wouldn’t be the best game. No goals for Armeytsite, but their defense would do enough to hold them to just one goal which give them the aggregate to advance them into the next knockout stage. “Right now we are just dealing with injuries and are trying to figure out where the new players are going to fit in. Again in the end I think it will all come together. I am not worried about it at all.”

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Playoffs: Leg 1 would pit CSKA at home. After being out shot the past two games they would come out firing on all cylinders. Platini (4th) scored in his third straight game. Tonev (2nd) who got his first ever goal for Armeytsite last game was so happy he wanted it not to send and scored in this game as well. Late sub Dimitar Iliev (2nd) would finish off the scoring in the 90th minute.

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Playoffs: Leg 2 Coach Ryan would do something that wasn’t normal. He would give his strikers a rest. Yes not just one, but all three starter and would let three backup start. In the second leg of a playoff it looked to be a dangerous move. Sure they were up 3-0 and the backups wouldn’t disappoint. Tonev (3rd) would get things started off for Armytsite. Krzysztof Chrapek put the match out of reach with his goal in the 34th minute. Youth phenom Grisha Stoykov (2nd, 3rd) would score two goals before half. Stoykov wouldn’t be able to score any in the second half as he picked up a straight red card. Most damaging news is the injury to goal keeper Ribeiro.

Finances

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The Red's make it back to the ECC for the second straight year. Again for another successful run in the playoffs they got a lot of money for winning it to help the team rise in stature of finances.Hopefully this will not only help the club, but help them in the next few years to get to bring in bigger and better talent to complete in the ECC.


Other Tidbits

Season Tickets

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Sure they got an increase. I guess some is better than none. Need to make more noise in the ECC, but need money for wages and prestigue to get players in. See a cycle here?

TRANSFERS

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One player out on loan while the team looks as they sign two more. While coach Ryan didn't say he wouldn't sign anymore (still have over 13 million to spend) he also said that their wouldn't be any sales either. The team does have some surplus of players, but the coach said only one player isn't in his plans. He didn't give a name, but with the teams finances in good shape it does leave Adam Ryan the option of keeping them in case of injuries or until a good offer comes in. Also lets take a look at how the transfer market looked like for CSKA last year.

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LOANS

Deal sends him to them for the entire year which looks as if coach Ryan see's him as excess and looks to try to get rid of him if he doesn't show a good form for a different team.

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BOUGHT

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September Review

League Games

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Only the second time under coach Ryan has this team lost 2 league games in one month. Is the magic wearing off on coach Ryan. They also see themselves at the lowest they ever been with coach Ryan in the standings.

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With a 2-0 win which should have been a celebrating mood for the squad everyone was a little down as they lost one of their top goal scorers, Platini, is now going to miss 6-7 weeks. While it’s a scare they still have Obaje on the team. Will he run away as the top goal scorer now? He wouldn’t disappoint this game as he had two goals from assists from Platini and Chrapek (could he fill in for Platini?).

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Coach Ryan after the ECC win of Benfica has stated that his team has the ability to get out of group stages so he has gone back to his two squad rotation. He would start it with this game and again it turned out to do well, but still only came up with one point again. Again all three strikers scored in this game (Chrapek, Obaje, and Gueye), but in the end they gave up two late goals to only come out with a tie.

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In the worst league lost under coach Ryan it looks as if he has a mountain to climb. Rebeiro was injured in a training exercise as he just returned so he will be out for another two weeks right before this game. Nothing went right and when you hold the opposing team to justfive shots and they score FOUR time its not the best thing. Coach Ryan wasn’t available for the first time in his career to give a interview or a statement. Another striker went down for this team and will miss a couple of weeks as well.

ECC

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With the normal lineup, Rebeiro and Platini out, CSKA would have been the favorites at home. Without them they are slight underdogs. Add in the fact that Benfica goalie Moreira hasn’t given up a goal in the past four games and it looked like a rough climb. It would be at first when Dejagah would put Benfica on the board. Next thing you know Obaje would score seven minutes later to tie up the game. Gueye, who was benched last game for not impressing the coaches, got the start and would come up huge as he scored the game winner in the 42nd minute. With only six shots (4 on target) they got the most they needed for the win. Last year it took five games in the ECC for them to get the win this year just took the first game.

