Basque-ing in Bilbao

[wonderkid360]

You may as well not do a player of the month because Herrera wins every time lol

 

[Klippybo]

MAY - END OF SEASON

Bilbao thrash Manchester United to reach final
Napoli beaten in thrilling Champions League final
Real Madrid beaten in Copa del Rey final
Deportivo La Coruna relegated
Hristo Stoichkov is the new Hercules manager

Played my back up team in the remaining league fixtures to rest players for the cup finals and semis and how we paid for it in the league as finished the season with 4 defeats and 1 draw! Really disappointed with that. We thrashed Manchester United in the Champions League semi and in the final we won 4-3 after extra time despite being behind twice! Thought my 100% record in finals was over there for sure!

UEFA Champions League SF 2nd Leg
Athletic Bilbao 6-2 Manchester United
Evans (og), Ekiza, Sanz 3, San Jose

Athletic Bilbao 0-3 Espanyol

Copa del Rey Final
Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Real Madrid
Sanz, Vadillo

Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Valencia

Athletic Bilbao 2-2 Real Zaragoza
Cidoncha, De Marcos

Granada 2-1 Athletic Bilbao
Sanz

UEFA Champions League Final
Napoli 3-4 Athletic Bilbao (aet)
Vadillo, Ekiza, Khune (og), Ugalde

PLAYER OF THE MONTH
JOSE CARLOS SANZ
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Aitor Herrera won the Spanish Player of the Year
Iker Muniain won Liga BBVA Player of the Year
Jose Carlos Sanz wins UEFA Champions League Best Player

STADIUM GETTING INCREASED BY 4,000 SEATS!!​

 

[Klippybo]

Have you had any offers for Herrara yet?

not one! having said that the club and player reputation is pretty much what Barcelona and Messi is at the start of the game so maybe it isnt that surprising. Tempted to load a back up save and sell everyone to see how much i can get! lol

 

[tommyd156]

not one! having said that the club and player reputation is pretty much what Barcelona and Messi is at the start of the game so maybe it isnt that surprising. Tempted to load a back up save and sell everyone to see how much i can get! lol

It's amazing that you haven't had any offers for him tbh!

 

[Klippybo]

SPAIN

World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers
David De Gea (Manchester United)
Sergio Asenjo (Atletico Madrid)
Vicente Guatia (Valencia)

Defenders
Cesar Azpilicueta (Athletic Bilbao)
Mikel San Jose (Athletic Bilbao)
Borja Ekiza (Athletic Bilbao)
Gerard Pique (Barcelona)
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Alvaro Dominguez (Atletico Madrid)
Jose Angel (Roma)

Midfielders
Cesc Fabregas (Barcelona)
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
Iker Muniain (Athletic Bilbao)
Ander Herrera (Athletic Bilbao)
Aitor Herrera (Athletic Bilbao)
Alvaro Vadillo (Atlhetic Bilbao)
Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)
Pedro (Barcelona)
Javi Martinez (Athletic Bilbao)

Forwards
Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao)
Jose Carlos Sanz (Athletic Bilbao)
Bojan (Barcelona)

PLAYERS MISSING OUT: Thiago, Joel, Munoz, Mata, Cidoncha, Jose Enrique, Juan Carlos


FRIENDLIES

Spain 3-0 Australia
Sanz, Bojan, Ramos

Spain 1-1 Chile
Torres

Spain 0-1 Uruguay​

 

[AshleySWFC]

awesome mate, just started one as Bilbao, finished 4th in my first season - faultered so bad the last 2 months

 

[Klippybo]

awesome mate, just started one as Bilbao, finished 4th in my first season - faultered so bad the last 2 months

good luck - it really is enjoyable being Bilbao. The only frustration is having millions upon millions to spend on nobody!

 

[Klippybo]

WORLD CUP

Group B

Colombia 0-0 England

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Costa Rica 0-5 Spain
Muniain 2, Fabregas, Torres, Sanz

Line Up: De Gea, Ramos, Pique, San Jose, Jose Angel, Iniesta (Ander Herrera), Fabregas, Bojan (Vadillo), Aitor Herrera, Muniain*. Torres (Sanz)

Great start! Was a bit worried after the 3 pre-tournament friendlies but we just demolished Costa Rica. I admit to being a bit biased towards my substitutes lol

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England 1-0 Costa Rica

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Spain 6-1 Colombia
San Jose, Fabregas, Bojan, Torres, Rivas (og), Sanz

Line Up: De Gea, Ramos, Pique, San Jose, Jose Angel, Ander Herrera (Javi Martinez), Fabregas, Bojan, Aitor Herrera*, Muniain (Pedro), Torres (Sanz)

Colombia had a man sent off after half an hour and then we just blitzed them. Just need a draw against England to top the group. Might rest some players.

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Costa Rica 0-4 Colombia

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Spain 2-2 England
Pique, San Jose (pen)

Line Up: De Gea, Azpilicueta*, Pique, San Jose, Jose Angel (Dominguez), Ander Herrera (Javi Martinez), Fabregas, Pedro, Aitor Herrera, Vadillo, Torres (Sanz)

We top the group with the draw. Cesc Fabregas scored an own goal to put us behind but we recovered well to go 2-1 up with Azpilicueta getting 2 assists. Jack Wilshere equalised with 5min left
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Have an easy draw in the next round against Egypt!

