Aitor Herrera - On The Hunt For The New Regen King!!!!

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DECEMBER

Espanyol 4 (Stuani 31, Thievy 43, 82, Balenziaga og73)
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Ibai Gomez 24, Ruiz de Galarreta 90)

Oh dear. This is not good!!!

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Copa del Rey 4th Round 1st Leg
San Roque Lepe 0
Athletic Bilbao 5 (Ekiza 14, Iturraspe 19, Ruiz de Galarreta 34, Sola 41, 63)

San Roque are non league so I fully expected my backups to thump them here.


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UEFA Champions League Group A
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Herrera 2, Muniain 36, Ibai Gomez 60)
Manchester United 1 (Kagawa 44)

A GREAT WIN!!!!

We finish top of the group after this although I admit I kinda fancied a crack at the Europa League lol

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Real Sociedad 1 (Agirretxe 81)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Muniain 33, 45, 56)
Its always nice to put one over your greatest rivals away from home and for Iker to get a hat-trick made it even sweeter.

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Copa del Rey 4th Round 2nd Leg
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Oliveira og58)
San Roque Lepe 0
(Athletic Bilbao win 6-0 on aggregate)

I expected another big win here but we were awful and the fact Ruffier got the MoM award tells its own story.

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Athletic Bilbao 2 (Laporte 6, Ekiza 88)
Atletico Madrid 2 (Sosa 32, Leo 38)

I suppose having played half the match with 10 men a point is decent enough.

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SUMMARY

A mixed month as we faltered slightly in the league and apart from maybe the Man Utd and Sociedad games, didnt perform to a high enough standard. That said we are still in a healthy position in all comps.

In the cup draws we got Zenit in the Champions League and Sporting Gijon in the Copa del Rey.

My B team has been struggling a bit so I signed 4 players on free transfers to help them out for the rest of the season (Jorge Galan, Javi Ros, Ruper and Alain Eizmendi)

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
IKER MUNIAIN
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LIGA BBVA
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2nd Is pretty good, and Muniain is looking quality.


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DECEMBER

Athletic Bilbao 2 (Susaeta 62, Sola 69pen)
Sevilla 1 (Rusescu 88)

In the first half Benat missed a pen and Herrera had a goal disallowed so thankfully that didnt cost us.

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Copa del Rey 5th Round 1st Leg
Sporting Gijon 2 (Guerrero 13, Bernardo 34)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Herrera 8, 79, Susaeta 45)

Sporting caused us a few problems but we got there in the end!

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Osasuna 1 (Onwu 69)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Susaeta 31, Herrera 45, Muniain 72)

Another good win and another fantastic individual performance from Ander Herrera.

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Copa del Rey 5th Round 2nd Leg
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Herrera 35, 51)
Sporting Gijon 1 (Jara 68)
(Athletic Bilbao win 5-3 on aggregate)

I dont even think Aitor the great got 4 successive MoM awards!!! Ander is on fire!

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Alaves 2 (Diego Leon 32, Bellerin 74)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Mora og2, Muniain 16, Laporte 28)

Ander had an off day today but Benat stepped up to the mark and was the creative hub.

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Copa del Rey QF 1st Leg
Villarreal 0
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Rico 39, Muniain 56, 80)

We have one foot in the semis now - a repeat in our next match would be nice.........

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Villarreal 3 (Aduriz 8, 37, Trigueros 13)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Ibai Gomez 84)

........ ****!!! To be fair I was missing a few peeps and played a few players who werent match fit.

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Copa del Rey QF 2nd Leg
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Velasco 33, Sola 36)
Villarreal 0
(Athletic Bilbao win 5-0 on aggregate)

I fielded a much weaker team than in our league match yet we win easily? Go figure...

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SUMMARY

As usual January was very hectic as we crammed in 8 matches. 7 were great and 1 was awful lol. At the start of the month the board gave me more transfer funds but the only decent player on my search list was Monreal and I dont fancy him so I am keeping my pennies!!!

Ander Herrera deserves a special mention for his form during the month as he was immense, grabbing goals, getting assists and filling his fridge with 4 bottles of champers for being man of the match!

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
ANDER HERRERA
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LIGA BBVA
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FEBRUARY

Athletic Bilbao 3 (Laporte 8, Susaeta 17, Muniain 74)
Rayo Vallecano 1 (Bangoura 72)

Thats the easy game of the month over and done with.

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Copa del Rey SF 1st Leg
Barcelona 3 (Iraola og17, Ruffier og42, Sanchez 76)
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Herrera 10, Ibai Gomez 18)

Playing Barcelona is hard enough without giving them 2 own goals!!!! We deserved at least a draw but we still have a chance.

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Athletic Bilbao 2 (Ibai Gomez 14, Muniain 50)
Valencia 1 (Montero 37)

This was an entertaining affair that we just about deserved to win.

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Copa del Rey SF 2nd Leg
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Muniain 29, Ruiz de Galarreta 56, De Marcos 62)
Barcelona 4 (Murillo 19, 65, Neymar 54, Fabregas 75)
(Barcelona win 7-5 on aggregate)

Once again we deserved more but alas it was not to be. Benat got injured and is out for over a month.

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Athletic Bilbao 2 (De Marcos 1, San Jose 37pen)
Real Madrid 1 (Destro 5)

GET IN!!!!

We claw 3pts back on Real Madrid as we do the double over them. Both sides had a goal disallowed and Iturraspe got sent-off late on for us.

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UEFA Champions League 1st Round 1st Leg
Zenit St.Petersburg 2 (Danny 12, 64)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Muniain 14, 66, Iraola 87pen)

I would have gladly taken a score draw beforehand but we got the win thanks to Iraola's late penalty.

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Barcelona 3 (Messi 22, Subotic 52, Alba 53)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Susaeta 13)

For 20min this game was great. For the rest of it it was a horror show!

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SUMMARY

Overall I am happy with this month. Sure we lost 3 times to Barcelona, and in doing so exited the cup but we also beat Real Madrid, Zenit and Valencia in a month of really tough fixtures with games coming every few days or so.

Real Madrid should still win the title but Barcelona and ourselves are chasing them down. It could go all the way!!

Youth intake is next month - fingers crossed..

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
IKER MUNIAIN
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LIGA BBVA
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MARCH

Celta Vigo 0
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Muniain 83, Ekiza 90, Ibai Gomez 90+3)

We left it late but got there eventually!

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Athletic Bilbao 4 (Herrera 2, Muniain 27, Iraola 44pen, Ekiza 88)
Sporting Gijon 0

Nice and easy. Susaeta had a goal disallowed.

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UEFA Champions League 1st Round 2nd Leg
Athletic Bilbao 4 (Herrera 1, Ruiz de Galarreta 26, Susaeta 37, Muniain 42)
Zenit St. Petersburg 0
(Athletic Bilbao win 7-2 on aggregate)

This was far easier than I thought it would be!

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Malaga 3 (Rescaldini 31, Juanmi 37, Camacho 47)
Athletic Bilbao 0

It seems we cant go through a month without one horror show. This was atrocious.

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Athletic Bilbao 3 (Ekiza 33, Susaeta 64, 71)
Real Zaragoza 0

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SUMMARY

This month was almost perfect. Our defense, for a change was rock solid (apart from the one game) and we scored a fair few goals as usual. At the moment it looks as though we will split the big two and finish 2nd but Barcelona are always capable of stringing a few wins together while our longest winning streak is 4 games in the league.

There were no Aitor's in this years intake. A couple of decent ones but nothing to get over excited about!

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
BORJA EKIZA
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LIGA BBVA
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APRIL

Athletic Bilbao 3 (Muniain 1, 90, Herrera 23)
Granada 0

Muniain scored 2 in the last minute but the 1st one got disallowed. Granada sacked their manager straight after the game.

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UEFA Champions League QF 1st Leg
AC Milan 1 (Matri 45)
Athletic Bilbao 1 (Iturraspe 88)

We robbed Milan here as they absolutely battered us but Iturraspe struck late on in one of our few attacks to get us that vital away goal.

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Getafe 2 (Alexis 42, San Jose og61)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Muniain 77, 90+3, Ibai Gomez 90+2)

I cant believe we came back and won this!!

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UEFA Champions League QF 2nd Leg
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Muniain 14, 90+3)
AC Milan 1 (Kaka 90)
(Athletic Bilbao win 3-2 on aggregate)

Muniain does it again in stoppage time!!! AC Milan had 2 goals disallowed so we were slightly fortunate to tell the truth.

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Levante 3 (Roger 9, 90, Barral 31)
Athletic Bilbao 5 (Laporte 21, De Marcos 26, 77, Benat 72pen, Ibai Gomez 89)

A crazy game - Roger had a goal disallowed to make it 3-3 which was the turning point.

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Athletic Bilbao 3 (Ibai Gomez 4, 63, Iraola 30)
Real Valladolid 2 (Laporte og68, Guerra 90)

We move within 1pt of Real and 12 clear of Barcelona with this win - can the unthinkable happen??

