AUGUST
UEFA Champions League Champions Path 2nd Qualifying Round 2nd Leg
Lineup - Bazunu, Dohr Thychosen, Nagalo, Jensen-Abbew, Svensson (Mesik), Christensen, Kofod, Amoo,
Francis*, Adingra (Diomande), Badji (Adamsen)
Fantastic. We march into the next qualifying round with a superb victory over Malmo here. Kofod and Francis struck in the first half and we just needed to see the game out but we wrapped it up when Amoo scored in stoppage time. We will play Israeli side Maccabi Haifa in the next round.
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Lineup - Bazunu, Dohr Thychosen, Nagalo, Jensen-Abbew (Buchele), Svensson, Christensen (Chukwuani), Kofod,
Amoo*, Francis, El Ghazi, Badji
This was a thrilling match but alas we threw away a 2 goal lead late on to draw. I would complain that they scored 4 goals from 5 shots on target but we did the same from 7 shots on target however we had more than double attempts on goal. El Ghazi scored his first goal for the club with a screamer as he bent in a shot from 25 yards.
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UEFA Champions League Champions Path 3rd Qualifying Round 1st Leg
Lineup - Bazunu, Dohr Thychosen (Ellegaard), Nagalo, Buchele,
Jensen-Abbew*, Christensen, Kofod (Chukwuani), Badji, Diomande, El Ghazi (Amoo), Adingra
We get a decent win here and it was nice to keep a clean sheet after our previous result however I feel we would have won by even more had I not rested a few players.
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Lineup - Bazunu,
Dohr Thychosen*, Nagalo, Jensen-Abbew, Svensson, Christensen, Kofod (Chukwuani), Amoo (Adingra), Francis, El Ghazi, Badji (Schjelderup)
Dont be fooled by the scoreline - this should have been a 4 or 5 goal victory such was our dominance. In the end we only had a penalty from El Ghazi to show for our efforts while Amoo had a goal disallowed.
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UEFA Champions League Champions Path 3rd Qualifying Round 2nd Leg
Lineup - Bazunu, Dohr Thychosen (Ellegaard), Nagalo, Buchele,
Svensson*, Chukwuani, Kofod, Amoo, Francis (Diomande), El Ghazi (Schjelderup), Badji
We make it to the play-off round where we will face Dinamo Zagreb who we knocked out last season. They took the lead early on but we were not to be deterred and I am happy with the end result.
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Lineup - Bazunu,
Dohr Thychosen*, Nagalo, Jensen-Abbew, Svensson (Arrey-Mbi), Christensen, Kofod (Chukwuani), Amoo, Francis, Schjelderup (El Ghazi), Badji
Mads Dohr Thychosen scored a screamer to win us the game. We struggled to get going tbh but not helping that was the injuries to Kofod and Svensson with Kofod being ruled out for 3 weeks.
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UEFA Champions League Champions Path Playoff Round 1st Leg
Lineup -
Bazunu*, Dohr Thychosen (Ellegaard), Nagalo, Buchele, Arrey-Mbi, Christensen (Walta), Chukwuani, El Ghazi, Diomande, Schjelderup (Amoo), Adingra
I am immensely proud of my players. We were missing several first choice players but they dug in and pulled off an upset to win this. El Ghazi tucked away a penalty but it could have been better as we had THREE goals disallowed through Adingra twice and El Ghazi.
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Lineup - Bazunu,
Dohr Thychosen*, Nagalo (Ellegaard), Jensen-Abbew (Buchele), Svensson, Christensen, Chukwuani, Amoo, Francis, Schjelderup (El Ghazi), Badji
Newly promoted Lyngby were put to the sword here and we won fairly easily. We arent blasting teams away like before though.
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UEFA Champions League Champions Path Playoff Round 2nd Leg
Lineup - Bazunu,
Dohr Thychosen* (Ellegaard), Nagalo, Jensen-Abbew, Svensson (Arrey-Mbi), Christensen, Chukwuani, Amoo, Francis (Diomande), Schjelderup, Badji
We make it into the group stages and all the riches that come with that. We fell behind but pulled level before half-time when Badji tapped home and we went ahead when Ellegaard scored a belter from outside the area. We actually went down to 10 men as Amoo went off injured and I had already made my subs and although we conceded an equaliser we still make it through.
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SUMMARY
We had to cram in 9 matches this month which is just crazy for the start of a season and as a result a load of my players have been struggling for fitness. We came out unscathed however and end the month top of the league and in the Champions League group stages!
In the league we chucked away a 4-2 lead away to FC Midtjylland to draw which was unacceptable but we dug in and won our next 3 games narrowly but keeping 3 clean sheets in the process.
In the Champions League we beat Malmo 3-0 to go through to the 3rd qualifying round and then we edged out Maccabi Haifa by beating them home and away. That set up a playoff tie with Dinamo Zagreb and after getting a fantastic 1-0 win away from home in the first leg we drew 2-2 in the 2nd to see us through to the money spinning group stages. I do fear however that we wont make much money as we have been drawn alongside Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Atalanta!!!!
As for the transfer window I was quite busy! I sold Ivan Mesik to Zilina for £500,000 which was a decent deal for the club. Lucas Lykkegaard joined Horsens for £60,000 and I loaned out Villadsen. There was one huge departure however and that was of Bright Arrey-Mbi who joined Manchester United for an initial £10.25m which could rise up to £14.75m. However as part of the deal they have immediately loaned him back for the rest of the season!!! We have more than trebled our money on him so it was a great deal for the club.
There were 4 incomings (not including Arrey-Mbi. Firstly, for a joint club record fee of £4.5m, I brought in 15y/o left back Mikkel Nielsen from FC Midtjylland. He is signed to be my backup LB immediately however he cannot play for me until he is 16 in a few weeks! He looks like a great prospect though.
After his stunning goal to take us into the group stages of the Champions League I paid Esbjerg £700,000 to keep Kasper Ellegaard permanently so that is another young Dane signed up.
I paid Altinordu £900,000 for 19y/o midfielder Burak Ince. He can play as a CM or AMC naturally and he looks like a technically gifted player who will hopefully develop into a key player for us. Chukwuani and Diomande are complaining at the minute so he will get opportunities.
Finally I brought in a young striker from Austria - Luka Reischl - for an absolute bargain £2,200! He is just 19y/o and we will surely make a sizable profit on him in the future!
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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
MADS DOHR THYCHOSEN
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SUPERLIGA