The "Blanquiazules" marching up into La Liga

hi like it so far can i ask you some think your formation look a lot like my spain one i uploaded a couple of days ago hail espanyol one if it is your doing brill if not then still doing brill.

I downloaded the tactic from FM-Base but I forgot who made it:mad:
 
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Brave Hercules lose​

Despite losing,I'm glad what the team showed this game.We took the lead against Real Madrid and we are only a Liga Adelante team.Isn't this great?I know we are going to be knocked out but I'm happy what the players showed in the cup games.Ivan Balege has been released from the U19s team.Danciulescu(€500,000) joins Hoffenheim and Pamarot(€150,000) transfers to Bordeaux.After those transfer THE WHOLE TEAM AND STAFF ARE SPANISH and I'm the only foreigner here.​

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Hercules crush Villareal ''B'​
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A very easy game for us.Half-time I thought we were going to score 4-5 more goals,but the fact we didn't isn't important.Rodriguez was sold to Real Sporting for €1,000,000.I think that's a good deal for both teams.

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Hercules being dominated and eliminated by Real Madrid​

This was the last game for Sendoa.After the game he left Hercules to join Athletic club for
€240,000.He got injured(dead leg - 5 days).After I sold him I thought I would miss him but then I saw that His contract runs out in 30 June 2010.So I thought I can bring him back here for backup next year if I don't find another player for him position.About the game I knew that we were going to lose by 3-4 goals because we were playing as the away team against such a big club.​

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Hercules win in a close game

16 January​

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Good game.Both teams were cancelling each other out.A draw was most likely result at half-time.After half-time we made 3 goals and we went defending.Now that was a bad idea.Las Palmas almost equalized.They scored 2 goals and had to more chances to equalize and even turn the score around.After the game Raul Goni(CB.Zaragoza,€325,000) and Marc Muniesa(Barcelona,€1,200,000) joined us and Edu Moya transfered to West Brom for €1,000,000.
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Albacete lucky to draw

24 January

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I'm surprised how lucky Albacete got this game but sometimes this happens in football too.At the beggining of the season I really wanted to play against them because they were 1st and I was 2nd and we had the same number of points.But in November Albacete's form dropped and they're now 6th.

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Hercules maintain unbeaten run

30 January

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Levante aren't in a good form this season.The media expected them to finish 6th,but they're now 12th.Even Real Union are in better position than them.In this game we had two times more goal-scoring opportunities than they had.

League Table
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Player of the month
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Raul
 
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Numancia hold out for draw

7 February

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I think we could have won this game.We had most of the possesion and we hit the woodwork.Tote played really well.After the game I decided to active Raul's buy clause.I have offered him a contract and now waiting for his response.

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The "Blanquiazules" win with confident performance

14 February

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I decided to give Sergi and Jorge Alonso another chance and both of them did really well.Calatayud wasn't really on form today.Girona had 2 shots on target and both got in but that didn't stop us from winning.

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Hercules dissapointed with result

21 February

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I'm dissapointed of the result.I'm also dissapointed how Raul Goni and Marc Muniesa played.Both of Cordoba's are because of their errors.I know they are still young and they will have good games when they get older.

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Hercules defeat 9-man Huesca

28 February

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Huesca are currently in last place in Liga Adelante,so there are no surprises that we won.

Player of the Month:
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Hercules smash Cartagena

7 March

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No real surprises.For this game I used Woflsong's guide to team talks wich seems to work.

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9-man Murcia defeated

12 March

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Murcia are not an easy opponent but those 2 red cards just weakened them.Raul Goni is getting better and better.I forgot to mention that Raul(AML player on loan from Real Madrid) is gonna join us on a 5-year contract with €5,000 per week.

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Hercules win on Petrov's birthday

My birthday in real life is on 21 March so my team won on my birthday<).I'm surprised that Real Union had more possession but a lot less goals than us.

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Hercules manage to get a point

28 March

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''We'll soon lose.You can't always win and we haven't lost in a while'' - Petrov commenting on Hercules's 15 unbeaten games in the league.

