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

[jstewart85]

This thread and your previous ones are one of the main reasons I started my own. Brilliant work Klippybo.

Ps I expect the Champions league this season, j/k

 

[Klippybo]

BRAZIL

Quarter Finals

Brazil 5 (Leandro Damiao 5, 24, Marcelo 20, Sandro 70, Lucas Moura 72)
Peru 1 (Fernandez 56)

Lineup - Cassio, Danilo, Dede, David Luiz, Marcelo, Sandro*, Oscar, Wellington Nem, Bernard, Neymar (Lucas Moura), Leandro Damiao

Peru must hate us - thats 11-1 aggregate in our last two meetings!!!

Venezuela 2-0 Chile
Colombia 1-2 USA
Honduras 0-4 Argentina

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Semi Finals

Brazil 4 (Bernard 29, Pato 98, Neymar 101, Lucas Leiva 120)
Argentina 2 (Messi 90, Tevez 96)
AET

Lineup - Cassio, Danilo, Dede, David Luiz, Marcelo (Marcos Rocha), Sandro, Oscar (Lucas Leiva), Wellington Nem, Bernard, Neymar*, Leandro Damiao (Pato)

I was gutted when Messi levelled but moments later Mascherano got sent-off and I knew we would win but we still managed to fall behind but we battled back to win.

USA 1-1 Venezuela
(Venezuela win on penalties)

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3rd Place Play-Off

USA 1-3 Argentina

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Final

Venezuela 2 (Miku 32, Del Valle 46)
Brazil 6 (Lucas Leiva 5, 77, Neymar 10, Bernard 50, 75, Leandro Damiao 57)

Lineup - Cassio, Danilo (Lucas), Doria, Thiago Silva, Marcelo, Lucas Leiva, Oscar, Wellington Nem (Hulk), Bernard*, Neymar (Lucas Moura), Leandro Damiao

WHAT A FINAL!!!!! To be fair there would have been something wrong if we hadnt won against this lot but when they came back from 2 down I was a little worried!!! Neymar was selected despite being unfit and I took him off when the game was won.

Thats me won it twice in two years now with two different nations!!!

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[Klippybo]

PRE-SEASON

So here we go again!! I was doing a live stream through half the pre-season so some of you will know what happened and most of my pre-season was for my yearning of the Spain job.

In the end Del Bosque did get the chop and I applied for that and the Portugal (who beat England 1-0 in the Euros final) job. Portugal got back to me first and I said no and then Spain gave Guardiola the job and Portugal didnt want me back so I ended up completing the Copa America with Brazil............

AND THEN I RESIGNED!!!!!!!!!!!!

No point being manager of them anymore. Tunisia and Nigeria are available and I may consider being them if the job is still available in November as the African Nations Cup is in January.

Anywho back to Bilbao.............

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PLAYERS IN

Just the one for my first team. Javi Martinez wasnt interested so I decided I would just promote from within however I put in a cheeky bid for Ruben Pardo which got accepted. After a few negotiations I sealed the deal for £16.5m.
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These came in for just under a total of £2m.
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PLAYERS OUT

To make way for Pardo I let Iturraspe join AC Milan for £7.5m and at the time of writing I am trying to offload Ibai Gomez but he keeps rejecting moves away!!!! Other than that Iraola retired and joined the coaching staff and Marc got loaned out to Real Betis.

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SUMMARY

There are a few changes. Castillo is promoted to replace Iraola as my backup RB while Isidro is promoted to replace Ibai Gomez as my sub versatile midfielder. Pardo will battle it out with Benat for a CM spot while I have stripped Benat of the captaincy and given it to Cesar Azpilicueta although Benat is the vice captain. Lorasque has been called up to be my backup keeper.

Here are the new youngsters in the squad plus Nieto.
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[LovanoFM]

Nice stuff Klippy

 

[meguel]

Take the Tunisia job if you still can? Also when do you stream?

 

[Klippybo]

AUGUST

Athletic Bilbao 3 (Benat 22, Ruiz de Galarreta 58, De Marcos 86)
Villarreal 1 (Joselu 52)

My 3 scorers are probably going to be backups this season so if they keep taking their chances like this we will have a good season!!

