The Ultimate Champions League Challenge

[Mr_Grieves]

Ultimate Champions League Challenge
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Taking up my own challenge huh, i better do good!


This is the Champions League Challenge
http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/foot...e-champions-league-challenge.html#post1663858



Stonecold's History with the Champions League
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Don't get me wrong here but me and the Champions League are NOT friends!


Since Championship Manager changed to Football manager I've been awful in Europe, Usually blitz the domestic competitions but have lost out in Europe to some pretty embarrassing teams. One famous Champions League final saw the mighty Bordeaux beat my Real Madrid 3-1 being my biggest gripe but I've had problems with other top sides including Man City, Barcelona, Man Utd, Inter with Cristiano Ronaldo up front have all been amongst my biggest failures


So what about this time?
Having never tried anything like this before i would be delighted to bring 10 teams to Champions League Glory. I think its a pretty realistic aim even if i have to taint my sole by joining some pretty disgusting teams







Where else to Start but!!!!!


Man Utd - 3 times winners - 1968,1999,2008
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My thinking is there is 2 ways to go with this. Start with one of the teams that gain you 30-50 points for a Champions League win or start big and hope you can rack up the champions league wins quick and fast, im going for the latter and hope my favorite team can get us off to a dream start

Summer business to follow
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----Champions League Efforts----

2012/13 - Man Utd - CL = Runner Up - Current Points 0
2013/14 - Man Utd CL = Last 16 - Current Points 0
2014/15 - Man Utd CL = Winner - Current Points 5
2015/16 - Inter CL = Winner - Current Points 15
2016/17 - Dortmund CL = Winner - Current Points 30
2017/18 - Bayern Munich CL = Winner - Current Points 45
2018/19 - Bayern Munich CL = Winner - Current Points 47
2019/20 - ACMilan = No European Football + Liverpool CL - Semi Final 47
2020/21 - Liverpool CL = Winner - Current Points 67
2021/22 - Real Madrid CL = Winner - Current Points 72


Other Trophys

Man Utd
Premiership
Carling Cup
European Super Cup

Dortmund
Bundesliga
German Super Cup

Bayern
Bundesliga
German Super Cup
World Club Championships

AC Milan
-

Liverpool
Premiership

Real Madrid
La Liga


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[White army]

gd luck

i will do a story too

 

[Mr_Grieves]

Season 1 Preview


First team 2012
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If our attack goes like we do in real life and the midfield makes the difference i suspect i may then i have a great chance of winning the Champions League first time out



Transfers
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Man Utd's transfers
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In

Man Utd's weakness is Midfield so we added two of the premierships best


Mauro Fellaini

Will be a Playmaker attacking, deep lying he can do the lot
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Cheick Tiote
Will be the wall in front of our shaky defense
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Paulo Ferreira
Had to splash out £190k to get back up for our wing backs. Will not play much!
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Out


Welbeck went out on loan to Spurs because i only play 1 lead striker and he'd be behind Van Persie, Rooney and Hernandez


Rafael would have been a back up right back but I'd have missed out on either Fellaini or Tiote so Rafael left.




August results




Reading 0-4 Man Utd
O'G
Van Persie
Scholes
Nani




Man Utd 3-1 Sunderland
Van Persie 2
Cleverley


Tom Cleverley out for 5 months with a broken leg, Chances were it was a former team mate



Champions League Draw
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Man Utd landed in Group B with a group they should comfortably get through but one which has plenty history.


Man Utd and Benfica have played each other several times over the years most notably in the 1968 European Cup final. Another team from the past is Basel until beating Man Utd in 2011/12 season that names was more associated with a cartoon character


By avoiding the trickier second seed we have a good chance at getting a 100% winning run or 100% clean sheets through the group phase and maybe set us on out way to some bonus points


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[White army]

good luck hope u do well

 

[Mr_Grieves]

September



Man Utd 2-0 QPR
Valencia
Rooney



Aston Villa 0-0 Man Utd




Montpellier V Man Utd - Champions League Match 1
Pre Match Man Utd are declared "15/2" 3rd favorites behind the two Spanish giants. Time to show why! Ryan Giggs is the only new injury worry after getting a knock against Villa


Montpellier 1-1 Man Utd
Scholes

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Arghh so many bonus points disappeared with a 90th minute goal Soulermane Camara's picture perfect equalizer




Everton 1-2 Man Utd
Young
Van Persie




Man Utd 2-0 Liverpool - Carling Cup
Hernandez
Henriquez



Man Utd 1-0 Chelsea
Nani






Premier League
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Still League unbeaten and still top despite playing half strength sides against Villa and Chelsea


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[Klippybo]

U versus French teams - always makes me giggle - makes me wonder why you didnt start off with Marseille...........

