Well, it's ok for readers if they keep up to date with it....it's abit hard if you're reading from the start like i did, but you kept me interested mate, some very good writing there
Spanish top 3 - Barcelona, Real Madrid...and A.D. Alcorcon?
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Well, it's ok for readers if they keep up to date with it....it's abit hard if you're reading from the start like i did, but you kept me interested mate, some very good writing there
October 2021 REVIEW
Super Cup Leg 1 @ Getafe 4-1 ‘Team might be rusty, but Vera isn’t’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vicente
Mazinho----David
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Careca---Vera (3)
First half we still looked like we were in pre-season. We would make all three substitutions at half, and in the end it basically was Vera (3) who will our team to victory. He had a hand in all four goals with scoring three of them. He would be dragged down in the box right in stoppage time after he stole the ball which resulted in a red card and him actually getting the hat trick. Vera would set up Teixeira’s (1) goal as he would cross it right in front of the goalie for the easy tap in as that would give him his 100th assist in his career. After the game Getafe would spend 12 million dollars on a midfielder to bolster up their team to try to compete with the top teams in Spain.
Super Cup Leg 2 vs. Getafe 1-1 ‘Coach Ryan lets his starters get a rest’
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Cantoro
YUSTE--Giovannelli--Hernandez--RUBIO
Mazinho----DUDU
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
OJEDA---GIBSON
Five starters would get a rest, but when you have a three goal lead its not that worrisome especially when you are playing at home. Teixeira (2) would score for the second straight game to give us the lead and basically seal up the game. Again they would get a weak goal, our goalie being out of position, but that would be the only goal they would score so we cruised to the win with our three goal lead. Galarza picked up another yellow so if we do make it next year he will miss the first game. “For the league getting ready to start I wanted our starters to be fully healthy. Some of them were tired so I decided to let them have a rest and the players who aren’t register to play in a game before they had to sit and watch.”
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP DRAWINGS TODAY
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We haven’t heard from Tottenham for a while, but they sure be pretty good since they did grab the two seed. As for the last two games we should easily win those against Ajax and then Lazio. We got a good group to where we can advance again, and the real question is how will our goalie respond to a new team and a new challenge since his old team, Porto, didn’t make Champs league this year.
Match 1 vs. Osasuna 3-0 ‘Missed PK doesn’t effect our team’
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Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
Mazinho----JOSE
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
CERECA---VERA (2)
Careca (1) would get his first goal on the season in the first regular season game to take the lead. Still Vera has the most goals on the year, and he wouldn’t be outdone this game. In the eleventh minute we would have a PK which Galarza would go left like he always does. He would beat the goalie, but not the post. Still the rebound went perfectly to a slicing Vera (5) who would tap in the easy rebound. Right before stoppage time in the first half Vera would use his speed to out run both center backs, and then would run around the goalie for his second score.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
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One game and we have one shutout. It wasn’t a very hard game or in a hostile environment so we will have to wait to see about the new goalie when we actually do go to one of those. Still we are going to be one of the top teams to beat so this year is going to be exciting to see how it plays out. Already can tell that we should break 100 goals again this year, but now there is excitement with the new goalie we can win some other trophies even if people are injured.
Finances
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Our player wages has skyrocketed this year. Last year were around 750K or so, and now this year they are just over one million. Still good news is that with the 10 million dollar profit from champs league group stages we actually made ten million dollars. Again we need to see, but maybe tv rights will be able to carry us in the positives for a month.
September 2021 REVIEW
Match 2 @ Valencia (7th, 1-0-0) 4-0 ‘History is made!’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--RUBIO--Hernandez--Vincente
Mazinho----Jose
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (2)
Vera (7) is healthy and tearing through Spanish teams. In just three games, two league games, he has scored seven goals and would open up the scoring today and would tack on another one just a couple minutes later. Teixeira (3) is the second leading scorer as he basically found out that if he is on the same side as Vera to just trail back a little bit for the kickback or to be in the position for a rebound. Which is what happened in this game as he would be in good position for the rebound shot. Galarza (1) would go back to what he does best and score off of a free kick as he would bend one around the wall about 28 yards out. Yes we know we are only two games into the season, but everyone else in the league as at least given up one goal while we haven’t. Maybe not a big deal for most people, but its exciting times for us to show that it doesn’t take long for new guys to find a place and flourish here at Alcorcon.
Champs League Group G Leg 1 vs. Lazio 4-0 ‘History is made!’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Rubio--Hernandez--YUSTE
Mazinho----DUDU
JOSE----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (2)
After the game we got word that Giovannelli is back from his injury of 13 days that he suffered in training. That’s good since we lost his backup in the game, Rubio, with an injury for three weeks. Still it wasn’t that much to worry about having a guy who will never see playing time unless the timing was right from injuries and/or fitness problems. That would be the case as Redondo came in and we would give up a late goal, but the game was already at hand since we went into half with a 4-0 lead. Vera (9) is really trying to make up for last year, and he didn’t win ‘player of the year’ by the fans, as he would score in his fourth game. Also would continue his two goal mark as well. Teixeira (4) is picking up the slack for Careca who is on a cold streak while Hernandez (1) would score his first on a scramble in front of the net on a free kick as he would be the third and final attempt before the goal.
Match 3 vs. Sevilla (5th, 2-0-0) 1-0 ‘Vera doesn’t score and our offense sputters’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--GIOVANNELLI--DAVID--VINCENTE
Mazinho----TEIXEIRA
GALARZA----------------------JOSE
Cereca---Vera
Vera didn’t score. Hernandez is now fueling with Adam Ryan cause of a contract dispute with the team and Vera, although Vera already signed a new deal so he would get a rest at the beginning of the game. Giovannelli would get the start, but would be tired so at half Hernandez would replace him. With Rubio out we would move David a midfielder to center back, and he can play that position as well. Against three of our old players it looked at if it wouldn’t be a good game for us, but Careca (2) would score as he would muscle off some defenders off of a free kick to give us a goal. That surprising would be the only goal in the game as Cantoro is a force between the sticks for us. They lost their offense firepower as they would pick up a straight red in the 61st minute on a hard slide from behind on Galarza. Luckily no one was injured.
Match 4 @ Espanyol (10th, 1-1-1) 6-1 ‘Shutout ends after two games, but Vera had a hat trick’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--HERNANDEZ--Vincente
Mazinho----DAVID
Galarza----------------------TEIXEIRA
Cereca---Vera (3)
Galarza would sail one on a corner kick where Hernandez would have to back out of scoring range to head it. He would head it to the middle where Giovannelli (1) was there to start us out with a goal. Vera’s (12) would score his hat trick with two of them coming in the first half. Before his third goal though the shutout would end as Bagnoli would push down Vincente to have a one-on-one. Where Vera scores so does Teixiera (5) as he continues to score which he is the fastest midfielder to get to five goals in a year. Jose (1) would get his first goal with us in over a year and a half as he would actually get to take the penalty since he would come in for Galarza at halftime since he was tired. The six goals is the highest all year and still have conceded the fewest with just one.
Match 5 vs. Almeria (11th, 1-1-2) 1-0 ‘Careca picks up slack for Vera'
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
JOSE----David
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera
Team is looking tired especially with Vera who didn’t score a goal. Still we would score a goal in the first five minutes as Careca (3) would score. We would dominate and have ample chances in this game, but nothing seem to sneak past the goalie, and if it did it was wide of the post. “I know fans are upset. We are at home and we should of at least won by three. A win is a win, and I will take it anyway how. Remember last year fans and us alike thought we were invisible at home and we lost 0-2 to a bottom feeder team.” said coach Ryan after just a one goal victory. Still we are perfect on the year through five although two games have been by a 1-0 score.
Champs Group G Leg 1 @ Ajax 3-1 ‘Vera scores again, but its only one this game'
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Cantoro
YUSTE--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Jose----MAZINHO
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera
They would score first. Problem was it was an own goal to give us the lead. Careca (4) and Vera (13) would score as well in the first half to give us a comfortable lead at half. With that lead we would let Careca, Vera, and Vincente (who is dead tired) take the rest of the game off. They would manage to score late, but it didn’t matter since we already had the game wrapped up.
LEAGUE and CHAMPS STANDINGS
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Surprise, surprise we are in first place with a perfect record though two months. What is surprising is that we only allowed one goal while Barcelona has just allowed two. We are still averaging three goals a game despite having two games of a 1-0 win as we are showing that we will not be backing down this year and that the title is ours to lose. Vera is a beast for our team this year as he is the leading goalscorer (7) and assists (5) in league play and is boasting a nice 8.54 rating. We struggled to keep people healthy and fit the first month and a half, but everyone is healthy now so now we will have to make sure that our backups are fit to play when they do come in or start.
Finances
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So with the signing of Vera and Careca this month we are actually surprised it was just a ten million dollar loss. So much for having 195 million. With the signings, paying the board, and the high wages we are now down to around 125 million in our balance.
Super Cup Leg 1 @ Getafe 4-1 ‘Team might be rusty, but Vera isn’t’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vicente
Mazinho----David
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Careca---Vera (3)
First half we still looked like we were in pre-season. We would make all three substitutions at half, and in the end it basically was Vera (3) who will our team to victory. He had a hand in all four goals with scoring three of them. He would be dragged down in the box right in stoppage time after he stole the ball which resulted in a red card and him actually getting the hat trick. Vera would set up Teixeira’s (1) goal as he would cross it right in front of the goalie for the easy tap in as that would give him his 100th assist in his career. After the game Getafe would spend 12 million dollars on a midfielder to bolster up their team to try to compete with the top teams in Spain.
Super Cup Leg 2 vs. Getafe 1-1 ‘Coach Ryan lets his starters get a rest’
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Cantoro
YUSTE--Giovannelli--Hernandez--RUBIO
Mazinho----DUDU
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
OJEDA---GIBSON
Five starters would get a rest, but when you have a three goal lead its not that worrisome especially when you are playing at home. Teixeira (2) would score for the second straight game to give us the lead and basically seal up the game. Again they would get a weak goal, our goalie being out of position, but that would be the only goal they would score so we cruised to the win with our three goal lead. Galarza picked up another yellow so if we do make it next year he will miss the first game. “For the league getting ready to start I wanted our starters to be fully healthy. Some of them were tired so I decided to let them have a rest and the players who aren’t register to play in a game before they had to sit and watch.”
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP DRAWINGS TODAY
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We haven’t heard from Tottenham for a while, but they sure be pretty good since they did grab the two seed. As for the last two games we should easily win those against Ajax and then Lazio. We got a good group to where we can advance again, and the real question is how will our goalie respond to a new team and a new challenge since his old team, Porto, didn’t make Champs league this year.
Match 1 vs. Osasuna 3-0 ‘Missed PK doesn’t effect our team’
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Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
Mazinho----JOSE
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
CERECA---VERA (2)
Careca (1) would get his first goal on the season in the first regular season game to take the lead. Still Vera has the most goals on the year, and he wouldn’t be outdone this game. In the eleventh minute we would have a PK which Galarza would go left like he always does. He would beat the goalie, but not the post. Still the rebound went perfectly to a slicing Vera (5) who would tap in the easy rebound. Right before stoppage time in the first half Vera would use his speed to out run both center backs, and then would run around the goalie for his second score.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
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One game and we have one shutout. It wasn’t a very hard game or in a hostile environment so we will have to wait to see about the new goalie when we actually do go to one of those. Still we are going to be one of the top teams to beat so this year is going to be exciting to see how it plays out. Already can tell that we should break 100 goals again this year, but now there is excitement with the new goalie we can win some other trophies even if people are injured.
Finances
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Our player wages has skyrocketed this year. Last year were around 750K or so, and now this year they are just over one million. Still good news is that with the 10 million dollar profit from champs league group stages we actually made ten million dollars. Again we need to see, but maybe tv rights will be able to carry us in the positives for a month.
September 2021 REVIEW
Match 2 @ Valencia (7th, 1-0-0) 4-0 ‘History is made!’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--RUBIO--Hernandez--Vincente
Mazinho----Jose
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (2)
Vera (7) is healthy and tearing through Spanish teams. In just three games, two league games, he has scored seven goals and would open up the scoring today and would tack on another one just a couple minutes later. Teixeira (3) is the second leading scorer as he basically found out that if he is on the same side as Vera to just trail back a little bit for the kickback or to be in the position for a rebound. Which is what happened in this game as he would be in good position for the rebound shot. Galarza (1) would go back to what he does best and score off of a free kick as he would bend one around the wall about 28 yards out. Yes we know we are only two games into the season, but everyone else in the league as at least given up one goal while we haven’t. Maybe not a big deal for most people, but its exciting times for us to show that it doesn’t take long for new guys to find a place and flourish here at Alcorcon.
