The New Special One?

[Cole89]

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After the collapse of my attempt at the Champions League Challenge, I've decided to start a save with Porto as I really enjoyed the one I had in FM11. I believe they have a much weakened team from the one that Mourinho won the Champions League with back in 2004, so I'm going to attempt to bring European glory back to Estadio do Dragao.

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The Tactics

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Key Players


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Nicolas Otamendi Joao Moutinho James Rodriguez


Pre - Season

Porto 3-1 Porto 'B'
Silvestre Varela (2), Kleber

Recreativo 1-4 Porto
Silvestre Varela (2), Alex Sandro, Abdoulaye

Zaragoza 2-2 Porto
Pedro Moreira, Kleber

Tourizense 0-4 Porto
Eliaquim Mangala, Miguel Lopes, Abdoulaye, Silvestre Varela


*Transfers and August will be up later.
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[Cole89]

August & September

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Academica 1-2 Porto A.E.T
Lucho Gonzalez, James Rodriguez


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SLB 1-0 Porto

Porto 3-1 Moreirense
Lazar Markovic, James Rodriguez (2)

Porto 2-1 Nacional da Madeira
Lucho Gonzalez, James Rodriguez

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Porto 5-1 Beira - Mar
Kleber (2), Maicon, James Rodriguez (2)

P.Ferreira 1-2 Porto
Leonard Kweuke, Joao Moutinho (P)

Vit Setubal 0-3 Porto
Lazar Markovic, Kleber (2)


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Group Stage Draw

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Porto 2-0 Olympiakos
James Rodriguez, Nicolas Otamendi


Overall I'm fairly pleased with the opening two months, I could be a little disappointed in the defeat against Benfica but I'm just glad we got them out of the way early on and that we wont have to play the return game at the end of the season. Rodriguez has been in superb form scoring 7 goals in 8 games, just hope he continues with it.


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In

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Craig Gordon - Free Lazar Markovic - £3.5m Leonard Kweuke £3.2m


Out

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David - Loan Thibaut Vion - Loan



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[jukilo]

Although I don't like Porto (Benfica fan), I think that Portugal has one of the best leagues to play in FM. Competitive, good young players and good challenges to achieve. It's good to see stories about our league

Good luck!

 

[mekitozito]

Sounds interesting,though there's no way Mourinho's squad at Porto was significantly better than it is atm.They have got some of the best players in the world.

 

[Cole89]

Although I don't like Porto (Benfica fan), I think that Portugal has one of the best leagues to play in FM. Competitive, good young players and good challenges to achieve. It's good to see stories about our league

Good luck!

Cheers.... you wont like the signing I've agreed for january then.

 

[Cole89]

October & November


Premier League

Porto 4-2 Gil Vicente
James Rodriguez, Steven Defour (P), Nicolas Otamendi, Leonard Kweuke

Rio Ave 4-3 Porto
Kelvin, Silvestre Varela, James Rodriguez


Champions League

Juventus 2-1 Porto
James Rodriguez

Porto 3-0 FC Nordsjaelland
Kleber (2), James Rodriguez


Taca de Portugal
3rd Round

Porto 5-0 Lousada
Lucho Gonzalez (2), Lazar Markovic, Miguel Lopes, Kleber


Not quite sure how we lost to Rio Ave and it might just cost us at the end of the season. Juventus scored the winner in the 94th minute which is really disappointing as we deserved at least a point. I didn't realise the game against Lousada was in the cup so I sent out a relatively strong side.

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Premier League

Porto 3-0 Maritimo
James Rodriguez (2), Joao Moutinho

Academica 1-2 Porto
Lucho Gonzalez (2)

Porto 2-4 Olhanense
Leonard Kweuke (2)


Champions League

FC Nordsjaelland 0-5 Porto
Lucho Gonzalez 2), Kleber (2), James Rodriguez

Olympiakos 0-2 Porto
(O.G), James Rodriguez


Taca de Portugal
4th Round

Penafiel 0-2 Porto
Kelvin, Leonard Kweuke


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Another defeat in the league leaves us 4 points behind the leaders which at this stage isn't a disaster but I would rather be at the top. A win by 2 goals or more against Juventus will see us finish the group as winners and should give us an easier draw in the knock-out stages. As I was planning on offloading Lucho Gonzalez in January we have agreed a fee for a player from our main league rivals Benfica.

