Basque-ing in Bilbao

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QUARTER FINALS

Portugal 2-3 Spain
Gomez 2, Hondo N'Dongo

Line Up: David, Azpilicueta, Hondo N'Dongo, Gomez*, De la Torre, Santano (Rodriguez), Cidoncha, Muniain, Herrera (Sanz), Perez Villarroya, Garcia (Alfredo)

Great win this where the centre halves took centre stage. Roberto Gomez collected his first goals for his country including a late winner.

Denmark 1-2 Poland
France 3-2 Sweden
Holland 0-1 England

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SEMI FINALS

Spain 1-0 England
Herrera

Line Up: David, Azpilicueta, Gomez, Barandiaran (Albert), De la Torre*, Santano, Cidoncha, Muniain (Juan Carlos), Herrera, Perez Villarroya, Garcia (Alfredo)

Suffered an early set back when Barandiaran went off injured after 5min with a broken foot - he will be out for 3 months now. Herrera put us ahead and we were quite comfortable until the last 15min when they threw everything at us. Somehow Poland have made it into the final!!!!!!

Poland 0-0 France
(Poland won on pens)
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FINAL

Poland 0-6 Spain
Garcia, Santano 3(1pen), Hondo N'Dongo, Herrera

Line Up: David, Azpilicueta (Liendo), Hondo N'Dongo, Gomez, De la Torre, Santano*, Cidoncha (Ruiz), Muniain, Herrera, Perez Villarroya (Cano), Garcia

Poland: Szczesny, Ciach, Przerywacz, Liz, Bilinski, Borysiuk, Kieliba, Jurkowski, Czaicki (Klich), Kucharczyk (Zuraw), Kolacki (Zaremba)

Athletic Bilbao win the Euro's lol. 3 times in a row Spain have now won it. We were always in control and blew them away. This was the last outing in a Spain shirt for Azpilicueta as he is an old man now! lol

BEST PLAYER - Aitor Herrera
GOLDEN BOOT - Amete Mutunga (France)

DREAM TEAM
van Egmond (Holland)
Azpilicueta (Spain)
Gomez (Spain)
Hondo N'Dongo (Spain)
De la Torre (Spain)
Lindberg (Norway)
Muniain (Spain)
Herrera (Spain)
Santano (Spain)
Mutunge (France)
Garcia (Spain)​
 
If I was the UEFA I wouldn't bother with the euros as its obvious whose gonna win lol
 
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(an old Bilbao side training)

PRE-SEASON

Vadillo sold, Aurtenetxe, Rodriguez, Jose and Martinez Cid loaned out
Valcarcel and Salazar now in 1st team squad
Barca spend big including £20m on a Scottish defender
Spain lose their olympic title

AIMS
Another unbeaten league season would be nice and unbeaten season overall essentially
Could we win 38 out of 38 again?

PLAYERS IN
Signed half a dozen youngsters the best being a guy called Vinas from Sevilla for £5m. Also got a promising player from Barca.
TOTAL SPENT: £7.25m
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(not sure where the player faces went)

PLAYERS OUT
Vadillo finally left, returning to Napoli for £7m. Promising young midfielder Luis Manuel left for £600k as he was on £30k a week and was just going to be 7th choice so offloaded him. There are limits!!!! Veteran defender Aurtenetxe as well as Jose, Rodriguez and Martinez Cid were loaned out for fees. Jonas Ramalho was released.
TOTAL INCOME:£11.35m

SUMMARY
The squad is pretty much the same really. Salazar will replace Aurtenetxe as back up LB and with San Jose now 35, Valcarcel will get a few games in the first team - he along with Perez Ostos have been in the B team with continental reputations! lol. Looking forward to giving Izurza, Garmendia and Varias an increased amount of game time.

OLYMPICS
Decided to take charge but couldnt pick any of the players that were involved in the Euro's so wasnt interested and went on holiday every game day in a sulk! lol. Finished 4th.
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Thought that I would put up profile pics of my squad as some players have amazing stats and get outshone by Herrera et al (Cidoncha being one - he attribute wise is probably my best player). I have put them in formation order. Will put up B team and youths later.
 