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[tommyd156]

Are the fans still annoyed with you playing Herrara for Spain?

 

[Klippybo]

WORLD CUP

2nd Round

Spain 3-1 Egypt
Torres, Aitor Herrera, Fabregas

Line Up: De Gea, Ramos, Pique, San Jose (Ekiza), Jose Angel, Iniesta, Fabregas (Busquets), Bojan, Aitor Herrera, Muniain, Torres (Llorente)

Comfortable victory as expected really - a good game for tougher tests that probably lie ahead.

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England 2-0 Chile
Bulgaria 2-2 Holland
(Holland won on pens)
Italy 3-0 Belarus
Mexico 1-2 Belgium
Argentina 1-0 Brazil
France 3-1 Serbia
Nigeria 0-1 Uruguay

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Been drawn against Italy in the next round and in other news Scotland manager Graeme Souness has retired. Tempted.....
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[Klippybo]

Are the fans still annoyed with you playing Herrara for Spain?

Funnily enough no although that Del Cid dude hasnt done much at Liverpool. Got Italy in the quarters which will be tough (I play a round, then post an update and so on so in my posts I have no idea what lies ahead) so if I lose that it might be the end for me with Spain

 

[tommyd156]

Funnily enough no although that Del Cid dude hasnt done much at Liverpool. Got Italy in the quarters which will be tough (I play a round, then post an update and so on so in my posts I have no idea what lies ahead) so if I lose that it might be the end for me with Spain

When Herrara plays well for spain the headlines will be
"KLIPPYBO proves ignorant fans wrong!" haha

 

[Klippybo]

WORLD CUP

Quarter Finals

Spain 3-4 Italy
Muniain, Pique, San Jose

Line Up: De Gea, Ramos, Pique, San Jose, Jose Angel, Iniesta (Ander Herrera), Fabregas, Bojan (Pedro), Aitor Herrera, Muniain, Torres (Sanz)

Gutted. Went behind twice and lead 3-2 with 15min to go when we just caved in. Italy's scorers were El Shaarawy, Rossi and a regen Laino who having checked him out was glad he didnt play against me in the Champions League final for Napoli!!!!
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England 0-2 Holland
France 1-1 Argentina
(France won on pens)
Uruguay 1-2 Belgium


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[Klippybo]

WORLD CUP

Semi Finals
Holland 1-0 France
Italy 2-0 Belgium

3rd/4th Place Play-Off
Belgium 1-0 France

Final
Holland 3-1 Italy


World Cup Best Player - Stephan El Shaarawy (Italy)
Golden Boot - Javier Hernandez (Mexico)
Best Young Player - John Pronk (Holland)
Best Goalkeeper - Tim Krul (Holland)

DREAM TEAM
Krul (Holland)
Criscito (Italy)
San Jose (Spain)
Marcellis (Holland)
Garcia (Uruguay)
Aitor Herrera (Spain)
Muniain (Spain)
El Shaarawy (Italy)
Sanchez (Chile)
van de Stelt (Holland)
Hernandez (Mexico)
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KRIS STUART SACKED AS SPAIN MANAGER!!!!!!!!!!

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[muki1992]

loving your story mate.

i started with Athletic ages ago and i didn't play often due to college exams but now i saw your story so i decided to continue mine, im currently half way through 2nd season and im in 1st place in front of Villarreal(lol) and i just have one quick question, where do you play Muniain if you could show me in your tactics, he currently play as a poacher in the attack cuz Llorente is out for 3 months(hip injury), normally i play him as a IF on the left wing.

keep them updates coming, i love them

 

[Klippybo]

KRIS STUART APPOINTED SPAIN MANAGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I put in an application for a joke and got it! Scotland had already appointed a new manager and I was tempted to try and win the Copa America with Argentina but the chance to work more ofter with my unofficial son Aitor Herrera was too good to resist​

 

[Klippybo]

loving your story mate.

i started with Athletic ages ago and i didn't play often due to college exams but now i saw your story so i decided to continue mine, im currently half way through 2nd season and im in 1st place in front of Villarreal(lol) and i just have one quick question, where do you play Muniain if you could show me in your tactics, he currently play as a poacher in the attack cuz Llorente is out for 3 months(hip injury), normally i play him as a IF on the left wing.

View attachment 237167 I just play him as a winger on attack duty for club and country

keep them updates coming, i love them

 

[stevenUK1]

When I saw that you lost in the World Cup I said to myself you will be sacked. . I was right. Can't believe that you are back as manager. Bet the Spanish FA feel stuid for sacking you now.

Looking forward to pre-season now.

 

[Klippybo]

When I saw that you lost in the World Cup I said to myself you will be sacked. . I was right. Can't believe that you are back as manager. Bet the Spanish FA feel stuid for sacking you now.

Looking forward to pre-season now.

Yeah it said I was sacked and 2 screens later it said I quit so I was a bit confused.

 

[wonderkid360]

That made me lol that has heppened to me before I won the world cup before getting sacked as i gfinished 3rd in my EURO group.Then,about 2 days after got a job offer from England.