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Coach Ryan after a horrible league loss (4-1 to Cherno) they came into this game and now face off FC Bayern who are huge favorites. They wouldn’t disappoint and CSKA is now falling hard as they have given up 11 goals in the last 2 games and only scored 2 goals. “Its not a sinking ship just yet. We finally have hit adversity for the first time in my coaching career. So its going to be big to see how the team and I handle it.” said coach Ryan after this humble 7-1 loss.

Finances

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This is hopefully a start for the next couple of months for making money. Coach Ryan said it would be great to finish off the year with $50 million in balance. With the way the team has been playing and injures hitting this team hard that might be a very optimistic outlook.

Other News and Tidbits

UPGRADES

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Youth and training facilities are upgraded. If we got a decent striker last year and a backup goalie, what does that mean for the next couple of years especially with this upgrade.

AWARDS

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First time ever has a player been named "Player of the Month". Only once last year did they have the "Player of the Week."
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I recommended you Omozusi
Don't let Litex to get title this year

 

[valya]

I was doing a CSKA Sofia story too but I stopped because nobody was following
Anyway I didn't stop playing and won Europa league in my third season
Good luck
I know the bulgarian leagues well
If you want advice about players just tell me

or tell me. I am Bulgarian too you know(A)

How come everyones doing CSKA Sofia not Levski:'(

 

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I recommended you Omozusi
Don't let Litex to get title this year

Yeah you are like my personal scout. Good thing I don't have to play you like $1,000 a week. Litex game is about to get posted too.

 

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October Review

League and ECC Standings

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Climbed from 6th place to 4th place in a month and now are just fice points out of first. Back in the swing of things although Platini and Obaje haven't played together in over 2 months. More impressing is that we are in first place in the ECC which is a shock, but still good to see we are completing with the injuries we had.

Games Recaps

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This game was a must win league game. CSKA is finally playing a team that is above them and with a win can start making their way back to the top. Healthy players though is more concerned than standings right now as they are still missing three key starters. Again it wouldn’t be a great game and while they would hold for a tie three straight goals by Loko would put this game out of reach. Late subs Kanta (1st) and Saidhodzha (2nd) would be the only two scorers for the team as they would lose their third straight game.

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Again another winless game. Sure it was a tie, but at least the team is making strides. First down 1-0 and then going down to ten men with just twelve minutes in the game. “The team had a bunch of adversity today and they showed that they are turning the corner. We tied the game up so at least we got a point. At least we still fought all the way to the end. If we can come back with just ten men I think we can comeback in any games.”

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The ECC third group game was among us. While the Reds were very slim favorites the way they been playing and with missing two strikers looked like they had the impossible hill to climb. In the first half they would be under heavy fire as they had ten shots against them. They would only cross midfield three times and only have one shot themselves in the first half. Luckily they went into half with a 0-0 tie due to the fact that Ribeiro is back at goalie for them. Second half the Reds would manage to just get four more shots. One of them would sneak in which would be the winner in this match. Obaje (8th) would be the only scorer in this one and looks as if they might of gotten some swagger back with this win.

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Gueye would be on a five game scoreless streak. Early in the week coach Ryan went out to the media and criticized him for his lack of play. Twice now that has happened. The first time he was benched and came back next game with a goal, and this game after the words he came out and scored twice (5th, 6th) and then newly acquired midfielder Josh Payne scored his first ever league goal for CSKA. Stoyanob (100th) and Bedia (25th) appearances for the league. Finally after five games CSKA gets another win in the league.

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Rookie super sub, Grista Stoykov, would come in the game in the 78th minute and would scored in the 90th minute to clinch the game. Pandemonium was in the stands as the hometown player is now moved up to hometown hero. Obaje made his 50th league appearance with today’s game. Also the team is glad to have Riberio is back since he now has not given up a goal in 271 minutes.

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Game against the #1 team in “A” league looked like a double-edge sword. Would the team everyone knows and loves show up. The team that has won the league the last two years, or would it be the team who has been faltering the last couple of weeks. Carlos Lazaro (1st) would start the game off with a bang in the second minute from a free kick right outside the box. Eight minutes later defender Aleksandar Tonev (2nd) would push the lead off of a quick counter. Just like in the fist half the second half would start off with a quick score for the Reds. Rumen Trifonov (1st) would get his first career goal for CSKA. After Litex would get on the board for a fighting chance Kanta would push the lead to three just two minutes later. Swagger and form are back in full swing for CSKA and hopefully they can keep it up to climb up the latter in the league. Obaje made his 50th career experience.