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Nicolas Gaitan
£8m


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[jukilo]

Hahaha. The game is a bit unrealistic in this aspect. But, apart from that, he's a great signing. Can make easily 25+ assists in one season.

good work you've been done there

cheers mate

 

[Cole89]

December & January


Premier League

Porto 5-0 Estoril
Silvestre Varela, Lucho Gonzalez (2), James Rodriguez (2)

Vit. Guimaraes 0-2 Porto
Leonard Kweuke (2)


Champions League

Porto 0-0 Juventus


Taca de Portugal
5th RoundVit. Setubal 0-4 Porto
Silvestre Varela, Kleber (2), Joao Moutinho


League Cup
3rd PhaseMoreirense 0-5 Porto
Kleber, Alex Sandro, Silvestre Varela, Kelvin, Maicon


A defensively solid month, 5 games played and 5 clean sheets. Varela's staking his claim to stay in the starting line up with the imminent arrival of Nicolas Gaitan from Benfica. We were unable to beat Juventus so we finished 2nd in the group and have been drawn against Real Madrid in the Knock-out stage.

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Premier League


Braga 1-0 PortoPorto 2-0 Sporting
Seba, James Rodriguez

Porto 1-1 Benfica
Kleber

Moreirense 0-2 Porto
Silvestre Varela, Kleber

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Taca de Portugal
6th Round

Porto 2-0 Maritimo
Silvestre Varela, Steven Defour


Semi Final

Academica 1-5 Porto
James Rodriguez, John Guidetti (4)


League Cup
3rd Phase

Maritimo 0-3 Porto
Lazar Markovic, James Rodriguez, Lucho Gonzalez (P)

Porto 3-0 Vit. Setubal
Kelvin (2), Abdoulaye


Another solid month for our defense. I'm not happy that we dropped another 4 points in the league but there is still plenty of points left to play for. We look set to play in the Taca de Portugal Cup final as long as we dont slip up at home in the return leg in April.

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In

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Nicolas Gaitan - £8m John Guidetti - Loan

Out

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Souza - £4.4m Andre Castro - £775k

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[Cole89]

February & March


Premier League

Nacional da Madeira 0-4 Porto
Kleber, Silvestre Varela, John Guidetti (2)

Porto 0-0 P. Ferreira

Beira-Mar 1-1 Porto
Leonard Kweuke


Champions League
1st Knock-out Round

Porto 2-3 Real Madrid
Lucho Gonzalez (2)


League Cup
Semi Final

Benfica 3-2 Porto
John Guidetti, Joao Moutinho


The less said about this month the better I think.

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Premier League

Porto 3-1 Vit. Setubal
Alex Sandro, Nicolas Otamendi, John Guidetti

Gil Vicente 0-2 Porto
Lucho Gonzalez, John Guidetti

Porto 2-0 Rio Ave
Nicolas Gaitan, John Guidetti

Maritimo 0-4 Porto
John Guidetti, Danilo, Fernando, Joao Moutinho

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Champions League
1st Knock-out Round

Real Madrid 3-1 Porto
Kleber

Back to winning ways in the league and back with in the title chase. A special mention to John Guidetti, he now has 11 goals in 9 games since joining on loan from Man City in January. We were completely outplayed by Madrid, especially by Ronaldo.
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[Cole89]

April & May


Premier League

Olhanense 0-3 Porto
Lucho Gonzalez. Silvestre Varela, Nicolas Gaitan

Porto 4-1 Academica
Lucho Gonzalez, Maicon, John Guidetti (2)

Porto 3-2 Vit. Guimaraes
James Rodriguez, John Guidetti, Joao Moutinho (P)


Taca de Portugal
Semi Final

Porto 2-1 Academica
Leonard Kweuke, Lazar Markovic

A great month sends us top after Benfica slipped up countless times. We only need two wins from the remaining 3 games, simple. It was a great sight to see James Rodriguez back on the score sheet after being out for 2 months through an injury he picked up during the 1st leg against Real Madrid. A simple win over Academica sends us into the final against Nacional da Madeira.

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Premier League


Porto 0-0 Braga

Estoril 1-0 Porto

Sporting 1-0 Porto

A complete disaster, if we had drawn against Sporting we would have claimed the title, and we should have, John Guidetti missed a pen in the 85th minute.

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Taca de Portugal
FinalNacional da Madeira 1-2 Porto
James Rodriguez, Kleber


Despite the win it doesn't make up for blowing the league title away the way we did.

*End of season review coming soon*


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[Cole89]

End Of Season Review


Premier League: Sporting
League Cup: Sporting
Taca de Portugal: Porto
Supertaca: Porto

Europa League: Liverpool
Champions League: Chelsea
European Super Cup: Chelsea

Transfer Summary

Leonard Kweuke -£3.2m -£7.75m played 16 scored 9 with an average rating of 7.36
Craig Gordon -Free -£475k played 1 conceded 0 with an average rating of 7.10
Lazar Markovic -£3.5m -£2.8m played 30 assisted 15 with an average rating of 7.44
Nicolas Gaitan -£8m -£11.25m played 16 assisted 3 with an average rating of 7.06
John Guidetti -Loan played 15 scored 14 with an average rating of 7.42


Team Summary

Helton - Played 47 kept 24 clean sheets with an average rating of 7.13
Danilo - Played 45 assisted 15 with an average rating of 7.56
Nicolas Otamendi - Played 47 scored 3 with an average rating of 7.42
Maicon - Played 46 scored 3 with an average rating of 7.43
Alex Sandro - Played 40 assisted 6 with an average rating of 7.30
Fernando - Played 44 assisted 3 with an average rating of 7.33
Joao Moutinho - Played 36 scored 6 with an average rating of 7.38
Silvestre Varela - Played 35 assisted 14 with an average of 7.49
Lucho Gonzalez - Played 36 scored 16 with an average rating of 7.58
James Rodriguez - Played 36 scored 22 with an average rating of 7.76
Kleber - Played 27 scored 14 with an average rating of 7.48


Season Summary

We won our first trophy of the season in the Supertaca after beating Academica 2-1 after extra time thanks to goals from Lucho Gonzalez and the extra time winner from James Rodriguez.

We started the league campaign with the hardest possible start, away to Benfica in which we fell down to them and was beaten 1-0. As the season went on we couldn't outdo our rivals Benfica and Sporting, every time they slipped up, we would fail to clinch the 3 points that would see us go top. When we finally made it to the top we were within touching distance of the title when we became over confident after winning 7 on the bounce. Needing only 2 wins from the last 4 games 1 in which was against our title rivals Sporting, we decided to become impotent in front of goal and we blew it. Finishing 3rd means we have to go through the champions league play-offs.

We were cruising through the league cup until we met Benfica where we succumbed to defeat. We were completely destroyed by them with us having 9 shots to their 25.

Getting drawn against Real Madrid was a little unfortunate although if we had topped the group we would have faced Barcelona. I thought we had gained a well earned draw in the 1st leg when Lucho showed nerves of steel to slot home a penalty in the 89th minute, that was not to be though as Cristiano Ronaldo dribbled the full length of the pitch and smashed the winner past Helton in the 2nd minute of injury time. 2nd leg we were completely outclassed by Ronaldo and co and was beaten 3-1 in the Spanish capital. Chelsea went on to beat Man City 6-1 in the final.

* Pre-Season will be up later*​

 

[emoasyou]

lucky to be still manager finishing 3rd youd get sacked in real life must do better lol

 

[Cole89]

lucky to be still manager finishing 3rd youd get sacked in real life must do better lol

yeah i probably would have been but they offered me a new contract a few games before the end of the season

 

[emoasyou]

yeah i probably would have been but they offered me a new contract a few games before the end of the season

im sure you will win next time good luck im follwing

 

[emoasyou]

hey with your aim being winning the champions league should turn it into a champions league chalenge after you succeed most be a deccent aamount of points for winning with porto

 

[Cole89]

Pre-Season

Quite a few changes made for the new season, I'm still going to be using the same tactics. I've brought in some new staff to hopefully improve my leaky defense from last season. There were also some big name players leaving this summer as I attempted to bring back a former Legend. More about the transfers later.


Dalian 2-2 Porto
Silvestre Varela, Kleber

Boca 2-1 Porto
Maicon

Tourizense 1-5 Porto
Silvestre Varela, Kleber (2), Lucho Gonzalez, Romelu Lukaku

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Transfer News

As I was only given a budget of £4.21m I had to sell before I buy. As I was looking through the transfer listed players I came across this chap
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Falcao £27.5m

I made it clear to the press that I was interested in signing him and he responded by saying he would love to join Porto, so I made a bid for him worth £27.5m and it was accepted the only downfall is that he wanted £125k a week so I withdrew negotiations until I could free up some money.

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Fabiano - £1.9m
Abdoulaye - £725k
Steven Defour - £4.2m
Jorge Fucile - £7.5m
Nicolas Gaitan - £13m
Leonard Kweuke - £8.5m
Total - £36m

I made a new bid for Falcao and a few days later i received news that it had been rejected and that they now wanted £39m due to Chelsea and Barcelona lodging bids for him. In the end he decided to join Chelsea, so that left me with a few holes to plug in my team.

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Nani - Loan (£300k)
Michael Essien - Loan (£60k)
Romelu Lukaku - Loan
Michu - £12.75m
Total - £13m
Quite pleased with the signings I've made. I still need reinforcements in the wing back positions and possibly in goal too, I still have a remaining budget of £12.5m so if anyone has any suggestions let me know please.


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[Cole89]

August & September


Premier League

Porto 3-0 Vit. Setubal
Nani, Romelu Lukaku, James Rodriguez

Vit. Guimaraes 0-5 Porto
Fernando, Romelu Lukaku (2), Michu, Joao Moutinho


Champions League
Best Placed Play-off

HSV 2-3 Porto
Romelu Lukaku (2), (O.G)

Porto 2-0 HSV
Nicolas Otamendi, Romelu Lukaku

Supertaca

Porto 0-1 Sporting


So we failed to retain the Supertaca which is a little disappointing but we were never really in the game. We had a great start to this seasons league campaign with two solid wins. Lukaku seems to be settling in well grabbing 6 goals in 5 games.

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Premier League

Porto 2-0 Maritimo
James Rodriguez, Romelu Lukaku

Sporting 1-0 Porto

Olhanense 3-4 Porto
James Rodriguez (2), Romelu Lukaku, Maicon

Porto 5-1 Estoril
Michu (3), Joao Moutinho, Romelu Lukaku (P)

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Champions League

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Hmmm could be a tough group to progress from I think it will all depend on how we fare against Valencia home & away.

Juventus 0-1 Porto
Nani


We really need to start beating the likes of Sporting & Benfica if we are to win the league this season. I thought we were firing them in this season but look at Benfica 27 goals from 6 games, looks like they could be the ones to beat this season. Might see if I can poach Cardoza off them.


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[minifletch]

Tough group there mate but you have a chance. Need to pick up the league against the bigger teams.

Be sure to check out my Chelsea career.