Champs League Group G Leg 1 vs. Lazio 4-0 ‘History is made!’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Rubio--Hernandez--YUSTE
Mazinho----DUDU
JOSE----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (2)
After the game we got word that Giovannelli is back from his injury of 13 days that he suffered in training. That’s good since we lost his backup in the game, Rubio, with an injury for three weeks. Still it wasn’t that much to worry about having a guy who will never see playing time unless the timing was right from injuries and/or fitness problems. That would be the case as Redondo came in and we would give up a late goal, but the game was already at hand since we went into half with a 4-0 lead. Vera (9) is really trying to make up for last year, and he didn’t win ‘player of the year’ by the fans, as he would score in his fourth game. Also would continue his two goal mark as well. Teixeira (4) is picking up the slack for Careca who is on a cold streak while Hernandez (1) would score his first on a scramble in front of the net on a free kick as he would be the third and final attempt before the goal.
Match 3 vs. Sevilla (5th, 2-0-0) 1-0 ‘Vera doesn’t score and our offense sputters’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--GIOVANNELLI--DAVID--VINCENTE
Mazinho----TEIXEIRA
GALARZA----------------------JOSE
Cereca---Vera
Vera didn’t score. Hernandez is now fueling with Adam Ryan cause of a contract dispute with the team and Vera, although Vera already signed a new deal so he would get a rest at the beginning of the game. Giovannelli would get the start, but would be tired so at half Hernandez would replace him. With Rubio out we would move David a midfielder to center back, and he can play that position as well. Against three of our old players it looked at if it wouldn’t be a good game for us, but Careca (2) would score as he would muscle off some defenders off of a free kick to give us a goal. That surprising would be the only goal in the game as Cantoro is a force between the sticks for us. They lost their offense firepower as they would pick up a straight red in the 61st minute on a hard slide from behind on Galarza. Luckily no one was injured.
Match 4 @ Espanyol (10th, 1-1-1) 6-1 ‘Shutout ends after two games, but Vera had a hat trick’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--HERNANDEZ--Vincente
Mazinho----DAVID
Galarza----------------------TEIXEIRA
Cereca---Vera (3)
Galarza would sail one on a corner kick where Hernandez would have to back out of scoring range to head it. He would head it to the middle where Giovannelli (1) was there to start us out with a goal. Vera’s (12) would score his hat trick with two of them coming in the first half. Before his third goal though the shutout would end as Bagnoli would push down Vincente to have a one-on-one. Where Vera scores so does Teixiera (5) as he continues to score which he is the fastest midfielder to get to five goals in a year. Jose (1) would get his first goal with us in over a year and a half as he would actually get to take the penalty since he would come in for Galarza at halftime since he was tired. The six goals is the highest all year and still have conceded the fewest with just one.
Match 5 vs. Almeria (11th, 1-1-2) 1-0 ‘Careca picks up slack for Vera'
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
JOSE----David
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera
Team is looking tired especially with Vera who didn’t score a goal. Still we would score a goal in the first five minutes as Careca (3) would score. We would dominate and have ample chances in this game, but nothing seem to sneak past the goalie, and if it did it was wide of the post. “I know fans are upset. We are at home and we should of at least won by three. A win is a win, and I will take it anyway how. Remember last year fans and us alike thought we were invisible at home and we lost 0-2 to a bottom feeder team.” said coach Ryan after just a one goal victory. Still we are perfect on the year through five although two games have been by a 1-0 score.
Champs Group G Leg 1 @ Ajax 3-1 ‘Vera scores again, but its only one this game'
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Cantoro
YUSTE--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Jose----MAZINHO
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera
They would score first. Problem was it was an own goal to give us the lead. Careca (4) and Vera (13) would score as well in the first half to give us a comfortable lead at half. With that lead we would let Careca, Vera, and Vincente (who is dead tired) take the rest of the game off. They would manage to score late, but it didn’t matter since we already had the game wrapped up.
LEAGUE and CHAMPS STANDINGS
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Surprise, surprise we are in first place with a perfect record though two months. What is surprising is that we only allowed one goal while Barcelona has just allowed two. We are still averaging three goals a game despite having two games of a 1-0 win as we are showing that we will not be backing down this year and that the title is ours to lose. Vera is a beast for our team this year as he is the leading goalscorer (7) and assists (5) in league play and is boasting a nice 8.54 rating. We struggled to keep people healthy and fit the first month and a half, but everyone is healthy now so now we will have to make sure that our backups are fit to play when they do come in or start.
Finances
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So with the signing of Vera and Careca this month we are actually surprised it was just a ten million dollar loss. So much for having 195 million. With the signings, paying the board, and the high wages we are now down to around 125 million in our balance.
Thanks. Sorry deleted post for some reason since I was going to ask a question and it got stuck in this one. To answer your question I usually start out with lower league teams so usually it takes around 10 years to make it to the EPL, and never really stuck with one with a Spanish League (usually just got to the top for the achievement and then stopped). Using lower league teams so I am use to long saves and this one the only reason why I am continuing is cause the new stadium and figured since I didn't leave Alcorcon earlier that I might as well play a couple more to see how the new stadium is. Plus motivation of finishing off the year with the lowest goals conceded is another reason to play.
Thanks. I am glad that some people are still enjoying it even though my team is amazing. Although people are clamoring that I start a new one. If I do start a new one I would still probably continue this one (for at least 5 years) but then would put this one to rest.
October 2021 REVIEW
Match 6 @ Celta (8th, 3-1-1) 5-0 ‘Steamrolling though the league’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Jose----MAZINHO
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (3)
Yellow cards would not be in short demand this game as there was nine cards total with four coming on our side. Vera (16) would come alive after only scoring once in the last two games as he netted himself another hat trick of the year. Looks to be shattering his own scoring records this year. Despite the yellow cards their wouldn’t be a lack of scoring for us as we have Vera. Still Hernandez (2) would get a header on a corner kick to start off the scoring for us in the 25th minute. Teixeira ( 6) would again score as he would just sit back and watch for a Vera sighting and would crash for the rebound.
NEW SIGNING
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Even with putting all our money for player wages we still have 82 million for a transfer budget. You might think coach Ryan and the Board is pretty much out of their minds buying people since our team has won the league the last two years and we basically have our first team with the backups already filled. Well the player won’t play much, but since he is only 18 he is basically staying on our youth team and will spend the next two or so years grooming before being a sub since he does look good as an 18 year old. Plus we is a Spanish player we took from Valladolid’s Under 19 team and cost us only 2.2 million.
Match 7 @ Valladolid (10th, 2-2-2) 4-0 ‘Steal a youth player and then dominate senior team’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Jose----Mazinho
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (3)
After buying Mariano two days before this game, the window transfer is closed which is why he isn’t on the team yet, we would take on his former senior club. We would show him what he is joining and Vera (19) would be the first to score and the last player to score for our team as he ended up with his third hat trick of the year. Teixeira (7) wouldn’t let Vera have all the glory as he would score in the sixth minute of the game and just three minutes after Vera scored his first goal. Again the ref wasn’t shy to go to his pocket as he pulled out nine yellow cards. Luckily only three were issued to our team.
Champs Group G Leg 1 vs. Tottenham 2-2 ‘Fans were upset they didn’t get their moneys worth’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DUDU----Mazinho
JOSE----------------------Teixeira
GIBSON---TORRES
Coach Ryan would sit Galarza this game. Vera and Careca would also take a rest, but weren’t even dressed for the game. Fans were upset for at home during a champs league game they would play and take a break during a league game. We would get off to a rocky start as their poaching striker Da Silva would beat our defenders on a counter and would give them the opening goal. It would be the first time all year we would be losing. We would actually go down at half by that score in which Galarza (2) would make an appearance. It would spark things for our offense as in a seven minute span he would first assist Gibson (1) for the equalizer before giving us the lead. Sadly though just ten minutes later we would give up a second goal to Silva which would give us our first tie all year.
Match 8 @ Tenerife (10th, 3-1-3) 3-0 ‘Vera continues to score multiple times’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
JOSE----Mazinho
GALARZA----------------------Teixeira
CARECA---VERA (2)
Vera (21) would score his twenty goal in the first half which we would take into half time. Fans were a little worried with just the one score lead, but Vera is the first and fastest person on our team who has ever scored twenty goals in a season. Teixeira (8) is having the best start to his career with eight goals, but Vera is just playing like a god against mortals right now as he would score his second goal with just five minutes to spare in the game. Fans have already being chatting “Century! Century! Century!” every time Vera touches the ball. “I don’t think he will score 100 goals this season. One he is going to get some rest during Spanish Cup and Champs leagues to stay rested for the league so I don’t think that is possible. He would have to average at least a hat trick in the league to have a fighting chance of that. Plus you have to keep him healthy and in form.” said coach Ryan when asked about the fans chant.
Spanish Cup 5th Round Leg 1 @ Recreativo 5-1 ‘Vera happy for rest’
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Cantoro
YUSTE--DAVID--Hernandez--RUBIO
MARCOS----DUDU (2)
LUIS----------------------CASTANON
Careca---GIBSON
Only three starters would play in the first leg. “I know Careca has been getting of the year a little slow so we decided to keep him in to see if he could break this cold streak. Plus will give the fans to see the bench and other players we have other than Vera.” said coach Ryan. The other two starters were the goalie Cantoro and defender Hernandez. Careca (5) would be the first player to score in the tenth minute to finally give us the lead in the Spanish Cup since we have been horrible in this competition. Dudu (2) would score off of a free kick as he would be the taker since Galarza would resting. Hernandez (3) would get on track with a header off of the next free kick that was about 40 yards out and Dudu would just loaf it into the box for grabs as we went into half with a 3-0 lead. At half Careca and Hernandez would be subbed, and another goal for us came off of another free kick where Ojeda (1) would head one home. Last Dudu would score again for us late in the second half as he would seem to push a defender in the box for positioning for a rebound shot.
Match 9 vs. Elche (19th, 0-2-6) 3-1 ‘Elche becomes second team to score against us’
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Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--GIOVANNELLI--Hernandez--VINCENTE
JOSE----MAZINHO
GALARZA----------------------TEIXEIRA
Careca---VERA (2)
Fans were not that upset with us as we would concede our second goal of the year halfway through the second half. They were all excited that Vera (23) scored two more goals this game from coming back from his rest. Also Careca ( 6) scored in this game for his second straight game and looks to be finally coming out of his slump and hitting his form of last year.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
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30 goals on the year isn’t so shocking. Either is we are in first place without a loss. Again we haven’t played any of the top three teams yet (Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Atletico Madrid) but we did play Sevilla who is in fifth and beat them. The more shocking thing is that with a new goalie we only have given up 2 goals so far in nine games. Last year we would of given up around 9-11 goals. Most people were shocked to let Eduardo go, but now the fans see that the younger guy is a little bit better. Plus our midfield has finally settled in with another year under its belt (Mazinho, David, Jose) which has given Vera more chances this year.
Still Barcelona, Real Madrid and us don’t have a loss and we have played one more game than those two. Still have a easy month coming up since we don’t have to play either of them, but then in the next month and a half we play them at once and with two of them in back-to-back games. As for Champs league all first legs are compete and we are still sitting in first place. We do have to play Tottenham first so basically if we can win this game we will have sealed a spot to go to knockout stages.
Finances
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We would lose just 2.66 million this month. Still is going with a tie in Champs league and with buying the guy for just a shy over two million dollars. We still have 126 million in our balance. Some of the people in the front office said they are looking to buy some younger players to build up, but they have to be around 16 or so, so they can stay in our youth for a couple of years.
Match 6 @ Celta (8th, 3-1-1) 5-0 ‘Steamrolling though the league’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Jose----MAZINHO
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (3)
Yellow cards would not be in short demand this game as there was nine cards total with four coming on our side. Vera (16) would come alive after only scoring once in the last two games as he netted himself another hat trick of the year. Looks to be shattering his own scoring records this year. Despite the yellow cards their wouldn’t be a lack of scoring for us as we have Vera. Still Hernandez (2) would get a header on a corner kick to start off the scoring for us in the 25th minute. Teixeira ( 6) would again score as he would just sit back and watch for a Vera sighting and would crash for the rebound.
NEW SIGNING
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Even with putting all our money for player wages we still have 82 million for a transfer budget. You might think coach Ryan and the Board is pretty much out of their minds buying people since our team has won the league the last two years and we basically have our first team with the backups already filled. Well the player won’t play much, but since he is only 18 he is basically staying on our youth team and will spend the next two or so years grooming before being a sub since he does look good as an 18 year old. Plus we is a Spanish player we took from Valladolid’s Under 19 team and cost us only 2.2 million.