 

[Mr_Grieves]

U versus French teams - always makes me giggle - makes me wonder why you didnt start off with Marseille...........

The French should stick to international football, its the only time they bring me any happiness!

 

[Mr_Grieves]

October




Man Utd V Benfica - Champions League Match 2
Following on from our embarrassing result in France we've got to take our anger and frustration out on Benfica and make ourselves look like serious challengers for the competition. Rooney joins Cleverley on the injury list and misses out here. Chris Smalling is back in training but still not ready for tonight


Man Utd 3-0 Benfica
Nani
Van Persie 2


A very simple win. United we stood and Benfica were walked over at Old Trafford




Man Utd 2-1 Arsenal
Fellaini
Valencia




Stoke 1-2 Man Utd
Hernandez 2




Basel V Man Utd - Champions League match 3
Victory over Benfica got us back on the rails and back to back wins against Basel are expected


Basel 0-3 Man Utd
Valencia 3


Probably not the player you would have backed to get a hattrick but a one man show from Valencia puts us top of the group for the first time

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Southampton 1-2 Man Utd
Rooney
Vidic




Man Utd 4-1 Southampton - Carling Cup
Hernandez 2
Januzaj
Pereira






League
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Sneaked past Stoke and Southampton where it looked like we might be away to loose or at best drop points



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[Mr_Grieves]

November




Man Utd 2-0 Norwich
Young
Januzaj




Man Utd V Basel - Champions League Match 4
Match 4 And its Rio Ferdinand's turn to be injured, stunned that both Rio and Vidic survived to November without one of them getting hurt


Man Utd 1-1 Basel
Valencia


This was a mega frustrating game! Fletcher out injured till Christmas and again we went missing, not taking our chances is becoming a massive problem, will try something different in match 5 and 6

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Man Utd 2-1 Newcastle
Van Persie
Nani



Man Utd 0-0 West Brom




Man Utd V Montpellier - Champions League Match 5
A Win today and we'll have stumbled through to the knockout stages!


Man Utd 5-0 Montpellier
Van Persie
Nani
Jones
Valencia
Rooney


Well there's that performance we were waiting for. Lots of goals, lots of scorers and Benfica won a classic in Switzerland so we've topped the group

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Man City 3-1 Man Utd
Van Persie






League
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Suffer our 1st league defeat of the season as City and Chelsea close the gap



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[Klippybo]

Hurry up and win the thing so I dont have to read about you being Man Utd lol - I see Newcastle are struggling while Sunderland are even worse..................

I am dreading managing Man Utd in my attempt. Maybe I will move to there, win the Champions League with them and sell/release all their players when I get a job offer (you can delay for a week) - to cleanse my soul. Ha ha.

Anywho - I digress - lets hope you avoid PSG in the knock-outs

 

[Mr_Grieves]

Hurry up and win the thing so I dont have to read about you being Man Utd lol - I see Newcastle are struggling while Sunderland are even worse..................

Pardew sacked and replaced with Pearce
O'Neil Sacked and replaced by Alan Curbishley

Both are going down!

 

[Mr_Grieves]

December




Fulham 2-2 Man Utd
Giggs
Hernandez




Benfica V Man Utd - Champions League Match 6
Were through as Group winners but i will not be taking any chances on our unbeaten run and we'll go full strength!


Benfica 1-0 Man Utd


This was disgracefully. Enraged that our 1st team failed me in such a simple game. Not very positive signs for the knock out phase

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Man Utd 4-0 Liverpool
Nani 2
Rooney
Kagawa




Man Utd 5-0 Bolton - Carling Cup
Ferdinand
Nani 2
Valencia
Evans




Tottenham 1-1 Man Utd
Pereira




Man Utd 2-0 Swansea
Van Persie
Nani




West Ham 0-0 Man Utd




Man Utd 0-0 Wigan




Sunderland 0-3 Man Utd
Evra
Fletcher
Van Persie






League
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Even though we had 3 draws in 4 games we're still at the top of the tree with Liverpool and Everton joining the race at the top. 6 points between the top 5.





