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

[Klippybo]

Amazing story Mate.

What's Godoy doing at Partizan?!

And these too.............
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[maxeneize]

Is Partizan manager Argentinian or something?

 

[roberdooo]

Just like to ask how you play against barca and madrid

 

[Klippybo]

MAY

Getafe 1 (Juanfran 6)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Susaeta 79)

OOOOOOOOO.... with Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad to come I kinda hoped to win this but we were **** and naturally Real Madrid won so the lead is down to 3pts.

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Atletico Madrid 2 (Chamakh 16, Arda Turan 38)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Barandiaran 74)

Our shocking first half performance cost us here while Herrera is out for 3 months now and Laporte got sent-off late on. Real Madrid are now top after they beat Sporting Gijon 3-1.

I CANT BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO THROW AWAY THIS!!!!!

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Athletic Bilbao 3 (De Marcos 16, 44, Muniain 50)
Real Sociedad 0

Derby day joy for us but Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid 3-1..........

There is hope however as they finish the season against Barcelona.

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Athletic Bilbao v Sporting Gijon
&
Real Madrid v Barcelona

22min - Real 1-0 Barca - Cristiano Ronaldo
44min - Bilbao 1-0 Gijon - Muniain

HT

83min - Real 1-1 Barca - Lewandowski
84min - Real 2-1 Barca - Neymar
86min - Real 2-2 Barca - Iniesta

FT

Champions again!!!!! I love Andres Iniesta!!!!!!


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[TD]Laporte
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[TD]Aurtenetxe
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[TD]Herrera
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[TD]Benat
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[TD]Susaeta
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[TD]Muniain
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[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
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[TD]Barandiaran
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[TD]De Marcos, Marc
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[TD]Atl M.
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[TD]1-2[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
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[TD]Azpilicueta
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[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Laporte
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[TD]Herrera
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[TD]Benat
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[TD]Susaeta
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[TD]De Marcos
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[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
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[TD]Barandiaran
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[TD]Ibai Gomez
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[TD]R. Soc
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[TD]3-0
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[TD]Ruffier
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[TD]Azpilicueta
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[TD]San Jose
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[TD]Villanueva
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[TD]Aurtenetxe
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[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
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[TD]Iturraspe
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[TD]Susaeta
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[TD]Muniain
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[TD]De Marcos* 2
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[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez, Oscar
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Gijon
[/TD]
[TD]1-0
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[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta
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[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Laporte*
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[TD]Monreal
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[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
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[TD]Muniain
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[TD]De Marcos
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Marc, Aurtenetxe, Ibai Gomez
[/TD]
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SUMMARY

What an end to the season with the title going right down to the wire and we are indebted to Barcelona for staging their comeback - they also beat Real Madrid to win the Copa del Rey too!!

I honestly thought we had blown it after the Atletico Madrid game. I figured we would lose there but after drawing against Getafe the game before I thought we were doomed but fate was on our side.

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End of season post to follow.

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
OSCAR DE MARCOS
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[Klippybo]

END OF SEASON POST

3 seasons in and 3 league titles won and 5 trophies in all so that is not too bad at all. Funnily enough in all my previous Bilbao saves I have always won the Champions League by the 3rd season so I am slipping up big time here! lol

Once again regarding the squad it was all about player development and with so many youngsters getting game time they all improved especially Barandiaran, Espericueta, Oscar, Villanueva and Marc. Obviously I am indebted to my goal scoring centre-back extraordinaire Aymeric Laporte too.

8 players are already coming in in the summer but none for the first team as yet so unless Javi Martinez, Llorente, Griezmann, Pardo or Inigo Martinez pop up in my player search screen it could well be a quiet summer in Bilbao.

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FIRST TEAM SQUAD
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PLAYER OF THE SEASON
AYMERIC LAPORTE
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U20 PLAYER OF THE SEASON
JULIO CESAR VILLANUEVA
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thought i should make my young player of the season award an under 20 award. Barandiaran scored less than last year so he went backwards and thus didnt get it - tough love lol

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AWARDS
Spanish Young Player of the Year - A.Laporte
Liga BBVA Player of the Year - A.Laporte
Liga BBVA Team of the Year - A.Laporte, C.Azpilicueta, M.San Jose, O.De Marcos
(I.Muniain, S.Ruffier)
UEFA European Golden Boy - A.Laporte

Next post will be about Argentina and the Copa America

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[T1LL13]

Aymeric Laporte is sensational!!

