Mr Cole attempts the Champions League Challenge

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After reading through several Champions League challenge stories, I too have decided to jump on the bandwagon and begin one myself.
I have recently started a save with Real Madrid which I intended it being just a normal save but as I'm early on in the season I've decided to try and attempt the challenge with it.
So lets begin.....


Pre-season


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Real Madrid 4-0 Castilla
Angel Di Maria, Mesut Ozil, Karim Benzema, Luka Modric

F.c Bayern 4-1 Real Madrid
Gonzalo Higuain

ESTAC Troyes 1-4 Real Madrid
Luka Modric, Gonzalo Higuain (2), Sami Khedira

AS Monaco FC 3-0 Real Madrid

Boca 0-1 Real Madrid
Sergio Ramos​
 
August


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Real Madrid 3-0 Valencia
Pepe, Raphael Varane, Dani Carvajal

Getafe 1-3 Real Madrid
Karim Benzema (2), Wellington Nem


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Barcelona 2-1 Real Madrid
Fabio Coentrao

Real Madrid 5-2 Barcelona
Karim Benzema (2), Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Luka Modric



Transfers

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A solid start to the league campaign was followed up with a great come back in the 2nd leg to win the Super cup against Barcelona. As I explained in my opening post, I wasn't planning on making this save into a story/challenge so these transfers are completely different to ones I would have probably made. ​
 
September


Other Transfer News

Marouane Fellaini - PSG
Yohan Cabaye - PSG
Steven Jovetic - Chelsea
Lars Bender - Chelsea
Jeremy Menez - Tottenham

The Champion's league draw has been made and here is our group

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Should be pretty straight forward with only Schalke posing a possible threat.



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Real Madrid 1-1 Granada
Cristiano Ronaldo

Sevilla 2-3 Real Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo, Benat, Mesut Ozil

Rayo 0-0 Real Madrid

Real Madrid 5-0 Deportivo
Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo (3), OG



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Real Madrid 5-2 FC Nordsjaelland
Jese (3), Mesut Ozil, Gonzalo Higuain


A slip up against both Granada and Rayo has given the edge to Barcelona in the early season race for the league title. On a plus side Cristiano Ronaldo has found his scoring boots after netting 5 goals in 4 league games this month.
In other news, we've been drawn against Eibar in the 4th round of the spanish cup, with the 1st leg being played away.​
 
October


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Fc Barcelona 5-0 Real Madrid

Real Madrid 4-0 Celta
Pepe, Cristiano Ronaldo (3)

Mallorca 1-2 Real Madrid
Karim Benzema (2)


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Basel 0-0 Real Madrid

Schalke 1-4 Real Madrid
Luka Modric, Gonzalo Higuain, Angel Di Maria, OG

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Eibar 3-2 Real Madrid
Gonzalo Higuain (2)


We couldn't have got off to a worse start to the month, an absolute battering by Barcelona at the Nou Camp leaves us sitting in 3rd currently 2 points behind the leaders. Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 2nd hat-trick of the season at home to Celta, while Higuain seems to enjoy scoring away from the league. A minor blip in Switzerland was rectified with a thumping win over Schalke in Germany. Cant say im not disappointed in the defeat to Eibar as we ruled the match from start to finish but was unable to convert our many chances, oh well there's always the 2nd leg.

If we are to win anything this season we need to sort out our away form as its been dismal with not being able to score as easily as we have at home.


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November


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Real Madrid 2-0 Zaragoza
Cristiano Ronaldo (2)

Levante 3-5 Real Madrid
Angel Di Maria, Gonzalo Higuain (2), Luka Modric, Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid 6-0 Athletic
Mesut Ozil (2), Gonzalo Higuain (3), Wellington Nem

Betis 3-2 Real Madrid
Angel Di Maria (2)


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Real Madrid 4-3 Schalke
Gonzalo Higuain (2), Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric

FC Nordsjaelland 0-2 Real Madrid
Pepe, Angel Di Maria


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Real Madrid 6-0 Eibar
Marcelo, Wellington Nem (2), Angel Di Maria, Gonzalo Higuain, Pepe


Apart from the defeat away to Betis it was a good month in the league which included big wins over Levante & Athletic Bilbao. We had originally leveled with Barcelona at the top until the loss which now sees us slip back into 3rd 3 points behind the Catalan giants.
The win against Schalke saw us through to the Knock-out stages quite comfortably, despite already qualifying I still sent out a strong team to Denmark due to there still being 1st place up for grabs in which it paid off as we have now qualified top so we should get a easier draw.
I wan't going to take any risks by sending out a weaker team again against Eibar. Quite pleased that Wellington Nem is getting among the goals recently.

