I bought this game for only one reason: To get Red Star Belgrade, the team I grew up with back in what was Yugoslavia, to the European throne where they were only once before, 1991 before the war kicked the **** out of any chances that this will happen any time again.
I played now for a month almost constantly, a game I never touched before in any of the other versions. It could have been my first sport manager game ever, I might have played something back in C64 times...
And now I am very glad to delete it again after - well, after we kicked Arsenal's **** in a not pretty final but quite effective match. I know that many of you made much more magical things happen in this game, but nevertheless, this was never an easy task, mostly due to the fact that no matter how well I did in the previous competitions, most of the better players laughed at my pitiful advances to sign them (oh, the continental reputation issue, please fix this you up there...). So I needed to share this success with someone (I dont think I have one single friend playing games) just for the possible tap on the shoulder and a "you did well, mate."
Anyway: This is my first and probably last post so I also wanted to say Thank You! to the great community. Many advices from here, especially concerning the tactics, made the hard way to the top a bit easier. You guys are awesome. If you have any questions - shoot.
Not much more to add except - good luck to you all!
And this is how they handled the news back home :$ I really like the "magician" part:
And for those interested in the further statistics: