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Central Español Fútbol Club - Season 1 - End of Season Review League We only went and won it first season! It was a walk in the park actually. Not sure if it is a poor league, I have good legacy players or we have done well tactically. Cup Even more randomly we got to the final of the Uruguayan Cup. Which has both First and Second division teams in it! And even though we lost the final we didn't get destroyed by any means! Note: We beat Liverpool FC and Cooper quite easily, which gives us hope for next year as they are both First Division teams. Squad We are playing an attacking formation which creates plenty of chances. I have actually tried a different formation for each of my YAC challenges to vary things up a bit. Quite a few of our youth players have had game time with Pablo Garcia (YP01B) already becoming a first team regular! Remember the name! We have an Assistant Manager that I signed who deserves his own screenshot. The Man, the Myth, the Legend!! Improvements In other news we have made a few improvements (Junior Coaching and Youth Recruitment) and I have a new contract! Current Facilities Plus Youth Facilities upgrade

@HaylingZar - Topper looks.....topper What a player. Hopefully he will stick around a while and lead you to glory!

Welcome Different people use different systems. I personally use: Player Name (YP01A) Player Name (YP01B) YP = Youth Player (or product) 01 = The season they came through the academy 01 being season 1, 02 being season 2 etc A = My top rated prospect in that youth intake However I know there are all kinds of different ways to 'tag' players, so whatever works best for you.

Masullo has some right wing preferences....... Interesting wording!

Central Español Fútbol Club - Season 1 - Mid Season Review & Youth Intake League We have been tremendous from day 1. Firstly we won the Torneo Competencia, a kind of opening season league tournament. It guarantees us a playoff place in the Second Division proper. Then in the second division proper at the half way mark we find ourselves top with a comfortable gap. Youth Intake Preview We got the preview on day 1 of the save, so that was a very nice thing to see as one of my first news items. Look at ALL of those As Youth Intake The actual intake came less than a month later and was very promising indeed. Due to a worry about my financial projections I only signed the best 9 players (the ones tagged below) Top 3 - Youth Intake 1 Diego Da Silva (YP01A) A good looking young keeper. He is already our 2nd best Goalie, BUT one of our best 'legacy' players is also our Goalie. Likely that he will learn in the youth teams for a few years and his progress will determine if he gets into the starting line up. Will definitely get played in cup (or non-important) games. Decent personality and some great starting attributes (apart from that dreadful first touch). Pablo Garcia (YP01B) A very good looking DM, which is a position I am planning to use this save. We also don't have good DMs in our 'legacy players' so it may be that Pablo gets some game time this season. All of his key, highlighted, attributes are 7 or above, which at this level is great for a 15 year old. His personality is not good and his physicals need some work, but we can work with what we have here. Ruben Marticorena (YP01C) A nice looking striker. I love the Dribbling, Finishing and First Touch combo. The problem is we have quite a few (probably 4 or 5) strikers who are ahead of him in the pecking order and we are only playing 1 up top in this save at the moment. I have had good experiences with Rangy Strikers too, so that goes in his favor. Facilities Improvements We managed to get a whole host of upgrades and a new contract!

@SkiIIs - can you offer him a lower wage with bonuses or a ridiculous signing on fee (like most of your transfer budget which you don't need anyway) - May be worth it as he looks a REAL talent.

Thanks @XaW. I actually really liked the gritty style of @Mahzun_Savas example logo, so I have stole that one for now. But good to know for the future. I used to have Photoshop so know exactly how to do it there Alas no longer am I blessed with that!!

Central Español Fútbol Club The Beginning Based in Montevideo the capital of Uruguay. Central Español founded FUF (Uruguayan football federation) in 1923 with Penarol. They have only won one Uruguayan Championship to date, in 1984!! Time to change that!

Me too I also never holiday! (Unless I have a weird bug, or I am expected to play a U18 or reserve friendly as I have no staff, then I usually holiday 1 day)

Thanks all!! @SkiIIs - I may already be a season and a half into my next save AND it is another YAC! @JAwtunes - Yes the lack of youth facilities was frustrating. We even changed owners a couple of times but that didn't give me the option, nor did it when our Star Rating went up to continental.