Absolutely love him lol 21 in 42 is insane for a CB!!

Well done again this season dude!! Dominance will come soon i think!! Cant be dealing with this last game of the season stuff no good for me lol

 

[Klippybo]

ARGENTINA

Copa America 2015

Pre Tournament Friendlies

Argentina 2 (Aguero 24, Tevez 41)
Ghana 1 (A. Ayew 43)

Lineup - Romero, Peruzzi (Zabaleta), Otamendi, Mascherano, Rojo (Lopez), Pizarro, Yacob (Faurlin), Ocampos*, Pastore (Di Maria), Tevez (Godoy), Aguero (Higuain)

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Argentina (Di Maria 30, Aguero 39, 65, Godoy 76)
Saudi Arabia (Al-Qahtani 45)

Lineup - Romero, Zabaleta, Otamendi (Munoz), Mascherano, Rojo, Pizarro, Yacob (Perez), Di Maria*, Pastore, Tevez (Godoy), Aguero

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SQUAD FOR THE COPA AMERICA

Goalkeepers
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[TD]Club
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[/TD]
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[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Jorge Broun
[/TD]
[TD]Granada
[/TD]
[TD]GK
[/TD]
[TD]£4.1m
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sergio Romero
[/TD]
[TD]FC Porto
[/TD]
[TD]GK
[/TD]
[TD]£12m
[/TD]
[TD]30
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[/TR]
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Defenders
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[TD]Cristian Ansaldi
[/TD]
[TD]Rubin Kazan
[/TD]
[TD]DRL
[/TD]
[TD]£12m
[/TD]
[TD]14
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ezequiel Garay
[/TD]
[TD]Benfica
[/TD]
[TD]DC
[/TD]
[TD]£14.25m
[/TD]
[TD]18
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lisandro Lopez
[/TD]
[TD]Benfica
[/TD]
[TD]DC
[/TD]
[TD]£18m
[/TD]
[TD]8
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ezequiel Munoz
[/TD]
[TD]Napoli
[/TD]
[TD]DC
[/TD]
[TD]£9m
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nicolas Otamendi
[/TD]
[TD]FC Porto
[/TD]
[TD]DRC
[/TD]
[TD]£20m
[/TD]
[TD]26
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Marcos Rojo
[/TD]
[TD]Sporting Lisbon
[/TD]
[TD]DLC
[/TD]
[TD]£14.25m
[/TD]
[TD]28
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pablo Zabaleta
[/TD]
[TD]Manchester City
[/TD]
[TD]DRL/MRC
[/TD]
[TD]£10.75m
[/TD]
[TD]46
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]


Midfielders
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[TD]Angel Di Maria
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[TD]Real Madrid
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[TD]AMRL
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[TD]£17.5m
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[TD]39
[/TD]
[TD]10
[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Alejandro Faurlin
[/TD]
[TD]QPR
[/TD]
[TD]MC
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[TD]£9.5m
[/TD]
[TD]6
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Nicolas Gaitan
[/TD]
[TD]Lyon
[/TD]
[TD]AMRLC
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[TD]£12.25m
[/TD]
[TD]11
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Ignacio Godoy
[/TD]
[TD]Partizan Belgrade
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[TD]M/AMC
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[TD]£2.8m
[/TD]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[TD]1
[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Javier Mascherano
[/TD]
[TD]Barcelona
[/TD]
[TD]MC
[/TD]
[TD]£14m
[/TD]
[TD]85
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Javier Pastore
[/TD]
[TD]Paris Saint-Germain
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[TD]M/AMLC
[/TD]
[TD]£20m
[/TD]
[TD]24
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Enzo Perez
[/TD]
[TD]Benfica
[/TD]
[TD]M/AMRC
[/TD]
[TD]£9.5m
[/TD]
[TD]4
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Guido Pizarro
[/TD]
[TD]Lazio
[/TD]
[TD]MC
[/TD]
[TD]£13.25m
[/TD]
[TD]8
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Claudio Yacob
[/TD]
[TD]WBA
[/TD]
[TD]MC
[/TD]
[TD]£12.25m
[/TD]
[TD]29
[/TD]
[TD]2
[/TD]
[/TR]
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Forwards
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[TD]Sergio Aguero
[/TD]
[TD] Manchester City
[/TD]
[TD]AMC/ST
[/TD]
[TD]£36.5m
[/TD]
[TD]66
[/TD]
[TD]35
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Gonzalo Higuain
[/TD]
[TD]Real Madrid
[/TD]
[TD]ST
[/TD]
[TD]£19.5m
[/TD]
[TD]47
[/TD]
[TD]21
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ezequiel Lavezzi
[/TD]
[TD]Paris Saint-Germain
[/TD]
[TD]AMRC/ST
[/TD]
[TD]£12m
[/TD]
[TD]17
[/TD]
[TD]3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Carlos Tevez
[/TD]
[TD]Manchester City
[/TD]
[TD]AMC/ST
[/TD]
[TD]£11m
[/TD]
[TD]83
[/TD]
[TD]21
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Missing - Lionel Messi, Lucas Ocampos, Gino Peruzzi, Guillermo Burdisso, Alejandro Gomez, Patricio Rodriguez, Eduardo Salvio, Matias Silvestre

