We had to battle for a draw against Bilbao before we pulled off one of the biggest results of my career... beating Madrid 5-1 at the Bernabeu.
I don't even think they had a weakened side for the game, but somehow we put 5 goals past them with an xG of just 0.8 - Now that is some clinical finishing!
It may have been a bit of a fluke result but we enter the Copa del Rey semi-finals having knocked out the biggest side in Spanish football
The scoreboard kept ticking over in the Leageu as we also secured a narrow first leg victory over Levante in the Copa del Rey semi
We then had to travel to Fenerbahce where we struggled to make our dominance count, but fortunately managed to stick 2 past their keeper in the final stages of the contest giving us a nice advantage for the reverse fixture.
We then edged out Barca thanks to a wondergoal from our new Portuguese superstar, Vasco Dias, before hammering Fenerbahce to confirm our place in the last 16 of the Europa League.
We then got a very easy draw, going up against Havre FC. A side currently in the bottom half of Ligue 1, so should be a comfortable route to the Quarter's
Before then we had to battle very hard to reach the Copa del Rey Final. Levante always seem to be a problem side for me and they took the game to extra time before Morel managed to get the winner. Extra time really was not something I wanted considering we are constantly playing 2 games a week, but we are in another Cup final!
And we are not going to have a better opportunity at winning a trophy than this - Going up against Oviedo, a side currently 10th in the Second Division! I cant get too complacent but i'm hoping this is the year I finally lift some silverware.
As expected we cruised past Havre in the Europa League last 16, even if the second leg proved to be a bit more chaotic than anticipated.
Which means we will go up against our first real test this season in the Europa League against German side, Bayer Leverkusen.
With 9 games left in La Liga we trail Madrid by 4 points. We do play them at home in a few weeks time where a win would get us right back in to the title race, but anything else and I cant see it happening.
As the preview predicted it's a very poor youth intake, which is very disappointing considering our growing stature and facilities. Also not good for the Andorran National side.
We managed to grind out a couple of 1-0 victories in the League to keep ourselves within touching distance of Madrid.
Before the latest wonderkids list was released - to which we have 3 players!
It sort of makes up for our terrible youth intake.
Our new Argentine CB came in at 2nd on the list and has just recently been capped for the National side, despite only being 19 years old. Already a key man in our side, I won't give it very long before we are fending off transfer offers for him.
Acosta was our new January signing and has already looked like a decent acquisition slotting into the DM role. Not a bad free signing I must admit.
Then our homegrown talent in Alarcon maintains his position in the list for a second successive year. I have given him more game time this season but is still a way off being a starting XI player. Inter Milan are actually rumoured to be interested in him.
Back to the football and we pulled off another great result against Madrid, this time in the League to close the gap to just 1 point with 6 games left to play! Again it was clinical finishing that saw us over the line, combined with a very strong goalkeeping performance - Could this be our year?!?
The win actually secured us Champions League football next season with 6 games left to play. It's not a bad budget in truth but was hoping for a little more considering we already have £40M in the bank.
We then hosted Leverkusen in what proved to be a much easier game than expected. It was a dominant performance that has given us a 2 goal l;ead to take with us to Germany and a very good chance of reaching the Semi-Final. The only negative was the injury to Cambier, who is our best RB at the club and going to be a big loss with some important fixtures on the horizon.
Having just got ourselves to within a point of Madrid, we then got hammered by Sociedad to leave us 4 points behind with 5 left to play. They are a good side and the match was much more even than the scoreline suggests but still that could be our title hopes shattered. We will now need to win every game to have even a remote chance.
Fortunately we didn't then capitulate in the Europa League and managed to get the job done in Germany whilst resting a few players to set up a Europa League semi-final with Spanish rivals, Atletico Madrid!
I was resting some players in the trip to Germany to save them for the Copa del Rey final as we head into the game as heavy favourites over Second Division side, Oviedo.
The first half didn't go as well as I was expecting, going a goal down and then having to score 2 set pieces to take a slender lead into the second half. I thought we'd dominate the game but Oviedo are making life very difficult for us.
They even managed to take us to extra-time as we needed our LB to score his a brace to get us over the line in what was an extremely difficult encounter. Fair play to Oviedo but we were extremely close to messing up this slightly gifted final.
But with all that said and done I finally managed to win some top flight silverware!
It may only be the Copa del Rey but is the first in the club's history and hopefully the start of many more to come!
Great to see you finally get some silverware. Hopefully rhe first of many over the next few seasons. Hopefully will help boost the rep and get more money into the club as well
On the back of Copa del Rey triumph we returned to the League with a couple of wins to keep us in the title race.
We then managed to secure ourselves a massive victory in the away leg of our Europa League Semi-Final. It was a very close game in truth but Ramirez and Ince came up with a couple of goals midway through the second half to give us a very handy 2 goal lead to take back to Andorra.
On the back of that the board decided to continue improving our Junior Coaching. This should have happened years ago in my opinion, but I guess they know best...
It was another narrow victory in the League, before we booked our place in our second successive Europa League Final! It was a more convincing performance against Atletico in the return fixture and another shot at European Silverware.
Unfortunately we will have to beat another English giant in Chelsea. I was hoping for an easier opponent and we are going to need to be at our best to come away with the trophy.
Before we even kicked off in our penultimate game of the season, news came in that Madrid have secured the La Liga title for 9th year in a row! I honestly don't know how we are going to dethrone them at the moment.
It didn't matter too much anyway as we went on to draw our remaining 2 fixtures of the season so finish 6 points behind Madrid. Another very pleasing season but am desperate to take us to that next step in the league and win the Title.
We then had a 10 day rest before travelling to the the UK to take on Chelsea at the Ethiad Stadium
The first half turned out to be a pretty close affair, but a Lukaku header right on the stroke of half time puts us on the back foot going into the second half.
And unfortunately they then pulled away with it. We opened up a bit to try get back into the game but ended up conceding a further 2 goals to lose 4-1. In terms of chances created we were pretty in par but they took their chances and is another final loss to add to my increasing resume!
A very minor consolation is the awarding of my 4th La Liga Manager of the Year Award.
We continue to pull in more revenue as our reputation increases across the World.
Then here is my best XI of the Year, which is actually pretty spot on. The only change I'd have made is our new LB, Bobinec to start ahead of Iago.
Now to see what I can do in the transfer market to get us to the next level!
Another successful campaign continues to see us climb up the rankings in Spain, as we are now sat as the 5th most reputable Club - We are definitely closing on the 2nd spot I feel.
I was also approached by Spain over the Summer following a very disappointing Home World Cup where by they were knocked out in the first knockout stage to Norway - Amazing to think I've rejected Spain in the hope of securing the Andorran job (which is never available!)
I also noticed that the USA won the 2026 World Cup miraculously!
It was then time to get stuck into my transfers and it has been a very frustrating window of trying to secure world class players that are actually anywhere within our budget - Not an easy task!
However, I did decide to throw some cash at Yusuf Demir. He is a little older than the players I normally go for but at 27 still has plenty left in him. An AMC was a position we really needed to strengthen and he was the best option I could find that wanted to join on an affordable contract and wasn't coming in over £50M transfer fee.
It has been a very much 1-in-1-out type of window as I decided to sell on Rodfjell. He was probably my 5th choice CB and having signed him for £7.75M 5 seasons ago have made a slight profit.
We then had a couple of League games to play as I scrambled around in the background trying to do some more business - Fortunately those were 2 wins from 2 though.
Then on deadline day I went completely rogue and decided changed up my goalkeeper, which wasn't really an area I as looking at addressing.
Audero was on £90k p/w and out of contract in the summer. I looked at renewing his contract but he wanted a payrise and another 2 years so instead thought I'd offer him out and amazingly we had an offer of £10.25 Million for him - We only bought him for £4.9 Million!
So simultaneously I was scrambling through scout reports and Timothy Laurent seemed like the best affordable option. I needed the money from the Audero deal to go through before we could finalise, but we got the deal over the line with a few hours to spare!
He is a club record transfer but is on half the salary that Audero was and looks just as good on paper, whilst only being 23 years old with plenty of potential to improve. I'm just hoping it pays off!
So it's essentially been 2 big transfers in and 2 fairly big sales out, whilst I did have to dip into the old instalment payments to get the deals done - I did also bring in a few more free transfers to bulk up the squad.
Our wage expenditure has definitely risen since last season as we now sit 9th on the list - The spending of Real Madrid is just absurd in comparison to everyone else
We did then also get our Champions League draw and it's not ideal....
We were seeded 3rd and will have to play both Bayern and Man Utd, so it may well be another shot at that elusive Europa League trophy for us.
We actually have just shy of £90 Million in the bank and I keep getting a transfer budget of £10 - £15Million which is all rather annoying. It has meant that I've had to load up the transfer debt a bit again, which I would ideally have avoided but felt it was necessary to actually keep improving the squad.
Following the conclusion of the transfer window two very comprehensive victories over Valladolid and Getafe.
We then hosted Man Utd in the Champions League and were very unlucky not to come away with the 3 points. We created way more chances than them but just couldn't find the back of the net. However, I probably would have taken a point prior to kick off.
It was also a new Gate Receipts Record...
We then had to navigate through 3 extremely difficult League fixtures against 3 sides that are still considered to be better than us, so to come away with 5 points from 9 is pretty pleasing. Particularly as 2 of them were away from home.
It was then back to the Champions League where we recorded a comfortable victory over Ludogorets before a couple more in the League.
I fully rested the starting XI in the previous game and the fresh legs certainly paid off as we recorded our biggest European result, thrashing Bayern Munich in front of a raucous home crowd. I really was not expecting this to happen and we may now have a shot at reaching the knockout stages.
So we actually sit top of the table at the half way stage and the only unbeaten side. We should get 3 points at home to Ludogorets but will 10 points be enough to progress? As i'm not confident we will get anything in Munich or Manchester.
The wins just keep on coming as we maintain our unbeaten record in all competitions so far this season!
That leaves us top of the table with a 2 point gap over Sociedad, with Real Madrid going completely off the rails, losing 4 of their last 5 games in the League.
Surely the Real Madrid reign will end this year - But can we be the ones to finally dethrone them?
The board have also improved the Academy Coaching once again as we continue to put the work in behind the scenes.
Our trip to Munich ended as many anticipated. They fully deserved to win the game but i'm entitled to feel a bit hard done by considering they had to do it from the penalty spot.
We managed to get the job done over Ludogorets in the Champions League whilst maintaining our perfect record in La Liga that included a very pleasing victory away to Sevilla who are still a threat.
So that means that we head into our final Group game in poll position. Bayern are essentially guaranteed 3 points so if we can beat Utd we will finish Top, a draw and we'd be second and a loss and it'll be back to the Europa League.
Surprise, surprise it's back to the Europa League for us!
To be fair we've actually done very well in this group considering it had both Bayern and Utd - both of which we only narrowly lost to away from home and really should have beaten United in our home game.
So after finishing runners-up for the past 2 seasons can we finally crack the Europa League at the third time of asking?
Fortunately we managed to get quickly overcome our European disappointment and get the 3 points against Madrid in our final fixture before the winter break.
That actually means that we open up an incredible 17 point gap over Madrid as we near the halfway stage! Unfortunately Real Sociedad are looking a formidable force this season and keeping pace with us but Real Madrid's reign is finally going to end one way or another.
Youth intake looks better than last season but still not set to be the calibre I dream of.
The Andorran National side have had another patchy month but maintain their Division C status.
Still cant even declare interest in the job though...