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Spanish Super Cup 1st Leg
Barcelona 2 (Messi 40, 80)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Monreal 49)

We didnt deserve to score and we should have conceded 6 - good result!!! lol

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Getafe 2 (Montero 31, 38)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Barandiaran 7, 47, Benat 80)

A good fightback. The only sour note was the fact that Isidro had a goal disallowed.

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Spanish Super Cup 2nd Leg
Athletic Bilbao 2 (De Marcos 81, Isidro 90)
Barcelona 0
(Athletic Bilbao win 3-2 on aggregate)

Once again we win the cup after losing the first leg! Chuffed that Isidro got his first goal too.

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Athletic Bilbao 6 (Nieto 23, 49, Muniain 33pen, Isidro 35, 90, San Jose 55)
Real Zaragoza 0

A magnificent performance here. Nieto and Isidro caused havoc amongst the Zaragoza defence and were insatiable in front of goal be it creating or taking chances.

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SUMMARY

A decent start to the season!!!! Due to injuries and the suspensions being carried over from last season some of my backups got a chance and they impressed greatly - especially Isidro!!!!

We won all 3 league games and held onto the Spanish Super Cup after beating Barcelona while Barca and Real Madrid have also already slipped up in the league.

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In the Champions League we will play Paris Saint-Germain, Feyenoord and CFR Cluj.

Finally in the transfer window Javi Martinez is finally interested in joining us but I cant afford him so that was the end of that and leaving the club was Ibai Gomez who joined Sevilla on loan for £1.2m. Barcelona and Real Madrid spent big in the summer also...............

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
BENAT
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[Klippybo]

Take the Tunisia job if you still can? Also when do you stream?

once i put my daughter to bed - 9ish

 

[Klippybo]

SEPTEMBER

Real Sociedad 0
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Muniain 68pen)

A hard fought derby win.

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UEFA Champions League Group D
Feyenoord 1 (Armenteros 69)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Villanueva 62)

Disappointed not to win but will accept a draw. Villanueva just recently won his first international cap.

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Athletic Bilbao 1 (Herrera 34)
Real Madrid 1 (El Shaarawy 51)

We were the better side but just couldnt find that 2nd goal. Cant really blame Nieto though as he has just turned 18 and its his first run in the side. Barandiaran will soon be back though. Villanueva got sent-off late on.

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Espanyol 2 (Bendtner 28, 71pen)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Barandiaran 2, Muniain 35, 57)

Barandiaran made his comeback here and made an immediate impact. That just leaves Pardo and Susaeta on the injury list.

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UEFA Champions League Group D
Athletic Bilbao 6 (Roca 6, 28, Ruiz de Galarreta 15, Isidro 21, Alegre 82, Nieto 88)
CFR Cluj 0

This was quite simply the Hugo Roca show as he scored 2 and assisted 4. I rested Ruffier to give Lorasque some experience.

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[TD]Oscar
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[TD]Roca* 2
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[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Nieto
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[TD]Barasoain, Alegre, Domingo
[/TD]
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SUMMARY

Our good start to the season continued here as we came through the month without defeat. We managed to win the Vasco derby, draw against Real Madrid and have 4pts from 6 in the Champions League.

Despite the good start I know we can do better as Barandiaran has only had 1 game, Pardo a handful and Susaeta hasnt featured yet so we arent at full strength yet.

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
IKER MUNIAIN
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[Klippybo]

streaming now

Klippybo

 

[Klippybo]

Streaming finished. Will post October update tomorrow morning.

It was the month from ****!!!!!

 

[Sam91]

Nieto looks sick btw.

 

[Klippybo]

OCTOBER

Athletic Bilbao 2 (Griezmann 29, Benat 39)
Levante 0

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Sevilla 1 (Nani 54)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (San Jose 86pen)

We got out of jail thanks to a late penalty here. Will accept a point though.

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UEFA Champions League Group D
Athletic Bilbao 0
Paris Saint-Germain 0

An even game so a fair scoreline but we had Azpilicueta and Muniain were taken off injured which didnt help.

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Athletic Bilbao 0
Atletico Madrid 1 (Mario Suarez 42)

FOR **** SAKE!!!! A home defeat!!!!! Where have our goals gone???? This is not good. San Jose got sent-off late on.

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Copa del Rey 4th Round 1st Leg
Real Union 2 (Rodriguez 9, 78)
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Nieto 10, Lopez 32)

This is laughable now. Lopez had a goal disallowed before their equaliser. I really dont know what has suddenly happened to my side.

