Season 2014/2015
The market was quieter for us than previous season. However, we did some important signings. For instance, Cuevas was our top scorer and Bailo stats were far better than our previous keepers'. On the other hand, Diaz and Diagne were two of my worst signings in the history of FM. As you can see, even though I have a large budget, I only signed free players or players whose contracts were finishing. I don't want to waste money unless a star is coming.
Copa Argentina
We started on the fourth round of this years' cup, and as opposite as the previous edition, we were favoured by the draw. We won without difficulties our matches against Juventud Unida, Desapamparados and Estudiantes de Río Cuarto. We even played with substitutes these rounds, except against Desamparados.
Those results allowed us to play against our first premier division rival: San Martín de San Juan. They were clearly superior to us, bur they could not show that in the game. The match was even and boring until the 80th minute when Benitez connected a header that gave us the advantage. San Martín looked desperately for the equalizer, and that allowed us to counter attack, scoring two more goals and gaining the ticket to the next round.
God was merciful again and we were drawn against one of the weaker teams that survived the previous round: Racing de Córdoba. They were similar to us in characteristics and quality, so I thought that if we beated a premier division team, they were gonna be a piece of cake. They were not. The first half saw us losing by 2, and when there was no more hope, we were given a penalty on the 78th minute. Benitez did not fail and he put us back on the game. On the 87th minute, Benitez again became a hero scoring from a corner kick, forcing the penalty shootout. We were precise on every shot and they missed their last one, so quarter finals were expecting us.
Our luck had to finish one day, and it did. We were drawn against Boca Juniors, one of the biggest clubs in America, and in the world I would say. Even though they played with some under 23 players, we were no match for them. We did not play bad though, and our keeper obtained his best qualification ever.
Torneo Argentino A
There are 25 teams in this competition, and only the champion is promoted. The contestants are divided in two groups, and the best four of each group qualify for the playoffs.
As expected, it was harder this year. On the first half we had some terrible results such as 1-4 against Crucero del Norte and 0-4 against Gimnasia de Jujuy. Nevertheless, on the second half we were unbeaten for 9 games, leading to this standing with only one game left.
We had to travel to Misiones in order to face the leader: Guaraní Antonio Franco. If we beat them, we win the group.
We can take into account that some players were tired after playing against Boca during the week, but still... Our football was inconsistent and our rival was superior. We could not win the group, It doesn’t matter as long as we secure a playoff spot, but it would’ve been nice.
Playoff
Tiro Federal was our first rival. They had a bit more quality than us, and they showed in the first half of the first leg. They were winning 1-0 but in the second half our players woke up and scored 6, yes 6 goals! I still don’t believe it. On the second leg I gave substitutes a chance, we lost but we still went forward.
Rivadavia de Lincoln awaited us on the semi finals. We had already played against hem on the league stage. 1-1 away and 2-0 home were the result. We expected a close match, but again our player performed brilliantly and we won 5-2 the first leg. On negative side, we lost Garcia for the rest of the season due to an injury. Substitutes played the second leg and we drew 1-1.
Just two more games and our dream of promotion could become a reality. Our rival was Racing de Córdoba who almost eliminated us from the Argentinian Cup. I don’t know how, but we crushed them, 6-0 was the final result. On the negative side, that match was the last game of our idol, Eduardo Coudet who was booked and could not play the second leg. He retired at the age of 40. The second leg was just bureaucracy, and we won again, but just 1-0.
We will be playing on the second tier next season. From now on I will start updating every six months in the game, in order not to spend much time without posting. Comments and critics are welcome.