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Oswaldo Nino gets a cap, and a goal!
And there's still a chance to win the Championship in Venezuela before moving to Paraguay!
And there's still a chance to win the Championship in Venezuela before moving to Paraguay!
JANUARY & FEBRUARY Updates:
Botafogo have landed last year's Copa Libertadores runner-up player of the Tournament, Raul, from Universidad de Chile on loan. Many thought Raul would stick with Universidad this season, but decided to move to Brazil to further his first team experience. He has proved to be the right signing for Botafogo. Since joining Botafogo, Raul has started 6 matches, scoring 7 goals and accumulating 2 assists on the way. Botafogo crashed out of the Rio State Open Championship Semi Finals against Vasco by losing 2-1. Brazil is starting to attract many talents around South America, with Raul becoming the 5th player from Lost Talents to start for a Brazilian Club. Not to forget the many transfer bid that have been rejected before.
It's understandable that after a thunderous start to the new campaign, Palmeiras have been looking to get Hulkster's services. Gremio have turned down the deal without thinking about it. Hulkster has started 10 matches, scored 8 goals already, as well as getting 4 assists. Gremio were able to see off Deportivo Petare in the Copa Libertadores Preliminary Rounds and have won their first Group Stage match against Estudiantes. Hulkster next chance to start a match will be against Internacional in the Gaucho State Championship Finals. After last years decent performance, Hulkster's wage has gone up to $23,000 a week. His minimum release clause has also risen to hair raising $110,000,000!!!
Gaucho State Finals finalist will go head to head with Gremio. It will be another finals that has seen both teams go at it for the past 5 years. This time will see two players in top form go at it. While Hulkster has been scoring goals for fun, Juan Pablo Miguel has been instrumental for Internacional with 7 games played, one goal and 2 assists. He has been also averaging a rating of 7.50. Juan's week wage has risen to $1300 a week.
At $17,750 a week wage, Matthew Cameron has had the slowest of start between all four Brazilian Club players. Only 5 appearances and 2 goals scored, he also added 1 assist to this tally. The team has dominated the Minas State Championship with 13 goals scored and 0 conceded.
Chivas' Bottomtoucher Jr has been ruled out for up to 4 weeks due to a Sports Hernia that he picked up during training. His teammate Valderrama on the other hand, was selected by Brazil's U-20 National squad for the Sudamericano U-20 Championship. This has not helped Chivas in their first leg of the CONCACAF Quarter Final against Real Salt Lake by losing 1-0. Chivas, the club as a whole, has started the Clausura in better shape than they did for the Apertura. After 8 matches, they sit in 3rd place with a 4-2-2 record.
The other Lost Talent player in the Mexican League, Ignacio Ballena, has started where he left off from Danubio almost a year ago. He already single handedly put Jaguares past Defensor Sporting in the Copa Libertadores Preliminary round by scoring 3 of the teams 4-2 win over the 2 legs. Jaguares also beat Olimpia for the first Group Stage match by a scoreline of 1-0. In the Mexican League, Jaguares haven't been as fortunate. Ignacio has only been able to start 4 matches out of the 7 possible. Scoring 4 of the team's total 6 goals scored this far. He was even able to pick up 1 MotM award.
Its only been 5 appearances for Olimpia, Nino has already picked up 2 assists. He wasn't able to create anything for his club against Jaguares. In the Paraguayan League, Olimpia sit comfortably in 1st after 7 matches played with a 4-3-0 record.
I can't see the Israeli League results, but i can tell you that Messy Hallow has been the team's best player with 12 goals in 15 matches in the League and added 3 assists. He was also able to add 1 MotM performance.
- 2015 Sudamericano U-20 Championship -
I wont go into much detail of the Sudamericano due to only having one player in the competition. So i will concentrate on Brazil because Valderrama was the only player to make his way to Argentina. Brazil started the tournament in top form by winning all their 4 matches in the Group Stage, scoring 16 goals and conceding only 3.
In the Final Stage of the Tournament, they placed the top 3 teams of each group into one. The second stage started brightly for both Argentina and Brazil. They both won all their 4 first matches before they would go head to head as the final fixture to crown the Sudamericano Champions. In the final fixture of the tournament, it pitted South America's biggest national rivals to see who could win it. Again, Argentina would place their hands on the trophy by winning the game 2-1 after coming back from a goal down. Brazil had gone ahead after a penalty that Polaco scored in the 54th minute. With 10 minutes left in the game, Argentina hit back hard. Scoring 2 goals within 4 minutes by Beltrame and Celiz. Brazil had to swallow a bitter pill when coming so close to winning the tournament.
- Awards -
Golden Glove: Angel Bustos - Argentina - 4 Appearances - 3 Clean Sheets - 7.57 Rating
Best Player: Victor Hugo Berjulet - Argentina - 8 Appearances - 2 Goals - 6 Assists - 8.30 Rating
Golden Boot: Fernando Caracoche - Argentina - 7 Appearances - 7 Goals - 7.60 Rating
Many Brazilian and football fans couldn't believe that Valderrama didnt make the Tournament's Dream Team after scoring 5 goals in 5 appearances for the club. Not to forget that 2 of these appearances came as substitute.
OTHER News:
The next U-20 National Tournament will take place on the 31st of July when everyone will have their eyes towards France. The draw will take place in April. Not sure if anyone of the players will take part of it. Just weeks earlier, there will also be the Copa America that will take place in Brazil that will start on the 8th of July. This tournament will almost guarantee a call up for Oswaldo Nino and Juan Pablo Miguel for Venezuela as well as Javier Squeekles for Bolivia.
- COPA AMERICA Draw -
- Host: Brazil -
- Group A -
Brazil
Colombia
Mexico
Venezuela
- Group B -
Chile
Ecuador
USA
Uruguay
- Group C -
Argentina
Bolivia
Paraguay
Peru
Botafogo have landed last year's Copa Libertadores runner-up player of the Tournament, Raul, from Universidad de Chile on loan. Many thought Raul would stick with Universidad this season, but decided to move to Brazil to further his first team experience. He has proved to be the right signing for Botafogo. Since joining Botafogo, Raul has started 6 matches, scoring 7 goals and accumulating 2 assists on the way. Botafogo crashed out of the Rio State Open Championship Semi Finals against Vasco by losing 2-1. Brazil is starting to attract many talents around South America, with Raul becoming the 5th player from Lost Talents to start for a Brazilian Club. Not to forget the many transfer bid that have been rejected before.
