Euro Trek

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Job Interview
Dinamo Tblisi sacked their manager and as they have a good squad and I could probably win the league and move on to the country.

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Unfortunately my interview was unsuccessful and I will have to either win the league with Samtredia or wait for the next big job opening.
 
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Update
We are in 1st place after 6 games! It is still early in the season but could this be the year!

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Samtredia 1-1 Zestafoni
Scorers: Bagashvili

Samtredia 2-0 Samgori (Cup)
Scorers: Kikabidze, Cesar Meza Colli

Samtredia 2-0 WIT-Georgia
Scorers: Jelic, Petakov

Samtredia 3-1 Dinamo Batumi
Scorers: Cesar Meza Colli (2), Tkebuchava

Samtredia 1-0 Kolkheti Poti
Scorers: Bagashvili

Samtredia 2-0 Chikhura Sachkhere
Scorers: Cesar Meza Colli (2)

Samtredia 2-0 Metalurgi Rustavi (Cup)
Scorers: Gedenidze, Gureshidze

Samtredia 1-1 Dila Gori
Scorers: Gogitadze

My player of the Season so far: Cesar Meza Colli
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He has 5 goals and 2 assists in 7 appearances in the all competitions.
 
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Update

The league title is now looking like a real possibility as we are leading the league by 5 points

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Samtredia 2-0 Zugdidi
Scorers: Jelic, Bagashvili

Samtredia 1-0 Sioni
Scorers: Sitoe

Samtredia 5-1 Aragvelebi (Cup)
Scorers: Gedenidze (2), Volkan Kurubas (2), Cesar Meza Colli

Samtredia 1-1 Spartaki Tskhinvali
Scorers: Gureshidze

Samtredia 2-1 Metalurgi Rustavi
Scorers: Pavliashvili, Cesar Meza Colli

Samtredia 1-1 Dinamo Tblisi
Scorers: Cesar Meza Colli

Samtredia 1-1 Kolkheti Poti (13-12 penalties) (Cup)
Scorers: Sitoe

Samtredia 3-1 WIT-Georgia
Scorers: Pavliashvili (2), Cesar Meza Colli

My Player of the Season so far: Cesar Meza Colli
He has 9 goals and 3 assists in 16 appearances with 7 goals and 2 assists in 12 appearances in the league.
 
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Champions!
We win the league with 3 games to go and end the season 10 points ahead of 2nd!

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Samtredia 2-0 Zestafoni
Scorers: Kakushadze, Cesar Meza Colli

Samtredia 3-0 Dinamo Batumi
Scorers: Todorov, Pirtskhalaishvili (o.g), Bagashvili

Samtredia 0-0 Chikhura Sachkhere
Scorers: None

Samtredia 2-0 Kolkheti Poti
Scorers: Sitoe, Gureshidze

Samtredia 0-1 Zugdidi
Scorers: None

Samtredia 2-0 Dila Gori
Scorers: Bagashvili, Cesar Meza Colli

Samtredia 2-0 Spartaki Tskhinvali
Scorers: Sitoe (2)

Samtredia 1-0 Sioni
Scorers: Eristavi

Samtredia 1-1 Metalurgi Rustavi
Scorers: Bagashvili

Samtredia 0-0 Dinamo Tblisi
Scorers: None

My Player of the Season: Cesar Meza Colli
9 goals and 5 assists in the league in 21 appearances and in all competitions he had 11 goals and 6 assists in 24 appearances
 
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Hired!
I was hired by neftchi baku in azerbaijan after I won the title with Samtredia. They recently got 3rd last season and I can probably win the league in my first season.
 