Player of the Month:
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Mate, I love you for this, really :wub: but you shouldn't have let Tiago Gomes go on loan, he is one of the better players in your squad behind Farinos. Instead of getting Sergi, I would have gotten Verratti and had Tiago tutor him since they are quite similar. Getting Camacho is a work of genius, really :D. Maybe play him as Box-to-Box with Farinos as a playmaker?

Still though, good luck and looks like you're well on your way to the Liga BBVA :D.
 
Mate, I love you for this, really :wub: but you shouldn't have let Tiago Gomes go on loan, he is one of the better players in your squad behind Farinos. Instead of getting Sergi, I would have gotten Verratti and had Tiago tutor him since they are quite similar. Getting Camacho is a work of genius, really :D. Maybe play him as Box-to-Box with Farinos as a playmaker?

Still though, good luck and looks like you're well on your way to the Liga BBVA :D.

My goal is to win Champions League with ONLY SPANISH PLAYERS.So that's why I loaned Tiago Gomes out;)

Farinos is already playmaker.I'm going to try Camacho as box-to-box for 5 games:)
 
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My goal is to win Champions League with ONLY SPANISH PLAYERS.So that's why I loaned Tiago Gomes out;)
I got it :p If you get the right signings you can be in the champions league by the third season minimum. Again though, good luck :).
 
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Salamanca go down 4-0 to Hercules

4 April​

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No real surprise,Salamanca haven't won in 5 games,so now they make it 6 games.Camacho's 1st match as Box-to-Box midfielder.He was impressive(8.9 rating,1 goal).A lot of fouls in this game - 33 :(.

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Hercules humiliate Celta

10 April

Another great performance from us.Celta's red card really weakened their defense.One of Celta's players had a rating of 3.3XD.Camacho's 2nd game as Box-to-Box midfielder and he's even better!(9.5 rating,2 goals)

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Hercules lose to rivals Elche

16 April​

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This time WE were humiliated.Fans hate when their team lose to their closest rival and in this case that rival was Elche.Last time we beat them 3-0 but now we lost.I think I did a little mistake in the half-time team talk.We didn't lose only the derby,we lost Muniesa too - he got injured(pulled harmstring - 4 weeks).Camacho's rating -6.8.

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Hercules back with a win

25 April

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Recreativo seem really weak this season,I had more respect for them(in the game,not in real life).Sergi got man of the match award and he deserved it.Camacho's rating - 7.0.

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Hercules close to promotion

30 April

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We need to get just one more win and we are promoted to Liga BBVA.Camacho got a rating of 7.2 and I think from now on he'll always play as a Box-to-Box midfielder.Thank you taida for the advice:)^^)

Player of the Month:
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Great work so far, should be getting promotion :)
 
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Hercules promoted to La Liga​

I'm very happy we got promoted:):D.We deserve it.We scored 4 goals but one in our net.Femenia today impressed me.In this game he scored his first hat-trick and got a rating of 9.6.Half-time I told him I have faith in his ability and that seemed to work.​

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Hercules fail to win after impressive performance​

The best player was Rayo's goalkeeper - Cobeno who saved all of our goal-scoring opportunities.I thought David Aganzo was going to be threat for us but he didn't make big impact on the game and he was substituted half-time.Sporting Lisbon have decided to use Tiago Gomes' buy option and after short contract negotiations he accepted their offer and will join The ''Verde e Brancos'' on 1st July for €1,100,000.​

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Hercules defeat second-placed Sociedad​


When I looked at Real Sociedad's team I noticed that most of their players used to be at their academy,so achieving second place with youth players is great,I would never do this.
Their best player is Xabi Prieto.At the beggining of the season Arsenal were interested in him,but ''Erreala'' managed to keep him.​

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Hercules win again​

30 May

After the game I saw that their main striker Ruben Navarro was playing for us last year and Esteban Vigo decided to sell.In my opinion that was a bad deal for the team although Portillo is better.I don't know what to say about this match.Farinos was man of the match because of his two goals.​

Player of the month:
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Hercules win Liga Adelante​

I think I made a little mistake that I didn't let Cristian play more games this season.He was solid this game and the previous too.​

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Hercules beat Albacete​

12 June

2 goals by Raul,2 assist by Farinos.Brilliant performance by both.They'll be definitely in the
team for the next season.​

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Hercules win closing game of the season.​

20 June​

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Farinos can be a bit dissapointed he finished the season with red card and Portillo can be happy he finished with 2 goals and Top goalscorer for Liga Adelante award​

Player of the Month:​
Portillo​

League Table:​

Awards:​
Liga Adelante Top Goalscorer - Javier Portillo - 28 goals​
Liga Adelante Most Assits - Tote​
Best Average rating - Francisco Javier Farinos​
Pass completion - Juan Jose Catayud - 86%​
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In the next Update I'll talk about each player and their performances this season and announce who's in and who's out.
 