It's understandable that after a thunderous start to the new campaign, Palmeiras have been looking to get Hulkster's services. Gremio have turned down the deal without thinking about it. Hulkster has started 10 matches, scored 8 goals already, as well as getting 4 assists. Gremio were able to see off Deportivo Petare in the Copa Libertadores Preliminary Rounds and have won their first Group Stage match against Estudiantes. Hulkster next chance to start a match will be against Internacional in the Gaucho State Championship Finals. After last years decent performance, Hulkster's wage has gone up to $23,000 a week. His minimum release clause has also risen to hair raising $110,000,000!!!
Gaucho State Finals finalist will go head to head with Gremio. It will be another finals that has seen both teams go at it for the past 5 years. This time will see two players in top form go at it. While Hulkster has been scoring goals for fun, Juan Pablo Miguel has been instrumental for Internacional with 7 games played, one goal and 2 assists. He has been also averaging a rating of 7.50. Juan's week wage has risen to $1300 a week.
At $17,750 a week wage, Matthew Cameron has had the slowest of start between all four Brazilian Club players. Only 5 appearances and 2 goals scored, he also added 1 assist to this tally. The team has dominated the Minas State Championship with 13 goals scored and 0 conceded.
Chivas' Bottomtoucher Jr has been ruled out for up to 4 weeks due to a Sports Hernia that he picked up during training. His teammate Valderrama on the other hand, was selected by Brazil's U-20 National squad for the Sudamericano U-20 Championship. This has not helped Chivas in their first leg of the CONCACAF Quarter Final against Real Salt Lake by losing 1-0. Chivas, the club as a whole, has started the Clausura in better shape than they did for the Apertura. After 8 matches, they sit in 3rd place with a 4-2-2 record.
The other Lost Talent player in the Mexican League, Ignacio Ballena, has started where he left off from Danubio almost a year ago. He already single handedly put Jaguares past Defensor Sporting in the Copa Libertadores Preliminary round by scoring 3 of the teams 4-2 win over the 2 legs. Jaguares also beat Olimpia for the first Group Stage match by a scoreline of 1-0. In the Mexican League, Jaguares haven't been as fortunate. Ignacio has only been able to start 4 matches out of the 7 possible. Scoring 4 of the team's total 6 goals scored this far. He was even able to pick up 1 MotM award.
Its only been 5 appearances for Olimpia, Nino has already picked up 2 assists. He wasn't able to create anything for his club against Jaguares. In the Paraguayan League, Olimpia sit comfortably in 1st after 7 matches played with a 4-3-0 record.
I can't see the Israeli League results, but i can tell you that Messy Hallow has been the team's best player with 12 goals in 15 matches in the League and added 3 assists. He was also able to add 1 MotM performance.
- 2015 Sudamericano U-20 Championship -
I wont go into much detail of the Sudamericano due to only having one player in the competition. So i will concentrate on Brazil because Valderrama was the only player to make his way to Argentina. Brazil started the tournament in top form by winning all their 4 matches in the Group Stage, scoring 16 goals and conceding only 3.
In the Final Stage of the Tournament, they placed the top 3 teams of each group into one. The second stage started brightly for both Argentina and Brazil. They both won all their 4 first matches before they would go head to head as the final fixture to crown the Sudamericano Champions. In the final fixture of the tournament, it pitted South America's biggest national rivals to see who could win it. Again, Argentina would place their hands on the trophy by winning the game 2-1 after coming back from a goal down. Brazil had gone ahead after a penalty that Polaco scored in the 54th minute. With 10 minutes left in the game, Argentina hit back hard. Scoring 2 goals within 4 minutes by Beltrame and Celiz. Brazil had to swallow a bitter pill when coming so close to winning the tournament.
- Awards -
Golden Glove: Angel Bustos - Argentina - 4 Appearances - 3 Clean Sheets - 7.57 Rating
Best Player: Victor Hugo Berjulet - Argentina - 8 Appearances - 2 Goals - 6 Assists - 8.30 Rating
Golden Boot: Fernando Caracoche - Argentina - 7 Appearances - 7 Goals - 7.60 Rating
Many Brazilian and football fans couldn't believe that Valderrama didnt make the Tournament's Dream Team after scoring 5 goals in 5 appearances for the club. Not to forget that 2 of these appearances came as substitute.
OTHER News:
The next U-20 National Tournament will take place on the 31st of July when everyone will have their eyes towards France. The draw will take place in April. Not sure if anyone of the players will take part of it. Just weeks earlier, there will also be the Copa America that will take place in Brazil that will start on the 8th of July. This tournament will almost guarantee a call up for Oswaldo Nino and Juan Pablo Miguel for Venezuela as well as Javier Squeekles for Bolivia.
- COPA AMERICA Draw -
- Host: Brazil -
- Group A -
Brazil
Colombia
Mexico
Venezuela
- Group B -
Chile
Ecuador
USA
Uruguay
- Group C -
Argentina
Bolivia
Paraguay
Peru
Decent Goals to games record as well.. Good Story 
Good form for Bolivia aswell , can't wait for the Internationals MARCH & APRIL Updates:
Raul, on loan from Universidad de Chile, has been exemplary at Botafogo. Scoring 10 goals, 3 assists and 1 MotM in 11 matches. Unfortunately for Botafogo, they lost to Vasco at the Semi Finals Rio State Championship Playoffs. In both the Apertura and Clausura, Botafogo lost in the semi by Vasco. In the Brazilian Cup, the club has moved into the Quarter Finals after beating Atletico Goianiense 1-0 over the legs.
Gremio have topped their Group in the Copa Libertadores by losing only 1 game against Estudiantes. In the 2nd Round, they ended up losing their first leg against the same Argentinian opponent. Even though Hulkster has scored 11 goals in 22 games, he has only been able to score 1 in the past 5 matches that he has played. After losing the Gaucho State Apertura Finals, Gremio exercised their revenge by beating Internacional 2-0 int he Clausura Finals of the State Championship. Hulkster was even able to get on the score sheet in that same finals.
Juan Pablo Miguel has had a great start to his Internacional career. He has already broken the record for the highest amount of assists in the Gaucho State Championship with 6. As mentioned earlier, Internacional won the Apertura State Championship and lost the following finals of the Clausura. Both finals against Gremio. As for Juan Pablo Miguel, he has already picked up 7 assists along with 2 goals in 13 appearances. Internacional have been in such a great form as of late, they were able to beat Vasco in the Brazilian Cup 3rd Round 6-1 over 2 legs. Their next match will be a 2-leg Finals between Gremio and Internacional to determine the overall Gaucho State Champion.
After having a slow start to the year, Cameron has scored 6 goals in the past 10 games to help Cruzeiro make it to the Minas State Finals Championship against Atletico Mineiro. Cruzeiro did lose the 1st Leg of the finals away at Mineiro 2-1, so they will have a slight advantage in the return leg. Cameron has also collected 3 assists.
