I'm a Brazilian, 34 years old manager and was looking for a job. When suddendly I received a message on my e-mail from Stade Rennais F.C. saying that my job application was succesfull and asked me to go to the office to sign the new contract. But there was one problem, Stade Rennais F.C. is in France. So I packed my stuff , went to france, when I got there went right to the office and signed the contract. The contract regulations was: wage: R$ 97.500 per/month . Expires : 30.6.2011 . Started : 01/07/09.
My first month as Stade Rennais F.C.'s manager was great I had to do some sign-ins -> Antunes ; he's from Portugal, came from Roma F.C. , he plays as wing back left (WBL) , he's 22 years old and I bought him for R$ 2,08 M. I also signed Chikhaoui ; he's from Tunisia , came from Zürich F.C., he plays as AMLC/FC, he's 22 years old and I bought him for R$ 3,15 M. Well , I bought Antunes because I didn't have a reserve for a wing fullback left, so I needed to buy one and I bought Antunes, for a rotation. Some of my strikers were injured, so I bought Chikhaoui , to be also a rotation player, but if he peforms well... why not give him a chance in the first team?
After that, I played my first match as Stade Rennais F.C.'s manager, it was a friendly against Regensburg ,17.07.09, and we won 4-0, I was delighted with the teams peformance because it was a four - nil win and we played away from home. The scorers were Pagis , who scored twice, 2' & 70' ; Gyan 35' ; Lemoine 48'.
Unfourtunately Ekoko, went in the match in the half time but got him self injured at the 60' mark, so after that we played with, only, 10 men. I was also delighted with my winger , Sow who made a beautiful cross , finding Pagis for his second goal of the match. We played with 4-2-4 but it seems more like a 2-4-4.
Then we played another friendly against Pacy Football( 19.07.09 ), to be honest, I've never heard about this team, but we struggled a little bit in this match even though we won by 3 - 1 . Our goals scorers was : Pagis 33' , even though it was a goalkeeper mistake; Gyan 38', another goalkeepers mistake, he kicked up but it went right to Gyan who scored the goal ; Badione 88'. Pacy Football 's goal scorer: El Azzouzi 65' . It was also an away match and we also played in a 4-2-4 or 2-4-4 tactic. But in this match , unfourtunately, Bruno Cheyrou got injure, he twited his ankle, and had to be out for 3 weeks.
After that match we played our last friendly against Dijon F.C.O. (23.07.09) , I wasn't very proud with the team even though we won a 2 - 1 game, 'cause Dijon F.C.O. was always on atack and we got lucky... very lucky to have scored these two goal in the secon half, because the first half, Dijon dominated the game. The goals scorers: Gyan 62'; Badione 80' . And they're goal scorer: Vosahio 17' , it was a rebound kick and my goalkeeper , didn't have the chance to get to that one.
After that embarassing match LOSC Lille Métropole , wanted to sign Leroy for R$ 3 M. it was a good price because Leroy was ,at his normal price, R$ 2 M. and I accepted it because he was already 34 years old, and I'm trying to get the squad young.
After my first month experience I think that I'm going to sign Elkeson , who's a good Offensive Midfielder , a hot prospect for the future, 20 years old and only for R$ 4 M. I guess. So.. good bye , see you in the next episode.
My first month as Stade Rennais F.C.'s manager was great I had to do some sign-ins -> Antunes ; he's from Portugal, came from Roma F.C. , he plays as wing back left (WBL) , he's 22 years old and I bought him for R$ 2,08 M. I also signed Chikhaoui ; he's from Tunisia , came from Zürich F.C., he plays as AMLC/FC, he's 22 years old and I bought him for R$ 3,15 M. Well , I bought Antunes because I didn't have a reserve for a wing fullback left, so I needed to buy one and I bought Antunes, for a rotation. Some of my strikers were injured, so I bought Chikhaoui , to be also a rotation player, but if he peforms well... why not give him a chance in the first team?
After that, I played my first match as Stade Rennais F.C.'s manager, it was a friendly against Regensburg ,17.07.09, and we won 4-0, I was delighted with the teams peformance because it was a four - nil win and we played away from home. The scorers were Pagis , who scored twice, 2' & 70' ; Gyan 35' ; Lemoine 48'.
Unfourtunately Ekoko, went in the match in the half time but got him self injured at the 60' mark, so after that we played with, only, 10 men. I was also delighted with my winger , Sow who made a beautiful cross , finding Pagis for his second goal of the match. We played with 4-2-4 but it seems more like a 2-4-4.
Then we played another friendly against Pacy Football( 19.07.09 ), to be honest, I've never heard about this team, but we struggled a little bit in this match even though we won by 3 - 1 . Our goals scorers was : Pagis 33' , even though it was a goalkeeper mistake; Gyan 38', another goalkeepers mistake, he kicked up but it went right to Gyan who scored the goal ; Badione 88'. Pacy Football 's goal scorer: El Azzouzi 65' . It was also an away match and we also played in a 4-2-4 or 2-4-4 tactic. But in this match , unfourtunately, Bruno Cheyrou got injure, he twited his ankle, and had to be out for 3 weeks.
After that match we played our last friendly against Dijon F.C.O. (23.07.09) , I wasn't very proud with the team even though we won a 2 - 1 game, 'cause Dijon F.C.O. was always on atack and we got lucky... very lucky to have scored these two goal in the secon half, because the first half, Dijon dominated the game. The goals scorers: Gyan 62'; Badione 80' . And they're goal scorer: Vosahio 17' , it was a rebound kick and my goalkeeper , didn't have the chance to get to that one.
After that embarassing match LOSC Lille Métropole , wanted to sign Leroy for R$ 3 M. it was a good price because Leroy was ,at his normal price, R$ 2 M. and I accepted it because he was already 34 years old, and I'm trying to get the squad young.
After my first month experience I think that I'm going to sign Elkeson , who's a good Offensive Midfielder , a hot prospect for the future, 20 years old and only for R$ 4 M. I guess. So.. good bye , see you in the next episode.
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