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Deportivo La Coruna 1 (Bergantinos 90)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Muniain 79)

How me or my laptop hasnt exited through my bedroom window is beyond me.............

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[TD]Atl M.
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[TD]Ruffier
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[TD]Castillo
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[TD]Lorasque
[/TD]
[TD]Castillo
[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva
[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe
[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta
[/TD]
[TD]Oscar
[/TD]
[TD]J.Martin
[/TD]
[TD]Isidro
[/TD]
[TD]Lopez
[/TD]
[TD]Nieto
[/TD]
[TD]Nanclares, Prado, Rojo
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[TD]1-1
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[TD]Ruffier
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[TD]Monreal
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[TD]Herrera
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[TD]Griezmann
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[TD]Muniain
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[TD]Benat, Isidro
[/TD]
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SUMMARY

ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE JOKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[Klippybo]

NOVEMBER

UEFA Champions League Group D
Paris Saint-Germain 2 (Benteke 30pen, Lucas Moura 31)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Barandiaran 63, 74, Muniain 69pen)

Where did this come from???? After I made my subs at 2 down I went to the toilet and came back and found ouurselves 3-2 up!!!!!! Doesnt make up for last month though.

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Real Valladolid 0
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Muniain 67pen, Nieto 90)

We played really well but the way things have been going lately I didnt think we would make the breakthrough.

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Athletic Bilbao 2 (Muniain 62, Barandiaran 90)
Granada 0

Finally a home game!!! Luck was on our side as Granada had an equaliser disallowed and Barca drew 1-1 thanks to them having THREE players sent-off!

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UEFA Champions League Group D
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Nieto 41, 60, Ramalho 66)
Feyenoord 1 (Bouwhuis 30pen)

I took a slight risk by resting players here but we did well to come back and win quite comfortably to secure qualification.

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Athletic Bilbao 4 (Muniain 24pen, 76pen, Laporte 67, Nieto 82)
Celta Vigo 1 (Maduro 73pen)

Another decent victory here and Laporte finally got off the mark for the season.

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Copa del Rey 4th Round 2nd Leg
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Castillo 11, Nieto 23, Espericueta 37)
Real Union 0
(Athletic Bilbao win 5-2 on aggregate)

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Sporting Gijon 2 (Trejo 74, Borja 83)
Athletic Bilbao 5 (Muniain 18, Susaeta 24, 90, Barandiaran 40, De Marcos 60)

Susaeta scores on his return from injury. Pardo, Herrera and Muniain were all taken off injured though and Muniain will be out for 2 months.

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UEFA Champions League Group D
CFR Cluj 0
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Nieto 9)

Decent enough I suppose. Nieto had a last minute goal disallowed too. PSG are out as Feyenoord claim 2nd place.

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[/TD]
[TD]3-0
[/TD]
[TD]Lorasque
[/TD]
[TD]Castillo
[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho
[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva*
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe
[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta
[/TD]
[TD]Oscar
[/TD]
[TD]Nanclares
[/TD]
[TD]Isidro
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Nieto
[/TD]
[TD]Roca, J.Martin, Domingo
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Gijon
[/TD]
[TD]5-2
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Laporte
[/TD]
[TD]Monreal
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Pardo
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta 2
[/TD]
[TD]Griezmann
[/TD]
[TD]Muniain*
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta, Benat, De Marcos
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cluj
[/TD]
[TD]1-0
[/TD]
[TD]Lorasque
[/TD]
[TD]Castillo
[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho
[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe*
[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta
[/TD]
[TD]Oscar
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos
[/TD]
[TD]Isidro
[/TD]
[TD]Barasoain
[/TD]
[TD]Nieto
[/TD]
[TD]Lopez, J.Martin
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

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SUMMARY

What a difference compared to last month. Before the PSG game I called an emergency team meeting and it seems to have worked as we won every single game. Whats better is that we are back on top of the league as Barcelona slipped up a few times.

Several players finally found there top form - Muniain and Barandiaran you would expect to contribute but the likes of Nieto and Ramalho greatly impressed also however Ruben Pardo has been terrible as in 10 games he has yet to score or assist and his avr is 6.95!!!!

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
IKER MUNIAIN
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[Klippybo]

DECEMBER

Rayo Vallecano 0
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Pardo 51)

Finally Pardo makes a contribution!!!