Olimpia have slid down the ranking into 3rd place, but have lost only 1 game over the 17 matches. They were sloppy as of late by drawing many of their matches lately. Oswaldo Nino has been having a decent season this far though, he has scored a goal and assisted 2 more in 6 Paraguayan League matches. Even though they won their last match of the Copa Libertadores group match against Jaguares, they were knocked out of the Copa by coming last.
They may have lost the last Group Stage match against Olimpia, they were still able to top the group with 4 wins and 2 losses. In the league, Jaguares have had a bad run of form. They ended the year with 2 losses that saw them lose their Playoffs Spot. As of Ignacio Ballena, he made a total 17 appearances since the start of the year, scoring 11 goals and assisted 2 others. He was also very lethal in the Mexican Clausura League, scoring 7 of his goals in 8 matches played. Back to the Copa Libertadores, they face Atletico Mineiro in the 2nd round, which they lost the 1st leg 2-0 away at Brazil. Ballena and Jaguares will have a big mountain to climb if they would want to move further into the Copa Libertadores.
After winning the Apertura at the end of 2014, River started the Clausura on an unbeaten run to see them sit in 2nd place, 3 points behind Boca Juniors. River were only able to win 3 of their Copa Libertadores Group matches, but they made it into the 2nd Round and they beat Cristal in the 1st leg 3-0. Batistuta has had a decent compaign over the Argentininan season. He has scored 7 and assisted 9 goals. He was only able to score 2 goals in Copa Libertadores though. He has also picked 5 MotM awards overall. His disciplin hasn't been any good though, picking up 7 yellow cards and 1 red in 38 matches. There is also talk of a major interest from Real Betis of Spain. Whether the deal does end up going through, he will become the first Lost Talent player to cross the pond to Europe.
Javier Squeekles hasn't stop scoring for Velez. In 22 league matches for Velez, he has found the net 16 times. After slipping down the table at the back end of the Apertura, they have done a good job to place themselves in 4th place and have scored league highest 19 goals in 11 league matches. Javier Squeekles has, arguably, been their best player since joining the club.
OTHER News:
- Not much going on as of late.
Raul, on loan from Universidad de Chile, has been exemplary at Botafogo. Scoring 10 goals, 3 assists and 1 MotM in 11 matches. Unfortunately for Botafogo, they lost to Vasco at the Semi Finals Rio State Championship Playoffs. In both the Apertura and Clausura, Botafogo lost in the semi by Vasco. In the Brazilian Cup, the club has moved into the Quarter Finals after beating Atletico Goianiense 1-0 over the legs.
Gremio have topped their Group in the Copa Libertadores by losing only 1 game against Estudiantes. In the 2nd Round, they ended up losing their first leg against the same Argentinian opponent. Even though Hulkster has scored 11 goals in 22 games, he has only been able to score 1 in the past 5 matches that he has played. After losing the Gaucho State Apertura Finals, Gremio exercised their revenge by beating Internacional 2-0 int he Clausura Finals of the State Championship. Hulkster was even able to get on the score sheet in that same finals.
Juan Pablo Miguel has had a great start to his Internacional career. He has already broken the record for the highest amount of assists in the Gaucho State Championship with 6. As mentioned earlier, Internacional won the Apertura State Championship and lost the following finals of the Clausura. Both finals against Gremio. As for Juan Pablo Miguel, he has already picked up 7 assists along with 2 goals in 13 appearances. Internacional have been in such a great form as of late, they were able to beat Vasco in the Brazilian Cup 3rd Round 6-1 over 2 legs. Their next match will be a 2-leg Finals between Gremio and Internacional to determine the overall Gaucho State Champion.
After having a slow start to the year, Cameron has scored 6 goals in the past 10 games to help Cruzeiro make it to the Minas State Finals Championship against Atletico Mineiro. Cruzeiro did lose the 1st Leg of the finals away at Mineiro 2-1, so they will have a slight advantage in the return leg. Cameron has also collected 3 assists.
Olimpia have slid down the ranking into 3rd place, but have lost only 1 game over the 17 matches. They were sloppy as of late by drawing many of their matches lately. Oswaldo Nino has been having a decent season this far though, he has scored a goal and assisted 2 more in 6 Paraguayan League matches. Even though they won their last match of the Copa Libertadores group match against Jaguares, they were knocked out of the Copa by coming last.
They may have lost the last Group Stage match against Olimpia, they were still able to top the group with 4 wins and 2 losses. In the league, Jaguares have had a bad run of form. They ended the year with 2 losses that saw them lose their Playoffs Spot. As of Ignacio Ballena, he made a total 17 appearances since the start of the year, scoring 11 goals and assisted 2 others. He was also very lethal in the Mexican Clausura League, scoring 7 of his goals in 8 matches played. Back to the Copa Libertadores, they face Atletico Mineiro in the 2nd round, which they lost the 1st leg 2-0 away at Brazil. Ballena and Jaguares will have a big mountain to climb if they would want to move further into the Copa Libertadores.
After winning the Apertura at the end of 2014, River started the Clausura on an unbeaten run to see them sit in 2nd place, 3 points behind Boca Juniors. River were only able to win 3 of their Copa Libertadores Group matches, but they made it into the 2nd Round and they beat Cristal in the 1st leg 3-0. Batistuta has had a decent compaign over the Argentininan season. He has scored 7 and assisted 9 goals. He was only able to score 2 goals in Copa Libertadores though. He has also picked 5 MotM awards overall. His disciplin hasn't been any good though, picking up 7 yellow cards and 1 red in 38 matches. There is also talk of a major interest from Real Betis of Spain. Whether the deal does end up going through, he will become the first Lost Talent player to cross the pond to Europe.
Javier Squeekles hasn't stop scoring for Velez. In 22 league matches for Velez, he has found the net 16 times. After slipping down the table at the back end of the Apertura, they have done a good job to place themselves in 4th place and have scored league highest 19 goals in 11 league matches. Javier Squeekles has, arguably, been their best player since joining the club.
OTHER News:
- Not much going on as of late.
MAY & JUNE Updates:
- THE EXODUS -
Spending 3.5 years with River Plate, Martin Batistuta just kept getting better as the season went on. His last season was his best, making 45 appearances, scoring 10 and assisting another 12. Even though he has a slight discipline problem, proven by his 10 yellow and 2 red cards, he was still able to pick up 6 MotM awards. The discipline didn't deter Marseille from signing the young Argentinian. Marseille decided to splash $12,000,000 on Martin. He left River Plate on a high by winning the Argentinian League Trophy before making his way to Europe. His career in River Plate got him 83 appearances scoring a total of 16 goals, making 16 assists and getting himself 8 MotM performances. His time in South America has seen him win 2 trophies, 1 win River Plate, the other with winning U-20 Sudamericano with Argentina. Picking up many individual awards to his name, 2-time River Plate Starting 11 player and U-20 Sudamericano Starting 11 Dream Team. He was also able to break the record for the most MotM awards in one season for River Plate.