Finances

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November Review

League and ECC Standings

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For the second striaght year they get out of the group stages of the ECC. They are climbing back up in the standings. While they are still in third place they are just four points out of first place with half a season to go. They are the hottest team right now in the league and looks as if they are prime if they can keep this streak and form in tact to win the league again.

Games Recaps

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ECC Leg 2: Not an very exciting game to watch. Coach Ryan would change his attacking 4-1-2-3 to a defensive 4-1-2-3 in this game. It would work again as Saidhozdzha (3rd) put in a header in the 85th minute to put in the equalizer. CSKA got a team high 9 times offsides this game. Still the coach didn’t matter since the outcome was good for still getting one point.

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In a game that could move CSKA into third place they would fall in a hole early. Down 2-nil with just the 45th minute coming the Reds would cut into it with Saidhodzha (4th) goal. The next one would come in the first minute of the second half as Gueye would tie it up. When things started to look up it would be dashed with Beroe would add another goal. CSKA would get luckily with their late equalizer in stoppage time due to a PK kick. Chrapek (150th) and Vidanov (50th) made career league appearance.

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Bulgarian League Cup Second Round: The CSKA defense would do all it could to give up this game (a PK kick and an own goal), but Gueye (9th, 10th, 11th) wouldn’t let them fail this game as he had a hat trick in the first half. Omozusi (1st) would try to redeem the defense in this one has he would score in the 80th minute for his first career goal for his new team.

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There would be five yellow cards before the twenty-fifth minute in this game. Three of those on CSKA side. Still they would keep pounding it into the final third until Obaje (9th) would break the scoreless game. With that goal it would break his 462 minute scoreless streak. Gueye (12th) looks to be a great addition this year as he leads the team in scoring and also got scored in his third straight game. Platini didn’t score, but did make his 50th league appearance.

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ECC Leg 2: This will go down as one of the biggest wins for coach Ryan. Were heavy underdogs in this game and hometown hero Gisha Stoykov (6th) kicked things off with a bang in the second minute. While that was a great start it looked as if it would be a long second half when best defender Elliot Omozusi got sent off in stoppage time with two yellows. Benefica got a lot of chances, but the next goal would come by Obaje (10th) as he would give his team a 2-0 lead with a man down. Ten minutes later it looked a little scary when Benfica cut the lead to one, but couldn’t find the net again as CSKA has sealed up at least second place in the group stages and will be moving on.

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The games keep getting bigger and better for CSKA. Again to end the month they will take on the first place team. This time it is Levski and they wouldn’t disappoint their fans. No reds cards this game, but still they tally up three yellows. Top two goal scorers again got them in a great position to win the game. First was Obaje (11th) in the first half while Gueye (12th) would regain the title for his team late in the second half. Ribeiro had a fine game and with all his defenders staying in the game posted the shutout.

Finances

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Other News and Tidbits

AWARDS

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Newly acquired Gueye has showed that its not hard to get accustomed to a new league. He has won the "Young Player of the Month." Currently leads the team in scoring, and looks as CSKA will have at least three goal scorers with over ten goals on the year.
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Dec. and Jan. Review

League and ECC Standings

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For the second straight year of getting out of the group stages they have to face Barcelona. “Well it was another good run that looks to be over before it ever got started. Of course we have to play against the people who are favorite to win it, so again it looks as if we will just have to try to keep them from scoring ten goals against us.”

Games Recaps

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Bulgarian Cup Third Round: Defender Omozusi (2nd) would score off of a corner. Platini (5th) starting to get back to healthy and scored with a barn burner just inside the box. So fast that the goalie couldn’t even react to it. Also with that goal ends a 524 minute scoreless streak. Kanta (3rd) would finish off the scoring for CSKA late in the second half.

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ECC Leg 2: “We did a fantastic job. I don’t care that we lost on the scoreboard. We did win in other area’s though. We had both starting center backs out (red cards), two starting forwards (resting) and we only lost to one at home. Sure we were underdogs, but at least we scored twice and we competed all the way through the game.” Platini (6th) was the only starting forward and he wouldn’t disappoint with a goal early in the game. Backup defender Popov, who use to start the previous two years, scored his first goal of the year to tie up the game before half.