Match 7 @ Valladolid (10th, 2-2-2) 4-0 ‘Steal a youth player and then dominate senior team’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Jose----Mazinho
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (3)
After buying Mariano two days before this game, the window transfer is closed which is why he isn’t on the team yet, we would take on his former senior club. We would show him what he is joining and Vera (19) would be the first to score and the last player to score for our team as he ended up with his third hat trick of the year. Teixeira (7) wouldn’t let Vera have all the glory as he would score in the sixth minute of the game and just three minutes after Vera scored his first goal. Again the ref wasn’t shy to go to his pocket as he pulled out nine yellow cards. Luckily only three were issued to our team.
Champs Group G Leg 1 vs. Tottenham 2-2 ‘Fans were upset they didn’t get their moneys worth’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DUDU----Mazinho
JOSE----------------------Teixeira
GIBSON---TORRES
Coach Ryan would sit Galarza this game. Vera and Careca would also take a rest, but weren’t even dressed for the game. Fans were upset for at home during a champs league game they would play and take a break during a league game. We would get off to a rocky start as their poaching striker Da Silva would beat our defenders on a counter and would give them the opening goal. It would be the first time all year we would be losing. We would actually go down at half by that score in which Galarza (2) would make an appearance. It would spark things for our offense as in a seven minute span he would first assist Gibson (1) for the equalizer before giving us the lead. Sadly though just ten minutes later we would give up a second goal to Silva which would give us our first tie all year.
Match 8 @ Tenerife (10th, 3-1-3) 3-0 ‘Vera continues to score multiple times’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
JOSE----Mazinho
GALARZA----------------------Teixeira
CARECA---VERA (2)
Vera (21) would score his twenty goal in the first half which we would take into half time. Fans were a little worried with just the one score lead, but Vera is the first and fastest person on our team who has ever scored twenty goals in a season. Teixeira (8) is having the best start to his career with eight goals, but Vera is just playing like a god against mortals right now as he would score his second goal with just five minutes to spare in the game. Fans have already being chatting “Century! Century! Century!” every time Vera touches the ball. “I don’t think he will score 100 goals this season. One he is going to get some rest during Spanish Cup and Champs leagues to stay rested for the league so I don’t think that is possible. He would have to average at least a hat trick in the league to have a fighting chance of that. Plus you have to keep him healthy and in form.” said coach Ryan when asked about the fans chant.
Spanish Cup 5th Round Leg 1 @ Recreativo 5-1 ‘Vera happy for rest’
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Cantoro
YUSTE--DAVID--Hernandez--RUBIO
MARCOS----DUDU (2)
LUIS----------------------CASTANON
Careca---GIBSON
Only three starters would play in the first leg. “I know Careca has been getting of the year a little slow so we decided to keep him in to see if he could break this cold streak. Plus will give the fans to see the bench and other players we have other than Vera.” said coach Ryan. The other two starters were the goalie Cantoro and defender Hernandez. Careca (5) would be the first player to score in the tenth minute to finally give us the lead in the Spanish Cup since we have been horrible in this competition. Dudu (2) would score off of a free kick as he would be the taker since Galarza would resting. Hernandez (3) would get on track with a header off of the next free kick that was about 40 yards out and Dudu would just loaf it into the box for grabs as we went into half with a 3-0 lead. At half Careca and Hernandez would be subbed, and another goal for us came off of another free kick where Ojeda (1) would head one home. Last Dudu would score again for us late in the second half as he would seem to push a defender in the box for positioning for a rebound shot.
Match 9 vs. Elche (19th, 0-2-6) 3-1 ‘Elche becomes second team to score against us’
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Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--GIOVANNELLI--Hernandez--VINCENTE
JOSE----MAZINHO
GALARZA----------------------TEIXEIRA
Careca---VERA (2)
Fans were not that upset with us as we would concede our second goal of the year halfway through the second half. They were all excited that Vera (23) scored two more goals this game from coming back from his rest. Also Careca ( 6) scored in this game for his second straight game and looks to be finally coming out of his slump and hitting his form of last year.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
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30 goals on the year isn’t so shocking. Either is we are in first place without a loss. Again we haven’t played any of the top three teams yet (Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Atletico Madrid) but we did play Sevilla who is in fifth and beat them. The more shocking thing is that with a new goalie we only have given up 2 goals so far in nine games. Last year we would of given up around 9-11 goals. Most people were shocked to let Eduardo go, but now the fans see that the younger guy is a little bit better. Plus our midfield has finally settled in with another year under its belt (Mazinho, David, Jose) which has given Vera more chances this year.
Still Barcelona, Real Madrid and us don’t have a loss and we have played one more game than those two. Still have a easy month coming up since we don’t have to play either of them, but then in the next month and a half we play them at once and with two of them in back-to-back games. As for Champs league all first legs are compete and we are still sitting in first place. We do have to play Tottenham first so basically if we can win this game we will have sealed a spot to go to knockout stages.
Finances
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We would lose just 2.66 million this month. Still is going with a tie in Champs league and with buying the guy for just a shy over two million dollars. We still have 126 million in our balance. Some of the people in the front office said they are looking to buy some younger players to build up, but they have to be around 16 or so, so they can stay in our youth for a couple of years.
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U've done amazing, especially thinking back to what u said when I started a save with Alcorcon. Hope I can achieve this with my AFC Wimbledon save.
Great story mate.
Great story mate.
Thanks. If you play around 10 or so seasons you should have a team like mine. It's a lot easier to make money especially in the EPL and you will be able to have a bigger stadium than me so finances shouldn't be that hard for you to do. You know how it was to start with them, and you are doing well with AFC, so I don't think you have much to fret about.
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November 2021 REVIEW
Champs Group G Leg 2 @ Tottenham 3-1 ‘We are through to the knockout stage’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DAVID----DUDU
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Careca---OJEDA
Again against Tottenham Vera would get another rest despite that he could and probably should of played. Still it wouldn’t matter since we would do what we have done all year and dominate the opposing team. The only thing they did better than us was have more shots, but out of our ten shots seven were on target while their 13 shots with 4 on target. Galarza (2) would blast one from a free kick spot instead of bending one in which left the goalie dumbfounded. Galarza would set up the next goal on a corner kick when he hit it to the near post and Giovannelli (2) was there for the easy header. Second half sub Gibson (2) would come in and score just minute minute for being on the pitch as he just outran the defense.
Match 10 vs. Deportivo (16th, 1-4-4) 3-0 ‘Vera doesn’t score but doesn’t matter since we post another shutout’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
David----MAZINHO
JOSE----------------------Teixeira
Careca (2)---VERA
Careca (8) would pick up the slack for Vera this game as he would score the first two goals and both of them was when he was just toying with the defender with his strength. No one would come over and help since that meant that Vera would be left wide open and no one wants that. Teixeira (9) would still be in second for scoring as he would do a running slide to score off of a rebound instead of a clearance by the defender.
Spanish Cup 4th Round Leg 2 vs. Recreativo 0-0 ‘Just wake us when the next round starts’
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Cantoro
REDONDO--Giovannelli--Hernandez--MORENO
David----DUDU
LUIS----------------------CASTANON
OKEDA---GIBSON
Since we already had a four goal lead we would basically be resting our guys for the next league game and would already be looking ahead to that game. We didn’t score although we did have two really good chances, but it didn’t matter since they didn’t score at all to give us the second tie of the year which has happen only in cup games so far.
Match 11 @ Athletic (7th, 5-2-3) 2-0 ‘One of the toughest test and we pass with flying colors’
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V Recreativo
Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
David----MARCOS
GALARZA----------------------JOSE
CARECA---VERA
Vera (24) would do his best impression of Careca in this game as he would hold off the defender for ten yards before chipping one over the goalie as he came rushing out to help out his defender. We would only have three shots in the first half, but we would have the lead at half. Just seven minutes in the second half Galarza would almost score from midfield on a free kick as he would rocket a shot in. The goalie would fumble the ball and Hernandez (4) would slide in as the ball would trickle into the net.
Champs Group G Leg 2 @ Lazio 1-0 ‘Just wake us when the next round starts’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--RUBIO
DUDU----Marcos
LUIS----------------------Jose
Careca---Vera
Only three starters would get the rest in this champs league game. Vera and Careca would get the start, and luckily they did since we couldn’t manage to get the ball a lot in the final third. We had better chances on the goal, but the first half we would do little to crack their armor. Second half it would be Careca (9) who would bulldoze his way over the center back on a through ball and would blast a shot from right outside the box to score the only goal in this game.
Match 12 vs. Albacete (20th, 0-2-9) 4-0 ‘Vera gets hot again to score a hat trick at home’
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V Recreativo
Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
MAZINHO----TEIXEIRA
JOSE----------------------GALARZA
Careca---Vera (3)
Mazinho (1) would get his first goal this year on a fluke goal as his shot would deflect off of what it looked to be two people as the goalie had no chance to stop it. In stoppage time Vera (27) would score his first goal. While Albacete was trying to figure out how to get back into the game at halftime someone should of told them that we were ready when the whistle blew cause Vera would score just two minutes into the second half. His hat trick would come when he streaking at the goalie for a through ball. The goalie would come off his line and would try to clear it but it would hit off Vera as he would collect it for the easy open netter.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
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Now the only team undefeated still and we are just blazing through the league. Now just in twelve games we have only given up two goals total that game in two different games. There has been some flip flop between second through fourth, but it doesn’t matter since we have an eight point lead over now second place Real Madrid. Still we played one more game so it can actually be just five points. Still we have to play Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in back-to-back games so that will show how good our fitness and our new goalie really is.
With the win against Lazio it seals up first place for us in the group stage as the next game is meaningless for us, so fans are not going to worry if a bunch of starters get a rest. Which might happen since we do have the two tough league games right afterwards.
As for our league scoring it is pretty much low for most players as only eight players have scored and four of them just have one goal. Still Vera is the leading scorer and has scored 21 times in just 12 games and he should easily break fifty goals in the season.
Finances
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Only a loss of one million dollars this month. Rumors are swirling that we are looking to spend around 10 million or so on three youth players to build up our system when the transfer window opens, but as of now no truth behind it as the Board and Coach Ryan are hush hush.
Champs Group G Leg 2 @ Tottenham 3-1 ‘We are through to the knockout stage’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DAVID----DUDU
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Careca---OJEDA
Again against Tottenham Vera would get another rest despite that he could and probably should of played. Still it wouldn’t matter since we would do what we have done all year and dominate the opposing team. The only thing they did better than us was have more shots, but out of our ten shots seven were on target while their 13 shots with 4 on target. Galarza (2) would blast one from a free kick spot instead of bending one in which left the goalie dumbfounded. Galarza would set up the next goal on a corner kick when he hit it to the near post and Giovannelli (2) was there for the easy header. Second half sub Gibson (2) would come in and score just minute minute for being on the pitch as he just outran the defense.
Match 10 vs. Deportivo (16th, 1-4-4) 3-0 ‘Vera doesn’t score but doesn’t matter since we post another shutout’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
David----MAZINHO
JOSE----------------------Teixeira
Careca (2)---VERA
Careca (8) would pick up the slack for Vera this game as he would score the first two goals and both of them was when he was just toying with the defender with his strength. No one would come over and help since that meant that Vera would be left wide open and no one wants that. Teixeira (9) would still be in second for scoring as he would do a running slide to score off of a rebound instead of a clearance by the defender.
Spanish Cup 4th Round Leg 2 vs. Recreativo 0-0 ‘Just wake us when the next round starts’
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Cantoro
REDONDO--Giovannelli--Hernandez--MORENO
David----DUDU
LUIS----------------------CASTANON
OKEDA---GIBSON
Since we already had a four goal lead we would basically be resting our guys for the next league game and would already be looking ahead to that game. We didn’t score although we did have two really good chances, but it didn’t matter since they didn’t score at all to give us the second tie of the year which has happen only in cup games so far.
Match 11 @ Athletic (7th, 5-2-3) 2-0 ‘One of the toughest test and we pass with flying colors’
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V Recreativo
Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
David----MARCOS
GALARZA----------------------JOSE
CARECA---VERA
Vera (24) would do his best impression of Careca in this game as he would hold off the defender for ten yards before chipping one over the goalie as he came rushing out to help out his defender. We would only have three shots in the first half, but we would have the lead at half. Just seven minutes in the second half Galarza would almost score from midfield on a free kick as he would rocket a shot in. The goalie would fumble the ball and Hernandez (4) would slide in as the ball would trickle into the net.
Champs Group G Leg 2 @ Lazio 1-0 ‘Just wake us when the next round starts’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--RUBIO
DUDU----Marcos
LUIS----------------------Jose
Careca---Vera
Only three starters would get the rest in this champs league game. Vera and Careca would get the start, and luckily they did since we couldn’t manage to get the ball a lot in the final third. We had better chances on the goal, but the first half we would do little to crack their armor. Second half it would be Careca (9) who would bulldoze his way over the center back on a through ball and would blast a shot from right outside the box to score the only goal in this game.