The second player to move across the pond this past June was Ignacio Ballena. Ballena had spent only 6 months with Jaguares before happily making his move to Switzerland. Many thought Ballena will spend stay in Mexico until the end of his contract, but they were wrong. After making only 18 starts for the club, he was able to score 11 goals and created 2 others and having 2 MotM performances. It was enough to convince Young Boys to bring in the Uruguayan into their ranks. Just as Ignacio put pen to paper, he was called up by the Uruguayan National Team. His first cap was a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago when he came in as a substitute. He went on to get 2 more caps for a total of 3 international appearances and scored 1 goal in a 3-2 loss against Spain. Its just amazing to know that Young Boys spent $6,000,000 on a player who had not won a single trophy while in South America. But the potential Ignacio Ballena possesses is out of this world. When playing against similar aged players, his scoring ratio was just over one goal a game.
Metalist also made a gamble on a player who only spent 12 month with his new club. Juan Pablo Miguel had arrived at Internacional last June and instantly left a mark. Not before a slow start though, he only got 1 assist in his first 16 appearances for Internacional in 2014. Since the start of 2015, he upped his game a notch. In the next 18 matches, he was able to score 2 goals and make 8 assists. He was even able to break the record for the most assists in the Gaucho State Championship with 3 and was just a penalty shoot out away from winning his first Trophy medal. It was good enough to make Metalist splash out $6,250,000 on the young Venezuelan midfielder who has already got himself 10 caps, but was only able to pick up 2 assists.
Messy Hallow ended the season with 12 goals, 3 assists and 1 MotM in 21 appearances. He was so popular that fans voted him for the Supporter Player of the Season. His wage has also risen to $13,250 a week for the next season. The contract ends at the end of the 2018/2019 season. If he keeps up his good scoring record and is able to win some trophies with Maccabi Haifa, surely some clubs will come on knocking before contract's end.
Olimpia finished the Paraguay League in 3rd place by losing only 1 match. The result of 10 draws was their setback. 8 of them ended scoreless! Oswaldo Nino only made 11 league appearances and was able to only score 1 goal and assist 2 others. He has now left his club to join Venezuela for the Copa America that will take place in July. Since joining Juan Pablo Miguel and Salomon Rondon in the Venezuela Squad, the national teams hasn't lost a game yet.
Internacional may have lost Juan Pablo Miguel, but they brought Javier Squeekles in his place on Loan. Velez were willing to let Internacional get his services for the next season to give him more first team experience. Not many can understand why Velez took such a decision, Javier Squeekles was arguably their best player with 18 goals, 2 assists and 2 MotM in 28 appearances for his club. His International form has been a different class all together. Making 7 starts for Bolivia and scoring 7 goals, assisting 3 others and picking up 2 MotM. Losing only 1 of the games, in which they lost 2-0 to Panama in a disappointing outing. So Internacional were able to land themselves a real fire power.
Gremio's Hulkster started the year straight out of the gates with 15 goals in 32 matches. Unfortunately he wasn't able to score any in the past 5. He has hit a rough patch though, getting injured and will be sidelined for up to 5 weeks with a sports hernia. He was tipped to make the trip with Brazil for the Copa America after making 2 appearances with Brazil's National Squad. Now they will be missing his services. Gremio on the other hand, after losing their 1st match 4-0 against Corinthians, have gone on a 9-game unbeaten streak, winning only 3 games and drawing the other 6. Placing them in 9th place with 15 points. Hulkster's minimum release clause has risen to a ridiculous price of $188,000,000!
Cameron has been on target lately with 3 goals in the past 5 games and was only able to help Cruzeiro to 15th place in the league table with 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. In 24 games, Cameron has scored 11 goals and added 3 assists.
Raul has been the right signing for Botafogo, who joined the brazilian club on loan from Universidad de Chile. Since joining, Raul has scored 11 goals in only 20 matches and Botafogo have moved into 2nd place with 5 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. With 20 points in total, they sit 10 points behind league leaders, and favorites to win the league, Flamengo who have won 10 games and lost 1.
OTHER News:
- Copa America -
The next update will include a Copa America special where we will have our first 'major' international tournament where our Lost Talents will take part of. So it's exciting times ahead. The whole world will be following this 3rd highest international pretigious tournament come mid-July and our storied players will be doing there best to prove themselves.
- Players in Copa America -
Oswaldo Nino
Juan Pablo Miguel
Martin Batistuta
Javier Squeekles
PLAYERS' ATTRIBUTES as of July 1st 2015:
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- THE EXODUS -
Spending 3.5 years with River Plate, Martin Batistuta just kept getting better as the season went on. His last season was his best, making 45 appearances, scoring 10 and assisting another 12. Even though he has a slight discipline problem, proven by his 10 yellow and 2 red cards, he was still able to pick up 6 MotM awards. The discipline didn't deter Marseille from signing the young Argentinian. Marseille decided to splash $12,000,000 on Martin. He left River Plate on a high by winning the Argentinian League Trophy before making his way to Europe. His career in River Plate got him 83 appearances scoring a total of 16 goals, making 16 assists and getting himself 8 MotM performances. His time in South America has seen him win 2 trophies, 1 win River Plate, the other with winning U-20 Sudamericano with Argentina. Picking up many individual awards to his name, 2-time River Plate Starting 11 player and U-20 Sudamericano Starting 11 Dream Team. He was also able to break the record for the most MotM awards in one season for River Plate.
The second player to move across the pond this past June was Ignacio Ballena. Ballena had spent only 6 months with Jaguares before happily making his move to Switzerland. Many thought Ballena will spend stay in Mexico until the end of his contract, but they were wrong. After making only 18 starts for the club, he was able to score 11 goals and created 2 others and having 2 MotM performances. It was enough to convince Young Boys to bring in the Uruguayan into their ranks. Just as Ignacio put pen to paper, he was called up by the Uruguayan National Team. His first cap was a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago when he came in as a substitute. He went on to get 2 more caps for a total of 3 international appearances and scored 1 goal in a 3-2 loss against Spain. Its just amazing to know that Young Boys spent $6,000,000 on a player who had not won a single trophy while in South America. But the potential Ignacio Ballena possesses is out of this world. When playing against similar aged players, his scoring ratio was just over one goal a game.