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Squad analysis: Part 1:Goalkeeper/s and defenders

GK - Juan Jose Catayud
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Apps:42
Conceded:44
Clean sheets:15
Average rating:7.05.
My thoughts:
I think this was a good season for Carayud.His best game was against Real Madrid for Copa Del Rey,when we were the home side.He saved 9 shots on target from players like Kaka,Cristiano Ronaldo,Benzema...But I don't think he's good enough for Liga BBVA and I will seek a replacement for him.If I find a replacement I'm sell him Catayud because he won't probable handle the fact that he won't play anymore as 1st keeper.


Defenders:

RB - Juanra
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Apps:20
Goals:0
Assists:1
Average Rating:7.25
My thoughts:
At the start of the season he was my first-choice right-back but in Juanuary Manuel Ruz became better than him so now Juanra is now backup.I won't invest any money for right-backs,I will probably buy a new goalkeeper,left defender and maybe a striker.

RB - Manuel Ruz
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Apps:22
Goals:0
Assists:1
Average Rating:7.14
My thoughts:
He must stay in the team.He didn't start the season well,he was making key errors that allowed the opponent to change the score but I decided to give him another chance and he used that chance.His stats became higher,he even got better than Juanra and took his postion in the starting 11.

LB - Paco Pena(His picture is with Malaga badge because I sold him.)
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Apps:30
Goals:2
Assists:2
Average Rating:7.14
My thoughts:
He made a good season but I sold him because I'm bringing in Jose Angel from Real Sporting.He was first-choice left-back all season but I sold him for the money and because of his salary(€9,500).

LB - Dani Bautista
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Apps:18
Goals:0
Assists:0
Average Rating:6.99
My thoughts:
He was backup this season,he'll be backup again in the next season.His best games this season were against Salamanca and Murcia(Rating - 7.7.)He usually gets rating between 6.7 - 7.7.

LB - Jose Angel will join us for €4,700,000 on 1st July.
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CD - Raul Goni
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Apps:20
Goals:1
Assists:1
Average Rating:7.07
My thoughts:
Raul Goni and Kiko Femenia(You'll see him in part 2;)) are the most improved players this season.Goni starts the game with a 4-months injury.In January his club Zaragoza transfer-listed him for €325,000 and I got him for that price.He's a real baragin,Isn't he?I'm Zaragoza feel bad for selling their most talented player.He will be starting eleven player the whole year.

CD - Abraham Paz
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Apps:22
Goals:1
Assists:0
Average Rating.7.10
My thoughts:
He started the season as the best central back in the team,but Sergio Diaz and Raul Goni became better than him because they are younger and still developing their skills.Paz will leave when Muniesa becomes better than him,so that means he has 2 more seasons to stay with us.

CD - Sergio Diaz
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Apps:25
Goals:0
Assists:0
Average Rating:7.32
My thoughts:
Fantastic season for him in my opinion.It's not easy to be a central defender and to get and average rating of 7.32 after 25 games.He received only one injury(damaged elbow - 2 weeks).He will partner Raul Goni in the defence next season.His best game was against Huesca(8.0 rating).

CD - Marc Muniesa
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Apps:13
Goals:1
Assists:0
Average Rating:7.09
My thoughts:
He has a great future in front of him.4 months after I bought him Sevilla,Juventus and Barcelona(from where I bought him) were interested in him.I guess Barcelona feel sorry that they sold their young talent and now want him back but they won't get him back.His average rating is good for his age.He'll be a backup player like Abraham Paz next season.
 
Congrats on winning the league mate :). A little disappointed that you sold Tiago Gomes but you still look like you've got a squad capable of handling themselves in La Liga :).
 