KLIPPYBO said:

OLYMPICS
Decided to take charge but couldnt pick any of the players that were involved in the Euro's so wasnt interested and went on holiday every game day in a sulk! lol. Finished 4th.
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Haha, I love this. Gutting you couldn't pick anyone you wanted. Looking forward to another great season though.
 
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AUGUST/SEPTEMBER

2 more trophies in the cabinet (well the same ones I suppose)
Barcelona easily beaten - Real Madrid beaten 3 times
AZPILICUETA SCORES 2nd GOAL FOR CLUB WOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Muniain breaks club appearance record
CSKA Moscow, Benfica and Dinamo Zagreb are Champions League opponents
Spain start World Cup qualifiers with a win

A great start to the season with 3 victories over Real and one each against Barca and Valencia plus we kept a load of clean sheets! Some unusual goalscorers appeared during the month which was nice - none more so than Cesar Azpilicueta getting one! Mustnt grumble and all that lol.

Spanish Super Cup Final 1st Leg
Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Real Madrid
Gomez, Ordonez Lopez

2nd Leg
Real Madrid 1-2 Athletic Bilbao
Gomez, Garcia

Athletic Bilbao 2-1 Malaga
Herrera, Muniain

UEFA European Super Cup Final
Barcelona 1-4 Athletic Bilbao
Herrera, Muniain, Ibanez, Perez Villarroya

Real Zaragoza 0-3 Athletic Bilbao
Santano 2, Perez Villarroya

Athletic Bilbao 3-0 Real Betis
Garcia 3

UEFA Champions League Group H
Athletic Bilbao 4-0 CSKA Moscow
Gomez, Alfredo, Izurza, M.Bilbao

Valencia 0-3 Athletic Bilbao
Przerywacz (og), Azpilicueta, Muniain

Athletic Bilbao 3-0 Espanyol
De la Torre, Ordonez Lopez, Herrera

Real Madrid 0-2 Athletic Bilbao
Garcia 2

PLAYER OF THE MONTH
DAVID
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SPAIN

Friendly
Spain 3-1 Japan
Muniain, Shimizu (og), Juan Carlos

World Cup Quals Group 9
Estonia 0-3 Spain
Garcia 2, Herrera


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(Club legend and my ex scout Jose Angel Iribar)

OCTOBER

Andoni Santano wants a new challenge
Atletico Madrid easily beaten (thanks to 2 own goals lol)
Derby victory away to Real Sociedad
2 easy wins for Spain

The wins keep coming! Had some awkward games on paper and came through them with various degrees of success. The only sour note was when Andoni Santano requested to leave the club for a new challenge. I offered him out for £120m and received an offer for £38m so will keep him until the end of the season and sell him then. Hopefully get at least £40m for him.

UEFA Champions League Group H
Benfica 1-2 Athletic Bilbao
Herrera, Gomez

Real Sociedad 0-1 Athletic Bilbao
Santano

Athletic Bilbao 5-0 Atletico Madrid
Asenjo (og), Kurbanov (og), Gomez, Sanz 2

UEFA Champions League Group H
Dinamo Zagreb 2-5 Athletic Bilbao
Ibanez 3, Alfredo, Izurza

Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Almeria
Garcia, Gimenez (og)

Copa del Rey 4th Round 1st Leg
Puertollano 0-3 Athletic Bilbao
Izurza 2, Gomez

PLAYER OF THE MONTH
ROBERTO GOMEZ
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SPAIN

World Cup Quals Group 9

Spain 2-0 Belarus
Perez Villarroya, Garcia (pen)

Switzerland 1-4 Spain
Garcia 3(1pen), Cidoncha
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(another club legend and current coach - refused to get paid in his last season as a player)

NOVEMBER

Bilbao throw away 3 goal lead to fail to win for 1st time this season
Through in Europe and Tenerife up next in the cup
Mancini replaces Moyes at Valencia while Villas-Boas is in charge of Espanyol
Spain beat Bulgaria but lose to Germany in friendlies

****** CSKA!!!! To be fair we were never going to win EVERY game were we? In that game we both had a goal disallowed and ours would have been a last minute winner and Alfredo's 4th. Garcia was denied a hat-trick the game before due to a disallowed goal and Alfredo had 2 chalked off against Puertollano!

Seriously thinking about putting Alfredo in for Garcia - both score when picked so hard to pick just one!

Deportivo La Coruna 0-4 Athletic Bilbao
Garcia 2, Muniain, Gomez

UEFA Champions League Group H
Athletic Bilbao 6-0 Dinamo Zagreb
Valcarcel, Alfredo, Ordonez Lopez, Garmendia, San Jose, Ibanez

Athletic Bilbao 3-1 Granada
Muniain, Barandiaran, Alfredo (pen)

Copa del Rey 4th Round 2nd Leg
Athletic Bilbao 3-0 Puertollano
Gomez Comas, Ibanez, Sanz

Sevilla 1-3 Athletic Bilbao
Herrera, Garcia 2

UEFA Champions League Group H
CSKA Moscow 3-3 Athletic Bilbao
Alfredo 3

Athletic Bilbao 3-1 Levante
Santano, Garcia, Alfredo

PLAYER OF THE MONTH
ALFREDO
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SPAIN

Friendlies

Spain 5-3 Bulgaria
Muniain, Santano, Garcia 2, Perez Villarroya

Germany 2-1 Spain
Alfredo​
 
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MEET THE TEAM - part one

GOALKEEPERS

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DAVID
Signed from Barcelona for £1.3m
Apps - 331

Fantastic keeper and cant see him being replaced in the next decade unless he wants a new challenge!

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ISMAEL BILBAO
Signed from Tenerife for £1.8m
Apps - 7

Decent back up keeper who started his career here but didnt make it. Had spells at Hercules, Salamanca and Tenerife before returning. Keeps complaining about the lack of 1st team football.

DEFENDERS

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CESAR AZPILICUETA
Signed from Marseille for £11m
Apps - 585
Goals - 2

One of the veterans and at the age of 35 is still 1st choice RB. Going to give him a coaching role once he decides to hang up his boots. Assisted 130 goals also.

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EKAIN BARANDIARAN
Signed from Atletico Madrid on a free transfer
Apps - 236
Goals - 43

Decent centre half who has been injured this season and is under pressure from Gomez. Averaging just better than a goal every 6 games which aint bad.

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OCEANO HONDO N'DONGO
Signed from Malaga for £1m
Apps - 108
Goals - 21

Great name, great player. Future captain also when Azpilicueta/San Jose and Muniain stop playing. Could have played for Equatorial Guinea.

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ANGEL DE LA TORRE
Signed from Real Betis for £2.5m
Apps - 278
Goals - 4

Brilliant full back who always plays LB. Cant think I ever started him at RB! Played loads of games for one so young.

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ROBERTO GOMEZ
Signed from Barcelona for £900,000
Apps - 136
Goals - 22

Having an excellent season. One of the few players who came on leaps and bounds when playing for the B team. Keeping Barandiaran on his toes!

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PEDRO SALAZAR
Signed from Sevilla for £1.3m
Apps - 25

Been at the club for ages and even spent 6 years with the B team! Doing a job just now but hoping a better full back will come along this March!

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MIKEL SAN JOSE
Apps - 680
Goals - 120

Club legend and has been with me since day one. Appearances are rare these days and along with Azpilicueta will always get a contract. Hopefully will want to be a decent coach but don't know yet!

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ANDER VALCARCEL
Apps - 19
Goals - 2

Came up through the ranks and has spent 7 seasons in the B team. Looking a decent player and will keep him around for a while yet.

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JON ALONSO
Apps - 250
Goals - 4

Came in the same youth intake as Aitor Herrera in the very first season and has always been the back up RB. Does a job!
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how many hall of fame points have you got now mate you had another great season last year hope this season just has great
 
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