Metalist also made a gamble on a player who only spent 12 month with his new club. Juan Pablo Miguel had arrived at Internacional last June and instantly left a mark. Not before a slow start though, he only got 1 assist in his first 16 appearances for Internacional in 2014. Since the start of 2015, he upped his game a notch. In the next 18 matches, he was able to score 2 goals and make 8 assists. He was even able to break the record for the most assists in the Gaucho State Championship with 3 and was just a penalty shoot out away from winning his first Trophy medal. It was good enough to make Metalist splash out $6,250,000 on the young Venezuelan midfielder who has already got himself 10 caps, but was only able to pick up 2 assists.
Messy Hallow ended the season with 12 goals, 3 assists and 1 MotM in 21 appearances. He was so popular that fans voted him for the Supporter Player of the Season. His wage has also risen to $13,250 a week for the next season. The contract ends at the end of the 2018/2019 season. If he keeps up his good scoring record and is able to win some trophies with Maccabi Haifa, surely some clubs will come on knocking before contract's end.
Olimpia finished the Paraguay League in 3rd place by losing only 1 match. The result of 10 draws was their setback. 8 of them ended scoreless! Oswaldo Nino only made 11 league appearances and was able to only score 1 goal and assist 2 others. He has now left his club to join Venezuela for the Copa America that will take place in July. Since joining Juan Pablo Miguel and Salomon Rondon in the Venezuela Squad, the national teams hasn't lost a game yet.
Internacional may have lost Juan Pablo Miguel, but they brought Javier Squeekles in his place on Loan. Velez were willing to let Internacional get his services for the next season to give him more first team experience. Not many can understand why Velez took such a decision, Javier Squeekles was arguably their best player with 18 goals, 2 assists and 2 MotM in 28 appearances for his club. His International form has been a different class all together. Making 7 starts for Bolivia and scoring 7 goals, assisting 3 others and picking up 2 MotM. Losing only 1 of the games, in which they lost 2-0 to Panama in a disappointing outing. So Internacional were able to land themselves a real fire power.
Gremio's Hulkster started the year straight out of the gates with 15 goals in 32 matches. Unfortunately he wasn't able to score any in the past 5. He has hit a rough patch though, getting injured and will be sidelined for up to 5 weeks with a sports hernia. He was tipped to make the trip with Brazil for the Copa America after making 2 appearances with Brazil's National Squad. Now they will be missing his services. Gremio on the other hand, after losing their 1st match 4-0 against Corinthians, have gone on a 9-game unbeaten streak, winning only 3 games and drawing the other 6. Placing them in 9th place with 15 points. Hulkster's minimum release clause has risen to a ridiculous price of $188,000,000!
Cameron has been on target lately with 3 goals in the past 5 games and was only able to help Cruzeiro to 15th place in the league table with 3 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. In 24 games, Cameron has scored 11 goals and added 3 assists.
Raul has been the right signing for Botafogo, who joined the brazilian club on loan from Universidad de Chile. Since joining, Raul has scored 11 goals in only 20 matches and Botafogo have moved into 2nd place with 5 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. With 20 points in total, they sit 10 points behind league leaders, and favorites to win the league, Flamengo who have won 10 games and lost 1.
OTHER News:
- Copa America -
The next update will include a Copa America special where we will have our first 'major' international tournament where our Lost Talents will take part of. So it's exciting times ahead. The whole world will be following this 3rd highest international pretigious tournament come mid-July and our storied players will be doing there best to prove themselves.
- Players in Copa America -
Oswaldo Nino
Juan Pablo Miguel
Martin Batistuta
Javier Squeekles
PLAYERS' ATTRIBUTES as of July 1st 2015:
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Some big movers now!
Congrats to Batistuta on his move to Marseille, Ignacio Ballena to Young Boys and my Venezuelan team mate Juan Pablo Miguel and his move to Ukraine with Metalist!
Can't wait for the Copa America! CrookdMoe, who's the side interested in Oswaldo Nino?
Congrats to Batistuta on his move to Marseille, Ignacio Ballena to Young Boys and my Venezuelan team mate Juan Pablo Miguel and his move to Ukraine with Metalist!
Can't wait for the Copa America! CrookdMoe, who's the side interested in Oswaldo Nino?
JULY & AUGUST Updates:
- Copa America Special -
- Group Stage -
We will start the Copa America with Group A. Featuring 3 nations represented by our players. Only 2 players were present though. Juan Pablo Miguel and Oswaldo Nino were representing their country Venezuela. The first match of the tournament was between Brazil and Venezuela. The country with an island named after a drink started the tournament with a shock result. Venezuela drew with Brazil 2-2 to their fans' surprise. Brazil were forced to come back twice to draw the game. Colombia on the other hand started the tournament with racing out of the gates. More specifically, Falcao. Scoring 4 goals in a 4-2 win over Mexico. Since their draw against Brazil, Venezuela unfortunately crashed out of the tournament by losing their next 2 matches. Losing 3-2 to Mexico and then 4-1 to Colombia. Brazil on the other hand were able to go through with a win and 2 draws. Colombia though, cruised through the Group Stages by winning 2 of their matches and drawing the 3rd. Falcao was on target all through the matches. Scoring a total of 8 goals in 3 matches.
In Group B, Benitez of Ecuador was the Player of the Group. Scoring 6 total goals in 3 matches, 2 a match, to give Ecuador 3 wins. Chile finished second in the group with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, equal on points with USA. Uruguay had the 2nd worst record of all teams in the Group Stages by losing all their games and scoring only 2 goals on the way.
Group C saw Argentina dominate with 3 wins and scoring for fun, 10 goals in total. Their defense were rock hard as they never conceded a goal on the way. Martin Batistuta was even able to get on the score sheet by opening the scoreline in a 6-0 trashing of Bolivia during the last match of the Group round. Bolivia weren't so lucky as they also lost all their matches and scoring only 2 matches as well.
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- 1/4 Finals -
The hottest team of the tournament, Argentina, were to face Mexico in the first match of the Quarter Finals. Argentina got off to a flying start to the match, scoring in the 11th minute. Only for Mexico to come back by scoring 3 unanswered goals. Argentina did score a goal in the end to close the gap, but it wasn't enough for a comeback. Falcao again put Colombia in a good position to win their match against USA. The Americans did come back to tie the game, but Rodallega had different ideas by scoring 5 minutes after USA had scored. The 3rd match saw Ecuador pitted against Paraguay. Paraguay's winning chances looked bleak after Barios got injured in the 3rd minute. Santander came to the rescue though. After going down 1-0, Santander scored 2 goals in succession to take Paraguay through to the Semi's. The last match to be played was between Brazil and Chile. Both team fought a hard match. It ended up going to extra time after the full time ended in a 1-1 draw. Brazil upped the tempo though and scored 2 goals to win the match 3-1.