Match 12 vs. Albacete (20th, 0-2-9) 4-0 ‘Vera gets hot again to score a hat trick at home’
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V Recreativo
Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
MAZINHO----TEIXEIRA
JOSE----------------------GALARZA
Careca---Vera (3)
Mazinho (1) would get his first goal this year on a fluke goal as his shot would deflect off of what it looked to be two people as the goalie had no chance to stop it. In stoppage time Vera (27) would score his first goal. While Albacete was trying to figure out how to get back into the game at halftime someone should of told them that we were ready when the whistle blew cause Vera would score just two minutes into the second half. His hat trick would come when he streaking at the goalie for a through ball. The goalie would come off his line and would try to clear it but it would hit off Vera as he would collect it for the easy open netter.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
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Now the only team undefeated still and we are just blazing through the league. Now just in twelve games we have only given up two goals total that game in two different games. There has been some flip flop between second through fourth, but it doesn’t matter since we have an eight point lead over now second place Real Madrid. Still we played one more game so it can actually be just five points. Still we have to play Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in back-to-back games so that will show how good our fitness and our new goalie really is.
With the win against Lazio it seals up first place for us in the group stage as the next game is meaningless for us, so fans are not going to worry if a bunch of starters get a rest. Which might happen since we do have the two tough league games right afterwards.
As for our league scoring it is pretty much low for most players as only eight players have scored and four of them just have one goal. Still Vera is the leading scorer and has scored 21 times in just 12 games and he should easily break fifty goals in the season.
Finances
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Only a loss of one million dollars this month. Rumors are swirling that we are looking to spend around 10 million or so on three youth players to build up our system when the transfer window opens, but as of now no truth behind it as the Board and Coach Ryan are hush hush.
December 2021 REVIEW
Match 13 @ Getafe (15th, 1-5-6) 3-0 ‘Just wake us when the next round starts’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
MAZINHO----TEIXEIRA
JOSE----------------------GALARZA
Careca---Vera (2)
Getting back to the starting lineup we have at the starting of the year and while it was still on the road some of our fans were a little upset we didn’t score more as we totally controlled the game and pace as we had possession for 63 percent of the game. All three of our goals would come in the first half as Vera (29) would score twice and Hernandez (5) would get his first goal on the year from a corner kick. “I don’t know what fans wants. We won and shut out the team, and yet they want us to take more shots, score more, or whatever it is. We won 3-0 which is our average for the year. We play our game if we score more that’s fine, but we just are playing our type of ball.”
TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING
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I know most people think this is crazy especially since we won the league a couple of times, but our six games without a goal is now a new record. While it is good we would like the runt to continue, at least to double figures.
Champs Group G Leg 2 vs. Ajax 2-0 ‘We let Careca and Vera play a half, but wasn’t needed’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--RUBIO
DUDU----MARCOS
LUIS----------------------CANTANON
Careca---Vera
Vera (30) would crack the thirty goal mark on the year and doesn’t look to be slowing down which is good since Barcelona is next. Still at halftime we would make three substitutions to give some starters a rest with Sepulveda being the other person to rest. Ojeda (2) would come in for Vera and would score a goal just nine minutes in the second half as we would force our will on Ajax. “They only had two shots and its good cause in the last couple of years if a team had five shots or less they always seemed to score at least one goal. So its nice to see we actually didn’t have a mental lapses this time around.”
Match 14 vs. Barcelona (2nd, 10-2-1) 3-1 ‘Fans push us for the win’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
MAZINHO----JOSE
GALARZA----------------------TEIXEIRA
Careca---Vera (2)
“I am proud of the team. I am not worried we gave up a goal against the number two team in the league. One that that is true is that Vera should win about every award this year for how he has played. I don’t care if he doesn’t play another game in the league he should win it.” said coach Ryan after he saw Vera (32) dominate Barcelona’s defense as he scored twice. They would tie the game up at one in the twenty-fifth minute in which the home fans were starting to get worried against a top four team. It looked as if that would be the score going into half, but right before the halftime whistle we would get a confidence spike from Careca (10) as he would bump us back in the lead. While we have played fourteen league games it will be the second person all year to score ten goals for us. In the second half the insurance goal by Vera would basically seal the three points and break their spirits.
Match 15 @ Atletico Madrid (4th, 9-4-1) 2-0 ‘We are starting to flex our muscles’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
MAZINHO----JOSE
GALARZA----------------------TEIXEIRA
Careca---Vera (2)
Most of our fans were worried about this game. This is our toughest road game of the year especially after most of the starters played 90 minutes last game against Barcelona we though we wouldn’t fully be up for the challenge. That might have been right, but Vera (34) is our shining star as he would lead our team to victory with two goals, and Cantoro would post a shutout away. “Most shocking was we basically played this game like a home game. We controlled the possession and although they had more shots none of them were really threatening while we would just lay patiently for our time to strike, and boy oh boy did Vera strike.”
LEAGUE STANDINGS
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We have lost some of the points in our lead since we are now done to just a five point lead over Real Madrid while everyone else behind us at least lost one game, and Barcelona and Atletico Madrid’s loss was to us. Still we have flip flopped with everyone as they have played one more game than us so if we do win our next game we still have our commanding eight point lead. Luckily we had a couple days rest from our last game against Atletico Madrid to the new game this month. Shockingly though we are not the top goalscorers in the league, and you would think so with Vera’s blistering rate, but we only have 47 as we now trail Barcelona’s 53 and Real Madrid’s 50. Still though everyone has conceded at least ten goals except for us where we only allowed 3 in.
As for the group stage of the Champs league you can tell we are back on track in sealing up first and easily beat everyone other than the one tie. Still going undefeated in Champs is a very good feeling especially since the next round we have to play another EPL team and had our looks at one in the group stage.
Finances
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With our TV Revenue it shows that we can have our salaries already up around one million without losing four million a month. Exciting news since its now just half a year away from our stadium being complete. Also we will be losing more money next month since Chelsea , who we have to play in the Knockout Stage, is worried about us so they are trying to buy Galarza from us since his contract is almost up. So we made him an offer to see if he will stay with us and rumor is it will be around 3 million with bonuses.
Match 13 @ Getafe (15th, 1-5-6) 3-0 ‘Just wake us when the next round starts’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
MAZINHO----TEIXEIRA
JOSE----------------------GALARZA
Careca---Vera (2)
Getting back to the starting lineup we have at the starting of the year and while it was still on the road some of our fans were a little upset we didn’t score more as we totally controlled the game and pace as we had possession for 63 percent of the game. All three of our goals would come in the first half as Vera (29) would score twice and Hernandez (5) would get his first goal on the year from a corner kick. “I don’t know what fans wants. We won and shut out the team, and yet they want us to take more shots, score more, or whatever it is. We won 3-0 which is our average for the year. We play our game if we score more that’s fine, but we just are playing our type of ball.”
TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING
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I know most people think this is crazy especially since we won the league a couple of times, but our six games without a goal is now a new record. While it is good we would like the runt to continue, at least to double figures.
Champs Group G Leg 2 vs. Ajax 2-0 ‘We let Careca and Vera play a half, but wasn’t needed’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--RUBIO
DUDU----MARCOS
LUIS----------------------CANTANON
Careca---Vera
Vera (30) would crack the thirty goal mark on the year and doesn’t look to be slowing down which is good since Barcelona is next. Still at halftime we would make three substitutions to give some starters a rest with Sepulveda being the other person to rest. Ojeda (2) would come in for Vera and would score a goal just nine minutes in the second half as we would force our will on Ajax. “They only had two shots and its good cause in the last couple of years if a team had five shots or less they always seemed to score at least one goal. So its nice to see we actually didn’t have a mental lapses this time around.”
Match 14 vs. Barcelona (2nd, 10-2-1) 3-1 ‘Fans push us for the win’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
MAZINHO----JOSE
GALARZA----------------------TEIXEIRA
Careca---Vera (2)
“I am proud of the team. I am not worried we gave up a goal against the number two team in the league. One that that is true is that Vera should win about every award this year for how he has played. I don’t care if he doesn’t play another game in the league he should win it.” said coach Ryan after he saw Vera (32) dominate Barcelona’s defense as he scored twice. They would tie the game up at one in the twenty-fifth minute in which the home fans were starting to get worried against a top four team. It looked as if that would be the score going into half, but right before the halftime whistle we would get a confidence spike from Careca (10) as he would bump us back in the lead. While we have played fourteen league games it will be the second person all year to score ten goals for us. In the second half the insurance goal by Vera would basically seal the three points and break their spirits.
Match 15 @ Atletico Madrid (4th, 9-4-1) 2-0 ‘We are starting to flex our muscles’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
MAZINHO----JOSE
GALARZA----------------------TEIXEIRA
Careca---Vera (2)
Most of our fans were worried about this game. This is our toughest road game of the year especially after most of the starters played 90 minutes last game against Barcelona we though we wouldn’t fully be up for the challenge. That might have been right, but Vera (34) is our shining star as he would lead our team to victory with two goals, and Cantoro would post a shutout away. “Most shocking was we basically played this game like a home game. We controlled the possession and although they had more shots none of them were really threatening while we would just lay patiently for our time to strike, and boy oh boy did Vera strike.”
LEAGUE STANDINGS
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We have lost some of the points in our lead since we are now done to just a five point lead over Real Madrid while everyone else behind us at least lost one game, and Barcelona and Atletico Madrid’s loss was to us. Still we have flip flopped with everyone as they have played one more game than us so if we do win our next game we still have our commanding eight point lead. Luckily we had a couple days rest from our last game against Atletico Madrid to the new game this month. Shockingly though we are not the top goalscorers in the league, and you would think so with Vera’s blistering rate, but we only have 47 as we now trail Barcelona’s 53 and Real Madrid’s 50. Still though everyone has conceded at least ten goals except for us where we only allowed 3 in.
As for the group stage of the Champs league you can tell we are back on track in sealing up first and easily beat everyone other than the one tie. Still going undefeated in Champs is a very good feeling especially since the next round we have to play another EPL team and had our looks at one in the group stage.
Finances
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With our TV Revenue it shows that we can have our salaries already up around one million without losing four million a month. Exciting news since its now just half a year away from our stadium being complete. Also we will be losing more money next month since Chelsea , who we have to play in the Knockout Stage, is worried about us so they are trying to buy Galarza from us since his contract is almost up. So we made him an offer to see if he will stay with us and rumor is it will be around 3 million with bonuses.
January 2022 REVIEW
Match 16 @ Villarreal (9th, 7-2-6) 2-0 ‘We have a mental letdown, but still manage to shut them out'
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Mazinho----Jose
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Careca---Vera
Most of our fans were worried about this game. This is our toughest road game of the year especially after most of the starters played 90 minutes last game against Barcelona we though we wouldn’t fully be up for the challenge. That might have been right, but Vera (34) and Careca (11), and Cantoro would post a shutout away. “Most shocking was we basically played this game like a home game. We controlled the possession and although they had more shots none of them were really threatening while we would just lay patiently for our time to strike, and boy oh boy did Vera strike.”
Spanish Cup 5th Round @ Athletic 1-0 ‘Bench comes through huge for us’
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Cantoro
YUSTE--Giovannelli--Hernandez--RUBIO
DUDU----MARIANO
FRANCISCO----------------------CASTANON
OJEDA---TORRES
8 starters get a rest, and the new signing skips our under 18 club, and gets the nod for the starting job in his first available game. Don’t worry he isn’t a starter, just most of our midfield is tired so might as well play him. First half would be scoreless although it was ugly for us as they out shot us 13-3 in the first half. We would only get four shots in the second half with only one on target. That one shot on target would go in and we score to give us the lead on the away series.
Match 17 vs. Racing (17th, 2-6-8) 4-0 ‘Cantoro continues to shut out opponents’
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Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
JOSE----MAZINHO
GALARZA----------------------TEIXEIRA
CERECA---VERA (3)
Playing against a struggling team trying to stay in the La Liga isn’t the best scenario for them to be playing us. Vera (37) would managed to get a hat trick all in the first half of this game with his third coming in stoppage time. Galarza would get a rest at half since he is been our workhouse of late so when we had a free kick it would be Careca (12) who has the strongest leg in the world. He would prove that point as he wouldn’t try to bend it over the wall, but would blast it at the last guy who would get out of the way and the goalie would get there in time, but couldn’t handle the force as he managed to get a hand on it.