Squad analysis: Part 2:Midfielders and Striker/s

CM - Francisco Javier Farinos
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Apps:24​
Goals:6
Assists:14
Average Rating:7.76
My thoughts:​
I'm proud to have the best player in Liga Adelante.He has the highest rating of all players in the league.I think he and Camacho will be one of the best central midfielders in Liga BBVA next season.His highest rating is 9.3 against Cartagena.He had an injury this season - strained knee ligaments(7 weeks).

CM - Ignacio Camacho
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Apps:33
Goals:11
Assists:10
Average Rating:7.52
My thoughts:
I think Camacho will receive his first cap for Spain after a year or two.He had a brilliant season just like Farinos.I think Liga Adelante is too easy for themXD,so La Liga is bigger challenge for them,for the whole team and even for me.His best performance was against Celta,he scored two goals and got rating of 9.5.

CM - Jorge Alonso
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Apps:19
Goals:2
Assists:11
Average Rating:7.41
My thoughts:
Great season for him.He will provide cover for Camacho,Farinos and Tote like usual for at least 2 more years.11 assists for 19 games is just impressive - almost and assist per game.The highest rating he has got is 9.3 against Girona.

AMR - Rufete
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Apps:16
Goals:3
Assists: 3
Average Rating:7.27
My thoughts:
He'll stay in the team for one or if he gets lucky for two more seasons.He was providing cover for Femenia and Cristian,he'll do the same the next season.

AMR/AML - Raul
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Apps:25
Goals:10
Assists:11
Average Rating:7.72
My thoughts:
He's the second best player in Liga Adelante after Farinos.He's average rating is awesome for his age.I used the buy option for him so now his ownership is ours.I have big hopes that he'll do well in La Liga.​

AMR/AMC/AML - Cristian
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Apps:19
Goals:10
Assists:9
Average Rating:7.60
My thoughts:
I think I underrated him this season.I promise that next season he'll play more than this season.I don't what to say anymore about him.

MR/AMR - Kiko Femenia
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Apps:25
Goals:10
Assists:12
Average Rating:7.75
My thoughts:
He and Raul Goni are the most improved players for the season in the team.Femenia had a rating of at least 7.0 almost every game.His highest rating is 9.6 against Betis.In this game he scored a hat-trick.He has a lot of potential.I have hopes for him.He'll stay in the club for a long time.

AMC - Tote
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Apps:35
Goals:15
Assists:15
Average Rating:7.41
My thoughts:
When I first saw Tote I never thought he would be that good.Maybe this was his last great season and due to age his stats are going down and probably the form will go down too.He tutored Sergi this season and Sergi said he learned a lot from Tote.

AMC - Sergi
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Apps:21
Goals:7
Assists:5
Average Rating:7.26
My thoughts:
Sergi should be delighted he plays for us.From Textil Escudo to Hercules and he's only 17 and has played 21 games for us.He scored a goal on his debut for us.I'm thinking of loaning him out to a Liga Adelante team so he can get some more first-team
games.Should I loan him?

ST - Javier Portillo
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Goals:28
Assists:13
Average Rating:7.32
My thoughts:
This must the best season of his life.He became Liga Adelante's top goalscorer.Last season he played for Osasuna and scored one goal in 20 games whilst this season It's totally different.My assistant manager says that I should buy a new goalkeeper and a new striker.I'll currently looking for a new goalkeeper(any suggestions people?Don't recommend me David De Gea.Atletico Madrid haven't accepted any of my offers and I made like 9-10 offers for him).Should I get a new striker or should I keep Portillo as my first-choice striker?
 
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Hercules announce pre-season friendlies​

11 July

20.7 - Tenerife - Away
26.7 - Racing - Away
31.7 - Rayo - Away
6.8 - Xerez - Away
12.8 - Gimnastic - Away
18.8 - Celta - Away

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2 in,8 out.