* We had made some inquiries to 3 right backs as I feel we are still weak in that area, they were:
Ignazio Abate - £28.5m
Micah Richards - £11.5m
Lukasz Piszczek - Dismissed
I wasn't willing to pay that much for a player that wasn't necessarily going to be 1st team so i turned Abate away and decided to sign Richards as he will provide cover for the Center Back role too. He will join on the 2nd January.​
 
December


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Real Madrid 3-1 Osasuna
Gonzalo Higuain, Marcelo, Karim Benzema

Valladolid 1-4 Real Madrid
Pepe, Angel Di Maria (2), Cristiano Ronaldo

Espanyol 0-5 Real Madrid
Gonzalo Higuain (2), Fabio Coentrao, Mesut Ozil, Cristiano Ronaldo

Malaga 0-0 Real Madrid



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Real Madrid 1-1 Basel
Marcos Legaz

The draw for the 1st Knock-out round
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Athletic 4-2 Real Madrid
Raphael Varane, Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid 7-0 Athletic
Cristiano Ronaldo, Mesut Ozil, Karim Benzema (3), Fabinho, Luka Modric

The Draw for the 5th round
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Some good wins this month in the league but yet again inconsistency away from home is letting us down, we really need to improve this before its too late.
We sent out a very young team out for the Basel game as we were already through as group leaders, least they went 1 better than my first team by actually scoring.
We went 2-0 up after 18 minutes in the 1st leg and some how got blown away in the 2nd half, so I thought we'd be up against it in the 2nd leg oh how wrong was I??? 5-0 up after 34 minutes so I was quite surprised we couldn't get double figures.


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End Of Year Awards
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World Golden Ball: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Arjen Robben
World Player: Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuain, Arjen Robben
European Golden Boy: Eden Hazard



Any Feedback welcome
 
January


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In

Micah Richards - £11.5m
Joao Moutinho - £35m

Out

Luka Modric - £25m

Other Transfer News

Andriy Yarmolenko - Man Utd
Leighton Baines - Man Utd
Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang - Fc Porto
Douglas Costa - Fc Porto
Nani - Bayern Munich



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Real Madrid 6-1 Real Sociedad
Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Pepe, Angel Di Maria (2), Mesut Ozil

At. Madrid 3-2 Real Madrid
Mesut Ozil, Gonzalo Higuain

Valencia 3-3 Real Madrid
Mesut Ozil (2), Angel Di Maria

Real Madrid 6-0 Getafe
Gonzalo Higuain (3), Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Wellington Nem


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Granada 2-2 Real Madrid
Angel Di Maria, Benat

Real Madrid 1-0 Granada
Gonzalo Higuain

Real Madrid 4-0 FC Barcelona
Mesut Ozil (2), Sergio Ramos, Cristiano Ronaldo

FC Barcelona 3-1 Real Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo





A little disappointed to have dropped points against At. Madrid & Valencia but that was to be expected really with our lack of away form. We continue to batter other teams at home and we have now scored 41 goals in just 10 home games in the league this season while conceding just 3.

Yet again our away form lets us down in the away leg against Granada after going 2-0 up early on, i was Confident however going into the return leg but would like to have scored more than just the 1. Next up was Barcelona at home, and yet again we delivered at home smashing them 4-0 although they were without Messi. The 2nd leg we were leading at half-time and Messi was kept quiet, the 2nd half however was a different story as they scored 3 in 10 minutes but it wasn't enough to deny us a meeting with At. Madrid in the final.



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February


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Granada 1-6 Real Madrid
Gonzalo Higuain, Angel Di Maria (2), Karim Benzema (2), Fabio Coentrao

Real Madrid 3-2 Sevilla
Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuain, Sergio Ramos

Real Madrid 4-0 Rayo
Angel Di Maria (3), Mesut Ozil

Deportivo 0-1 Real Madrid
Mesut Ozil



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Paris St Germain 0-0 Real Madrid



4 wins out of 4 in the league this month has definitely kept our title hopes alive and that's even with 2 away games thrown in the mix, Angel Di Maria has been great this month grabbing 5 goals in 4 games. We play Barcelona next with them being 2 points clear of us at the top.