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Tactic 1
This is a counter-attacking tactic and will be used mainly in the Europa League.
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Tactic 2
My main tactic
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Tactic 3
My back-up tactic
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Squad
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Transfers

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First I bought I new CB for 650K. A bit of a large transfer fee but I really needed a center back and he was the only center back whose team would accept my enquiry.
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Second I bought Hristiyan Popov from Pirin (Gotse Delchev). We had no natural defensive mids in our squad so he will be a key part of our season.
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Third is Sadio Tounkara. He is a center mid for the future.
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Then I signed Dimo Balkalov on a free. He will be our back-up winger.
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I brought Giorgi Eristavi with me from Samtredia as we needed another center mid.
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Lastly I brought Olivier Boumal in on a free. He will be our starting winger.
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Zalgris Vilnius 2-2 Neftchi Baku (Europa League 1st Qualifying Round)
Scorers: Sukurov, Boumal

Neftchi Baku 2-0 Zalgris Vilnius (Europa League 1st Qualifying Round)
Scorers: Nasimov, Platje

Cukaricki 0-2 Neftchi Baku (Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round)
Scorers: Nfor (2)

Neftchi Baku 0-1 Cukaricki Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round)
Scorers: None
 
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Group Stage!
Neftchi Baku have qualified for the Group Stage of the Europa League for the 2nd time in their history.

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A fairly easy group but a difficult one nonetheless. I feel that we can qualify in 2nd place behind Tottenham.

Neftchi Baku 2-0 RoPS (Europa League 3rd Qualifying Round)
Scorers: Branekov, Bocognano

Neftchi Baku 1-1 Qarabag Agdam
Scorers: Branekov

RoPS 1-1 Neftchi Baku (Europa League 3rd Qualifying Round)
Scorers: Nfor

Simurq 1-4 Neftchi Baku
Scorers: Bocognano, Boumal (3)

Austria Wien 0-3 Neftchi Baku (Europa League Play-Off Round)
Scorers: Nfor (2), Richard

Neftchi Baku 3-2 AZAL
Scorers: Nfor, Boumal, Costin

Neftchi Baku 0-1 Austria Wien (Europa League Play-Off Round)
Scorers: None

League Table
We are in 3rd but it is still very early in the season.
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There will not be another update for a couple of weeks as I am on vacation.
 
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Update

We are 3rd in the league and halfway through the season.
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In the Europa League we are doing terrible and have lost all of our games.
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Araz Naxchivan 0-2 Neftchi Baku
Scorers: Nfor, Poladov (o.g)

Inter Baku 1-3 Neftchi Baku
Scorers: Sukurov, Richard, Popov

Red Star Belgrade 2-0 Neftchi Baku (Europa League)
Scorers: None

Neftchi Baku 1-1 Baku
Scorers: Niasse

Sumqayit 1-5 Neftchi Baku (Azerbaijan Cup)
Scorers: Nasimov, Niasse (2), Bakalov, Mammadov (o.g)

Neftchi Baku 1-2 Tottenham (Europa League)
Scorers: Platje

Neftchi Baku 4-0 Mugan
Scorers: Nfor (3), Richard

Neftchi Baku 1-2 Genk (Europa League)
Scorers: Richard

Xazar Lankaran 1-0 Neftchi Baku
Scorers: None

Qarabag Agdam 3-3 Neftchi Baku
Scorers: Richard (3)
 
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Neftchi do the Double!
We won the Azerbaijan Cup and League in back to back games!

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Genk 3-3 Neftchi
Scorers: Niasse, Richard (2)

Inter Baku-2 1-5 Neftchi (Cup)
Scorers: Qirtimov, Niassse (2), Aliyev, Richard

Neftchi Baku 2-0 Qabala
Scorers: Costin, Richard

Neftchi 1-4 Red Star (Europa League)
Scorers: Niasse

Tottenham 1-0 Neftchi (Europa League)
Scorers: None

Neftchi 1-0 Simurq
Scorers: Costin

AZAL 1-6 Neftchi
Scorers: Nasimov, Branekov, Richard (4)

Neftchi 3-0 AZAL (Cup)
Scorers: Branekov, Boumal, Richard

Baku 1-1 Neftchi
Scorers: Nasimov

Neftchi 6-0 Araz Naxchivan
Scorers: Nasimov (2), Costin, Richard (2)

Neftchi 3-2 Simurq (Cup)
Scorers: Cardoso, Nasimov, Costin

Neftchi 2-0 Inter Baku
Scorers: Niasse, Costin

Mugan 0-7 Neftchi
Scorers: Richard (3), Nasimov, Niasse, Boumal (2)

Neftchi 2-3 Xazar
Scorers: Nasimov, Boumal

Neftchi 3-2 Xazar (Cup)
Scorers: Huseynov, Bocognano, Richard

Qabala 1-3 Neftchi
Scorers: Boumal, Niasse, Richard

Now I will be looking for jobs in Armenia.
 