12 July

IN:
Raul(I already mentioned him in earlier posts)- €2,300,000 from buy option
Jose Angel - €4,700,000
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OUT:
Fernando - free transfer
Abraham - free transfer
Cristian Carrasco - free transfer
Marcos - free transfer
Alberto Roman Calero - free transfer
Tiago Gomes - €1,100,000 - from option to buy - Sporting Lisbon

Paco Pena - €1,000,000 - Malaga​
Joseba Del Olmo - €575,000 - from option to buy - Cagliari​

We are in debt:S​
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Start of season expectations and money
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Hercules begin pre-season with a win

Nice way to start the season.Raul was the best player this game(8.8 rating).I was worried that Kiko Femenia might have a long-term injury but it's only a dead leg(5 days).I guess Catalayud will remain our first-choice goalkeeper because I can't find a good and cheap keeper for our team.

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Another pre-season win for Hercules

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I'm happy we defeated Racing because they have quality for La Liga and that shows that we can do well this season in Liga BBVA.

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3 games,3 wins

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Great performance by Juanra.It seems he hasn't given up to be first-choice right back but he needs to do more to convince me to make him first-choice again.He made the assist for our goal and he stopped most of Rayo's attacks.

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First lost game for Hercules in pre-season

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Despite losing,I'm content with our performance.The early red card really weakened us and it stand in our way.At least we managed to keep the score for 43 minutes wich is almost half game.

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Hercules held to draw

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I was a bit dissapointed that we lost the win in the last minute of the game but it's still pre-season and performance is more important than results.I also signed Juanmi for €2,200,000(17 year old striker,Malaga and when I compared his stats to Portillo's stats I saw that they are both simillar!
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Hercules finish draw with Celta

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I'm surprised that Abraham Paz missed the penalty because he has penalty taking stat of 16.Still,a draw is a decent result and I'm looking forward to my first game in La Liga against Real Madrid.After the game I bought Ruben De la Red for €3,000,000 and sold David Pena(regen) for the same price to Barcelona.
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Did this really happen?

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I just can't believe how lucky we got this game.That's why I love football - you never know what will happen.Real Madrid dominated the whole game and just got unlucky not to defeat us.In the first half we didn't play bad.When Raul Goni got his red card,things got worse - Los Merengues' attacks doubled and we were barely hanging on the draw.In the 82th minute Raul got one-one against Catalayd and our keeper had no chance.Then Magic happened.Two attacks - two goals.Then we started operating really defensively and we again got lucky not to concede any more goals. Mahamadou Diarra,Metzelder and Drenthe were injured and didn't play in this game.

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Hercules with another surprising win

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I didn't know that we good so good at away games.It seems pre-season friendlies helped ua achieve it.We completely dominated Espanol like they were some weak Liga Adelante team.Cristian didn't had a good game.He missed a penalty and all of his shots were off target but I still have faith in him.

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Hercules fail to win

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It was a game where we dominated again but we failed to win but I think we deserved to win more than they did.Both teams' keepers were on form today and they saved all shots on target.Both teams hit the woodwork two times.A draw is still a decent result,all points you get in La Liga are valuable.

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Hercules lose

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I think a draw would be a fair result for both teams.Raul Goni got a red card again.He tried to stop Iker Muniain who passed Goni and got one-one with the goalkeeper and at least this saved us from losing with one more goal.Goni's red card gives opportunity for Abraham Paz to play.

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Hercules win in an easy game

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Hercules defeated by Villareal

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I was disappointed that we lost this game.When we were leading at half-time I thought that we can keep the score until the final whistle but that didn't happen.At least we showed that we play good football against teams with bigger reputation.

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Hercules back with a win

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'm glad we won.I guess this year my maximum expectations are to finish between 5th-8th place.Our central midfielders De la Red and Camacho played really well.Farinos is unhappy because he isn't a first team regular anymore.His contract runs out this season so I might sell him along with Jorge Alonso.

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Hercules with another 3-1 win

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Another good game for us.I hate when our opponents have 1 shot on target and 1 goal just like this match but this didn't stop us from winning.I promised the board that I will stay clear of relegation zone but it seems I'm going finish in the top half.

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Fans pleased with win over rival

Copa Del Rey - 4th round leg 1​

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I let some of the substitutes play this game it seems they did well.Elche's red was a real disadvantage for them and it helped us a lot to get this comfortable win.Now it will be hard for them to eliminate us.

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Hercules get draw after goals galore

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I just can't believe how we failed to win.How is it possible to lead 4-1 and then the opponent to draw 4-4?This is terrible.I want to forget about this game as soon as possible
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