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- 1/2 Finals -
The semi finals saw 2 shocks. Mexico were able to stop the hottest player of the tournament by limiting Falcao to only 1 shot. Mexico were able to get a 2 goal lead. Colombia were only able to score in the 90th minute, which was too late for any sort of comeback. The second semis was between Brazil and Paraguay that saw another shock result. Paraguay played a very defensive game where Brazil were only able to get 2 shots out of 14 shots on target. The game was than decided on penalty shots where Paraguay went on to win it for, what many call, the shock of the tournament.
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- Finals -
The game was an argy-bargy affair between Mexico and Paraguay. Resulting in 8 total yellow cards to be shown by the referee. Chicharito was quick to cancel out Valdez's go ahead goal. The game went the rest of the way without any of the teams scoring a game winning goal. Again, Paraguay were able to hold the line to take the game to penalty shoots for the second straight game running. This time, the penalty shoot won Paraguay the trophy after Mexico missed their 5th and 6th shots while Paraguay were able to pounce on the opportunity to score the 6th shot.
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- Awards -
- Golden Glove -
Sergio Romero - Argentina - 4 Appearances - 3 Clean Sheets - 3 Conceded - 7.70 Rating
- Best Player -
Falcao - Colombia - 5 Appearances - 9 Goals - 1 Assist - 8.08 Rating
- Best Young Player -
Rodolfo Ayala - Paraguay - 3 Appearances - 2 Assists - 7.57 Rating
- Golden Boot -
Falcao - Colombia - 5 Appearances - 9 Goals - 1 Assist - 8.08 Rating
- Copa America Dream Team -
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- CLUB NEWS -
Hulkster ended his 10 hour drought by scoring his 15th, and goal bonus, of the year. Since then, he has been firing on all cilinders. He has now a total of 20 goals in 34 matches played for Gremio this season. The team has also slipped up during his injury which now place them in 10th in the table.
The Cruzeiro have faired better over the past 2 months. Cameron has helped his club move up from 15th to 12th place. He has also raised his goal total to 17. The team has already lost 10 matches, which surely is unacceptable. Cameron also added 6 assists to his tally.
Javier Squeekles has made 8 appearances for Internacional, due to the reason of traveling with Bolivia to the Copa America, in which he was able to score a goal. In the 5 international matches he's played since June, he has scored 2 and assisted another. Internacional seem to have during his time out of the club action, as they dropped to 8th place in the Brazilian League.
Ignacio Ballena has found his career to be a smooth transition into Young Boys. He has already made 6 appearances for the Club in Europa League and has scored 6 already. In the league, which he made 3 starts, Ballena is yet to get off the mark. Though he did help Young Boys reach the Group Stages of the Europa League in which they will go head to head with Lille, FC Twente and Atletico Madrid. So this is the perfect stage for Ballena to prove his worth more than he has already.
Metalist is another club to make it into the Group Stages of the Europa League. Juan has been given a time off after his Copa America to recuperate to come back strong for the Europa Cup and the Ukrainian League. The Group consists of Austria Wien, Spartak Moskova and Napoli.
Since joining the club, Martin Batistuta has already scored 3 goals in 4 matches. Even though Marseille are in the Champions League, Batistuta is unallegible for the squad due to not being registered by the club. It seems that Martin will still have to prove himsefl further. Its understandable seeing how he just joined the club and was away on International Duty.
Since the restart of the Paraguayan Season, Oswaldo Nino has started in all 7 matches. The club did lose the first match of the restart and then went on to win 5 and draw the 7th. They are still in 3rd place, but closed the gap to first place Libertad. Unfortunately, after the last Copa Libertadores round against Oriente Petrolero, Oswaldo was red carded and he will be missing the next 3 Libertadores matches. It came at the worst time as they will be facing their League rivals, Libertad, 2nd Preliminary Round. The interest for Nino from Atletico Mineiro has subsided the past month.
TRANSFER NEWS:
Marouane Fellaini has moved on from Manchester United to Real Madrid for $55,000,000
Cristian Ansaldi has changed teams from Arsenal to AC Milan for a price-tag of $30,000,000
Ross Barkley has moved south from Everton to Chelsea for $27,000,000
Juventus have signed Natxo Monreal from Malaga for a signing fee of $26,500,000
Manchester United have agreed on a $25,500,000 fee with Villareal for 26-year old Henrik Mkhitaryan
- Copa America Special -
- Group Stage -
We will start the Copa America with Group A. Featuring 3 nations represented by our players. Only 2 players were present though. Juan Pablo Miguel and Oswaldo Nino were representing their country Venezuela. The first match of the tournament was between Brazil and Venezuela. The country with an island named after a drink started the tournament with a shock result. Venezuela drew with Brazil 2-2 to their fans' surprise. Brazil were forced to come back twice to draw the game. Colombia on the other hand started the tournament with racing out of the gates. More specifically, Falcao. Scoring 4 goals in a 4-2 win over Mexico. Since their draw against Brazil, Venezuela unfortunately crashed out of the tournament by losing their next 2 matches. Losing 3-2 to Mexico and then 4-1 to Colombia. Brazil on the other hand were able to go through with a win and 2 draws. Colombia though, cruised through the Group Stages by winning 2 of their matches and drawing the 3rd. Falcao was on target all through the matches. Scoring a total of 8 goals in 3 matches.
In Group B, Benitez of Ecuador was the Player of the Group. Scoring 6 total goals in 3 matches, 2 a match, to give Ecuador 3 wins. Chile finished second in the group with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, equal on points with USA. Uruguay had the 2nd worst record of all teams in the Group Stages by losing all their games and scoring only 2 goals on the way.
Group C saw Argentina dominate with 3 wins and scoring for fun, 10 goals in total. Their defense were rock hard as they never conceded a goal on the way. Martin Batistuta was even able to get on the score sheet by opening the scoreline in a 6-0 trashing of Bolivia during the last match of the Group round. Bolivia weren't so lucky as they also lost all their matches and scoring only 2 matches as well.
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- 1/4 Finals -
The hottest team of the tournament, Argentina, were to face Mexico in the first match of the Quarter Finals. Argentina got off to a flying start to the match, scoring in the 11th minute. Only for Mexico to come back by scoring 3 unanswered goals. Argentina did score a goal in the end to close the gap, but it wasn't enough for a comeback. Falcao again put Colombia in a good position to win their match against USA. The Americans did come back to tie the game, but Rodallega had different ideas by scoring 5 minutes after USA had scored. The 3rd match saw Ecuador pitted against Paraguay. Paraguay's winning chances looked bleak after Barios got injured in the 3rd minute. Santander came to the rescue though. After going down 1-0, Santander scored 2 goals in succession to take Paraguay through to the Semi's. The last match to be played was between Brazil and Chile. Both team fought a hard match. It ended up going to extra time after the full time ended in a 1-1 draw. Brazil upped the tempo though and scored 2 goals to win the match 3-1.