When the draw was made for the knock-out stages I was dreading being drawn against these after their big spending in the summer, and I had a reason to, if Javier Pastore had taken his chances then there wouldn't be any need to play a 2nd leg as he had 5 clear cut chances for his self. Could be a close game in the return game.



March


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Real Madrid 3-0 FC Barcelona
Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Sergio Ramos

Celta 0-2 Real Madrid
Gonzalo Higuain, Mesut Ozil

Real Madrid 4-0 Mallorca
Cristiano Ronaldo (4)

Zaragoza 1-1 Real Madrid
Gonzalo Higuain




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Real Madrid 3-1 Paris St Germain
Gonzalo Higuain (2), Cristiano Ronaldo


Results from the 1st Knock-out stages
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Another unbeaten month and it couldnt have got off to a better start as we climbed above Barcelona after demolishing them 3-0. Cristiano Ronaldo seems to be scoring for fun this season notching up another 6 goals this month.

We completely out played PSG and we're through to the quarter finals where will play Ac. Milan.

* Sorry not been able to post the League table as I forgot to take a screenshot.​
 
April


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Real Madrid 7-1 Levante
Gonzalo Higuain (3), Pepe, Cristiano Ronaldo, Joao Moutinho, Mesut Ozil

Athletic 2-4 Real Madrid
Fabio Coentrao, Gonzalo Higuain, Cristiano Ronaldo (2)

Real Madrid 5-1 Betis
Xabi Alonso (2), Gonzalo Higuain, Pepe, Mesut Ozil

Osasuna 3-0 Real Madrid


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AC Milan 1-3 Real Madrid
Gonzalo Higuain (2), Xabi Alonso

Real Madrid 4-0 AC Milan
Cristiano Ronaldo (2), Gonzalo Higuain, Wellington Nem

Real Madrid 3-0 Arsenal
Gonzalo Higuain, Karim Benzema (2)




We were scoring for fun yet again this month as we look set to smash the record for goals scored in a single league season which currently stands at 121. We set out a weakened team against Osasuna in preparation for the Arsenal 2nd leg, it didn't help as Alonso & Benat both got sent of in the 37th minute.

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I was really surprised by the 1st leg win as it was played away, nevertheless we were confident that we would seal the win at home. Next up was Arsenal, we went in at half-time with a slender 1-0 lead and I thought this wouldn't be enough so I chucked on Benzema and he repaid us by banging in 2 quick goals shortly after coming on. All we have to do now is keep it tight at the Emirates.

* Just a quick note, Barcelona have made the final after overturning a 3-1 deficit in the 1st leg against Juventus to progress 6-3 on aggregate after thumping them 5-0 in the return leg.
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May - Part 1



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Real Madrid 3-0 Valladolid
Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuain, Karim Benzema

Espanyol 0-3 Real Madrid
Gonzalo Higuain, Xabi Alonso, Pepe

Real Madrid 3-0 Malaga
Gonzalo Higuain, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mesut Ozil


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Arsenal 0-1 Real Madrid
Gonzalo Higuain



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At. Madrid 0-1 Real Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo


3 wins out of 3 and 3 goals scored without conceding in each game, overall a good solid month for us in the league.

We stayed tight at the Emirates which all we needed to do and we now face Barcelona for the 7th time this season.

A dubious looking penalty decision gave us a 1-0 win over a Falcao missing At Madrid side in the Spanish cup final to hand us our 2nd piece of silverware this season.