 

[Cole89]

October & Noveber


Premier League

Beira-Mar 0-3 Porto
Nani, Danilo, Nicolas Otamendi

Feirense 1-2 Porto
Alex Sandro, James Rodriguez


Champions League

Porto 4-0 Viktoria Plzen
Romelu Lukaku (2), Lucho Gonzalez, Nani

Porto 2-2 Valencia
(O.G), Romelu Lukaku


Taca de Portugal
3rd Round

Benfica 2-3 Porto (A.E.T)
Nani, Kleber, Fernando


A good solid month, especially in Europe the own goal from Valencia came from our former full back Jorge Fucile, bet he wasn't pleased to be back. It was an extremely tight game against Benfica, Nani looked to have sent us through in the 66th minute but then they equalized in the 91st min sending it to extra time. Thankfully we stayed strong enough to power on through to the next round.

*Just a quick mention about Falcao, he finally scored his 1st Chelsea goal after going an incredible 16 hours without doing so*

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Premier League

Porto 6-1 Braga
Michu (2), Romelu Lukaku (2), Maicon, James Rodriguez

Porto 4-0 P. Ferreira
Nani (2), Romelu Lukaku

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Champions League

Valencia 2-2 Porto
James Rodriguez, Nani

Porto 3-4 Juventus
Nicolas Otamendi, Nani, Romelu Lukaku

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Taca de Portugal
4th Round

Porto 4-0 Vit. Guimaraes
Maicon, Michu (3)


Another short but productive month in the league. 2 wins out of 2 and 10 goals scored, I cant complain. A little disappointed in the defeat against Juventus as we matched them throughout the game, every time they scored we equalized until Lukaku decides to fluff his spot kick to level the scoreline for the 4th time.

*Transfer News*

We have agreed fees to bring in 5 new faces, they are:
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Ramires from Chelsea for £16.5m joins 01-01-14
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Marcos Acosta from Boca for £2.8m joins 01-07-15
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Alex from Nacional da Madeira for £425k joins 01-01-14
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Manuel Peralta from boca for £3.8m joins 01-07-15
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Matija Solomun from Dinamo for £2.5m joins 01-01-14
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[Cole89]

December & January


Premier League

Porto 2-0 Nacional da Madeira
Romelu Lukaku, Alex Sandro

Moreirense 1-6 Porto
Silvestre Varela, Danilo, Nani, Nicolas Otamendi, Romelu Lukaku (2)

Champions League

Viktoria Plzen 1-4 Porto
Alex Sandro, Nani, Romelu Lukaku (2)


Taca de Portugal
5th Round

Porto 4-0 Leixoes
Nani, Michu, Romelu Lukaku (2)


League Cup
3rd Phase

Porto 2-0 Olhanense
Michu (2)


An unbeaten month sees us progress in 2 different competitions along with keeping the pressure on Benfica in the league. Lukaku keeps up his knack of scoring this season grabbing 7 goals in 5 games. We've been given another difficult draw in the champions league... Last years runners up Man City, it's becoming clear that nobody wants to see us lift the trophy.

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Premier League

Academica 1-0 PortoAves 0-4 Porto
Nicolas Otamendi, Joao Moutinho, Romelu Lukaku (2)

Maritimo 0-2 Porto
Alex Sandro, Romelu Lukaku

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Taca de Portugal
6th RoundFeirense 0-6 Porto
James Rodriguez, Ramires, Kleber, Michu (3)

Semi FinalSporting 1-4 Porto
James Rodriguez, Nicolas Otamendi, Lucho Gonzalez, Romelu Lukaku


League Cup
3rd PhaseVit. Guimaraes 0-0 Porto

Oliveirense 0-5 Porto
Ramires, Nani, Romelu Lukaku (P), James Rodriguez, (O.G)


Gutted about the defeat to Academica as they only had 1 shot on target to our 17, as we lost Benfica only managed a draw so yet again we couldn't take advantage. Lukaku now has 29 goals in 32 games. We put one foot in the final of the Taca de Portugal with a 4-1 win over rivals Sporting. We've also progressed in the League cup, the draw hasn't been made yet.
Nothing to report on the transfer front as only 1 player left on loan.

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