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SUMMARY

Obviously missing Lionel Messi is a huge blow and considering Ocampos (RW) and Peruzzi (RB) are also first choice players so I am not at full strength going into the side. Mascherano has been playing CB for me but I am considering moving him into CM.

My group opponents are Japan U23, Peru and Paraguay


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[coolmcool]

Having the same problem as you with my Shakhtar save trying to only sign Ukrainians, Yarmelenko, Bezus, Garmash and Selezynov dont want to know at the moment so got money burning a hole in my pocket!

 

[Klippybo]

ARGENTINA

Group C

Japan U23 1 (Ogura 71)
Argentina 2 (Pastore 34, Aguero 85)

Lineup - Romero, Zabaleta, Otamendi, Mascherano (Munoz), Rojo, Yacob*, Pizarro, Di Maria, Pastore, Tevez, Aguero

I expected a much, much, much bigger winning margin than that! Pastore scored his first goal for Argentina here but also picked up a knock.

Peru 1-1 Paraguay

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Argentina 2 (Tevez 26, Aguero 65)
Peru 1 (Chavez 90)

Lineup - Romero, Zabaleta, Otamendi, Mascherano, Rojo, Faurlin, Pizarro, Di Maria, Gaitan, Tevez, Aguero (Higuain)

This qualifies us as group winners but we should have scored 6 or 7 such was our dominance.

Paraguay 1-1 Japan U23

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Argentina 5 (Aguero 7, 55, 81pen, 88, Lavezzi 47)
Paraguay 0

Lineup - Romero, Zabaleta, Garay, Munoz (Lopez), Ansaldi, Yacob, Perez, Lavezzi, Di Maria, Tevez (Godoy), Aguero*

I rested some players that were on a yellow and on borderline fitness so to win 5-0 was a shock. Aguero was outstanding.

Japan U23 1-3 Peru

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[Klippybo]

ARGENTINA

Quarter Finals

Chile 0
Argentina 3 (Tevez 43, Di Maria 50, Aguero 59)

Lineup - Romero, Zabaleta, Otamendi, Mascherano*, Lopez, Yacob, Pizarro, Di Maria, Gaitan, Tevez, Aguero

We comfortably beat the host nation to move into the semis.

Uruguay 1-2 Colombia
Brazil 2-0 Peru
Venezuela 1-2 Ecuador

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Semi Finals

Argentina 3 (Di Maria 2, Garay 13, 21)
Colombia 1 (Moreno 62)

Lineup - Romero, Zabaleta, Garay*, Mascherano (Munoz), Ansaldi, Faurlin, Pizarro, Lavezzi, Di Maria, Tevez (Godoy), Aguero (Higuain)