* Just about to play the Champion's league final and Casillas has been ruled out... GREAT!!!​
 
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cool i will look forrward to it ...just gonna play aresnal i 2n leg of 1st knockout round then give a champions league update
 
May - Part 2



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Real Madrid V FC Barcelona

Lineups


Iker Casillas, Alvaro Arbeloa, Raphael Varane, Sergio Ramos, Fabio Coentrao, Pepe, Xabi Alonso, Mesut Ozil, Angel Di Maria, Karim Benzema, Gonzalo Higuain

13. Antonio Adan
21. Jores Okore
24. Benat
11. Jese
18. Dani Carvajal
10. Wellington Nem
19. Borja

Victor Valdes, Carlos Puyol, Gerard Pique, Alex Song, Marc Muniesa, Javier Macherano, Cesc Fabregas, Xavi, Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta, David Villa

13. Jose Manuel Pinto
15. Marc Bartra
2. Dani Alves
16. Sergio Busquets
9. Alexis Sanchez
19. Martin Montoya
24. Andreu Fontas


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3rd Min - Higuain showed a yellow card for a foul on Mascherano
4th Min - Iniesta hits it high and hard but hits the post
16th Min - Pepe collides with Puyol and has to be replaced, on comes Benat
25th Min - Benat puts the ball into the box, Higuain tries a half volley, HIGUAIN scores 1-0
34th Min - Messi trips Alonso and goes into the book

Half - Time

54th Min - David Villa receives a yellow for a foul on Arbeloa
60th Min - Mascherano barges into Ozil and is booked
65th Min - Fabregas hits a half volley with his left foot, FABREGAS scores 1-1
68th Min - Benzema is injured and has to be replaced, on comes Wellington Nem
81st Min - Wellington Nem's free of the last defender, WELLINGTON NEM scores 2-1
90+2 Min - Gerard Pique booked for persistent fouling
90+5 Min - Higuain has been sensational

Full - Time Real Madrid are European Champions




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Real Sociedad 1-0 Real Madrid

Real Madrid 5-2 At. Madrid
Joao Moutinho, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gonzalo Higuain, OG, Angel Di Maria

We gave the title to Barcelona after the defeat against Sociedad but it doesn't really matter because WE WON THE CHAMPION'S LEAGUE!!!!!

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End Of Season


Awards

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Player Of The Year: Cristiano Ronaldo
Goalkeeper Of The Year: Victor Valdes
Manager Of The Year: Ian Cole ;)
Most Improved Team Of The Year: Granada
Top Goalscorer: Falcao 31

League Standings

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So the curtain comes down on a great 1st season. We've lifted 3 out of a possible 4 trophies although I am a little disappointed not to have won the league but hey ho its the Champions League Challenge so..... I was offered a new contract after the Champions League final and I decided to delay it until the end of the season in the hope of a big manager gets sacked or leaves. This was not the case, so when the time came, I signed a 2 year extension. We have signed 2 new players after getting a budget of £137m.

Xherdan Shaqiri - FC Bayern £24.5m
Jack Wilshere - Arsenal £29m

Tried signing Neymar as he was transfer listed at the start of february but he decided to join Man Utd instead. On the 30th June Jupp Heynckes retired as the manager of Bayern and I thought this would be a great chance to grab my 2nd Champions league trophy. I signed a contract with Bayern 8 days later.


*Pre Season coming up soon​
 
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Pre - Season


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FC Sochaux 2-2 Bayern Munich
Franck Ribery (2)

Valenciennes 3-1 Bayern Munich
Patrick weihrauch

Gaziantepspor 2-5 Bayern Munich
Thomas Muller, Mario Gomez (2), Jan Kirchhoff, Tobias Schweinsteiger

Suwon 0-4 Bayern Munich
Thomas Muller (2), Mario Gomez, Tobias Schweinsteiger

Bayern Munich 2-2 Real Madrid
Thomas Muller, Franck Ribery

Urawa Reds 1-3 Bayern Munich
Thomas Muller, Jerome Boateng, Mario Gomez


August


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St Pauli 2-5 Bayern Munich
Javi Martinez, Thomas Muller, Franck Ribery, Ademilson, Toni Kroos


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Karlsruhe 1-4 Bayern Munich
Nani, Tobias Schweinsteiger, Phillip Lahm, Ademilson


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Bayern Munich 2-1 Mainz
Arjen Robben, Thomas Muller

Schalke 0-2 Bayern Munich
Arjen Robben, Thomas Muller

A good solid start to my Bayern Munich reign. We won the German Super Cup with an impressive 5-2 win over St Pauli.
Next up was the simple task of disposing Karlsruhe in the German cup, Tobias Schweinsteiger is impressing at the moment.
We rounded of the month with 2 wins in the league thanks to Robben & Muller with both scoring in the games.


* I will post transfers, Champions League draw and such tomorrow.







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