Champions League
Last 16
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Only clash of the titans is AC Milan v Barcelona
We however got FC Porto, who were probably one of the best 3 teams we could have drawn


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[Mr_Grieves]

January


Man Utd 1-1 Reading
Young


Tranmere 1-1 Man Utd - FA Cup
Young


Man Utd 2-1 Stoke - Carling cup s/f 1st leg
Pereira
Hernendez


QPR 0-4 Man Utd
Van Persie 3
Valencia


Man Utd 0-0 Tranmere
Tranmere win 4-3 on penalty's - oops


Man Utd 3-0 Everton
Van Persie 3


Stoke 1-1 Man Utd - Carling Cup s/f 1st leg
Young
--- Agg Man Utd 3-2 Stoke ---


Chelsea 0-6 Man Utd
Van Persie 4
Nani
Valencia



League
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It was tight at the top now there's nothing in it at all, If we hadn't pummled Chelsea it could have been even closer with the top 3




January Transfers
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[Mr_Grieves]

February


Arsenal 1-1 Man Utd
O'G


Man Utd 2-0 Stoke
O'G
Kagawa


FC Porto v Man Utd - Champions League last 16 1st leg
Its time to get real again. Porto have offered Man Utd many problems in the past but we simply must perform tonight. David De Gea got a knock in training meaning Lidegard will make his 1st Champions League start for me


FC Porto 1-0 Man Utd


Oh bother! In normal standard Man Utd have screwed up the 1st leg. For the first time this season we were totally outplayed. Worrying for the 2nd leg

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Man Utd 4-0 Aston Villa
Valencia 3
Van Persie




Man Utd 2-2 Tottenham - Carling Cup Final
Van Persie 2

--- Tottenham win 5-3 on pens ---




Norwich 1-1 Man Utd
Young




Man Utd 2-0 Southampton
Valencia
Carrick



League
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Were back on top, gap between the top 3 remains the same


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[Mr_Grieves]

March




Man Utd V FC Porto - Champions League last 16 2nd leg
2nd leg and we must win by 2 goals otherwise the whole point in my story is in jeopardy


Man Utd 2-0 FC Porto
Tiote
Nani


Were through, Just! Tiote got us back in the tie right at the start and after 80 minutes of suffering Nani popped up in the 89th minute and we stumbled into the last 8

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No massive shocks in the last 16, Celtic maybe!
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Newcastle 0-1 Man Utd
Van Persie


Man Utd 1-1 Man City
Van Persie


West Brom 2-0 Man Utd





League
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Only 3 goals in it at the top and if Chelsea win there to games in hand 3 teams will all be level on points




Champions League QF + SF draws
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To get through the tournament we'll have to get past Bayern in the quarter finals then probably Real Madrid in the Semi's




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[White army]

gd luck hope u win champions league so i dont have to see man utd..god knows how i will cope when i have to manage them

 

[Mr_Grieves]

gd luck hope u win champions league so i dont have to see man utd..god knows how i will cope when i have to manage them

Really feeling the love for United here!

 

[iArsenal]

Agreed, one thing putting me off for this challenge was the fact that I would have to manage Man Utd and Real Madrid, United more so though. Looks like your prediction of Newcastle going down might be true, if you don't win CL going to pluck them for some players if they do?

 

[Mr_Grieves]

Agreed, one thing putting me off for this challenge was the fact that I would have to manage Man Utd and Real Madrid, United more so though. Looks like your prediction of Newcastle going down might be true, if you don't win CL going to pluck them for some players if they do?

Already got there best "Tiote" Cabaye would be the only other i'd want but dont want to make Man Utd since they'll hopefully be my rivals soon

 

[Mr_Grieves]

April




Man Utd V Bayern Munich - Champions League Q/F 1st leg
Old rivals face off again. Since winning the 1999 Final Bayern Munich have eliminated Man Utd every time they have met in Europe and i am not confident of changing that trend based on out current form and our European form this season


Man Utd 2-1 Bayern Munich
Cleverley
Hernandez


The better team finally got the win but Bayern's away goal could prove the be the difference, again!

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Liverpool 1-1 Man Utd
Hernandez



Bayern Munich V Man Utd - Champions League Q/F 2nd leg
Thankfully we soldiered through the Liverpool game without any fresh injury. We'll be going out with an attacking team to try and get the away goal that will give us a added edge


Bayern Munich 2-1 Man Utd AET
Nani


Man Utd win 4-3 on pens


What a game. We lead at half time and were playing well, Well keeping Bayern at bay. Our boys tired through the second half and they got the two goals required for extra time. Nothing exciting happend in extra time and Phillip Lahm missed the vital penalty which puts us through to the semi finals!

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Could there be a better line up than this?
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Man Utd 2-1 Fulham
Rooney
Nani




Man Utd 1-2 Tottenham
Scholes




Man Utd V Real Madrid - Champions League S/F 1st leg
Held a team meeting after the Tottenham game and really hope it has the desired effect to navigate the 1st leg


Man Utd 2-0 Real Madrid
Valencia
Nani


Like all brilliant wins in this seasons games it came at a price. Van Persie Doubtful for 2nd leg and Nani will struggle to return before the end of the season

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Swansea 1-2 Man Utd
Rooney
O'G






League
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Were even at the top but City have a game in hand but with trips to Chelsea and Norwich to come i feel the pressure is on our neighbors




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