We lew them away in the first half to book our final slot.
Brazil 5-2 Ecuador

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3rd Place Play-Off

Ecuador 3-5 Colombia

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Final

Argentina 2 (Garay 22, Aguero 55pen)
Brazil 0

Argentina - Romero, Zabaleta, Otamendi, Garay*, Ansaldi, Yacob (Faurlin), Pizarro, Lavezzi, Di Maria, Tevez (Godoy), Aguero (Higuain)

Brazil - Jefferson, Danilo, Dede, Thiago Silva, Marcos Rocha, Lucas, Ramires (Paulinho) (Hernanes), Fernandinho, Sandro, Oscar (Lucas Moura), Pato

GET IN!!!! To be fair I expected a stronger Brazil side with maybe Neymar and Hulk in it but we were missing players as well so to win and keep a clean sheet is great. My 2 best players in the tournament scored the goals also!!!!

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[Mr_Grieves]

Ooft! What a end to the season! Title decided in the last 4 minutes. Lucky to say the least that Real played Barcelona on the last day huh!

 

[Klippybo]

PRE-SEASON

So as expected most of my transfer business was done in the pre-arranged deals but I did bring in one player for the first team. My summer was occupied with Argentina in the Copa America so it was well planned. Fernando Llorente wants to come back but I refuse to spend £30m on a 30y/o striker.

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PLAYERS IN

Only 2 for the first team squad and one was on a free transfer for my backup keeper - Roberto Santamaria. I did however make one big signing in the shape of Antoine Griezmann. He came in from Real Sociedad for £18m (£7m short of his release clause) - I didnt really need him but the money was burning a whole in my pocket and he will make my side stronger which is the main thing I suppose.
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To strengthen the B side I paid Real Zaragoza £2.5m to bring back Juan Manuel Martin to the club. He was playing first team football in the top division last season so he should take the lower league by storm. Pardo came in for £950K and Olabe was a free and got chucked into the C team lol
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Finally for the U19 side I paid a total of £3.5m for these guys
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PLAYERS OUT

Nobody really - Inigo Perez left on a free and thats it.

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SUMMARY

So there I was after signing Griezmann pondering where to play him - (If I played him LW and moved Muniain that would mean either RDG or Barandiaran would miss out and if I put him in at AMC that would mean RDG would miss out again) when Muniain broke his leg in a pre-season friendly and is out injured for 6 months so problem solved!!!

Obviously I am gutted to be losing Muniain for so long but when he returns I will be able to judge who to leave out on form I suppose.

Thats the only change. I always try and promote a player into the senior squad every year but with no departures I couldnt really do that this season however to make my B team stronger and to push for promotion to the Liga Adelante I have given them some great talent from the youth team including Alegre, Roca, Blanco and Quintilla.

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[Klippybo]

AUGUST

Athletic Bilbao 3 (De Marcos 31, San Jose 53pen, Marc 90)
Osasuna 0

An easy opening day win and a derby win at that too.

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Spanish Super Cup 1st Leg
Barcelona 3 (Lewandowski 24, 64, Sanchez 45)
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Laporte 17, 90)

A good game which we were unlucky to lose however we do have 2 away goals.

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Deportivo La Coruna 0
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Barandiaran 40, Laporte 43)

We had 2 shots on target and scored 2 goals - not bad. Monreal got sent-off too.

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Spanish Super Cup 2nd Leg
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Susaeta 64, Barandiaran 84)
Barcelona 0
(Athletic Bilbao win 4-3 on aggregate)

The trophy is ours as we absolutely battered Barcelona here. Trophy number 6 with Bilbao.

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Athletic Bilbao 4 (Ramalho 3, 9, Barandiaran 28, Ruiz de Galarreta 39)
Rayo Vallecano 0

We were very impressive here but should have scored in the 2nd half too.

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[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
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[TD]Marc
[/TD]
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[TD]Dep
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[TD]Ruffier
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[TD]San Jose*
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[TD]Laporte
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[TD]Monreal
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[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
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[TD]Iturraspe
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[TD]Susaeta
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[TD]Griezmann
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta, Oscar, Villanueva
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Barca
[/TD]
[TD]2-0
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose*
[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva
[/TD]
[TD]Monreal
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]Griezmann
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos, Espericueta, Ibai Gomez
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Rayo
[/TD]
[TD]4-0
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho* 2
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]Griezmann
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta, De Marcos
[/TD]
[/TR]
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SUMMARY

A great start to the season as we claim back the Spanish Super Cup and have a 100% start to the league campaign. Add to that that Barcelona and Real Madrid have slipped up already means that it was nearly the perfect month.

