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

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April 2015 Review

League and ECC Standings

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Games (goals total will now be in what type of competition)

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League Game 23: No slowing down for this team under coach Ryan. All the strikers would score in this game. Captain Alipio (10th) would be the fourth person on the team to break the double digit mark in the league and would be the only striker not to score two goals this game. Both Rukavytysa (22nd, 23rd) and Stoykov (11th, 12th) would both enjoy their two goals as the teams success would continue.

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ECC Quarter Final Leg 2: Olympique Lyonnais would be heavily favorites at home. CSKA’s winning and undefeated streak would be in the hanging. CSKA would bunker in and only one record would remain, and that would be the winning streak since they would hold Olympique Lyonnais to zero goals. While the Reds did have some shots it looked as if they were more worried to control of the game than try to stretch out their team for the win on the road.

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League Game 24: It looked as if CSKA would only score three goals as they hit a drought in the second half. At the end of the game two quick goals in recession would be scored to put another five spot on the league. Tonev (4th) and Rukavytsya (24th) had one goal while hometown hero Stoykov (13th, 14th, 15th) had the hat trick. There would be a PK kick and normally Brunclik normally takes it, but Stoykov would take this one. Ribeiro with another shutout is starting to build his streak back.

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Bulgarian Cup Quarter Final: Balkan felt great after the 25th minute as they would tie up the game. That feeling of happiness would end as soon as the 33rd minute came. That’s when everyone went bad and CSKA does what it does best and just pummel teams. Paulo (1st) and Stoykov (2nd) would only have one. Edu Bedia (1st, 2nd) would be the only player with two goals while Rukavytsya (3th, 4th, 5th) would end up with a hat trick. Sadly Ribeiro with that goal would end his 356 minutes of not giving up a goal. Still trying to go that elusive 500 minutes without giving up a goal.

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League Game 25: Another five spot by CSKA in this game with another shutout as well. Its now a fight to see who is going to be loved by the fans more between Rukavytsya and Stoykov. Stoykov (16th, 17th) scored twice, but set a team high record in assists on the season that still has five games left. Rukavytsya (25th, 26th, 27th) has the most Man of the Match awards, scored over 50 goals on the season, and looks to repeat as league leader in goals.

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ECC Semi Final Leg 1
: Rematch of last year Semi Final as well. Again there is a link between these two clubs as well still even though no one has switched teams yet. Last year the record was split at 1-0-1 each with CSKA edging out on goals which lead them to winning it all. The high they are on right now (37 straight wins) looks to be straining for this one on the road in which they had to travel over 1,300 miles. “The ref had a good game, but he did fail to call a foul that would of lead us to a PK kick. Other than that it was a very interesting game in which at the end we failed to come up with a win. Hopefully this doesn’t hurt them, but makes them more hungry for the next leg at our place. Where we have been perfect all season.” said coach after a 3-1 loss. The only goal for the team came in the 23rd minute by Brunclik (5th). They been in this position last year and still came through so hopefully they can do the same this year. Still two goals in stoppage time, one in each half, is still a little hard to swallow and could of easily been a 1-1 tie.

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League Game 26: Coach Ryan would give rest to six starters this game for the first time he has done that. Or well starters for the next ECC game against ManU. Only the strikers would play to make sure that there wouldn’t be a chance of a tie or even a loss. Shockingly enough only two goals were in this game and none were by a striker. Some bad news though came as Stoykov would be injured and looks to miss the rest of the year. Bedia (2nd) looked to have two goals, but the second one the goalie would barely get a hand on it. It would be defected to where Addy (1st) would score.

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ECC Semi Final Leg 2: For the second straight year CSKA would do what was needed to advance to the finals of the ECC. They just needed to win by two, but they didn’t think that was good enough. They would score a third to seal the deal in the 66th minute. United did have there chances, but Ribeiro looked like a world class goalie out there. World class striker Rukavytsya (13th, 14th) would take it upon his shoulders and looks to be garnering interest from some clubs. He said he loved it at CSKA, but if it was the right club he would allow a move. Lippai (1st) would put the screws to United in the second half.

Finances

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In just a little over five years coach Ryan has improved this squad, by winning a couple of tophies, but now has risen the club by breaking the 100 million mark. With rumors of big clubs coming in to knock on Ryan’s door for some players especially after his team has made the ECC finals for the second straight year. Another easy road especially when they face off against a team for the finals who is missing three of their normal starters on the team.