Congrats on the cup and league wins mate, been an interesting read :)
Best of luck with the new challenge in whichever country you move to...KUTGW
 
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Group Stage!
So I have found no jobs in Armenia so I will be staying with Neftci a little longer than expected but we have made the Champions League group stage which is a new best for our club and Azerbaijani clubs as well.

Our group is pretty much the group of death with Bayern, Tottenham and Sevilla so 3rd will be a huge accomplishment.
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As for the league we are 1st after 3 games.
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Zestafoni 0-1 Neftci (Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round)
Scorers: Costin

Neftci 3-1 Zestafoni (Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round)
Scorers: Eristavi, Costin, Richard

Ekranas 1-1 Neftci (Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round)
Scorers: Richard

Neftci 2-0 Qarabag Agdam
Scorers: Nasimov, Boumal

Neftci 1-0 Ekranas (Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round)
Scorers: Nasimov

Simurq 1-3 Neftci
Scorers: Boumal, Richard, Popov

Kobenhavn 2-2 Neftci (Champions League Play-Off Round)
Scorers: Nfor, Richard

Neftci 2-0 AZAL
Scorers: Cardoso, Richard

Neftci 1-1 Kobenhavn (Champions League Play-Off Round)
Scorers: Costin
 
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Halfway Update
We are halfway through the league and winning the league by 4 points. In the Champions League we are last as expected but I do want to score a goal which we haven't done yet.
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Also one thing I forgot in the last update is we signed a new striker named Nasko Milev, a right back named Milos Radulovic and a center back named Mamuka Kobakhidze and released Mahir Sukurov and Vurgun Huseynov and sold Yohan Bocognano to Lorient while Sadio Tounkara went out on loan to Baku.

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Neftci 5-0 Baku
Scorers: Nasimov, Richard, Bakalov, Popov, Popovic (o.g)

Inter Baku 1-2 Neftci
Scorers: Kobakhidze, Boumal

Neftci 0-2 Sevilla (Champions League)
Scorers: None

Qabala 2-2 Neftci
Scorers: Branekov, Bakalov

Neftci 5-0 Susa (Azerbaijan Cup)
Scorers: Milev (3), Bakalov, Niasse

Tottenham 2-0 Neftci (Champions League)
Scorers: None

Neftci 4-0 Sumqayit
Scorers: Milev, Richard, Niasse, Popov

Bayern Munich 3-0 Neftci (Champions League)
Scorers: None

Xazar 1-1 Neftci
Scorers: Niasse

Qarabag 0-3 Neftci
Scorers: Milev, Richard, Branekov
 
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Undefeated!
We go undefeated! In the league anyway. We win the league by 9 points. We got to the semis of the Azerbaijan Cup and got last in our Champions League group.
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Neftci 0-3 Bayern (Champions League)
Scorers: None

Neftci 5-0 Ravan
Scorers: Radulovic, Milev, Niasse, Boumal (2)

Sevilla 3-0 Neftci
Scorers: None

Neftci 0-4 Bayern
Scorers: None

Neftci 3-0 Simurq
Scorers: Branekov, Costin, Nasimov

Neftci 4-0 Xazar-2 (Azerbaijan Cup)
Scorers: Branekov, Bakalov, Boumal (2)

Neftci 3-0 Inter Baku
Scorers: Richard (3)

AZAL 1-5 Neftci
Scorers: Nasimov, Richard (2), Niasse (2)