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- 1/2 Finals -
The semi finals saw 2 shocks. Mexico were able to stop the hottest player of the tournament by limiting Falcao to only 1 shot. Mexico were able to get a 2 goal lead. Colombia were only able to score in the 90th minute, which was too late for any sort of comeback. The second semis was between Brazil and Paraguay that saw another shock result. Paraguay played a very defensive game where Brazil were only able to get 2 shots out of 14 shots on target. The game was than decided on penalty shots where Paraguay went on to win it for, what many call, the shock of the tournament.
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- Finals -
The game was an argy-bargy affair between Mexico and Paraguay. Resulting in 8 total yellow cards to be shown by the referee. Chicharito was quick to cancel out Valdez's go ahead goal. The game went the rest of the way without any of the teams scoring a game winning goal. Again, Paraguay were able to hold the line to take the game to penalty shoots for the second straight game running. This time, the penalty shoot won Paraguay the trophy after Mexico missed their 5th and 6th shots while Paraguay were able to pounce on the opportunity to score the 6th shot.
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- Awards -
- Golden Glove -
Sergio Romero - Argentina - 4 Appearances - 3 Clean Sheets - 3 Conceded - 7.70 Rating
- Best Player -
Falcao - Colombia - 5 Appearances - 9 Goals - 1 Assist - 8.08 Rating
- Best Young Player -
Rodolfo Ayala - Paraguay - 3 Appearances - 2 Assists - 7.57 Rating
- Golden Boot -
Falcao - Colombia - 5 Appearances - 9 Goals - 1 Assist - 8.08 Rating
- Copa America Dream Team -
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- CLUB NEWS -
Hulkster ended his 10 hour drought by scoring his 15th, and goal bonus, of the year. Since then, he has been firing on all cilinders. He has now a total of 20 goals in 34 matches played for Gremio this season. The team has also slipped up during his injury which now place them in 10th in the table.
The Cruzeiro have faired better over the past 2 months. Cameron has helped his club move up from 15th to 12th place. He has also raised his goal total to 17. The team has already lost 10 matches, which surely is unacceptable. Cameron also added 6 assists to his tally.
Javier Squeekles has made 8 appearances for Internacional, due to the reason of traveling with Bolivia to the Copa America, in which he was able to score a goal. In the 5 international matches he's played since June, he has scored 2 and assisted another. Internacional seem to have during his time out of the club action, as they dropped to 8th place in the Brazilian League.
Ignacio Ballena has found his career to be a smooth transition into Young Boys. He has already made 6 appearances for the Club in Europa League and has scored 6 already. In the league, which he made 3 starts, Ballena is yet to get off the mark. Though he did help Young Boys reach the Group Stages of the Europa League in which they will go head to head with Lille, FC Twente and Atletico Madrid. So this is the perfect stage for Ballena to prove his worth more than he has already.
Metalist is another club to make it into the Group Stages of the Europa League. Juan has been given a time off after his Copa America to recuperate to come back strong for the Europa Cup and the Ukrainian League. The Group consists of Austria Wien, Spartak Moskova and Napoli.
Since joining the club, Martin Batistuta has already scored 3 goals in 4 matches. Even though Marseille are in the Champions League, Batistuta is unallegible for the squad due to not being registered by the club. It seems that Martin will still have to prove himsefl further. Its understandable seeing how he just joined the club and was away on International Duty.
Since the restart of the Paraguayan Season, Oswaldo Nino has started in all 7 matches. The club did lose the first match of the restart and then went on to win 5 and draw the 7th. They are still in 3rd place, but closed the gap to first place Libertad. Unfortunately, after the last Copa Libertadores round against Oriente Petrolero, Oswaldo was red carded and he will be missing the next 3 Libertadores matches. It came at the worst time as they will be facing their League rivals, Libertad, 2nd Preliminary Round. The interest for Nino from Atletico Mineiro has subsided the past month.
TRANSFER NEWS:
Marouane Fellaini has moved on from Manchester United to Real Madrid for $55,000,000
Cristian Ansaldi has changed teams from Arsenal to AC Milan for a price-tag of $30,000,000
Ross Barkley has moved south from Everton to Chelsea for $27,000,000
Juventus have signed Natxo Monreal from Malaga for a signing fee of $26,500,000
Manchester United have agreed on a $25,500,000 fee with Villareal for 26-year old Henrik Mkhitaryan
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SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER Updates:
Ignacio Ballena has been creating a fan base in Switzerland since joining Young Boys after getting to a great start. Scoring 11 goals in 20 matches for the Bern club. So it's only right to the news of Ballena's injury that will see him sidelined for 5 months was only met with dismay from the fans.
Gremio's Hulk Hogan has, just last month, broken the team record for the goals scored in 1 season with 22 goals. The season has yet to finish for Gremio, so with 6 games left to play, that mark has a chance to grow. Gremio have moved up to 7th place as well. Cruzeiro have sky rocketed up the league table from 14th place to 7th in a matter of 2 months. Going on a 8 game unbeaten run, winning 6 and drawing the 2 other. The club and fans received a very bad news last month after Cameron received a broken leg during a match which will see him sidelined between 4 and 5 months. Cruzeiro will miss one of their most productive player.
Botafogo have dropped down the Brazilian League table after starting the season brightly. They may have been on a slip in the League, but in the Copa Sudamericana, Botafogo have gone all the way to the Quarter Finals in which they beat Vitoria in the first leg 3-0 after beating Olimpia in the previous round. Raul has been able to score 15 goals and collect 4 assists as well as 2 MotM awards.
Javier Squeekles has made only 6 appearances for Internacional in the past 2 months, but again was busy with his national team as they have played many friendlies and were busy with the South American Qualifying for the World Cup. He was most impressive match came against Venezuela when they won the game 2-1 where Squeekles ran the show for Bolivia by making the defense run circles around him and ended the game with 2 assists. Internacional are in 10th place in the League.
Reginald Bottomtoucher Jr has made only 3 appearances for Chivas' Youth Squad and was already able to collect 2 assists. Valderrama has made any appearances though.
Batistuta has put a smile to the crowd at the Stade Velodrome by scoring 4 goals in 11 matches as well as collecting 3 assists. Batistua has also got himself 1 goal and 1 assist in the past 3 international matches for Argentina. The media really got heated over Batistuta's dismissal against Bolivia, where he was able to collect 1 assist to help his side win 4-0. But the media were all up in arms over his poor discipline and many are wondering if the National's manager would keep him in the squad. He was banned for the following match where Argentina beat Peru 5-0. The manager hasn't decided whether Martin will continue with Argentina in the near future or not. His creativity and dribble skills are always needed for any swuad and Argentina are no exception.