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Copa del Rey 5th Round 1st Leg
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Nieto 47, Villanueva 51, J.Martin 88)
Espanyol 1 (Pavlovic 37)

What a difference a month makes! I wouldnt have dreamed of playing my backups last month here but they were great.

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Athletic Bilbao 1 (Griezmann 46)
Barcelona 1 (Messi 10pen)

With my first team rested I kinda hoped for victory but it was not to be.

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Copa del Rey 5th Round 2nd Leg
Espanyol 1 (Jafar 67)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Nieto 21, 23, Barasoain 69)
(Athletic Bilbao win 6-2 on aggregate)

Nieto is knocking on the door for the first choice striker spot. Barandiaran better start scoring!!!

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Athletic Bilbao 2 (Ruiz de Galarreta 28, Laporte 35)
Cordoba 0

San Jose missed a penalty early on but other than that all went well.

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[TD]OPP
[/TD]
[TD]RES
[/TD]
[TD]GK
[/TD]
[TD]RB
[/TD]
[TD]CB
[/TD]
[TD]CB
[/TD]
[TD]LB
[/TD]
[TD]CM
[/TD]
[TD]CM
[/TD]
[TD]AMR
[/TD]
[TD]AML
[/TD]
[TD]AMC
[/TD]
[TD]ST
[/TD]
[TD]SUBS
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Rayo
[/TD]
[TD]1-0
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Castillo
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose*
[/TD]
[TD]Laporte
[/TD]
[TD]Monreal
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Pardo
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]Griezmann
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Isidro, Nieta
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Esp
[/TD]
[TD]3-1
[/TD]
[TD]Lorasque
[/TD]
[TD]Castillo
[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho
[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva*
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe
[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos
[/TD]
[TD]Isidro
[/TD]
[TD]Domingo
[/TD]
[TD]Nieto
[/TD]
[TD]J.Martin, Roca, Nanclares
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Barca
[/TD]
[TD]1-1
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier
[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta
[/TD]
[TD]San Jose
[/TD]
[TD]Laporte
[/TD]
[TD] Monreal
[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Pardo
[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]Griezmann
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva, De Marcos, Ramalho
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Esp
[/TD]
[TD]3-1
[/TD]
[TD]Lorasque
[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho
[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe
[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva
[/TD]
[TD]Rojo
[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta
[/TD]
[TD]Benat
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos
[/TD]
[TD]Roca
[/TD]
[TD]Barasoain
[/TD]
[TD]Nieto* 2
[/TD]
[TD]Prado, Vidal, Nanclares
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cord
[/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]Susaeta
[/TD]
[TD]Griezmann
[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran
[/TD]
[TD]Isidro
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

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SUMMARY

Although this month saw us give away top spot in the table I am still happy with how things went. My backups came in and did the job in the cup while the big boys did ok in the league. The cup draws however have not been kind to us as we will play Juventus in the Champions League and Barcelona in the cup.
View attachment 371583

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
MIKEL SAN JOSE
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AITOR HERRERA APPOINTED NIGERIA MANAGER!!!!!!!

They didnt appoint anyone so I thought I would take charge of the upcoming African Nations Cup tournament. I would have picked Tunisia if I felt I could learn Arabic in 2 months lol.

Nigeria have some decent players like Moses, Mikel, Haruna and Taiwo so I think we can do a decent job!
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[carrott24]

Will be interesting to see how pardo does for you.. the most injury prone player in FM history!!

 

[Klippybo]

JANUARY

Copa del Rey QF 1st Leg
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Barandiaran 25, Griezmann 81)

Barcelona 1 (Lewandowski 17)

A good win which went our way when Busquets got sent-off for them.

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Valencia 1 (Hermann 19)
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Isidro 81, Ruiz de Galarreta 85)

We werent doing great but they had a man sent-off on the hour mark and that allowed us to come back into it. Aurtenetxe got sent-off just after we scored the winner.

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Copa del Rey QF 2nd Leg
Barcelona 1 (Henriquez 41)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Villanueva 21, 60, Ruiz de Galarreta 89)
(Athletic Bilbao win 5-2 on aggregate)

WOW!!!!

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Osasuna 1 (Sola 43)
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Barandiaran 10, Isidro 69)

Oh how I wish I was streaming just now lol. We are on fire!!!! In this match we took an early lead but had a guy sent-off and got pegged back but Isidro came off the bench to score with his first touch to get us a derby victory.