In the Champions League we have been drawn alongside Arsenal, Celtic and Sparta Prague.
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Regarding the transfer window Real Madrid brought in El Shaarawy for £33m, Nastasic for £16.5m and Sigurdsson for £12.25m. Valencia brought in John Obi Mikel for £10m and Robinho on a free while Atletico Madrid signed Coquelin for £10m. Barcelona were very quiet.

Leaving the country was Isco, Milanov, Nuri Sahin and Jonathan dos Santos.

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
MIKEL SAN JOSE
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ARGENTINA

Friendly
Italy 0
Argentina 0

Lineup - Romero, Peruzzi, Otamendi, Mascherano, Rojo, Yacob, Pizarro (Faurlin), Ocampos, Pastore, Tevez, Aguero

I couldnt be bothered with this game so I went on holiday.

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HERRERA LEAVES ARGENTINA TO TAKE OVER BRAZIL

Why not? lol. I cant really do anything else with Argentina and to take over Brazil who I feel are much stronger and to learn Portuguese is too good a chance to miss. I will try and give them a head start in qualifying for the World Cup before possibly moving back to Europe after Euro 2016.
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[Andrewpage14]

Congrats on the 3 league titles in a row! Champions League doesn't look far out of your reach

Restarted a Bilbao save a few days ago because my old one corrupted, in November and I've had RDG out with a torn hamstring, then just before he got Ander Herrera broke his arm :\

 

[Klippybo]

SEPTEMBER

Valencia 3 (Victor Ruiz 52, Gameiro 57, Feghouli 90)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Ruiz de Galarreta 25, Barandiaran 54, 85)

Gutting to throw away 2pts so late on but it is still a decent point.

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UEFA Champions League Group A
Athletic Bilbao 4 (Barasoain 20, 33, Ibai Gomez 49, Espericueta 73)
Sparta Prague 0

A good win from the backups. Barasoain is the pick of my young AMC's but I have several other great prospects in that position.

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Athletic Bilbao 4 (Ruiz de Galarreta 24, San Jose 58, Villanueva 76, 89)
Espanyol 0

Espanyol had an early goal disallowed and that seemed to wake us up as we won comfortably.

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Real Betis 1 (Paulao 32)
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Barandiaran 52, Ruiz de Galarreta 64)

This time the opposition had a goal disallowed to make it 2-2.

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UEFA Champions League Group A
Arsenal 0
Athletic Bilbao 0

Happy with this result. Arsenal have signed the likes of A.Ayew, Cisse, Martins Indi, Corchia, Hoilett and Altidore.

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[TD]Val
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[TD]3-3
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[TD]Ruffier
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[TD]Azpilicueta
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[TD]Ramalho
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[TD]Villanueva
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[TD]Monreal
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[TD]Herrera
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[TD]Benat
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[TD]Susaeta
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[TD]Griezmann
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[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
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[TD]Barandiaran* 2
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[TD]De Marcos, Ibai Gomez
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[TD]Sp. Pr
[/TD]
[TD]4-0
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Iraola
[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe
[/TD]
[TD]Rojo
[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta
[/TD]
[TD]Iturraspe
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos
[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez
[/TD]
[TD]Barasoain* 2
[/TD]
[TD]Marc
[/TD]
[TD]Roca, Alegre, J.Martin
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Esp
[/TD]
[TD]4-0
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta
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[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva* 2
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[TD]Monreal
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[TD]Herrera
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[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]Griezmann
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[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta, De Marcos
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Betis
[/TD]
[TD]2-1
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva*
[/TD]
[TD]Monreal
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]Griezmann
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ars
[/TD]
[TD]0-0
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva
[/TD]
[TD]Monreal
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]Griezmann
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
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SUMMARY

A decent month even though we drew twice but we end the month top of both the league and Champions League. Not much else to say really. Regarding my B side they have made a decent start to the season.

As for Brazil I added Kaka and Ronaldinho to the coaching staff.