Spanish Cup 5th Round vs. Athletic 0-0 ‘Is the coach worried the past will catch up to him?’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Jose----Mazinho
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera
Coach Ryan would start his regulars in this game at home. After the huge performance against a struggling team they would have a let down in this game. They would out shoot their opponents, but nothing would go in for us. All they needed was a goal to send it to extra time, but Cantoro would shut down anything that came his way like he has done all year. We manage to survive on Torres away goal as this game ends in a bore.
Match 18 vs. Real Madrid (2nd, 14-1-2) 2-0 ‘We might not be the scoring champs, but we will be league champs!’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
MARIANO----Mazinho
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera
Vera (39) would score in the fourteen minute to get our fans to let their nervous energy out. We are at home, and in the last 36 games total we have been undefeated. This game would be no different with that score. Again our defense would stop them, and they had the best chances against us (9 on target of just 13 shots), but the back breaker for Real Madrid was when they picked up a straight red card just five minutes after Vera’s score. That took the offense and especially their quick strike away and had to settle for counters. In the second half Careca (13) would add just one more to show that not even the second place team can un-throne us at home.
Spanish Cup Quarter Final Leg 1 vs. Celta 2-0 ‘Wait, we don’t play the second leg at home?’
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Cantoro
MARCOS--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DUDU----Mazinho
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera
Usually we get to play the second leg at home, but for the quarter finals we are playing the first leg at home. Still it wouldn’t matter especially when we play Celta who is in 8th place. Sepulveda would pick up an injury in training which meant Marcos started at his position and Jose got a rest since he was fatigue. Still our starters would come through as Galarza (4) would do a low bending shot around the wall on a free kick from twenty-five yards out. It looked to be easily grabbed by the goalie as he dove, but took a bigger bounce than expected and went over the diving goalie for the opening goal. Still Vera (40) would continue his hot scoring on the year as he breaks the forty goal mark which he has down in four of the past five years. Last year he didn’t due to all of his injuries.
Match 18 @ Sporting (7th, 8-7-4) 3-0 ‘Eduardo had many great memories with us, this wasn’t one of them’
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Cantoro
YUSTE--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Dudu----JOSE
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (2)
It would be the first time since we went up against our former keeper Eduardo who has been on the our team for ages it seems, before finally being sold last off-season. It seems to worked for both clubs as now Sporting is in the top ten in the league, and we all know how Cantoro is doing. Vera (42) wouldn’t take any mercy on his last goalie as again would score two goals this game as he continues his rise and trying to hit the fifty mark. Careca (14) would get in on the action too as we post another shutout as it now is 785 minutes for Cantoro since giving up a goal.
Spanish Cup Quarter Final Leg 2 @ Celta 3-1 ‘Shutout is over’
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Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--Giovannelli--Hernandez--YUSTE
JOSE----MANIZHO
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera
While everyone was sad to see the shutout go the really depressing news is that we lost Mazinho for what looks to be the rest of the year. We still have able bodies in the midfield, but he was turning out to be a very good player for us. They would score first in the second minute to give us a worry, but it turned out to be the only goal they would score. We already had a one goal lead from the home series so it was already over, but we decided to score a couple of times to show our dominance to the league as Careca (15) and that we are not custom anymore to taking the loss. We would have been fine with a tie, but Galarza wouldn’t be as he would get the next two assists from free kicks. Both were in the second half and only one was to a defender, Hernandez ( 6), with the other going to another midfielder Teixeira (10). He would be only the third person with double digit goals when we usually have around five or six.
Match 18 @ Osasuna (14th, 5-4-10) 5-2 ‘Defense is cracking, but we still managed to win’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
Jose----MARIANO
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (4)
In the first 41 minutes of the game we were already losing by one and we picked up a double yellow by Mariano so we were a man short. Things weren’t looking good for us. In the next five minutes there were three goals, two by us, and we would head into half tied. Vera (46) would score both first half goals as he would will us into half tied. Second half he would take over and score two more goals to give him four goals on the day and for the first time all year he scored four in one game. Right before stoppage time they would pick up a straight red in tackling Vera in the box so he wouldn’t get his fifth. That would just set up Galarza (5) as he would calmly place it in the lower left corner for the score. It would be the first time all year that we would give up two goals in one game as well.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
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Everyone now has played the exact games for the first time all year. Right now we still perfect as we are just two game over the halfway mark. (On a personal note it seems so much longer to me I feel like I should be going into the final month or so). Well it looks as if we should be having the best defense in the league and give up the most goals since we are still in single digits with 5 and the closest team to us is Barcelona who has 16. Trying to take over the scoring lead and are just two away from Barcelona right now.
Vera has scored 38 goals and looks to break his scoring record from the 2020 year of scoring 43 league goals and 56 total goals. One of his records would already fall for the most man of the match awards. Record was 13 and he already has 14 this year.
Finances
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So out of the six players up for a contract renewal, Vera and Careca we already resigned within the first two months, we would sign three more this month in Galarza, Giovannelli, and Teixeira who were all offered contracts by a couple of teams. Plus we would send Ojeda, Marcos, and Gibson all on a season loan to Zenit as well to give them more playing time. With the signing of the guys it bump our losses to just over 10 million and are getting close to dropping under 100 million in the balance (around 113M right now).
Match 16 @ Villarreal (9th, 7-2-6) 2-0 ‘We have a mental letdown, but still manage to shut them out'
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Mazinho----Jose
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Careca---Vera
Most of our fans were worried about this game. This is our toughest road game of the year especially after most of the starters played 90 minutes last game against Barcelona we though we wouldn’t fully be up for the challenge. That might have been right, but Vera (34) and Careca (11), and Cantoro would post a shutout away. “Most shocking was we basically played this game like a home game. We controlled the possession and although they had more shots none of them were really threatening while we would just lay patiently for our time to strike, and boy oh boy did Vera strike.”
Spanish Cup 5th Round @ Athletic 1-0 ‘Bench comes through huge for us’
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Cantoro
YUSTE--Giovannelli--Hernandez--RUBIO
DUDU----MARIANO
FRANCISCO----------------------CASTANON
OJEDA---TORRES
8 starters get a rest, and the new signing skips our under 18 club, and gets the nod for the starting job in his first available game. Don’t worry he isn’t a starter, just most of our midfield is tired so might as well play him. First half would be scoreless although it was ugly for us as they out shot us 13-3 in the first half. We would only get four shots in the second half with only one on target. That one shot on target would go in and we score to give us the lead on the away series.
Match 17 vs. Racing (17th, 2-6-8) 4-0 ‘Cantoro continues to shut out opponents’
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Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
JOSE----MAZINHO
GALARZA----------------------TEIXEIRA
CERECA---VERA (3)
Playing against a struggling team trying to stay in the La Liga isn’t the best scenario for them to be playing us. Vera (37) would managed to get a hat trick all in the first half of this game with his third coming in stoppage time. Galarza would get a rest at half since he is been our workhouse of late so when we had a free kick it would be Careca (12) who has the strongest leg in the world. He would prove that point as he wouldn’t try to bend it over the wall, but would blast it at the last guy who would get out of the way and the goalie would get there in time, but couldn’t handle the force as he managed to get a hand on it.
Spanish Cup 5th Round vs. Athletic 0-0 ‘Is the coach worried the past will catch up to him?’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Jose----Mazinho
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera
Coach Ryan would start his regulars in this game at home. After the huge performance against a struggling team they would have a let down in this game. They would out shoot their opponents, but nothing would go in for us. All they needed was a goal to send it to extra time, but Cantoro would shut down anything that came his way like he has done all year. We manage to survive on Torres away goal as this game ends in a bore.
Match 18 vs. Real Madrid (2nd, 14-1-2) 2-0 ‘We might not be the scoring champs, but we will be league champs!’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
MARIANO----Mazinho
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera
Vera (39) would score in the fourteen minute to get our fans to let their nervous energy out. We are at home, and in the last 36 games total we have been undefeated. This game would be no different with that score. Again our defense would stop them, and they had the best chances against us (9 on target of just 13 shots), but the back breaker for Real Madrid was when they picked up a straight red card just five minutes after Vera’s score. That took the offense and especially their quick strike away and had to settle for counters. In the second half Careca (13) would add just one more to show that not even the second place team can un-throne us at home.
Spanish Cup Quarter Final Leg 1 vs. Celta 2-0 ‘Wait, we don’t play the second leg at home?’
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Cantoro
MARCOS--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DUDU----Mazinho
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera
Usually we get to play the second leg at home, but for the quarter finals we are playing the first leg at home. Still it wouldn’t matter especially when we play Celta who is in 8th place. Sepulveda would pick up an injury in training which meant Marcos started at his position and Jose got a rest since he was fatigue. Still our starters would come through as Galarza (4) would do a low bending shot around the wall on a free kick from twenty-five yards out. It looked to be easily grabbed by the goalie as he dove, but took a bigger bounce than expected and went over the diving goalie for the opening goal. Still Vera (40) would continue his hot scoring on the year as he breaks the forty goal mark which he has down in four of the past five years. Last year he didn’t due to all of his injuries.
Match 18 @ Sporting (7th, 8-7-4) 3-0 ‘Eduardo had many great memories with us, this wasn’t one of them’
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Cantoro
YUSTE--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Dudu----JOSE
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (2)
It would be the first time since we went up against our former keeper Eduardo who has been on the our team for ages it seems, before finally being sold last off-season. It seems to worked for both clubs as now Sporting is in the top ten in the league, and we all know how Cantoro is doing. Vera (42) wouldn’t take any mercy on his last goalie as again would score two goals this game as he continues his rise and trying to hit the fifty mark. Careca (14) would get in on the action too as we post another shutout as it now is 785 minutes for Cantoro since giving up a goal.
Spanish Cup Quarter Final Leg 2 @ Celta 3-1 ‘Shutout is over’
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Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--Giovannelli--Hernandez--YUSTE
JOSE----MANIZHO
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera
While everyone was sad to see the shutout go the really depressing news is that we lost Mazinho for what looks to be the rest of the year. We still have able bodies in the midfield, but he was turning out to be a very good player for us. They would score first in the second minute to give us a worry, but it turned out to be the only goal they would score. We already had a one goal lead from the home series so it was already over, but we decided to score a couple of times to show our dominance to the league as Careca (15) and that we are not custom anymore to taking the loss. We would have been fine with a tie, but Galarza wouldn’t be as he would get the next two assists from free kicks. Both were in the second half and only one was to a defender, Hernandez ( 6), with the other going to another midfielder Teixeira (10). He would be only the third person with double digit goals when we usually have around five or six.
Match 18 @ Osasuna (14th, 5-4-10) 5-2 ‘Defense is cracking, but we still managed to win’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
Jose----MARIANO
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (4)
In the first 41 minutes of the game we were already losing by one and we picked up a double yellow by Mariano so we were a man short. Things weren’t looking good for us. In the next five minutes there were three goals, two by us, and we would head into half tied. Vera (46) would score both first half goals as he would will us into half tied. Second half he would take over and score two more goals to give him four goals on the day and for the first time all year he scored four in one game. Right before stoppage time they would pick up a straight red in tackling Vera in the box so he wouldn’t get his fifth. That would just set up Galarza (5) as he would calmly place it in the lower left corner for the score. It would be the first time all year that we would give up two goals in one game as well.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
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Everyone now has played the exact games for the first time all year. Right now we still perfect as we are just two game over the halfway mark. (On a personal note it seems so much longer to me I feel like I should be going into the final month or so). Well it looks as if we should be having the best defense in the league and give up the most goals since we are still in single digits with 5 and the closest team to us is Barcelona who has 16. Trying to take over the scoring lead and are just two away from Barcelona right now.
Vera has scored 38 goals and looks to break his scoring record from the 2020 year of scoring 43 league goals and 56 total goals. One of his records would already fall for the most man of the match awards. Record was 13 and he already has 14 this year.
Finances
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So out of the six players up for a contract renewal, Vera and Careca we already resigned within the first two months, we would sign three more this month in Galarza, Giovannelli, and Teixeira who were all offered contracts by a couple of teams. Plus we would send Ojeda, Marcos, and Gibson all on a season loan to Zenit as well to give them more playing time. With the signing of the guys it bump our losses to just over 10 million and are getting close to dropping under 100 million in the balance (around 113M right now).
February 2022 REVIEW
Spanish Cup Semi Final Leg 1 vs. Getafe 2-0 ‘One step in the door to the finals’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DUDU----Mariano
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera
Things would tumble fast and hard for Getafe in this game. First was an own goal as Vera would slide for a loose ball and then Burdisse would slide to stop it but wouldn’t get a clean hit on it as it trickled into the net. Seven minutes later Vera (47) would score to get his goal today, and with that will give us a two goal lead like the quarter final. Problem is we lost Mariano to an injury so our midfield is really taking a hit now and we are having some fitness problems with all these games coming at us.
