Hassam's Pentagon Challenge

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So yesterday I decided to start the pentagon challenge. I loaded Loaded Brazil, China, England, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, and U.S.A.

Got the job with Chunnam Dragons of the K-League, when they were halfway through the season. They were on 10th position when I took over with 14 matches remaining(Top 6 teams qualify for the playoffs).

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After signing a good midfielder and making some tactical alterations, I managed to finish fourth, and qualify for the playoffs. I eventually won the playoffs, and was crowned the champion of the K-League.

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I'll try to keep you guys updated as I play the game :)
And I would really like if you guys could give me suggestions on how to improve this story.
 
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After looking at my fixture list, I wanted to win atleast 3 of my first 5 matches, as only Pohang and Seoul were a little difficult teams to beat.

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I have also made a couple of new signings till now, 4 of which are free.

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I was happy with my capture of Renato and Shin Young-Rok, as I needed better strikers for this season. Most probably, I won't be signing any new players as my transfer budget has finished and I'm barely in my wage budget right now.
 
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Asian Champions League draw was also made, and thankfully, I was in a relatively easy group.

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My 1st competitive fixture was an Asian Champions League match against Persipura of Indonesia, which ended 3 - 1 in my favor thanks to Javier Reina's hattrick.
Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail, Renato and Shin Young-Rok were given their debuts in this match, out of which Renato wasn't to impressive with only a rating of 6.1.

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My 2nd Asian Champions League match was against Hamamatsu Rafale of Japan. Because of Renato 's performance in the last match, I decided to keep him on the bench in this match and play Kim Seong-Kyun instead.
Kim Seong-Kyun scored a hattrick this time and Renato scored his first goal for us, coming on as a substitute.

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And after the first two Asian Champions League matches, I'm in the 1st position in Group H.

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Throughout the last season, my players kept on complaining about the Fitness coach, so I decided to hire one finally. Along with that, I hired a new Coach, a new Scout, and a new Physio.

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My 3rd fixture was my 1st K-League match of this season against Gwangju FC. I didn't make any changes and played the same team which played the last match.
Kim Seoung-Kyun and Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail scored 1 goal each. It was Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail's first goal for us.

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Next fixture was ACL match against Liaoning, a Chinese club. This was sort of a Korea vs China match, so I had to win it for the country.

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Next up were Pohang and Busan. Both of these matches were a bit difficult, so I was hoping for a draw in these matches. But guess what

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Highlight of the match against Busan? Most of their fans started too leave in the 70th minute :p

My new signing, Shin Young-Rok (bought for $1.5M), has been really disappointing, and hasn't scored any goal yet. So I decided to start him from the bench now.

Next fixture was an ACL match against Persipura. I had won the first match against them with ease, so I decided to give other players a chance and made 4 changes.

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Shin Young-Rok finally scored in this match. After winning this match, I qualified for the Second Round of the ACL. I still have 2 group matches left.

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The month of April started with a K-League match against Suwon.

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I was really worried when Kim Seong-Kyun injured himself, that too in the 88th minute, as he was my main goalscorer, but it wasn't a really big issue as it was only a minor knock.

Next, Channum were to face Hamamatsu Rafale in the ACL group match. As we had already qualified for the next round, it wasn't an important match.

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After this match, Yoo Ji-No, Jang Hak-Young and Kim Sung-Hwan were suspended for one match because of three yellow cards.

Next up was Seoul, who are favourites to win the K-League. It was an important match for me because beating them would mean we could beat any other team easily. I fielded my strongest team possible against them, hoping that I would get something out of this match.

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And thanks to my new signings, I was able to win this match with ease. I was delighted as I didn't expect to score 4 against them.

After Seoul, we were to face Daejon, who were supposed to be an easy team to beat. Kim Seong-Kyun and Rim Chang-Woo were unavailable for this match due to international duty.

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Hwang Sun Pil suffered a knock in this match and was out for 2-4 days, whereas, Renato was out for 2-3 months. Losing Renato is a bitter blow to my chances.

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For the next match, I was facing Daegu. Thankfully, Hwang Sun Pil recovered before this match.

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This was my first defeat this season, and only my second since I started managing Chunnam. Along with this defeat, I also lost another striker, Javier Reina, for 2 months(talk about rubbing salt on your wounds). Another great loss.

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Korean FA Cup 3rd round draw was also made. I were to face Incheon Korail for the 3rd round. It's quite an easy draw, and I should easily qualify for the next round.

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My next fixture was ACL match was against Liaoning, of China. 3 of my players were suspended and 2 were injured, so I could only play 2 subs. It was a risk but I had nothing to lose.

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Youngster Lee Jong Ho scored his first goal for us, ending his goal drought. I got Guangzhou, another Chinese club, for my ACL second round.

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My last match of April was against Gangwon.

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Kim Seong-Kyun scored his 20th goal this season in that match. Erandir, another one of my main defender, got injured in this match, and couldn't play for 3-4 weeks.

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Overall, despite some great results, I was disappointed with the injuries.
 
Is anybody even following my story? Cuz if no-one is then there's no point in writing :/
 
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