Finances

With the cash increase they would be in the negative, by one huge signing this month.

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Other News and Tidbits

Coach Ryan finally got the board on his side as they increased the transfer budget this year. He would waste no time and would make one signing. It would be another striker, surprised! With that they would sell off a striker and it would be the second year player Chrapek. They would lose my money on the sale, but coach is happy about the upgrade. With the signing it might be that some other strikers might be gone as well, and rumor has it that coach Ryan is now looking for another defender.

SOLD

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BOUGHT

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February Review

League and ECC Standings

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Falling a little behind this month with just a 1-2-0 record. At least we didn't have a lost, but two games where we gave up the lead to tie wasn't the best either. Hopefully the loss away at Barcelona won't be too damaging for this team as they head into the last couple months of play.

Games Recaps

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With the first league game in two months and their first game in over a month they came out a little slow. Platini (7th) would start it off within the first minute of the second half. The biggest surprise would be the new signing striker of Alipio. He didn’t get the start to mess up the chemistry, but it looks as if that might change soon. He would come on in the 65th minute and within thirty seconds he would score his first goal for the club.

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“We were absolutely horrid out there today. I don’t care that we tied the game, we should have been a little crisper out there. It looked as if it was just a pick up game you see on the side of the road. There will be some changes I promise you that. If they feel like they can cruise through the league I will allow it when we are in first and up by like 15 points. We aren’t even in first yet. If players don’t want to be here then so be it then. I will let them go play somewhere else.” Young striker Stoykov (7th) scored in the first half to give them the lead, but a late equalizer ended the game in a tie.

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ECC Knockout Leg 1: Again facing off against Barcelona in this stage for the second straight year. After a horrid league game they actually came out on fire. They don’t have that much firepower yet to score a goal (we did get over 10 shots against a top club so that’s good). After the game the coach had this to say. “A lot better. If we lose 3-0 to Barelona we should be able to dominate teams that we are heavy favorites. I am glad we had a good rebound game. I just want to see consistency with this team.”

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With the ECC still in play the team is usually playing on wind afterwards and usually struggle to play well. They continue that stretch today, but still came away with a point. Gueye (14th, 15th) would start the game off with a bang. He would also be the savior as he would tie up the game in stoppage time. Ribeiro made his 50th career appearance for the team.

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Again another league game, another goal early on, and then giving up the lead. They would have to chase to try to score another goal to come away with another point. The first goal was by defender Stoyanov (1st). Two quick goals by Szalai would give Salvia the lead, but it wouldn’t be until late sub Iliev (3rd) to tie up the game.


Finances

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Other News and Tidbits

Coach Ryan would sell another player and again for the second straight year would loan out Orlinov after the break for the rest of the year.

LOAN

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SOLD

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AWARDS

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Lazaro who is rumor to be one of the next one out won the "Young Player of the Month" award with his ratings above 7.5 for the past four games.


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March 2012 Review

League and ECC Standings

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Coach Adam Ryan wasn't upset about the knockout loss in the ECC. He is happy that the team is finally clicking. Hopefully the team can finish strong cause they normally have falter in the end of the season. Still have hopes to repeat as winners in the Bulgarian Cup as well that starts up next month. One worrisome is that they gave up 8 goals this month in league play in five games. However, two of those they posted shut outs. Still they scored 15 goals this month in league so it looks as if the attack is finally figured out their chemistry with the new people.

Games Recaps

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Adam Ryan would just shake his head after the game. Like the rest of the year they again score, give up the lead, and then tie late to just come away with a point. “Maybe we are destine not to win the league this year. Only so much you can do. Plus we are hitting the post a lot and missing good opportunities.” Gueye (16th) keeps his goal scoring streak going, and with that got his 25th career goal. Also new comer Alipio (2nd) got in on the scoring as well.

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ECC Knockout Leg 2: “Sure we lost. We only had five shots on goal. Add in two injuries. You know what we lost 1-0 to probably the best team in the world. Last year it was around 10-0 or so between the two legs. Now it is just 4-0. Wonder if we face off against next year we can score a goal and maybe even tie a game.”

