Wow, just wow! What a season that was, no doubt the best one I've ever had in a BAP before! Breaking the goalscoring record for both club and league, leading Denmark to World Cup glory, despite not having started one single game Perfect season, surely I'll be a contender for the Golden BoyView attachment 896615- Jay Webster impresses for Australia, scoring 1 and assisting one in a 4-0 win over "giants" Liechtenstein in the build-up to the FIFA World cup in Russia. Webster plays all 3 games as Australia beat Portugal, but get knocked out of the group stage.
Season 4 World Cup Special
- Surprisingly none of us youngsters are called up for Ireland, as they beat South-Korea 5-0, but are also knocked out at the group stage.
- Hungary make a surprise visit to the World Cup, but shockingly, Balint Boz is not called up. They draw 2 games and lose 1 to leave early.
- England are not at the 2018 World Cup, as they are knocked out in the playoffs by Portugal after coming 2nd in their group, 1 point behind Ukraine.
Group StagesView attachment 896564- The enormous success of the World Cup is Danishman Hans Christian Pedersen. He scores the winner vs Sweden in the opening game, and comes in from the bench to score again vs Uruguay. Another sub-appearance in the 3rd group game is not enough for him to start the 2nd round game vs Cameroon, but Denmark go through.
In the quarter-finals, Pedersen again plays the role as the super sub. He comes on at half time, and scores in the 46th minute! It ends up being the winning goal against Ukraine, as Denmark reach the semi-finals!
In the semi-finals, Denmark crush Argentina 2-0. Pedersen comes on in the 62nd minute, scoring the opener 2 minutes later. What a development, Denmark are in the finals, where they face Mexico!
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The teams start as follows:View attachment 896563
Shockingly, still no room for Pedersen among the starting 11 for Denmark. Perhaps he is just best at coming off the bench to devastating effect?
5th minute: Mexico are on the attack and a dangerous cross hits right-back Peter Ankersen on the shin. It's deflected into his own net! Denmark 0 - 1 Mexico
45th minute: Denmark have picked up the pace, but struggle to create chances. The teams go into the break at Denmark 0 - 1 Mexico
50th minute: Corner for Mexico. Blackburn's CB, Diego Reyes, doubles Mexico's lead with a powerful header. Denmark 0 - 2 Mexico
50th minute: Denmark manager Bernd Schuster takes action. He takes off a disappointing Simon Makienok and brings on Hans Christian Pedersen.
56th minute: Surely not! A perfect through pass from Eriksen finds the super-sub Pedersen, who makes no mistake. It's back on! Denmark 1 - 2 Mexico
61st minute: PSG-star Christian Eriksen shows why he is paid £165K/week! Curls a free kick perfectly into the top corner. It's all square! Denmark 2 - 2 Mexico.
90th minute: No one can break the deadlock. It's time for extra time!
103rd minute: Real Sociedad's Erik Sviachenko with a clumsy challenge, especially when he is already on a yellow card! The ref sends him off, and Denmark are down to 10 men.Denmark 2 - 2 Mexico
115th minute: We're heading for penalties, but Denmark want it more. On the counter, Eriksen takes on 3 players on his own, beating them all and rolling the ball coolly past Ochoa. Surely it's all over! Denmark 3 - 2 Mexico
120th minute: And it is! DENMARK ARE THE NEW WORLD CHAMPIONS
View attachment 896600Awards:
- Christian Eriksen wins the Golden Ball, while Hans Christian Pedersen comes 2nd!
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- Edinson Cavani wins the Golden Boot, wonderkid Pedersen comes 3rd!
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- Hans Christian Pedersen wins World Cup Best Young Player!
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- Pedersen also starts up front alongside Cavani in the World Cup Dream Team!
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So enough of hailing Pedersen and Denmark. In the next update, you'll have the transfer window, and September screenshots.
.P.S.: Neubauer's stats are from Sunderland U21's team, right?
4.1 millions for Neubauer? Heck, Sunderland sure knows how to do their business... They buy a youngster for 60k and then sell him one year later for a value 68 times higher what they paid for.
But I can understand why Burnley paid so much for a youngster though, those stats are brutal for a 19 y.o kid.
Now it's time to see if he can live up to his new value and the squad number assigned to him (number 9, heck yeah^^ ).