Match 21 vs. Valencia (10th, 7-5-8) 4-1 ‘The mystery might be finally unraveled’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Dudu----JOSE
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (3)
For the first time all year we have given up goals in back-to-back league games. Still our fans don’t care cause while opposing teams have figured out how crack our defense and score they still aren’t coming close to winning cause they haven’t figured out how to shut down Vera. Again Vera (50) would opening up the scoring as Hernandez would just kick it as far as he could as he would run to it and would out muscle the goalie for the score. Galarza ( 6) would score before Vera would take over as he would start taking free kicks and bending them around the wall for the score. Vera would pick up his hat trick as he would score one in stoppage time in the first half and then the third ten minutes into the second half and makes it just the second time he has scored fifty goals in a season.
Spanish Cup Semi Final Leg 2 @ Getafe 1-0 ‘Second time under coach Ryan we make to the finals’
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Cantoro
YUSTE--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Dudu----Jose
LUIS----------------------CASTANON
Cereca---Vera
Careca and Vera would start, but would play horrible so they would be subbed at half in a nil-nil game. We would already have three other starters resting at the beginning of the game so for our attacking players it was all bench people in the second half. Fans were worries since we were on the road, but they couldn’t score so the two goal lead we had in the first leg gives us the victory. We would be the only one who would score as Jose (2) would score off of a penalty shot.
Match 22 @ Sevilla (5th, 13-5-3) 1-0 ‘Luck and the ref helps us continue our winning streak’
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Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--Giovannelli--Hernandez--YUSTE
JOSE----DAVID
GALARZA----------------------TEIXEIRA
Cereca---Vera
Sanogo would get his revenge on his old team although he knew that the team needed money so it was okay that he left especially to a top five club in Spain. Still both goals he would score would be called offsides. The first one he was easily offside but the second one seemed like he was on, but the ref would wave it off. With that the game would stay even until Vera (51) would finally crack the scoreless game with him deking the keeper and then rounding him for the goal. That would be all we need in this game as we inch out the victory.
Champs Knockout Leg 1 @ Chelsea 0-1 ‘First loss all year’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
Jose----DUDU
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera
“We are tired. Plus we usually don’t do that good on road games in the champs league. Although this is one of the hardest if not the toughest opponent we have face in the knockout stage. Still a loss by one goal is great news for us, since we have at least scored a goal in all of our home games when they count. I am not worried especially the team will be looking forward to it since they knocked us out of the Champs league last year in the Semi Finals. Still the whole Spanish Cup and some injuries has slowed us down, but don’t count us out.”
Match 23 vs. Espanyol (15th, 6-4-12) 5-2 ‘Records are meant to be broken’
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Cantoro
YUSTE--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Jose----DAVID
Galarza----------------------Teixeira (2)
Cereca---Vera (3)
In the 56th minute we would receive a PK shot which was just giving us another goal since we already was winning 4-1 at that time. The question was who was going to score it for their hat trick. Teixeira (12) would be the first and fourth goal scorer in this one while Vera (54) already broke his scoring record for league goals with 44 this year. Everyone wanted Teixeira to take it, but he knew that Vera is money when it comes to getting his hat trick so he allowed Vera to step up and he calmly hit it for his hat trick. They would manage to score two goals in this game as teams have definitely found the way to score against us. We picked up another injury to our midfield as David will miss around two weeks.
Match 24 vs. Celta (10th, 8-7-8) 4-0 ‘Vera does better than a hat trick’
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Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DUDU----MARIANO
Galarza----------------------JOSE
TEIXEIRA---Vera (4)
In the last two games Vera (58) has been hotter than he has all year. He would score seven goals during that span with four goals this game. Teixeira and Galarza had their chances for the first two goals, but they would be blocked but the rebounds would be put back by Vera. The next two came by sheer will power as he is getting close to sixty goal mark. He hit a slump a little bit ago, but seems to be pedal to the medal now to make up for being injured most of last year.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
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Longest we ever been with the perfect season. Still the only team with single digits in goals allowed, but we are getting close to that number since we are at 8 right now. We inch closer for the league leader in goal scoring which is strange cause we are on pace still to break 100 and we were the only team to do that last year. We currently have a 12 point lead, and it looks as if we shall easily win the league since its we know that we won’t go perfect. We still have to play the top three teams with two still away meetings. Also we are still in Champs league and Spanish Cup so fitness will be a problem upcoming.
Finances
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Last month that we are going to lose money. Or well at least next month we will win some, and it will be a welcome sign since we have been losing it. Also now just less than six months away from the new stadium opening as well.
Spanish Cup Semi Final Leg 1 vs. Getafe 2-0 ‘One step in the door to the finals’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DUDU----Mariano
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera
Things would tumble fast and hard for Getafe in this game. First was an own goal as Vera would slide for a loose ball and then Burdisse would slide to stop it but wouldn’t get a clean hit on it as it trickled into the net. Seven minutes later Vera (47) would score to get his goal today, and with that will give us a two goal lead like the quarter final. Problem is we lost Mariano to an injury so our midfield is really taking a hit now and we are having some fitness problems with all these games coming at us.
Match 21 vs. Valencia (10th, 7-5-8) 4-1 ‘The mystery might be finally unraveled’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Dudu----JOSE
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (3)
For the first time all year we have given up goals in back-to-back league games. Still our fans don’t care cause while opposing teams have figured out how crack our defense and score they still aren’t coming close to winning cause they haven’t figured out how to shut down Vera. Again Vera (50) would opening up the scoring as Hernandez would just kick it as far as he could as he would run to it and would out muscle the goalie for the score. Galarza ( 6) would score before Vera would take over as he would start taking free kicks and bending them around the wall for the score. Vera would pick up his hat trick as he would score one in stoppage time in the first half and then the third ten minutes into the second half and makes it just the second time he has scored fifty goals in a season.
Spanish Cup Semi Final Leg 2 @ Getafe 1-0 ‘Second time under coach Ryan we make to the finals’
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Cantoro
YUSTE--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Dudu----Jose
LUIS----------------------CASTANON
Cereca---Vera
Careca and Vera would start, but would play horrible so they would be subbed at half in a nil-nil game. We would already have three other starters resting at the beginning of the game so for our attacking players it was all bench people in the second half. Fans were worries since we were on the road, but they couldn’t score so the two goal lead we had in the first leg gives us the victory. We would be the only one who would score as Jose (2) would score off of a penalty shot.
Match 22 @ Sevilla (5th, 13-5-3) 1-0 ‘Luck and the ref helps us continue our winning streak’
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Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--Giovannelli--Hernandez--YUSTE
JOSE----DAVID
GALARZA----------------------TEIXEIRA
Cereca---Vera
Sanogo would get his revenge on his old team although he knew that the team needed money so it was okay that he left especially to a top five club in Spain. Still both goals he would score would be called offsides. The first one he was easily offside but the second one seemed like he was on, but the ref would wave it off. With that the game would stay even until Vera (51) would finally crack the scoreless game with him deking the keeper and then rounding him for the goal. That would be all we need in this game as we inch out the victory.
Champs Knockout Leg 1 @ Chelsea 0-1 ‘First loss all year’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
Jose----DUDU
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera
“We are tired. Plus we usually don’t do that good on road games in the champs league. Although this is one of the hardest if not the toughest opponent we have face in the knockout stage. Still a loss by one goal is great news for us, since we have at least scored a goal in all of our home games when they count. I am not worried especially the team will be looking forward to it since they knocked us out of the Champs league last year in the Semi Finals. Still the whole Spanish Cup and some injuries has slowed us down, but don’t count us out.”
Match 23 vs. Espanyol (15th, 6-4-12) 5-2 ‘Records are meant to be broken’
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Cantoro
YUSTE--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Jose----DAVID
Galarza----------------------Teixeira (2)
Cereca---Vera (3)
In the 56th minute we would receive a PK shot which was just giving us another goal since we already was winning 4-1 at that time. The question was who was going to score it for their hat trick. Teixeira (12) would be the first and fourth goal scorer in this one while Vera (54) already broke his scoring record for league goals with 44 this year. Everyone wanted Teixeira to take it, but he knew that Vera is money when it comes to getting his hat trick so he allowed Vera to step up and he calmly hit it for his hat trick. They would manage to score two goals in this game as teams have definitely found the way to score against us. We picked up another injury to our midfield as David will miss around two weeks.
Match 24 vs. Celta (10th, 8-7-8) 4-0 ‘Vera does better than a hat trick’
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Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DUDU----MARIANO
Galarza----------------------JOSE
TEIXEIRA---Vera (4)
In the last two games Vera (58) has been hotter than he has all year. He would score seven goals during that span with four goals this game. Teixeira and Galarza had their chances for the first two goals, but they would be blocked but the rebounds would be put back by Vera. The next two came by sheer will power as he is getting close to sixty goal mark. He hit a slump a little bit ago, but seems to be pedal to the medal now to make up for being injured most of last year.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
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Longest we ever been with the perfect season. Still the only team with single digits in goals allowed, but we are getting close to that number since we are at 8 right now. We inch closer for the league leader in goal scoring which is strange cause we are on pace still to break 100 and we were the only team to do that last year. We currently have a 12 point lead, and it looks as if we shall easily win the league since its we know that we won’t go perfect. We still have to play the top three teams with two still away meetings. Also we are still in Champs league and Spanish Cup so fitness will be a problem upcoming.
Finances
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Last month that we are going to lose money. Or well at least next month we will win some, and it will be a welcome sign since we have been losing it. Also now just less than six months away from the new stadium opening as well.
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This is brilliant mate, u must have loads of patience to have kept this save going. Well done. Look forward to more and if the new stadium helps.
Thanks streaky. Since I am normally a lower manager anyways, the biggest team I played with this year is Newcastle (which will be hard to overthrown for best coach ever since my coach their is first on the list and i played around 18 seasons with Newcastle and won everything for like 8 straight years). I hope the stadium helps. I am just curious if I can buy a bigger one at some point or be able to build another one cause I would like one that rivals Barcelona at some point.
This is the best story ever....
How do you have time to play so long?
Thanks iGary. I am glad you like it. I personally don't think its the best, but glad people like it and are reading it. SPOILER: Will say this is probably one of the best seasons I ever had in a game, or at least one player. Like I said to Streaky and someone else I usually start out as a lower manager so for me to get good it takes around 10 years to do so. Plus I like to build up my facilities (my scouting network is terrible) and usually play until I get my team to be the richest team in the world. So usually means forever it will take especially in Spain. In England its too easy to make a ton of money so this is a challenge for me and that is why I keep going with this save. That and am exciting about at the end of the season I get a new stadium!
March 2022 REVIEW
Match 25 @ Almeria (14th, 7-6-11) 5-0 ‘Scoring title now ours once again’
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Cantoro
Seupulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DUDU----MARIANO
Galarza----------------------JOSE
Cereca---Vera (2)
Starting to play the easier teams so that means hopefully our scoring will go up and we can reclaim the scoring title at the end of the year. Five goals this game now pushes us one ahead of Barcelona for the top spot with just thirteen games left to go. Vera (60) would hit the sixty mark for the first player ever under coach Ryan to do so as he scored both goals from thirty yards out. Careca (16) would give us a quick goal in the first two minutes as he would just muscle two defenders off the ball as he took it inside the box before blasting a shot. Galarza (7) wouldn’t go finesse on a free kick and would try his best impression of Careca strength as he would blast one in. He would also end the game with an assist as he would blast another one from forty yards out to the six yard line where Hernandez would out jump the keeper and defender to score.
Champs Knockout Leg 2 vs. Chelsea 4-1 ‘All I want is Vera’
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Cantoro
Seupulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DUDU----MARIANO
Galarza----------------------TEIXEIRA
CARECA---Vera (4)
Chelsea would be feeling good at the beginning of this game. Jose would trip a defender in the box to give them a chance to go up 2-nil on us. Eden Hazard would step up and calmly make it to make our fans worried that it would be the second straight year we would get knocked out by them. Just eleven minutes later the tide would turn as Vera (64) would put his team on his back and would prove without a shadow of doubt that he is the best player in the world this year. At halftime we would already have a hat trick and would give us the lead 3-2 in the series. Second half it was about maintaining the lead as we would drop back defensively and would only try to counter striker. Only one goal would be scored in the second half and that would come at the head of Vera for his fourth goal and second straight game with four goals as he would head one home from a shot by Cereca that would beat goalie, but would bounce back into play off of the crossbar. At the end of the game Chelsea’s boss Delio Rossi stated, “Vera is a very great player and has been for years. I wouldn’t mind having a player like him on my team.”