A major trophy (Domestic or European) is surely very close! How many players in the Andorran squad were trained at the club? And is there any player of real quality in the squad? Must be a decent side to draw with Serbia and thrash Montenegro
A major trophy (Domestic or European) is surely very close! How many players in the Andorran squad were trained at the club? And is there any player of real quality in the squad? Must be a decent side to draw with Serbia and thrash Montenegro
Yeah, the majority of the players in the squad came through the club system. Unfortunately only really 2 players have really been able to make the first XI and the best of which is Uxio Ramirez below. He is definitely a squad player for us now, wouldn't make my starting XI but is always at least on the bench when fit.
The New Year started in pretty good fashion, beating Cadiz in the League before getting ourselves into he Super Cup Final.
I was expecting to face our usual opponents in Real Madrid but it was actually Sociedad that we'd be facing.
And the result was pretty comprehensive as we cruised to a 4-1 victory to add another piece of silverware to the cabinet. In truth this seems to be like the community shield but I'll still take it at this point.
Our dominance then continued across both the Copa del Rey and La Liga, dropping just 2 points against Almeria. The win over Levante also meant that we are now in the Semi-Final of the Copa del Rey as we look to defend our title.
That then led to another encounter against Sociedad and this time it was a top of the table clash. We go into the game with a 6 point lead and really just cant afford to lose it. A win would be amazing but a draw would do.
And we had to settle for the draw in the end. That still keeps our 6 point advantage in check at the top of the table and in a really strong position to claim our first La Liga title.
It's still hard to comprehend how Real Madrid have had such a bad season after nearly a decade of dominance. We are now 16 points clear of them and surely out of sight. We just need to see off Sociedad and the title will be ours!
Our impressive run of results continued across three competitions throughout February. We managed to secure ourselves a first leg victory over Villareal in the Copa del Rey Semi-Final, a couple of draws against both Barca and A. Madrid in La Liga, before dispatching Hajduk Spit in our Europa League Playoff
We therefore go into the last 16 and face Dynamo Kiev
We managed to easily get past Dynamo Kiev thanks to a big home victory in our first leg which did mean I rested the whole starting XI for the reverse leg in which we did narrowly lose.
So the Quarter-Final will be up against Nice, a side that are currently struggling in the French League, sitting in 14th place. Hopefully another routine tie for us.
After hammering Leganes we played out a bore draw with Villareal that edges us into the Copa del Rey Final, as we look to defend our trophy.
We will have to get past our bitter rivals, Real Madrid if we are to do it. They are having a torrid season but they are Real Madrid and so am expecting a very difficult game.
As for La Liga, we are now 9 points clear with just 9 games left to play. Surely this is our year to finally clinch the La Liga Title - we are also on course for an unbeaten season as well!
Our youth intake wasn't the greatest yet again, but we did manage to get at least one decent prospect out of it, Tiago Lisboa.
We then managed to keep our unbeaten League run going before our trip to France.
A trip that really didn't turn out to be very good at all unfortunately, as we struggled to get going and now have a big job to do in the return leg.
Before our second leg we managed to secure our place in the Champions League for next season with a dominant victory over Zaragoza, revealing a transfer budget of £25 Million.
It was then another dire performance against Nice and we bow out of the Europa League at the Quarter-Final stage. After 2 consecutive finals I am rather disappointed, especially to lose 5-2 on aggregate against an average side.
Just a few days later and we went up against Madrid in the Copa del Rey final as we look to retain the trophy.
Unfortunately it was more disappointment as we miss out on another bit of silverware in the space of a few days. It was actually a pretty good performance but they took their chances and our shot at the domestic treble ends.
Fortunately we managed to get our season back on track in the League and following a 7-0 hammering over Eiber...
We were confirmed as La Liga Champions!
So after 10 seasons at the help of F.C Andorra I finally managed to conquer Spain and end Real Madrid'd run of 9 straight titles!
Real Madrid then ruined our unbeaten season in the League but ultimately we ended up coasting to the League title by 12 points
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