Penta-gone-gone-gone

A couple more trophies won at Tigres in between the Copa and NACL triumphs see my CV continue to grow ahead of the European leg.

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'Hand on approach' just highlights how I play these types of saves:
1) Assistant picks teams which I may tweak
2) Instant result
3) Holiday between matches
4) Often use the director of football to do transfers ('add as transfer target')​
 
As for Europe I loaded my favorite leagues - England, Spain, Italy and Germany.

Rather than apply for jobs I thought I would sit back and see what happened. It turns out that my achievements hadn't went unnoticed in Europe as offers soon arrived from Hamburg, Stoke and Hull.

I considered the Hamburg job but they had just been promoted back to the Bundesliga and I didn't want a big challenge to be honest. Let's get this pentagon challenge done then we can look at good challenges.

The next club to offer me the top job I accepted:

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In deep trouble but they have a good squad so I would expect us to be out of trouble before long then I will reevaluate the job situation at the end of the season.


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Southampton Season

I knew the team I had inherited were too good to be in the position they were in and after a bit of a rocky start my 'philosophy' soon began to show results and we climbed the table.

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Oh yea, and we managed to win the FA Cup :p

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I resigned after the FA Cup win.

It was a gamble but with MAN CITY, JUVENTUS and BARCELONA jobs all up for grabs it was a gamble worth taking.

However, I never got any of the above jobs. Pep took Juve, Allergi got Barcelona and Zidane beat me to the City job.

Even so, Zidane jumping ship opened up one particular job...


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Brilliant that in 13 years you have gone so far! That loss to Henan in the China FA Cup has haunted you for years now!
 
coolmcool said:
Brilliant that in 13 years you have gone so far! That loss to Henan in the China FA Cup has haunted you for years now!
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Lol. Every loss haunts me mainly because they are all 'FM' results - opposition scoring with every shot they have yet my players put everything in row Z
 
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The last leg of the Pentagon Challenge sees us in Europe. After a few successful months at Southampton we bagged the job at one of the biggest clubs in the world, Real Madrid. The most successful side in UCL history it shouldn't be long before we add to their trophy count.


Group Stage

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An easy group but rather surprisingly the two draws came against lowly Basel.​
 
Knockout Rnds

2nd KO Rnd


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Quarter Finals

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All over after the first leg as we battered Juve.

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Semi Finals

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We had it all to do after a poor showing at Old Trafford. At home we are capable of beating anyone but 8-0!!! Wow


In the final we meet:
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PENTAGON COMPLETE!!

By no means a classic but do we care? Madrid had won 2 of the last 3 finals and were current holders so when taking the job I knew we had a great chance to get the Uefa Champions League trophy at the first attempt.

Domestically we dominated too though we wobbled a wee bit in the league as I rested players to prioritize the UCL.

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From lowly Baroka FC in the South African First Division to champions of Europe with mighty Real Madrid!

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With the Pentagon complete I move on to the next career challenge which will be

THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CHALLENGE

Click above for a full breakdown but in short the challenge is to win the Champions League with all previous winners in real life.

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Club		WinnersRunners-upYears wonYears runner-up
Real Madrid1031956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002, 20141962, 1964, 1981
Milan741963, 1969, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003, 20071958, 1993, 1995, 2005
Bayern Munich551974, 1975, 1976, 2001, 20131982, 1987, 1999, 2010, 2012
Barcelona531992, 2006, 2009, 2011, 20151961, 1986, 1994
Liverpool521977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 20051985, 2007
Ajax421971, 1972, 1973, 19951969, 1996
Internazionale321964, 1965, 20101967, 1972
Manchester United321968, 1999, 20082009, 2011
Juventus261985, 19961973, 1983, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2015
Benfica251961, 19621963, 1965, 1968, 1988, 1990
Nottingham Forest201979, 1980—
Porto201987, 2004—
Celtic1119671970
Hamburg1119831980
Steaua București1119861989
Marseille1119931991
Chelsea1120122008
Borussia Dortmund1119972013
Feyenoord101970—
Aston Villa101982—
PSV Eindhoven101988—
Red Star Belgrade101991—

Now I've already won it with Madrid which was easy as will the likes of Bayern, Juventus or Man Utd but as I work my way through the list winning it with the likes of Nottingham Forest, Red Star Belgrade or Steau Bucharest will be far from easy which is where the main challenge will be found.
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Congrats on completing the pentagon and good luck with the CL challenge
 
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CUP FINAL AGONY!!

Despite averaging 2.6 goals per game all season we somehow manage to blow chance after chance in the final and are sucker punched by Real in extra time.

During the Pentagon Challenge I was almost invincible in continental competitions but luck (or bad luck) has seemingly caught up with me.

We go again next season.

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Competitions Overview

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Season 2032/33 - AC Milan

We aim for third time lucky in winning the UCL with AC Milan.


Group Stage

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Knockout Rounds

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A second consecutive UCL final appearance and once again we meet Spanish giants, this time 8-times winners Barcelona. We even managed to get some revenge over Real Madrid who beat us in last years final by knocking them out in the semis.​
 
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