Interest in Oswaldo Nino has risen back up again from Brazil. This time, Palmeiras are said to be wanting his services. It's not known if Olimpia will let go of their 2 time goalscorer. He has been very consistent for the club this year with 2 goals and only 3 assists. Olimpia have only 6 matches left in the season. Nino and the club would rather concentrate on the matches ahead to try and finish in 2nd place to qualify for Continental tournaments. They are now 4 points behind 2nd place Cerro Porteno. The 15 draws over the Paraguayan Season has really hurt their chances of topping the league. Nino has had a better international season though, collecting 5 assists in 11 matches.
Messy has only been fit enough to make 6 substitution appearnces for Haifa, but has been good enough to score 2 goals in the process. Its enough to make him top the table of the lowest minutes played per goal average with 49.00 minutes/goal.
OTHER News:
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- World Cup South America Qualifying -
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Javier Squeekles leads the Qualification with 2 assists for Bolivia. Martin Batistuta and Oswaldo Nino got themselves 1 assist each. Javier Squeekles has also picked himself a MotM award. Lionel Messi has dominated the qualifications so far, averaging a rating of 10 over the 2 matches he has played.
NOTES:
So lots of things going around at the moment. Many leagues are coming to a close while our players in Europe will be busy with their continental competition. Its a shame to see 2 of our players hit hard with injury. Both Ignacio Ballena and Matthew Cameron suffered a broken leg that will see them sidelined for a long time and their future could be in shambles.
Hulskter's wage has gone up again, which hasn't stopped from changing ever since he joined Gremio. It is now at $39,000 a week and his minimum release clause has stagnated at $188,000,000. Pretty high already and one wonders if the team will be mental enough to raise it. They contract already states that Huklster receives a 15% raise every season. By our calculations, by the time his contract ends, he would be receiving close to $50000 a week. It will only be a matter of time before another club comes along and takes on his high wage, or they will wait until his contract ends in 2 seasons time.
Ignacio Ballena has been creating a fan base in Switzerland since joining Young Boys after getting to a great start. Scoring 11 goals in 20 matches for the Bern club. So it's only right to the news of Ballena's injury that will see him sidelined for 5 months was only met with dismay from the fans.
Gremio's Hulk Hogan has, just last month, broken the team record for the goals scored in 1 season with 22 goals. The season has yet to finish for Gremio, so with 6 games left to play, that mark has a chance to grow. Gremio have moved up to 7th place as well. Cruzeiro have sky rocketed up the league table from 14th place to 7th in a matter of 2 months. Going on a 8 game unbeaten run, winning 6 and drawing the 2 other. The club and fans received a very bad news last month after Cameron received a broken leg during a match which will see him sidelined between 4 and 5 months. Cruzeiro will miss one of their most productive player.
Botafogo have dropped down the Brazilian League table after starting the season brightly. They may have been on a slip in the League, but in the Copa Sudamericana, Botafogo have gone all the way to the Quarter Finals in which they beat Vitoria in the first leg 3-0 after beating Olimpia in the previous round. Raul has been able to score 15 goals and collect 4 assists as well as 2 MotM awards.
Javier Squeekles has made only 6 appearances for Internacional in the past 2 months, but again was busy with his national team as they have played many friendlies and were busy with the South American Qualifying for the World Cup. He was most impressive match came against Venezuela when they won the game 2-1 where Squeekles ran the show for Bolivia by making the defense run circles around him and ended the game with 2 assists. Internacional are in 10th place in the League.
Reginald Bottomtoucher Jr has made only 3 appearances for Chivas' Youth Squad and was already able to collect 2 assists. Valderrama has made any appearances though.
Batistuta has put a smile to the crowd at the Stade Velodrome by scoring 4 goals in 11 matches as well as collecting 3 assists. Batistua has also got himself 1 goal and 1 assist in the past 3 international matches for Argentina. The media really got heated over Batistuta's dismissal against Bolivia, where he was able to collect 1 assist to help his side win 4-0. But the media were all up in arms over his poor discipline and many are wondering if the National's manager would keep him in the squad. He was banned for the following match where Argentina beat Peru 5-0. The manager hasn't decided whether Martin will continue with Argentina in the near future or not. His creativity and dribble skills are always needed for any swuad and Argentina are no exception.
Interest in Oswaldo Nino has risen back up again from Brazil. This time, Palmeiras are said to be wanting his services. It's not known if Olimpia will let go of their 2 time goalscorer. He has been very consistent for the club this year with 2 goals and only 3 assists. Olimpia have only 6 matches left in the season. Nino and the club would rather concentrate on the matches ahead to try and finish in 2nd place to qualify for Continental tournaments. They are now 4 points behind 2nd place Cerro Porteno. The 15 draws over the Paraguayan Season has really hurt their chances of topping the league. Nino has had a better international season though, collecting 5 assists in 11 matches.
Messy has only been fit enough to make 6 substitution appearnces for Haifa, but has been good enough to score 2 goals in the process. Its enough to make him top the table of the lowest minutes played per goal average with 49.00 minutes/goal.
OTHER News:
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- World Cup South America Qualifying -
...:: Table ::...
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...:: R1 Results ::...
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...:: R2 Results ::...
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...:: Qualifying Info ::...
Javier Squeekles leads the Qualification with 2 assists for Bolivia. Martin Batistuta and Oswaldo Nino got themselves 1 assist each. Javier Squeekles has also picked himself a MotM award. Lionel Messi has dominated the qualifications so far, averaging a rating of 10 over the 2 matches he has played.
NOTES:
So lots of things going around at the moment. Many leagues are coming to a close while our players in Europe will be busy with their continental competition. Its a shame to see 2 of our players hit hard with injury. Both Ignacio Ballena and Matthew Cameron suffered a broken leg that will see them sidelined for a long time and their future could be in shambles.
Hulskter's wage has gone up again, which hasn't stopped from changing ever since he joined Gremio. It is now at $39,000 a week and his minimum release clause has stagnated at $188,000,000. Pretty high already and one wonders if the team will be mental enough to raise it. They contract already states that Huklster receives a 15% raise every season. By our calculations, by the time his contract ends, he would be receiving close to $50000 a week. It will only be a matter of time before another club comes along and takes on his high wage, or they will wait until his contract ends in 2 seasons time.
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Class updates mate! Cant believe Hulksters wage is almost 40 grand a week at 18! Whoever buys him will have to spend a fortune on wages and that could hinder him!
Well you better accept a wage cut if the time does come to do so for a brighter future.
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I'd love to be getting in that championship game, but after that moving to Brazil will hopefully put me in the spotlight for European teams!