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Copa del Rey SF 1st Leg
Real Madrid 3 (Neymar 42, Cristiano Ronaldo 65, Holtby 67)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Griezmann 87)

It had to happen. We have played so well and we were pathetic here - having said that Griezmann's late goal gives us an outside chance. San Jose got injured and is out for 3 months.

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Villarreal 0
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Ramalho 35, Barandiaran 77)

A hard fought win as Herrera got sent-off just after we took the lead.

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Copa del Rey SF 2nd Leg
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Barandiaran 7, 12, Muniain 58)
Real Madrid 0
(Athletic Bilbao win 4-3 on aggregate)

We came out of the blocks on fire here and scored twice quickly and added a third but they then started to bombard us but had a man sent-off which made us ease through.

WHAT A COMEBACK!!!

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[TD]OPP
[/TD]
[TD]RES
[/TD]
[TD]GK
[/TD]
[TD]RB
[/TD]
[TD]CB
[/TD]
[TD]CB
[/TD]
[TD]LB
[/TD]
[TD]CM
[/TD]
[TD]CM
[/TD]
[TD]AMR
[/TD]
[TD]AML
[/TD]
[TD]AMC
[/TD]
[TD]ST
[/TD]
[TD]SUBS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Barca[/TD]
[TD]2-1[/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]Griezmann[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Val[/TD]
[TD]2-1[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Castillo[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta
[/TD]
[TD]Oscar*
[/TD]
[TD]Nieto[/TD]
[TD]Griezmann[/TD]
[TD]Isidro[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran[/TD]
[TD]Monreal, Ruiz de Galarreta, Ramalho[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Barca[/TD]
[TD]3-1[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva* 2[/TD]
[TD]Monreal[/TD]
[TD]Herrera[/TD]
[TD]Pardo[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]Griezmann[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Osas[/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]Roca[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran[/TD]
[TD]Espericueta, Isidro[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Real M.[/TD]
[TD]1-3[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Castillo[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva[/TD]
[TD]Monreal[/TD]
[TD]Herrera[/TD]
[TD]Pardo[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]Griezmann[/TD]
[TD]Muniain[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho, Nieto[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Vill[/TD]
[TD]2-0[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho*[/TD]
[TD]Villanueva[/TD]
[TD]Monreal[/TD]
[TD]Herrera[/TD]
[TD]Pardo[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]Griezmann[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran[/TD]
[TD]Benat, Aurtenetxe[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Real M.[/TD]
[TD]3-0
[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho[/TD]
[TD]Juan Antonio[/TD]
[TD]Monreal[/TD]
[TD]Herrera
[/TD]
[TD]Benat[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]Griezmann
[/TD]
[TD]Muniain
[/TD]
[TD]Barandiaran* 2
[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos, Ruiz de Galarreta
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

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SUMMARY

Another fantastic month as we progressed in the domestic cup after knocking out both Barcelona and Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey and we won all 3 league games too!!!

However I have a problem - I HAVE FAR TOO MANY WONDERKIDS!!!!!!! How can I give them all game time?? Here is the list..........

Lorasque (backup keeper)
Villanueva
Roca (B team)
Barasoain (u19 team)
Barandiaran
Isidro
Oscar

Take into account that Castillo and Nieto are not yet classed as wonderkids and a few of my youth team also then I have a major managerial headache albeit a nice one. Lorasque will be difficult to play and I didnt expect Roca to be one hence why he is in the B team!!!
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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
INAKI BARANDIARAN
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I will do an African Nations Cup post when it is finished

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[coolmcool]

A nice problem to have though!!!! You are doing amazing mate, im getting more into this story as the youth come from as i love a good regen! Check out my Shakhtar story just got drawn against Bilbao in the Champions League groups for the new season, Munian joined Man Utd for £39million and they have Xabi Alonso as captain

 

[stevenUK1]

Caught up. Well done on 4/4 league titles. Still looking good for a 5th if results carry on well. Loving the story as always. Keep it up.

 

[Yoblackcat]

View attachment 372049 Thought i would show you this lovely picture

 

[Rootsey]

Just caught up as I have been on holiday for a week. Congrats on the league titles. The CL will come soon enough when your wonderkids mature a bit