Inter Baku 2-3 Neftci (Azerbaijan Cup)
Scorers: Nasimov (2), Niasse

Baku 0-2 Neftci
Scorers: Cardoso, Kobakhidze

Neftci 1-0 Qabala
Scorers: Costin

Qarabag 1-1 Neftci (Azerbaijan Cup) (Penalty Loss)
Scorers: Richard

Sumqayit 0-3 Neftci
Scorers: Cardoso, Costin, Platje

Ravan 1-2 Neftci
Scorers: Radulovic, Nasimov

Neftci 1-1 Xazar
Scorers: Milev
 
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An average start to the season and this is around where I think we will finish but we could finish higher. We are 4th after 7 games.
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Transfers
Our squad lacked any real depth so I signed 5 players, some will start, others will be back-up
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First player is Sebastian Kuntic. He was originally gonna be a back up but Serges Deble got injured and now Kuntic has scored 2 goals in 4 starts.
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Then we signed a new goalkeeper as we only had one in the squad. Ilko Pirgov will be my number one keeper.
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Giorgi Turmanidze will be a starting CB. He was brought in because we only had 2 center backs.
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Rumen Rumenov is one of best players in our squad.
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We didn't have a natural left back in our squad so I signed Shamil Kurbanov.
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Here is our squad
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Banants 5-0 Pyunik-3
Scorers: Asoyan, Deble, Poghosyan, Hovhannisyan. Hakobyan

Mika 1-0 Banants
Scorers: None

Banants 3-0 Ararat
Scorers: Hakobyan, Kuntic, Odhiambo

Banants 0-5 Gandzasar
Scorers: None

Shirak 0-1 Banants
Scorers: Hakobyan

Pyunik 2-1 Banants
Scorers: Odhiambo

Ulisses 0-3 Banants
Scorers: Asoyan, Kuntic, Odhiambo
 
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We are third and halfway through the season. We could win the title as we are just 2 points off first.
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Pyunik-3 0-7 Banants
Scorers: Poghosyan, Kuntic, Odhiambo (3), Hakobyan (2)

Pyunik-2 0-3 Banants (Cup)
Scorers: Hovhannisyan, Rumenov, Poghosyan

Banants 2-1 Mika
Scorers: Turmanidze, Beglaryan

Ararat 0-4 Banants
Scorers: Poghosyan, Odhiambo (2), Hovhannisyan

Banants 1-2 Shirak
Scorers: Poghosyan

Gandzasar 0-4 Banants
Scorers: Odhiambo, Beglaryan, Hakobyan, Kuntic

Banants 1-0 Pyunik
Scorers: Odhiambo

Gandzasar-2 0-3 Banants
Scorers: Hakobyan (2), Hovhannisyan

Banants 6-2 Ulisses
Scorers: Hakobyan (3), Odhiambo, Alexanyan (2)
 
stevanjovetic said:
Also my team always gives up goals towards the ends of matches. Any idea how to fix that? Thanks
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Yes.

Anytime after 75 minutes, switch to a 4141 or a Barcelona-style 451. You'll need a defensive midfielder sitting in the area just in front of your defense.

Waste a lot of time, hit them on the counter attack and play narrowly. If your GK is a vampire, i.e., frightened of crosses, don't play narrowly.

In lower leagues or less competitive leagues, the most important attribute for this DM is Determination. At higher levels, you'll need a high work rate, good concentration and anticipation.
 
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We are ahead of Pyunik by just 1 point heading into the final leg of the season.
We also are in the Armenian Cup Final.
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Banants 6-1 Pyunik-3
Scorers: Asoyan, Alexanyan, Deble, Odhiambo, Hakobyan (2)

Mika 1-3 Banants
Scorers: Turmanidze, Odhiambo, Hakobyan

Shirak 2-3 Banants
Scorers: Asoyan, Hovhannisyan, Yeghiarzyan (o.g.)

Banants 3-0 Ararat
Scorers: Hovhannisyan (2), Deble

Banants 2-0 Gandzasar
Scorers: Odhiambo, Alexanyan

Pyunik 0-0 Banants
Scorers: None

Shirak 1-3 Banants (Armenian Cup)
Scorers: Alexanyan, Asoyan, Hakobyan

Ulisses 0-0 Banants
Scorers: None
 
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