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Again after losing to Barcelona again they lose their next league game for two straight years. Coach Ryan wasn’t mad at his players, but the ref’s who gave up a PK in stoppage time and disallowed a goal for them. Still with the loss it puts more pressure on coach Ryan and fans are grumbling already that he should be let go as coach. Defedner Trifonov (2nd) would tie up the game before ten minutes was up. Gueye (17th) would keep up his scoring this year and looks to be a staple for many years to come for CSKA.

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Coach Ryan a little worried of giving up three goals, even if one was off of a PK, but he was happy that his lads finally got a win. Gueye (18th, 19th) would get things off to a great start for the Reds. Next would be Platini (8th) who was relieved to finally break his scoreless streak of 478 minutes. Last was Alipio (3rd, 4th) and looks to make the transition to a new team pretty well so far in just six games.

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This game has significant since it was against the third place team. If you want to start climbing this would be it. They won last game 4-0 (their GK went 635 minutes without conceding a goal too) and it looked that CSKA who finally one in eight games last game had a challenge. Apparently the players finally got the hint they might not win league and they came out and proved that they are still the team to beat. They won by three and Platini (9th) and Alipio (5th) kept their scoring up. Bedia would get his first goal all year in his 19th appearance.

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Platini (10th) hits double digit goals on the year half way through the first half. Next would be Alipio (6th, 7th) who is now looking like a starter for CSKA on a daily basis, put the game out of reach with his goals in the second half. Second straight game where Ribeiro went without giving up a goal.

Finances

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Other News and Tidbits

Coach Ryan again sold one of his players. It was good for both sides. The player wanted to leave, and after he did the team started to win the the mood of the team was good.

SOLD

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AWARDS

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Two players who signed this year made "Player of the Month". First was Gueye (actually was young player of the month), and now Alipio who has won the first "Player of the Month" award for CSKA under coach Ryan
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April 2012 Review

League Standings

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Its all about the fight in a wounded dog. That's when a dog is very dangerous. In this case this team being not in first had rumors going around that coach Adam Ryan might be out. Then other people were questioning the players themselves. With just a month to go they climb all the way up and are now just one point out of first with just two games left.

Games Recaps

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Bulgarian Quarter Final: Ribeiro would continue his not-giving-up-a-goal session for the third straight game. The defense would step up huge for CSKA this game, but the strikers had trouble on the offensive end. Still they manage to find a goal from their captain, midfielder Kanta (4th), would break the scoreless tie right before half.

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Is there any team hotter than CSKA in “A” play? Their three straight league shutout (4 game total). This is also their fourth straight league win. Guedioura scored his first goal. Normally playing defensive mid field got the start at left back. Gueye (20th, 21st, 22nd) scored a hat trick to seal up the top scorer for the team.

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At the end of the game got a little scary for the coach. After being up 3-0 at half. Ribeiro scoreless sheet would end in the 89th minute. With just one minute of stoppage Penev would bring Sliven 2000 back by one in the 93rd minute. They had a chance in the 95th minute to tie up the game, but it merely missed. As the goal scorers from last game would score again. Guedioura (2nd) likes playing left back as he scored again. Next was Gueye (23rd) and Bedia (2nd) would finish up the scoring.

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How hot is CSKA right now. With taking a 1-0 lead in the thirteenth minute they would go down to ten minute in the twenty-ninth minute. They would score two more times before Litex, #1 in the standings, would score a gold. Again all three strikers would score so coach Ryan didn’t have to worry about bring in any subs for them. Gueye (24th) would start it up. Alipio (8th) who is desperately trying to break double digits for the year, and then Obaje (12th). Obaje would score his 25th career goal for CSKA and end his 596 minute scoreless sheet. Ribeiro made his 50th career appearance for CSKA with this game which luckily came out with a win.

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“Sure we tied. We went down a man in the 16th minute and even gave up a PK. I don’t care if we had the lead at a certain point in the second half playing with ten men is still hard. It was a great match and our team has a bunch of confidence now.” said coach Ryan after the game. Platini (11th) scored off of a beautiful header. Alipio (9th, 10th) and Gueye (25th, 26th) both scored two goals this game. Guedioura got a straight red in which Adam Ryan said he won’t appeal.

Finances

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Other News and Tidbits

AWARDS

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Most people thought the "Player of the Month" would go to the top goal scorer on the team who even had a hat trick in one of the games. However that woudln't be the case as it was another striker Alipio who did break the double digit goal mark for his team in just 15 games (2 subs)


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