Look who is back: "IL Capitano" taking over the Red & Black!

We play Inter twice in the Italian Cup semi final in February, and won the 1st leg comfortably!
Isco scoring a brace was the highlight of our domination this time!
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This is what you should do when you are 2-1 down against a top class opponent! We scored 3 goals in the last half hour, and showed how much we wanted this victory!!
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A very healthy lead at the top of the table now, happy times definitely!
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Not what we wanted, the defeat, but we won on aggregate and that's what mattered..
An absolute goal glut here and Inter emerged victorious in the game, but we won to qualify for the Italian cup final twice in a row...
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Cartabia has become an important member of the team now, and he had a wonderful game scoring 2.. Berardi continues to score!
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In February we played 4 games in the league, two in the Italian Cup, and 1 in the CL knock out stage..


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Berardi scored a brace to earn us an important victory, as well 2 away goals!
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Berardi scoring a brace again as we saw off Atalanta with some ease!
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A late goal from Ruben Pardo earned us a point, as we fell behind in the 56th minute, but clawed back to earn a point!
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A lead of 11 points, with 11 games to go! Fingers crossed we don't let go of this lead!
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March was a short month in terms of football.. Just the 4 games in the league, and 1 game in the CL knock out round second leg..



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We won this game late on.. seemed to be heading towards a draw but we scored 2 goals in the final 15 mins!
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And this game it seemed we would lose, surely...
but Bonazzoli started for the first time, and scored two vital goals to earn us another point!
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Following the game against Napoli where I opted to play the reserve players, here I fielded a full strength side, and the result! We qualify through to the CL Q/F's!
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Another hattrick for Berardi! Love this lad! We secure another victory, as we look to win the Serie A for the 1st time since 2011!
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Berardi again! A tough game this one..Candreva, Balde Keita and De Vrij are 3 of their players I would love to bring here...
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In the CL QF's, we were to play Chelsea.. The Board wanted me to take the team to the QF's, and I achieved that goal.. but like any forward thinking coach, I wanted to go as far as we possibly could...

The first part of April was... disaster! 3 consecutive defeats!

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2-0 at HT, and I decided to make some changes for the CL game in midweek, and we threw a 2 goal lead to lose 3-2!
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I knew this would be tough, away from home against a strong Chelsea team.. Timo Horn at goal hasn't done well... the previous game we lost 3-2, and this!
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And we lose again to our rivals! It seemed we would surely get a point, maybe even 3 after Inter were a man down.. but alas!
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5 games to go now, and the 11 points lead has become 7 all of a sudden!
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We have secured continental qualification, what was expected from us!
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After the 3 consecutive defeats, I sat down with the team, and asked them to go stronger now.. This campaign would mean nothing if we let it slip now!


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First up, Chelsea, and we needed to overturn a 2-0 goal advantage Chelsea held... 2 goals in the first half hour helped us control most of the game, and we pushed on to extra time, and Cartabia scored the winner in the 99th minute! Semifinals await us!
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Match stats against Chelsea..
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And for people who would ask questions (*ahem ahem)... it's now 10 days in game when the last save occurred, I am on an auto-save which happens every 15 days iirc..
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Next round.. very tough! But better than Bayern or Barca!
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Missed the screenshot of the other game..



A slender lead, though PSG would be happier with an away goal, definitely.. Need to be at our best in the next leg if we are to achieve the impossible!
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April end here.. league, CL S/F 2nd leg...


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Vallejo started and scored the only goal in this game.. he's developing well now, and will be featured even more next season...
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With the win against Palermo and other results, we win the Serie A!
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CHAMPIONS!!!
Why wouldn't they be!
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Knew it would be tough.. PSG are the French champions, and this game they worked hard to score 2, and prevent us from scoring!
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Hattrick again for Berardi! Grealish is improving now, scoring goals, assisting, making difference.. amazing player!
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Season end now.. Final 2 games in the league, and Italian Cup Final against Napoli...


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Q: Define legend..
A: Andrea Pirlo!
5-0 victory in any cup final is an awesome result, and we got this against a strong Napoli side!
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A rotated team, fringe players, as I looked to keep most players fresh for the final home game of the season.. Ajer scored his 1st goal..
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Berardi & Grealish both scoring a brace, 2 players with very bright future ahead.. This was a special way to end a very successful season!
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Twice in a row! And despite being out injured for almost 2 months,
Shelvey still earns the Fans' Player of the Year award!
Are the fans deluded?
Or is Shelvey really that good?
Man City, Man Utd, Spurs etc are all interested in him now!

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Phew! I have updated this thread now till where I am on the save!
 
Pirlo, 37... Gabi, 33... Jonjo probably going to leave..
As a result I need to build this team for the coming few years also..
Tielemans is that player I'm betting on! He was watched by our scouts for the entire last season, and impressed them throughout..

Mustafi & Xhaka deals were agreed last summer, and they will be valuable additions, providing options and depth..

De Vrij for $6m! Couldn't say a no there...

Alexandre Pato is HG at the club, so it was a no brainer!

Roberts, Martinsen & Dostal are young players for the future...

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