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Athletic Bilbao 5 (Ruiz de Galarreta 7, Muniain 26, 50, 89, Susaeta 54)
Espanyol 0

A magnificent win considering I rested a few players for our next match!

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UEFA Champions League SF 1st Leg
Athletic Bilbao 5 (Susaeta 8, 32, Muniain 15, 41, Khacheridi og28)
Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Soldado 1, Benteke 9, 90)

Going into stoppage time I thought we were into the final but their last goal keeps them in the tie.

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[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]Gran[/TD]
[TD]3-0[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Iraola[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Laporte[/TD]
[TD]Balenziaga[/TD]
[TD]Rico[/TD]
[TD]Benat[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez[/TD]
[TD]Herrera[/TD]
[TD]Muniain* 2[/TD]
[TD]Iturraspe, Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Milan[/TD]
[TD]1-1[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Laporte[/TD]
[TD]Balenziaga[/TD]
[TD]Rico[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos[/TD]
[TD]Muniain[/TD]
[TD]Ekiza, Sola, Iturraspe[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Get[/TD]
[TD]3-2[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Iraola[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Laporte[/TD]
[TD]Balenziaga[/TD]
[TD]Rico[/TD]
[TD]Benat[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[TD]Muniain* 2[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Milan[/TD]
[TD]2-1[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Iraola[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Ekiza[/TD]
[TD]Balenziaga[/TD]
[TD]Rico[/TD]
[TD]Iturraspe[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[TD]Muniain* 2[/TD]
[TD]Nieto, Saborit[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lev[/TD]
[TD]5-3[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Laporte[/TD]
[TD]Saborit[/TD]
[TD]Moran[/TD]
[TD]Benat*[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos 2[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez[/TD]
[TD]Muniain[/TD]
[TD]Sola[/TD]
[TD]Iturraspe[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]R Val[/TD]
[TD]3-2[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Iraola[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Laporte[/TD]
[TD]Balenziaga[/TD]
[TD]Rico[/TD]
[TD]Benat[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez* 2[/TD]
[TD]Herrera[/TD]
[TD]Muniain[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos, Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Esp[/TD]
[TD]5-0[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Ekiza[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe[/TD]
[TD]Iturraspe[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos[/TD]
[TD]Herrera[/TD]
[TD]Muniain* 3[/TD]
[TD]Saborit[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Spurs[/TD]
[TD]5-3[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Iraola[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Laporte[/TD]
[TD]Balenziaga[/TD]
[TD]Rico[/TD]
[TD]Benat[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta 2[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[TD]Muniain 2[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

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SUMMARY

Almost the perfect time to have a near perfect month!!! We were immense this month and banged in nearly 30 goals throughout.

We go into the final month just 1pt behind Real Madrid and we are in with a great shout of the title and of course there is a possible Champions League final in the horizon.

Aitor performed miracles as a player and he seems to have the midas touch as a manager!!!

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
IKER MUNIAIN
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LIGA BBVA
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Nail biting stuff mate, I think its going all the way to the wire for the title. Just hope Real can slip up and your form continues. Going great guns in the Champions League too, fingers crossed!
 
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MAY

Atletico Madrid 3 (Villa 40, Sosa 74, Borja Baston 90)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Muniain 36, Herrera 77, 89)

AAGGHH!!!! Real drew the day before so to concede a last minute equaliser was gutting. Both sides had a goal disallowed.

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UEFA Champions League SF 2nd Leg
Tottenham Hotspur 1 (Benteke 32)
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Ibai Gomez 3, Herrera 36)
(Athletic Bilbao win 7-4 on aggregate)

Into the final we go!!! Spurs dominated but we managed to nick it. Susaeta got injured and will be a doubt for the final though - against Bayern Munich!

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Athletic Bilbao 1 (Iturraspe 58)
Real Sociedad 1 (Hervias 45)

Our greatest rivals may just have denied us any chance of the title by getting a point here. We dominated the match but just couldnt find the winning goal, even when they had a man sent-off with 10min left.

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Athletic Bilbao 3 (Herrera 20, 55, Muniain 90)
Osasuna 1 (Torres 75)

This win keeps us in with a slim hope of the title. We have to win - Real have to lose!

--

Sevilla 2 (Bacca 60, 78)
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Ibai Gomez 10, San Jose 34pen)

At one point we were 2-0 up and Real were being held by Alaves but in the end we caved in and Real won.

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UEFA Champions League Final
Bayern Munich 1 (Muller 14pen)
Athletic Bilbao 2 (Muniain 39, Benat 50pen)

WE ARE CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE!!!!!