Match 26 @ Elche (19th, 2-6-17) 5-0 ‘Vera peaking at the right time'
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Cantoro
Seupulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
JOSE----MARIANO
Galarza----------------------Teixiera (2)
Cereca---Vera (3)
Elche chances in this game were slim to say the least before the game even started. In the fourth minute their chances went from slim to none as they picked up a straight red in the midfield. Four minutes later Vera (67) would make them pay for that mistake with scoring a finesse shot from 32 yards out. Galarza (8) would get his second goal only this year not from a free kick or a penalty kick as he would get a pass from Vera for the easy goal since everyone converged on Vera. Teixeira (14) would score the next two goal, before Vera would finish it out with two more to give him his second hat trick in a row.
Match 27 vs. Valladolid (11th, 10-4-13) 4-0 ‘Game, Set, Match…Vera’
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Cantoro
Seupulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DUDU----DAVID
Galarza----------------------Teixiera
Cereca---Vera (4)
It looks as if we will be lucky to have four people in double digits for goals this year. Still the team is okay with that since they know who the goal scorer is on the team. Vera (71) is now setting presidential marks for goals in the season as he now has eclipse over 70 goals on the year. With still 15 games left at least: 12 league games, 2 Champs league at least, and finals for Spanish Cup, coach Ryan has stated that Vera will be starting in every one unless he is injured or really fatigued. Fans have been staying century for a while now as a joke, but now all he has to do is average just two goals for the rest of the year and he will actually be on that mark. Problem is he has been averaging a hat trick in four of the last five games and this is the second time during that span he has scored four goals in the game. With that his value has rose from 26 million to now 55 million and a bunch of teams are asking if coach Ryan will be parting with him and the Board has stated they won’t even bother with offers unless its for 80 million.
Match 28 vs. Tenerife (7th, 11-7-9) 6-0 ‘Vera, oh no! Not an injury!’
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Cantoro
Seupulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Dudu----Jose
Galarza----------------------Teixiera
Cereca---Vera (3)
We look to have sealed up the league scoring title as well since we grab another out pour of goals in this game. Everyone wanted to know about Vera (74) in this game as he trainers would come out. “He is fine. He picked up any injury in the 59th minute today and he was ready to go, but with the lead already at 4-0 we decided to just let him take a break and he will be ready to go next game.” said coach Ryan. He would be tackled on his third goal of the game which was bitter sweet. Hopefully this injury doesn’t cool him down though as he sets a record high three games of scoring a hat trick. Giobannelli (3) would score as he would get his head on one of Galarza’s corners. Galarza (9) would get an unusually goal from a free kick in this game. He would try to send it into the box for Hernandez, but it would just be a hair too far as he couldn’t get a header and the keeper went the way to stop the header as the ball would just bounce in for the score. Careca (17) isn’t going to be the leader scorer this year, but did get a goal once Vera went out.
Match 29 @ Deportivo (19th, 4-9-15) 4-0 ‘First to 100!’
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Cantoro
Seupulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DAVID----Jose
Galarza----------------------Teixiera
Cereca---Vera (3)
No, Vera (77) didn’t all four goals this game, but he did have another hat trick and again scored it all in the first half and during a span of just twenty-two minutes. In the second half Careca (18) would take the penalty so Vera wouldn’t end up with all the goals since Galarza got a rest at half. Surprising we didn’t have that many shots during this game since we did have 55 percent of the possession, but I guess another shutout of at least three goals will be good enough. Still we are the first club in the league to hit the 100 goal mark.
Champs League Quarter Final Leg 1 @ Inter 1-2 ‘Second loss comes on another away match’
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Cantoro
Seupulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
David----DUDU
Galarza----------------------Teixiera
Cereca---Vera
Second loss we suffer during the Champs league this year as we lose on the road. Again it is only by one, and the second leg is at home and we all know what that means. “It’s a little sad, but we all knew it couldn’t last forever. Still Vera did score a goal today to give us a easier chance for the second leg. We played well despite some people fatigue and that was my fault for keeping them in for so long.” said coach after the loss that looked like it would be a tie at half. Vera (78) was a nice shot where he did a one-two with Cereca to finally break away from the defense.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
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Nine games left in the year and we basically have sealed up first. Still perfect in the league and that is only cause of Vera who has scored 64 goals in just 29 games. Still only Careca and Teixeira have scored in double figures in the league, but don’t need much with Vera dominating everyone. We push our eight point lead to now a fourteen point lead over Barcelona who is now back into second place. Still the only team in single digits for conceded goals as we inch closer though and have 9. Still we have clinched that as well as the best defense in the league now since the closest person to us has 24 and that is Barcelona.
Finances
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Was actually surprised that we didn’t make over a million dollars. Lately we been around 2 million in losses so you would think that the four million we won from knockout stages would put us in the two million plus range, but that wasn’t the chance. Vera has been on fire and a lot of teams have been inquiring about him so it might be hard to keep him on the team.
Match 25 @ Almeria (14th, 7-6-11) 5-0 ‘Scoring title now ours once again’
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Cantoro
Seupulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DUDU----MARIANO
Galarza----------------------JOSE
Cereca---Vera (2)
Starting to play the easier teams so that means hopefully our scoring will go up and we can reclaim the scoring title at the end of the year. Five goals this game now pushes us one ahead of Barcelona for the top spot with just thirteen games left to go. Vera (60) would hit the sixty mark for the first player ever under coach Ryan to do so as he scored both goals from thirty yards out. Careca (16) would give us a quick goal in the first two minutes as he would just muscle two defenders off the ball as he took it inside the box before blasting a shot. Galarza (7) wouldn’t go finesse on a free kick and would try his best impression of Careca strength as he would blast one in. He would also end the game with an assist as he would blast another one from forty yards out to the six yard line where Hernandez would out jump the keeper and defender to score.
Champs Knockout Leg 2 vs. Chelsea 4-1 ‘All I want is Vera’
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Cantoro
Seupulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DUDU----MARIANO
Galarza----------------------TEIXEIRA
CARECA---Vera (4)
Chelsea would be feeling good at the beginning of this game. Jose would trip a defender in the box to give them a chance to go up 2-nil on us. Eden Hazard would step up and calmly make it to make our fans worried that it would be the second straight year we would get knocked out by them. Just eleven minutes later the tide would turn as Vera (64) would put his team on his back and would prove without a shadow of doubt that he is the best player in the world this year. At halftime we would already have a hat trick and would give us the lead 3-2 in the series. Second half it was about maintaining the lead as we would drop back defensively and would only try to counter striker. Only one goal would be scored in the second half and that would come at the head of Vera for his fourth goal and second straight game with four goals as he would head one home from a shot by Cereca that would beat goalie, but would bounce back into play off of the crossbar. At the end of the game Chelsea’s boss Delio Rossi stated, “Vera is a very great player and has been for years. I wouldn’t mind having a player like him on my team.”
Match 26 @ Elche (19th, 2-6-17) 5-0 ‘Vera peaking at the right time'
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Cantoro
Seupulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
JOSE----MARIANO
Galarza----------------------Teixiera (2)
Cereca---Vera (3)
Elche chances in this game were slim to say the least before the game even started. In the fourth minute their chances went from slim to none as they picked up a straight red in the midfield. Four minutes later Vera (67) would make them pay for that mistake with scoring a finesse shot from 32 yards out. Galarza (8) would get his second goal only this year not from a free kick or a penalty kick as he would get a pass from Vera for the easy goal since everyone converged on Vera. Teixeira (14) would score the next two goal, before Vera would finish it out with two more to give him his second hat trick in a row.
Match 27 vs. Valladolid (11th, 10-4-13) 4-0 ‘Game, Set, Match…Vera’
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Cantoro
Seupulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DUDU----DAVID
Galarza----------------------Teixiera
Cereca---Vera (4)
It looks as if we will be lucky to have four people in double digits for goals this year. Still the team is okay with that since they know who the goal scorer is on the team. Vera (71) is now setting presidential marks for goals in the season as he now has eclipse over 70 goals on the year. With still 15 games left at least: 12 league games, 2 Champs league at least, and finals for Spanish Cup, coach Ryan has stated that Vera will be starting in every one unless he is injured or really fatigued. Fans have been staying century for a while now as a joke, but now all he has to do is average just two goals for the rest of the year and he will actually be on that mark. Problem is he has been averaging a hat trick in four of the last five games and this is the second time during that span he has scored four goals in the game. With that his value has rose from 26 million to now 55 million and a bunch of teams are asking if coach Ryan will be parting with him and the Board has stated they won’t even bother with offers unless its for 80 million.
Match 28 vs. Tenerife (7th, 11-7-9) 6-0 ‘Vera, oh no! Not an injury!’
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Cantoro
Seupulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Dudu----Jose
Galarza----------------------Teixiera
Cereca---Vera (3)
We look to have sealed up the league scoring title as well since we grab another out pour of goals in this game. Everyone wanted to know about Vera (74) in this game as he trainers would come out. “He is fine. He picked up any injury in the 59th minute today and he was ready to go, but with the lead already at 4-0 we decided to just let him take a break and he will be ready to go next game.” said coach Ryan. He would be tackled on his third goal of the game which was bitter sweet. Hopefully this injury doesn’t cool him down though as he sets a record high three games of scoring a hat trick. Giobannelli (3) would score as he would get his head on one of Galarza’s corners. Galarza (9) would get an unusually goal from a free kick in this game. He would try to send it into the box for Hernandez, but it would just be a hair too far as he couldn’t get a header and the keeper went the way to stop the header as the ball would just bounce in for the score. Careca (17) isn’t going to be the leader scorer this year, but did get a goal once Vera went out.
Match 29 @ Deportivo (19th, 4-9-15) 4-0 ‘First to 100!’
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Cantoro
Seupulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
DAVID----Jose
Galarza----------------------Teixiera
Cereca---Vera (3)
No, Vera (77) didn’t all four goals this game, but he did have another hat trick and again scored it all in the first half and during a span of just twenty-two minutes. In the second half Careca (18) would take the penalty so Vera wouldn’t end up with all the goals since Galarza got a rest at half. Surprising we didn’t have that many shots during this game since we did have 55 percent of the possession, but I guess another shutout of at least three goals will be good enough. Still we are the first club in the league to hit the 100 goal mark.
Champs League Quarter Final Leg 1 @ Inter 1-2 ‘Second loss comes on another away match’
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Cantoro
Seupulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
David----DUDU
Galarza----------------------Teixiera
Cereca---Vera
Second loss we suffer during the Champs league this year as we lose on the road. Again it is only by one, and the second leg is at home and we all know what that means. “It’s a little sad, but we all knew it couldn’t last forever. Still Vera did score a goal today to give us a easier chance for the second leg. We played well despite some people fatigue and that was my fault for keeping them in for so long.” said coach after the loss that looked like it would be a tie at half. Vera (78) was a nice shot where he did a one-two with Cereca to finally break away from the defense.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
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Nine games left in the year and we basically have sealed up first. Still perfect in the league and that is only cause of Vera who has scored 64 goals in just 29 games. Still only Careca and Teixeira have scored in double figures in the league, but don’t need much with Vera dominating everyone. We push our eight point lead to now a fourteen point lead over Barcelona who is now back into second place. Still the only team in single digits for conceded goals as we inch closer though and have 9. Still we have clinched that as well as the best defense in the league now since the closest person to us has 24 and that is Barcelona.
Finances
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Was actually surprised that we didn’t make over a million dollars. Lately we been around 2 million in losses so you would think that the four million we won from knockout stages would put us in the two million plus range, but that wasn’t the chance. Vera has been on fire and a lot of teams have been inquiring about him so it might be hard to keep him on the team.
April 2022 REVIEW
Match 30 vs. Athletic (7th, 12-7-10) 3-1 ‘Despite a red card Vera leads us to another victory’
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Cantoro
Seupulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
David----Dudu
Galarza----------------------JOSE
Cereca---Vera (3)
The first half was tied as no one could score. Second half would get ugly fast for us as Hernandez would pick up a straight red three minutes into the half. “I don’t know about that one. We might have to go to see if we can get this appealed, cause I didn’t see what warranted a red.” It looked as if we might actually lose a game which seemed to be coming for how hot we been. They would get the ball right outside of the box as they would complain for a PK kick. Still it wouldn’t matter since Perez would curl it around the wall for the goal. In the end it would be Vera (81) who couldn’t be stopped in league as he would add yet one more hat trick to this collection for this year as he breaks another barrier of scoring over eighty goals in a year and still has at least ten more games to play. Also the goal against us puts us finally at 10 for conceded goals for the year.
Champs Quarter Final Leg 2 vs. Inter 3-0 ‘Vera to miss next champs game’
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Cantoro
YUSTE--Giovannelli--Hernandez--RUBIO
David----Dudu
TEIXEIRA----------------------Jose
Cereca---Vera
With another shutout at home all we needed was one goal to advance to the semi finals. We would have to wait until six minutes before half before we finally got it as Hernandez (8) would score a header off of a corner. Eleven minutes in the second half Vera (82) would score to keep his scoring streak alive and added some insurance if they did score. Still Vera would pick up his second yellow so he will miss the first game against Barcelona in the semi’s which isn’t a good sign. The game would be put out of reach as Teixeira (15) would score on a counter with just three minutes left in the game.