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
JULIO CESAR VILLANUEVA
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BRAZIL

Friendlies

Brazil 3 (Feilhaber og31, Leandro Damiao 40, Pato 77)
USA 0

Lineup - Rafael (Muriel), Danilo (Rafael), Dede, Doria*, Marcelo, Sandro, Lucas Levia (Romulo), Lucas Moura, Bernard (Douglas Costa), Neymar, Leandro Damiao (Pato)

A nice easy win to get me off to a good start. Obviously the first Rafael is the goalkeeper and the 2nd one is the right back currently at Real Madrid (Man Utd in real life).

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Germany 1 (Schurrle 90)
Brazil 0

Lineup - Rafael, Danilo, Dede*, Doria, Marcelo, Sandro, Lucas Levia, Lucas Moura, Bernard, Neymar (Giuliano), Leandro Damiao

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[Klippybo]

Congrats on the 3 league titles in a row! Champions League doesn't look far out of your reach

Restarted a Bilbao save a few days ago because my old one corrupted, in November and I've had RDG out with a torn hamstring, then just before he got Ander Herrera broke his arm :\

Nightmare - but if you are playing them AMC De Marcos does a good job there.

 

[Andrewpage14]

Nightmare - but if you are playing them AMC De Marcos does a good job there.

I've been using them at CM, but I'm getting by at the moment using Inigo Perez, RDG came back from injury but picked up injuries in both games so far, but they've only been keeping him out for a few days.

 

[Klippybo]

OCTOBER

Atletico Madrid 1 (Falcao 46)
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Griezmann 27, Laporte 51)

A fantastic victory which sees Griezmann score his first goal for us.

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Athletic Bilbao 3 (Barandiaran 34, Ruiz de Galarreta 70, Laporte 86)
Villarreal 0

We had over 30 shots on goal here so probably should have scored more.

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UEFA Champions League Group A
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Ramalho 28, Ibai Gomez 40, Villanueva 80)
Celtic 1 (Le Fondre 42)

My backups did the job here and we are just about through already.

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Athletic Bilbao 4 (San Jose 8pen, Ruiz de Galarreta 17, Herrera 28, Barandiaran 59)
Mallorca 0

Another brilliant performance from the lads - we are thrashing teams at the moment and this without Griezmann and Muniain!

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Copa del Rey 4th Round 1st Leg
Celta Vigo (Villanueva og49)
Athletic Bilbao (Marc 36, Lopez 79)

A trickier draw than I would have liked but I still started with 8 teenagers in my lineup.

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Granada 0
Athletic Bilbao 2 (De Marcos 2, 28)

The disallowed goal worked in our favour again here as they had one chalked off while we were 1-0 up.

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[TD]Laporte
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[TD]Monreal
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[TD]Espericueta*
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[TD]Iturraspe
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[TD]Susaeta
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[TD]Griezmann
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[TD]De Marcos
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[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]-
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[TD]3-0
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[TD]Azpilicueta
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[TD]Laporte*
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[TD]Monreal
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[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]-
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[TD]Celtic
[/TD]
[TD]3-1
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Iraola
[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho
[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe
[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta
[/TD]
[TD]Iturraspe
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos
[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez*
[/TD]
[TD]Barasoain
[/TD]
[TD]Marc
[/TD]
[TD]Rojo, Lopez, Nieto
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mall
[/TD]
[TD]4-0
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Laporte
[/TD]
[TD]Monreal
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera*
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Celta
[/TD]
[TD]2-1
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Iraola
[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho*
[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva
[/TD]
[TD]Rojo
[/TD]
[TD]Prado
[/TD]
[TD]Oscar
[/TD]
[TD]J.Martin
[/TD]
[TD]Roca
[/TD]
[TD]Barasoain
[/TD]
[TD]Marc
[/TD]
[TD]Domingo, Lopez, Nanclares
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Gra
[/TD]
[TD]2-0
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Laporte
[/TD]
[TD]Monreal
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos* 2
[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Iturraspe, Marc
[/TD]
[/TR]
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SUMMARY

Well its safe to say this month couldnt have gone any better as we were superb. My squad was rotated quite a lot too as we played weaker sides and Griezmann got injured for about 2 months!!!!

Thinking about the future I have pretty much got a squad that in time will dominate in Europe as well even without Javi and Inigo Martinez but of course if they became available I would pounce!!!

I just noticed that there is another Copa America in the summer so I am going to try and win it in successive seasons with 2 different nations lol

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
OSCAR DE MARCOS
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BRAZIL

FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

Brazil 2 (Bernard 61, Lucas Leiva 87)
Uruguay 0

Lineup - Rafael, Danilo (Mario Fernandes), Dede*, Doria, Alex Sandro, Sandro, Lucas Leiva, Hulk, Bernard, Neymar, Leandro Damiao (Pato)

A nice win to kick-off the qualifying campaign.

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Venezuela 0
Brazil 4 (Alex Sandro 3, Paez og15, Neymar 20, 79)

Lineup - Rafael, Danilo, Dede, Doria, Alex Sandro, Sandro, Lucas Leiva, Hulk, Bernard, Neymar*, Leandro Damiao

Easy.

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[Mr_Grieves]

Im loving the International side of the story. The Argie's will love you El Traitor!

 

[Klippybo]

NOVEMBER

UEFA Champions League Group A
Celtic 1 (Ledley 30)
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Barasoain 35, Villanueva 90)

My backups left it late but got there in the end.

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Real Valladolid 0
Athletic Bilbao 3 (De Marcos 17, 41, Villanueva 46)

Another fine victory.

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Athletic Bilbao 4 (Monreal 10, Villanueva 19, 64, Ruiz de Galarreta 57)
Getafe 2 (Barrada 55, Sarabia 90)

Villanueva is keeping Laporte out of the team at the moment with all his goals although he got injured here late on.

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UEFA Champions League Group A
Sparta Prague 0
Athletic Bilbao 5 (Barasoain 23, Espericueta 33, Aurtenetxe 35, J.Martin 53, Marc 65)

A magnificent performance.

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Athletic Bilbao 4 (Ruiz de Galarreta 12, 26, Herrera 16, Laporte 51)
Levante 1 (Thievy 60)

My left sided centre half has now scored in every game this month - stupid.

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[/TD]
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[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Iraola
[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho
[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva*
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe
[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta
[/TD]
[TD]Oscar
[/TD]
[TD]J.Martin
[/TD]
[TD]Orbegozo
[/TD]
[TD]Barasoain
[/TD]
[TD]Marc
[/TD]
[TD]Nieto, Lopez, Iturraspe
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]R. Val
[/TD]
[TD]3-0
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva
[/TD]
[TD]Monreal
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos* 2
[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]-
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Get
[/TD]
[TD]4-2
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva* 2
[/TD]
[TD]Monreal
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos
[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Spa P.
[/TD]
[TD]5-0
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Iraola
[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe
[/TD]
[TD]Rojo
[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta*
[/TD]
[TD]Oscar
[/TD]
[TD]J.Martin
[/TD]
[TD]Orbegozo
[/TD]
[TD]Barasoain
[/TD]
[TD]Marc
[/TD]
[TD]Castillo
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lev
[/TD]
[TD]4-1
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Laporte
[/TD]
[TD]Monreal
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta* 2
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe, Iraola, Ibai Gomez
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

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SUMMARY

Last month was great but this month was even better as we scored a shed load and put in some outstanding performances - even when I played my youngsters.

What was also scary was the fact that my left sided centre half scored in every game and I swear on my daughters life that I dont use a corner glitch. I have found if you have really tall CBs with high heading attributes and an exceptional set piece taker you are guaranteed goals.

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
JULIO CESAR VILLANUEVA
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BRAZIL

FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

Brazil 3 (Leandro Damiao 27, Neymar 49, Sandro 57)
Chile 0

Lineup - Rafael, Danilo (Marcos Rocha), Dede*, Thiago Silva (Doria), Marcelo, Sandro, Fernando (Willian), Hulk, Bernard, Neymar, Leandro Damiao

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Colombia 0
Brazil 1 (Neymar 14pen)

Lineup - Rafael, Danilo, Dede, Thiago Silva (Doria), Marcelo (Alex Sandro), Sandro, Lucas Leiva*, Hulk, Bernard, Neymar, Leandro Damiao (Wellington Nem)

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