Other News and Tidbits

RECORDS

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AWARDS

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May 2015 Review

League Standings

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They have done the unbelievable for the second straight year of going perfect. With that the Board has said it will make an announcement here shortly of some big plans. Again we don't know how big it can get since they scored over 200 goals in 60 games (100 goals a year for the past 2 years) and have gone a perfect 60-0-0. Add in the fact that they won the ECC the past 2 years and well that's what we get.
Games (goals total will now be in what type of competition)

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League Game 27: Final month and the games are counting down. Now down to three league games left for another perfect season. Should we just call it that every game that Rukavytsya plays in the league is an automatic win for the club? Well if not, he sure is dominating it single handling as he scored a hat trick in this one (28th, 29th, 30th) and for the second straight season scored 30 league goals. Bedia (3rd) would round up the scoring as he got another start to let Brunclik get a rest before the Bulgarian Cup.

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Bulgarian Cup Semi Finals: The only shocking thing about this game is that Brunclik would miss a PK kick for the first time all year. He has had plenty of chances as well. Rukavytsya (6th, 7th) would be the only scorer for the team, but that would be enough as they would squeak by to the finals with a 2-1 win.

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League Game 28
: Another easy win for Armeytsite. However the coach was very displeased after the game. “They only have four shots and they score two goals. We take 27 and get four goals with an own goal in the game. I know our defense has been staunch, but this game was very poorly played in the back third.” With Brunclik out again there would be another PK shot for the team in which Olaleye (7th) would take and easily scored. Alipio (11th, 12th, 13th) who had a 679 minute scoreless streak broke that today and didn’t look back on it with a hat trick.

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League Game 29: Coach Ryan has spoiled the fans of CSKA. While they are going for their perfect season for the second straight year which is now down to one more game the fans were more excited to see the second goal scored today. It marks for the second straight year where CSKA has scored over 100 goals in the league (yes this team is that good and the average age is only 23). CSKA wouldn’t stop at two as they would go on to crush their opponent and again would go back to their normal form as they would post another shut out. A hat trick was sighted today by Obaje (4th, 5th, 6th) who would also end his scoreless streak of 450 minutes. Rukavytsya (31st, 32nd) came close to a hat trick in this one but would settle for two. Goals from Alipio (14th), Olaleye (8th), and Lazaro (1st) would round up the eight total goals scored in the game.

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Bulgarian Cup Final: Last year they would throw this away to make a push in the ECC, and push they did to win it. This year they decided that they could do both, or expecting that the ECC would be a little bit harder. Still this team is just too dominate for the Bulgarian league and would have no trouble winning this game. Third straight game for a hat trick by a different person each time. This time coming from defender Lippai (1st, 2nd, 3rd). Olaleye (2nd), Rukavytsya (10th), and Alipio (1st) would finish up the scoring. Zlatinov would be luckily enough to put one on the baord to avoid a shutout in the finals.

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ECC Finals: CSKA would face Fiorentina in the ECC once prior under coach Ryan. It wasn’t pretty as they wouldn’t be able to win either game. People always say third time is a charm, but would it be for CSKA when Fiorentina didn’t have all their starters out there while they did? The Reds would be slight underdogs in this game and at halftime they were down 1-nil. It wasn’t looking good for the Reds but soccer is a tale of two halves. Second half would be all CSKA as Lorenzo (2nd) would start things off in the first minute. Hometown hero Stoykov (7th) coming back in his first game since injury would give the lead to CSKA just six minutes later. Half an hour later Omozusi (3rd) would seal the game and the second win of the ECC. With that win puts Adam Ryan in the world class of managers of Europe.

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League Game 30: Final game of the season. Will it be another perfect season? They already got the league, ECC, Bulgarian Cup and score over 100 league goals so there is no pressure on this team. Plus they are heavy favorites coming in which puts this game at a trap game. It would look like a trap game as the prefect season looked to come to an end. With just a couple minutes left to play the game was tied they still had a chance to go without a loss. Right before stoppage time Omozusi would use his feet instead of his head to score the goal to keep in tack the perfect season.

Other News and Tidbits

AWARDS

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Since it doesn't look like anyone is following this I am going to stop posting this. Still going to play it, but think it is done posting it and will just stick with the Wroughton story since people are more interested in EPL leagues than little lowly Bulgarian League. Thanks for the people who have been following, but since the last two years it seems as if no one wants to follow it. Either it be that I been dominating it or not what.
 
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