Aitor Herrera Back In Bilbao - Klippybo's Fm13 Final Hurrah!

you can get griezmann eventhough he says hes not interested in a move on my save
 
Espericueta has big ears :O

Will follow of course!
 
As always I will be following. Bilbao is such a good game for you! Since reading all your Bilbao stories I always say I am going to give it a go but I know I wouldn't enjoy it as much as I'd always be thinking of your games and Aitor. I'd want Aitor, haha. Keep up the good work mate.
 
Interested to see who you bring is a replacement for Llorente. Will be following.
 
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FEBRUARY

Real Valladolid 0
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Llorente 14, Ibai Gomez 32)

Barca got thrashed so we are now 4pts clear!!!

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Athletic Bilbao 3 (Ibai Gomez 4, Llorente 34, 41)
Espanyol 1 (Longo 62)

We got off to a great start and when Capdevila was sent-off after 10min it was game over.

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UEFA Europa League 1st Round 1st Leg
Napoli 2 (Cavani 20, Zuniga 42)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Susaeta 87)

It was an even game but things looked bleak for a long time but in the last 10min they had a goal disallowed and we got that vital away goal!


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Malaga 0

Athletic Bilbao 1 (Iraola 8)

Malaga, surprisingly, look doomed for relegation and we put another nail in their coffin here.

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UEFA Europa League 1st Round 2nd Leg

Athletic Bilbao 5 (Ruiz de Galarreta 11, De Marcos 44, Llorente 55, Amorebieta 60, 85)
Napoli 1 (Zuniga 42)
(Athletic Bilbao win 6-3 on aggregate)

What a performance and result this was!!!! I fancied our chances but I didnt think we would put 5 past them!


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Athletic Bilbao 2 (Llorente 58, 90)
Real Sociedad 0

Thats the Vasco derby over for another season and we end it with 2 wins out of 2!


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LINEUPS
OPP
RES
GK
RB
CB
CB
LB
CM
CM
AMR
AML
AMC
ST
SUBS
R.Val
2-0
Ruffier
Iraola
San Jose
Amorebieta*
Aurtenetxe
Herrera
Iturraspe
Susaeta
Ibai Gomez
De Marcos
Llorente
Ruiz de Galarreta, Toquero
Esp
3-1
Ruffier
Iraola
San Jose
Amorebieta
Aurtenetxe
Herrera
Benat
Susaeta
Ibai Gomez
De Marcos
Llorente* 2
Ruiz de Galarreta, Espericueta, Toquero
Napoli
1-2
Ruffier
Iraola
San Jose
Amorebieta
Aurtenetxe
Herrera
Benat
Susaeta
De Marcos
Ruiz de Galarreta
Llorente
-
Malaga
1-0
RuffierIraola
San Jose*
Amorebieta
Aurtenetxe
Iturraspe
Espericueta
Toquero
De Marcos
Susaeta
Llorente
Ramalho
Napoli
5-1
Ruffier
Iraola
San Jose
Amorebieta* 2
Aurtenetxe
Herrera
Benat
Susaeta
De Marcos
Ruiz de Galarreta
Llorente
Ramalho, Espericueta
R.Soc
2-0
Ruffier
Iraola
San Jose
Amorebieta
Balenziaga
Iturraspe
Benat
Susaeta
De Marcos
Herrera
Llorente* 2
Espericueta, Toquero, Ramalho

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SUMMARY


Another extremely successful month as we finish it still in the Europa League and 4pts clear in the title race. I think the quickest I have won the league with Bilbao is 4 years (always win the Champions League beforehand lol) so if we somehow win it this season I will be amazed!!!

The highlight of the month was obviously the thrashing of Napoli (Lazio await us in the next round) while the derby win was excellent too.

Next up is March - my favourite month - REGEN TIME!!!!

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
FERNANDO LLORENTE
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Awesome stuff Klippy. Llorente will be a big miss next season though!!!
 
To say I am enjoying the return of this is an understatement.
 
Looking forward to the youth intake. Plus, who's your replacement striker? Muniain?
 
Wow! What a story...again.. will follow it ! and what a results!! you will win the league! i am sure.
 
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MARCH

Atletico Madrid 2 (Raul Garcia 80, 90)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Susaeta 56, Herrera 66, Amorebieta 71)

Real Madrid thumped Barca 4-0 to go 2nd so this win extends our lead at the top to 5pts - dare we dream?

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UEFA Europa League 2nd Round 1st Leg

Athletic Bilbao 3 (Llorente 54, Toquero 68, De Marcos 78)
Lazio 1 (Klose 22)

A very nice win that could have been even more comfortable had Llorente's first half strike not been disallowed!

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Athletic Bilbao 4 (Llorente 2, 42pen, 90, De Marcos 61)
Valencia 2 (Banega 11, Soldado 85)

An entertaining match this but more importantly another 3pts!!

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UEFA Europa League 2nd Round 2nd Leg

Lazio 1 (Klose 88)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Susaeta 3, Llorente 23pen, 31pen)
(Athletic Bilbao win 6-2 on aggregate)

We were actually quite poor here and the 2 penalties added a bit of gloss to both the scoreline and performance. San Jose got sent-off late on too.