Bayern were going for a hat-trick of European Cup wins but we denied them here.
Amazing!!!

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[TABLE="width: 500"]
[TR]
[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]Atl M[/TD]
[TD]3-3[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Iraola[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Laporte[/TD]
[TD]Balenziaga[/TD]
[TD]Rico[/TD]
[TD]Benat[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez[/TD]
[TD]Herrera* 2[/TD]
[TD]Muniain[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Spurs[/TD]
[TD]2-1[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Ekiza[/TD]
[TD]Balenziaga[/TD]
[TD]Rico[/TD]
[TD]Benat[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez*[/TD]
[TD]Herrera[/TD]
[TD]Muniain[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos, Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]R Soc[/TD]
[TD]1-1[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Iraola[/TD]
[TD]Ekiza[/TD]
[TD]Laporte[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe[/TD]
[TD]Iturraspe*[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos[/TD]
[TD]Saborit[/TD]
[TD]Herrera[/TD]
[TD]Muniain[/TD]
[TD]Moran[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Osas[/TD]
[TD]3-1[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Iraola[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Laporte[/TD]
[TD]Balenziaga[/TD]
[TD]Iturraspe[/TD]
[TD]Benat[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez[/TD]
[TD]Herrera* 2[/TD]
[TD]Muniain[/TD]
[TD]-[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sev[/TD]
[TD]2-2[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Ramalho[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Laporte[/TD]
[TD]Saborit[/TD]
[TD]Iturraspe[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez[/TD]
[TD]Herrera[/TD]
[TD]Muniain[/TD]
[TD]Sola, Sebas, Adrian[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]B Mun[/TD]
[TD]2-1[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Iraola[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Laporte[/TD]
[TD]Balenziaga[/TD]
[TD]Rico[/TD]
[TD]Benat[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez[/TD]
[TD]Herrera[/TD]
[TD]Muniain*[/TD]
[TD]Sebas, Ruiz de Galarreta, Sola[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

--

SUMMARY

This month ended in a high but it had its sad moments. We just failed to ****** the title with dropped points at the start of the month proving costly but we made up for that by winning the Champions League after beating Bayern Munich.

End of season review to follow.

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
ANDER HERRERA
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END OF SEASON REVIEW

What a second season that was!!! We were heavily involved in the title race and managed to split the big two to finish 2nd. The title was decided on the last day so now we know we can compete with the big boys, we just need to win!!!

In the cup we got to the semis before being beaten by Barcelona but it was in Europe where the magic happened.

When the group stage draw was made I was thinking of finishing 3rd in the group and have a good crack at the Europa League but we managed to top the group and in truth the group was harder than the following knockout rounds as Zenit, Spurs and a poor AC Milan side were despatched.

In the final we played a weakened Bayern Munich side and we halted their run of European Cup titles by sneaking it 2-1.

My side does need strengthening but whether the top notch Basque players will be willing to come to us is the big question.

My B side managed to avoid relegation and therefor will stay in the 2nd tier.

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FINAL LEAGUE TABLE
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FIRST TEAM SQUAD
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MY PLAYER OF THE SEASON
ANDER HERRERA
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MY YOUNG PLAYER OF THE SEASON
INIGO RUIZ DE GALARRETA
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AWARDS WON

Manager of the Year
Most Improved Team
Liga BBVA Team of the Year - A.Laporte, A.Herrera, I.Muniain (Benat, Ibai Gomez)
Top Spanish Scorer - I.Muniain
Spanish Player of the Year - I.Muniain
Spanish Young Player of the Year - A.Laporte
UEFA Champions League Dream Team - A.Herrera, I.Muniain, A.Laporte



​
 
Wow well done on the European victory. I wonder how many of the big guns will want to come to you now.
 
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PRE-SEASON

I had to make some big decisions during the summer. I not only tried to strengthen my main squad but also my B team needed work on it.

There was presidential elections going on and my current chairman won to stay for another term, he duly rewarded me with a new contract and a ?50m transfer budget which I somehow just about spent.

And here is who I spent it on..........

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PLAYERS IN

Llorente and Griezmann was interested and I agreed a ?25m deal to sign Inigo Martinez from rivals Real Sociedad but I cancelled that in order to bring in Cesar Azpilicueta from PSG for ?40m. He was more important as Iraola is now 33 and there are no standout RBs in my youth team.
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These youngsters were brought in for just under ?5m
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PLAYERS OUT

Iraizoz was released along with 20 or so other players. The only first teamer that left was Mikel Rico to Villarreal for ?1.1m while Erik Moran left to go to Getafe for the same fee.