Match 31 @ Albacete (20th, 2-3-25) 3-1 ‘Another shutout and another hat trick’
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Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--Giovannelli--DAVID--VINCENTE
JOSE----Dudu
GALARZA----------------------TEIXEIRA
Cereca---Vera (3)
“Ben Franklin had a famous quote about life. ‘Only thing certain in life is taxes and death.’ Well apparently our fans have picked up on the American culture of the coach and some of the ex-players and came up with their own saying. ‘Playing against Alcorcon you are certain to be shut out and Vera scoring a hat trick.’ Of course that isn’t always true, but of late it seems like it is.” said coach Ryan. Careca (19) opened up the game in the first minute as Vera would slice through the defense and then lay it off to Careca for the easy score. That would be Careca’s 15th league goal which meant he hit his clause to where he will get a nice 2.7 million dollar bonus from the new contract he signed earlier this year. Vera (85) would be the talk of the game once again as he scored a hat trick. Teixeira (16) would add one himself to give us our five goals on the day. Barcelona scored six in their game to now be the second team to over 100 goals on the year.
Match 32 vs. Getafe (20th, 5-10-16) 3-1 ‘Takes extra time and a PK for hat trick’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--HERNANDEZ--Vincente
Jose----DAVID
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (3)
We would pound them with shots in this game as we had a season high 33 shots in this one. We would manage to only score four goals with Vera (88) picking up another hat trick. It would take into stoppage time to get it and Galarza was nice enough to allow him to take the penalty shot once again to get his hat trick that came in the first minute of stoppage time. The first two goals for Vera he would actually be rebound shots. Strangely enough Vera was trying to blast it past the goalie like Careca does instead of placing his shots which is why the first two were blocked and came right back to him for the rebound. Careca (20) is starting to turn it on now as he hit’s the twenty mark. Sad news is that we lost another midfielder, David, for the year since he is out for a month and half.
Match 33 @ Barcelona (2nd, 26-4-2) 2-1 ‘League is ours!’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Jose----DUDU
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca (2)---Vera
All three goals would be scored by us as one would be an own goal. Cantoro would score it as he would try to carrel the ball and it would just squirt though him and trickle into the net. Barcelona would use both center backs to slow down Vera and they would completely shut him down. Problem was all their efforts were to slow him down which they would completely shut him down, but it just left to him getting to assists as he would let Careca (22) do all the scoring in this game. With the win we the league for the fourth straight year. Also this is just the first game we play against Barcelona as we face them two more times in the next three games.
Champs Semi Final Leg 1 @ Barcelona 0-2 ‘Third straight away loss in Champs league’
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Cantoro
YUSTE--Giovannelli--Hernandez--RUBIO
MARIANO----DUDU
LUIS----------------------CASTANON
Cereca---TORRES
“Not a bad game. Should have been a tie, but oh well. Surprising with five starters taking a break or suspended for this game and having two other players trying to get back into match fitness I felt we did a great job. They scored on a PK which wasn’t a penalty at all, and then at the end in stoppage time our team was just tired and lost a little concentration.” said coach Ryan after the game. Still he is confident since the second leg is at home and we will have Vera back for that and hopefully everyone will be healthy for that. Plus we got dominated, but we basically had eight people back at all times in this game.
Match 34 @ Athletico Madrid (4th, 21-7-5) 2-1 ‘Vera in a slump’
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Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Rubio
Mariano----JOSE
GALARZA----------------------TEIXEIRA
Cereca---VERA
Althetico Madrid saw what Barcelona did to Vera so they decided to perfect what they did. They would try to counter while using both center backs to spy Vera and then moved a defensive midfielder to stick with Careca. It would work for 89 minutes of the game. The one minute it didn’t was the start of the game where Vera would dribble through everyone and then pass it back to Galarza who then kicked it up to Careca (23) who scored on the first shot. Other than that their tactic would work defensively, but the counter attack didn’t work for them. For the first attack after halftime we would score again as Galarza (9) would loop one over the wall for the score as we post another shut out and still remain perfect in the league.
Champs Semi Final Leg 2 vs. Barcelona 6-1 ‘Vera shows he is the worlds best’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
Mariano----Jose
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (4)
“I don’t even know what to say. I guess it was good for him to get a rest for the first leg cause he had the legs in this one and he just ran around everyone. If he doesn’t win every award this year I don’t know what you would have to do to win it.” said coach Ryan after they move on to the finals for the first time in three years in Champs league on the feet of Vera (92) would find his goal scoring ability and snap his two game scoreless streak. Galarza (10) would be the fourth person on our team to break double digits while two of them are still around the 10 goal mark. Teixeira (17) would go wide right of Vera and Vera would take a light shot on goal as the goalie easily dove to get a hand on it, but it would go right where Teixeira was for the rebound. Also this is one of the biggest wins we have ever had against Barcelona.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
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We have already won the league and we are tops for goal scoring (118) and conceded goals (11). The perfect year continues as Vera destroys the league and no one can seem to slow us down on offense. It’s good to see other teams who have bought our players are fighting for the Euro Cup as Sporting and Sevilla are in 5th and 6th place respectively. The real question is can we finish the year perfect, but do have to play Real Madrid still.
Finances
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Close to five million dollars ($4.97M) this month is a good sign. Since we did win in Champs League means we will be making even more month the last month since we are in the finals and will get paid for our tv rights.
Match 30 vs. Athletic (7th, 12-7-10) 3-1 ‘Despite a red card Vera leads us to another victory’
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Cantoro
Seupulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
David----Dudu
Galarza----------------------JOSE
Cereca---Vera (3)
The first half was tied as no one could score. Second half would get ugly fast for us as Hernandez would pick up a straight red three minutes into the half. “I don’t know about that one. We might have to go to see if we can get this appealed, cause I didn’t see what warranted a red.” It looked as if we might actually lose a game which seemed to be coming for how hot we been. They would get the ball right outside of the box as they would complain for a PK kick. Still it wouldn’t matter since Perez would curl it around the wall for the goal. In the end it would be Vera (81) who couldn’t be stopped in league as he would add yet one more hat trick to this collection for this year as he breaks another barrier of scoring over eighty goals in a year and still has at least ten more games to play. Also the goal against us puts us finally at 10 for conceded goals for the year.
Champs Quarter Final Leg 2 vs. Inter 3-0 ‘Vera to miss next champs game’
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Cantoro
YUSTE--Giovannelli--Hernandez--RUBIO
David----Dudu
TEIXEIRA----------------------Jose
Cereca---Vera
With another shutout at home all we needed was one goal to advance to the semi finals. We would have to wait until six minutes before half before we finally got it as Hernandez (8) would score a header off of a corner. Eleven minutes in the second half Vera (82) would score to keep his scoring streak alive and added some insurance if they did score. Still Vera would pick up his second yellow so he will miss the first game against Barcelona in the semi’s which isn’t a good sign. The game would be put out of reach as Teixeira (15) would score on a counter with just three minutes left in the game.
Match 31 @ Albacete (20th, 2-3-25) 3-1 ‘Another shutout and another hat trick’
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Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--Giovannelli--DAVID--VINCENTE
JOSE----Dudu
GALARZA----------------------TEIXEIRA
Cereca---Vera (3)
“Ben Franklin had a famous quote about life. ‘Only thing certain in life is taxes and death.’ Well apparently our fans have picked up on the American culture of the coach and some of the ex-players and came up with their own saying. ‘Playing against Alcorcon you are certain to be shut out and Vera scoring a hat trick.’ Of course that isn’t always true, but of late it seems like it is.” said coach Ryan. Careca (19) opened up the game in the first minute as Vera would slice through the defense and then lay it off to Careca for the easy score. That would be Careca’s 15th league goal which meant he hit his clause to where he will get a nice 2.7 million dollar bonus from the new contract he signed earlier this year. Vera (85) would be the talk of the game once again as he scored a hat trick. Teixeira (16) would add one himself to give us our five goals on the day. Barcelona scored six in their game to now be the second team to over 100 goals on the year.
Match 32 vs. Getafe (20th, 5-10-16) 3-1 ‘Takes extra time and a PK for hat trick’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--HERNANDEZ--Vincente
Jose----DAVID
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (3)
We would pound them with shots in this game as we had a season high 33 shots in this one. We would manage to only score four goals with Vera (88) picking up another hat trick. It would take into stoppage time to get it and Galarza was nice enough to allow him to take the penalty shot once again to get his hat trick that came in the first minute of stoppage time. The first two goals for Vera he would actually be rebound shots. Strangely enough Vera was trying to blast it past the goalie like Careca does instead of placing his shots which is why the first two were blocked and came right back to him for the rebound. Careca (20) is starting to turn it on now as he hit’s the twenty mark. Sad news is that we lost another midfielder, David, for the year since he is out for a month and half.
Match 33 @ Barcelona (2nd, 26-4-2) 2-1 ‘League is ours!’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Vincente
Jose----DUDU
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca (2)---Vera
All three goals would be scored by us as one would be an own goal. Cantoro would score it as he would try to carrel the ball and it would just squirt though him and trickle into the net. Barcelona would use both center backs to slow down Vera and they would completely shut him down. Problem was all their efforts were to slow him down which they would completely shut him down, but it just left to him getting to assists as he would let Careca (22) do all the scoring in this game. With the win we the league for the fourth straight year. Also this is just the first game we play against Barcelona as we face them two more times in the next three games.
Champs Semi Final Leg 1 @ Barcelona 0-2 ‘Third straight away loss in Champs league’
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Cantoro
YUSTE--Giovannelli--Hernandez--RUBIO
MARIANO----DUDU
LUIS----------------------CASTANON
Cereca---TORRES
“Not a bad game. Should have been a tie, but oh well. Surprising with five starters taking a break or suspended for this game and having two other players trying to get back into match fitness I felt we did a great job. They scored on a PK which wasn’t a penalty at all, and then at the end in stoppage time our team was just tired and lost a little concentration.” said coach Ryan after the game. Still he is confident since the second leg is at home and we will have Vera back for that and hopefully everyone will be healthy for that. Plus we got dominated, but we basically had eight people back at all times in this game.
Match 34 @ Athletico Madrid (4th, 21-7-5) 2-1 ‘Vera in a slump’
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Cantoro
SEPULVEDA--Giovannelli--Hernandez--Rubio
Mariano----JOSE
GALARZA----------------------TEIXEIRA
Cereca---VERA
Althetico Madrid saw what Barcelona did to Vera so they decided to perfect what they did. They would try to counter while using both center backs to spy Vera and then moved a defensive midfielder to stick with Careca. It would work for 89 minutes of the game. The one minute it didn’t was the start of the game where Vera would dribble through everyone and then pass it back to Galarza who then kicked it up to Careca (23) who scored on the first shot. Other than that their tactic would work defensively, but the counter attack didn’t work for them. For the first attack after halftime we would score again as Galarza (9) would loop one over the wall for the score as we post another shut out and still remain perfect in the league.
Champs Semi Final Leg 2 vs. Barcelona 6-1 ‘Vera shows he is the worlds best’
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Cantoro
Sepulveda--Giovannelli--Hernandez--VINCENTE
Mariano----Jose
Galarza----------------------Teixeira
Cereca---Vera (4)
“I don’t even know what to say. I guess it was good for him to get a rest for the first leg cause he had the legs in this one and he just ran around everyone. If he doesn’t win every award this year I don’t know what you would have to do to win it.” said coach Ryan after they move on to the finals for the first time in three years in Champs league on the feet of Vera (92) would find his goal scoring ability and snap his two game scoreless streak. Galarza (10) would be the fourth person on our team to break double digits while two of them are still around the 10 goal mark. Teixeira (17) would go wide right of Vera and Vera would take a light shot on goal as the goalie easily dove to get a hand on it, but it would go right where Teixeira was for the rebound. Also this is one of the biggest wins we have ever had against Barcelona.
LEAGUE STANDINGS
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We have already won the league and we are tops for goal scoring (118) and conceded goals (11). The perfect year continues as Vera destroys the league and no one can seem to slow us down on offense. It’s good to see other teams who have bought our players are fighting for the Euro Cup as Sporting and Sevilla are in 5th and 6th place respectively. The real question is can we finish the year perfect, but do have to play Real Madrid still.
Finances
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Close to five million dollars ($4.97M) this month is a good sign. Since we did win in Champs League means we will be making even more month the last month since we are in the finals and will get paid for our tv rights.
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