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Getafe 2 (Sergi Roberto 3, Lacen 58)

Athletic Bilbao 5 (Llorente 53, 84, 87, Amorebieta 81, Toquero 89)

WOW!!!! This is what champions are made of! Going into the game I would have easily taken a point as we were without several players and with 15min to go we were looking at a defeat but then I made 3 subs and we scored 4 in 8min but it gets better - REAL MADRID DREW SO WE ARE 7PTS CLEAR!!!!!!


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LINEUPS
OPP
RES
GK
RB
CB
CB
LB
CM
CM
AMR
AML
AMC
ST
SUBS
Atl.M3-2RuffierIraolaSan JoseAmorebietaBalenziagaHerreraBenat
SusaetaMuniainDe MarcosLlorente-
Lazio3-1RuffierIraolaSan JoseAmorebietaAurtenetxeHerreraBenatSusaetaDe MarcosRuiz de GalarretaLlorente*Toquero, Espericueta
Valen4-2RuffierIraolaSan JoseAmorebietaAurtenetxeHerrera
IturraspeSusaetaMuniainDe MarcosLlorente* 3Ruiz de Galarreta, Ibai Gomez, Ramalho
Lazio3-1
Ruffier
Iraola
San Jose
Ekiza
Balenziaga
Herrera*
Benat
Susaeta
Muniain
De Marcos
Llorente 2
Ramalho, Ruiz de Galarreta
Getafe5-2
Ruffier
Ramalho
San Jose
Amorebieta
Aurtenetxe
Iturraspe
Benat
Susaeta
Ibai Gomez
Ruiz de Galarreta
Llorente* 3
Toquero, Balenziaga, Espericueta

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SUMMARY

Going into this month I thought it would be the start of Barca's or Real's comeback but not so as we scored 18 in 5 games (Llorente got 9!!) and won every match to both progress in Europe and extend our lead at the top of the table. Next month will be key as we are scheduled to play both Barca and Real Madrid..........

In the Europa League we will play Braga and then either Sporting Lisbon or Spurs so I am hopeful that we can progress there.

As for the youth intake there was 1 stand-out player but he isnt Aitor class but he can play up front and also in midfield so that is good.

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
FERNANDO LLORENTE
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so glad this is back. you just know your gonna win the league in your first season. amazing.
 
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APRIL


Athletic Bilbao 3 (De Marcos 42, Amorebieta 50, Toquero 74)
Granada 0

Thats 9 wins in a row in the league...........

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UEFA Europa League QF 1st Leg

Athletic Bilbao 2 (De Marcos 4, Llorente 10)
Braga 0

Easy.

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Sevilla 2 (San Jose og37, Perotti 42)
Athletic Bilbao 0

A game too far - a defeat was going to happen at some point and I always figured it would be here.

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UEFA Europa League QF 2nd Leg

Braga 3 (Ruben Micael 3, Alan 18, Eder 59)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Muniain 28, Llorente 32, 77)

We were never going out so I am quite happy we made it through without any injuries. Ruffier got injured beforehand though and is out for a month.


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Athletic Bilbao 1 (Llorente 87)
Real Madrid 1 (Morata 47)

What a result! I accidentally went into the game without restoring some of my players (as can be seen below) but we injured Ronaldo early on and despite falling behind battled back to claim a point and maintain our 4pt lead!


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Deportivo La Coruna 0
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Llorente 22, 78, De Marcos 73)

Back to winning ways after 3 games without one. They had a man sent-off late on but the game was already over.

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UEFA Europa League SF 1st Leg
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Muniain 3, Llorente 14)
Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Adebayor 87)

I am so annoyed at conceding that late away goal - we had 1 foot in the final and then we fell asleep and got punished.

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Athletic Bilbao 2 (Muniain 70, San Jose 90)
Barcelona 3 (Messi 6, 87, Pedro 20)

FFS - we were actually the better side in this game but didnt really perform until we were 2 goals and 1 man down. We are only 1pt clear now.


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LINEUPS
OPP
RES
GK
RB
CB
CB
LB
CM
CM
AMR
AML
AMC
ST
SUBS
Gra3-0RuffierIraolaSan JoseAmorebieta*AurtenetxeHerreraBenatSusaetaMuniainDe MarcosLlorenteRuiz de Galarreta, Toquero
Braga2-0RuffierIraolaLaporteAmorebietaAurtenetxeHerreraIturraspe
SusaetaMuniain*De Marcos
Llorente
Espericueta
Sev0-2RuffierIraolaSan JoseLaporteAurtenetxeHerrera
Iturraspe
Ibai GomezMuniainDe MarcosLlorenteRuiz de Galarreta, Espericueta, Toquero
Braga3-3IraizozIraolaSan JoseAmorebietaAurtenetxeRuiz de GalarretaIturraspeSusaetaMuniain
De Marcos
Llorente* 2
Espericueta, Ibai Gomez
R.Mad1-1IraizozIraolaSan Jose*AmorebietaAurtenetxeRuiz de GalarretaIturraspeSusaetaMuniainDe MarcosLlorente
Balenziaga, Ramalho, Ibai Gomez
Dep3-0IraizozIraolaSan JoseAmorebietaAurtenetxeHerrera*Iturraspe
SusaetaMuniainDe MarcosLlorente 2
Ruiz de Galarreta
Spurs2-1
Iraizoz
Iraola
San Jose
Amorebieta
Aurtenetxe
Herrera
Benat
Susaeta
Muniain
De Marcos
Llorente
Iturraspe, Laporte
Barc2-3
Iraizoz
Iraola
San Jose
Laporte
Aurtenetxe
Iturraspe
Benat
Ibai Gomez
Muniain
De Marcos
Llorente
Balenziaga, Ekiza

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SUMMARY

A very tough month. Our lead at the top has been cut to just 1pt with 5 games to go but fortunately our run in isnt too bad. In the Europa League we almost booked our place in the final until we conceded that late away goal against Spurs.

So with 1 month to go everything is in the balance and now I have to go off to work unfortunately - will complete the season tonight!
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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
IKER MUNIAIN

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Brilliant Story.. just Brilliant ! cant stop reading it.. i want more updatesssss .. ;) . Mate, you just inspired me into a Bilbao save :). That regen looks like a quality Targetman, dont you think?
 
Brilliant Story.. just Brilliant ! cant stop reading it.. i want more updatesssss .. ;) . Mate, you just inspired me into a Bilbao save :). That regen looks like a quality Targetman, dont you think?

He does look good - him or Muniain up front next season - which one I dont know!
 
Another quality story, will be following as usual, question is tho, are u ever goin to release that 4231 tactic that serves u so well??
 
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MAY


UEFA Europa League SF 2nd Leg
Tottenham Hotspur 2 (Defoe 45, Fletcher 82)
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Llorente 57, 87)
(Athletic Bilbao win 4-3 on aggregate)

Into the final we go and deservedly so although it took a very, very late goal to secure qualification.

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Celta Vigo 0
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Amorebieta 51)

If we keep on winning the title is ours..... this game was a very close game.

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Athletic Bilbao 3 (Barandiaran 24, 59, Ekiza 45)
Mallorca 1 (Hemed 77)

I took a huge risk and rested my players for the upcoming final in 3 days time but the gamble paid off as Barandiaran netted twice on his debut.


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UEFA Europa League Final
Anzhi Makhachkala 0
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Susaeta 58)

My first trophy! We dominated from start to finish and should have scored more. We scored in every game in the competition and ended up with 53 goals from 19 games.


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Real Zaragoza 0
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Llorente 22pen)

Real won to go 2pts clear the day before so all the pressure was on us and we sneaked it - JUST! Ruffier saved a late penalty on his return to the side.

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Athletic Bilbao 4 (Herrera 66, Llorente 74, 83, Susaeta 88)

Levante 0

GET IN!!!! Real Madrid drew so as long as we avoid defeat on the last day we win the title.


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LINEUPS
OPP
RES
GK
RB
CB
CB
LB
CM
CM
AMR
AML
AMC
ST
SUBS
Spurs
2-2
Iraizoz
Balenziaga
San Jose
Amorebieta
Aurtenetxe
Herrera
Iturraspe
Susaeta
Muniain
De Marcos
Llorente 2
Ramalho, Ruiz de Galarreta, Ibai Gomez
Celta
1-0
Iraizoz
Iraola
Ekiza
Amorebieta*
Aurtenetxe
Herrera
Benat
Susaeta
Muniain
De Marcos
Aduriz
Ramalho, Espericueta, Toquero
Mall
3-1
Iraizoz
Ramalho
Ekiza
Laporte
Balenziaga
Espericueta
Iturraspe
Toquero
Ibai Gomez
Ruiz de Galarreta
Barandiaran* 2
Iraola, Inigo Perez
Anzhi
1-0
Iraizoz
Iraola*
San Jose
Amorebieta
Aurtenetxe
Herrera
Benat
Susaeta
Muniain
De Marcos
Llorente
-
Zara
1-0
Ruffier
Ramalho
San Jose
Amorebieta
Aurtenetxe*
Herrera
Benat
Susaeta
Muniain
De Marcos
Llorente
Iturraspe, Ruiz de Galarreta, Ibai Gomez
Lev
4-0
Ruffier
Iraola
San Jose
Amorebieta
Aurtenetxe
Herrera
Benat
Susaeta
Muniain
De Marcos
Llorente* 2
Ibai Gomez

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SUMMARY


One down one to go! We won the Europa League having won 17 out of the 19 games we played and fully deserved to win the final despite the tight scoreline. As for the league we are on the brink of a marvellous title win. Our final league game is away to relegation threatened Rayo Vallecano while Real have the Madrid derby to play.

Only one game to go..............

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
BENAT
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Another quality story, will be following as usual, question is tho, are u ever goin to release that 4231 tactic that serves u so well??

Dont have a clue how to do that lol but it is fairly easy to do. Just pick the players to their correct roles (although I dont like having a defensive mentality in a player) and set it up like so.............
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