Enric Saborit and Guillermo has been demoted to the B side to help them out and they should shine at that level while prospects Sebas, Velasco and Mere have been moved up from the U19 squad to play at a higher level regularly.

--

SUMMARY

Obviously the main change is Azpilicueta as my new RB while Iturraspe and Ruiz de Galarreta will battle it out to replace Mikel Rico. Patxi Nieto has been promoted to the first team squad so hopefully he will return from injury and get some minutes to develop.

Ruffier

Balenziaga - Laporte - San Jose - Azpilicueta

Benat - Iturraspe/RDG

Ibai Gomez (LW) - Herrera - Susaeta (RW)

Muniain​
 
Strengthened well this year, hopefully your regens will improve this year!
 
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AUGUST

Sporting Gijon 2 (Julio 56, Isma 89)
Athletic Bilbao 3 (Muniain 6, Ruiz de Galarreta 7, Benat 26pen)

We won but our 2nd half performance was shocking!

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Athletic Bilbao 2 (Herrera 11, 86)
Osasuna 0

A decent win but once again the performance was lacking.

--

UEFA European Super Cup
Chelsea 3 (Lukaku 45, 89, Hazard 49)
Athletic Bilbao 0

Losing is one thing but our performance was terrible. Not happy.

--

Real Madrid 2 (Bale 30, Cristiano Ronaldo 90)
Athletic Bilbao 2 (San Jose 40, Benat 79pen)

We almost managed a miraculous victory here but CR7 denied us in stoppage time.

--

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[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]Gijon[/TD]
[TD]3-2[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Laporte[/TD]
[TD]Balenziaga[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[TD]Benat[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez[/TD]
[TD]Herrera[/TD]
[TD]Muniain [/TD]
[TD]De Marcos[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Osas[/TD]
[TD]2-0[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Laporte[/TD]
[TD]Balenziaga[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[TD]Benat[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez[/TD]
[TD]Herrera* 2[/TD]
[TD]Muniain[/TD]
[TD]De Marcos, Iraola [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Chel[/TD]
[TD]0-3[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Ekiza[/TD]
[TD]Balenziaga[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[TD]Benat[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez[/TD]
[TD]Herrera[/TD]
[TD]Muniain[/TD]
[TD]Sola, Ramalho[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]R Mad[/TD]
[TD]2-2[/TD]
[TD]Ruffier[/TD]
[TD]Azpilicueta[/TD]
[TD]San Jose[/TD]
[TD]Laporte[/TD]
[TD]Balenziaga[/TD]
[TD]Ruiz de Galarreta[/TD]
[TD]Benat[/TD]
[TD]Susaeta[/TD]
[TD]Ibai Gomez[/TD]
[TD]Herrera[/TD]
[TD]Muniain[/TD]
[TD]Aurtenetxe, Iturraspe[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

--

SUMMARY

A mixed month as we kick-off my 3rd season. Results wise in the league it was decent but our overall performances was not up to standard by a long way. Even our draw away to Real Madrid was a shocker.

In the Euro Super Cup we got beaten very easily by Chelsea in the worst performance of the month but that was sweetened by our draw in the Champions League as we were paired with Lyon, Ajax and some Romaniain team I have never heard of (Pandurii)!!!

The board in their wisdom decided to give me more transfer funds safe in the knowledge that I couldnt spend it on anyone which was nice of them. They wont do it again because I went out and spent ?25.5m on Inigo Martinez from our fierce rivals Real Sociedad on deadline day!!!

I figured he is a step up in class from San Jose and alongside Laporte should be my CB pairing for many a year to come.
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As a result of this Jonas Ramalho has been demoted back to my B side where he should be a standout player in the Liga Adelante. This also means that apart from Griezmann and Javi Martinez the chances of me spending big bucks again is very remote.

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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
ANDER HERRERA
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LIGA BBVA
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Congratulations on the champions league, you make FM look easy! Great transfers , especially in Azpillecueta. How are your youth players developing?


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Following this story. You had me convinced at the "addicted to regen" part. I LOVE the regen system of fm. Its why I play it. The feeling of finding regens who grow into god tier players is so fulfilling. Lol. Also,I still play fm12. I played till year 2034. Still playing(though I aint touched the save in a while,laptop damaged. Waiting for it to be fixed.) Will be following.
 
Superb progress mate and you've only done 2 full seasons!! Can't wait for more. :)
 
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