Rein Meer AKA ReinBerg - Season 30 - Mid Season Review Champions League - WINNERS - CHALLENGE COMPLETED!!!!! After getting to last years final and being outclassed, we got back to the final and completely deserved the win against another team from Saudi Arabia in Al-Ittihad 1st Leg In the 1st we dominated. I thought everything may come crashing down when our keeper Naoto Sakai (YP23A) went down with an injury just before half time. Our replacement is ALOT worse and got a 5.9 in the last cup match I started him! However we barely gave them a sniff at goal and finished with a deserved 2-0 victory with goals from both of my wingers. 2nd Leg In the 2nd leg it was a much more tense affair. We were already nervous as Naoto Sakai (YP23A) had broken his hand in the last game, so we had our sub keeper playing the full 90. Things started with a scare as the first highlight was a goal for Al-Ittihad. However our chances went up massively when the second half started and then they got a man sent off for a vicious tackle. A late goal by Masayosha Takahashi (YP23F) settled our nerves and then Takayuki Ohara (YP25B) put the icing on the cake with a finish to not only win the Champions league, but to win both legs! Champions League - How we got to the final Funnily enough this year we were much less dominant in the knockout rounds of the Champions league, with TWO of our games being decided in our favor due to the Away goals rule. The Sapporo game was actually relatively comfortable, until they scored two goals in the last 9 minutes, luckily both of those goals were home goals! Ulsan seemed to always come up against us, but again the away goals rule saved our skin. After a 1-1 draw at home, we went away and drew 2-2 the first goal for Ulsan being scored by one of the Youth Players we sold a good 7-8 years ago. Champions League Dream Team!!! In my mind we should have all eleven players in the dream team, but thankful that 7 of our starting 11 were named in the Dream Team. The Final Squad The final team that took us over the line. Pretty good squad depth overall with some VERY strong strikers and some amazing youngsters waiting to burst into the first team. A couple of my KEY Players! We have a full team I am very proud of but a few key players that I wanted to highlight are: Naoto Sakai (YP23A) - Our Goalie who is just solid. Once we lost our first choice to Ajax, Naoto then stepped in and performed admirably. He has not got the best attributes but is solid overall and is consistently good. Haruhiko Ninomiya (YP14K) - He is one of our oldest starters and has been a great left back ever since he has got into the team. I like having one full back more attacking and overlapping and even though he does not ALWAYS start anymore, when he does he plays fantastically and is our most played LB this year. Hiroshi Yamada (YP21A) - An amazing little winger who consistently performs well, he gets plenty of assists and despite his unambitious personality he has become one of the first names on the team sheet. Kyota Shimokawa (YP20A) - A brilliant midfielder who has recently got into the National team. As the playmaker in the heart of midfield everything goes through him. He pops up with important goals and rarely has a bad game. Masayosha Takahasi (YP23F) - Our most capped player with only 13 caps. He plays as my advanced forward next to a poacher. The poacher gets more goals, but arguably the advanced forward is more important. A great personality has seen him develop fantastically and while the poacher position is rotated, Masayosha plays every game he is available. Takayuki Ohara (YP25B) - still only 20, but seems like he has been with us forever. His goals per game speak for themselves. A great poacher who can do everything well. Finishing and Heading of 16 for a poacher is a dream. He doesn't always start and has had his head turned a bit by other clubs. He is however just superb, with all of the attributes that matter being 13+, he still has room to grow and I am tempted to play further in the save just to see how far he can go. Final Facilities After all this time I still only have Adequate youth facilities which I think did impact the length of the save, as I just struggled to get really good players for a while. Even some of my key players above are playing above their station so to speak. We also rarely fill our stadium despite now being rated as the best team in Japan by reputation! Doesn't help we are quite far away from any MAJOR cities.

Ouch. Hopefully just a blip!!

Rein Meer AKA ReinBerg - Season 29 - Japan J1 League - End of Season Review & Youth Intake League - 5th The league doesn't matter as much anymore and as we focused on the Champions League (losing in the Final) our League position was always disappointing. We are already in this seasons champions League (see below) and have a chance in qualifying for next seasons Champions League as we are in the final of the All Japan Cup, for the first ever time. All Japan Cup We got to our first ever final and it was a tense affair. We were the better team but conceded a late goal . In Extra time we knocked on the door again, but nothing came of it. Luckily after missing the first penalty our other four penalty takers hit the mark, where as two of Urawas takers had tame penalties which resulted in Naoto Sakai (YP23A) being the hero of the day with two strong saves. Champions League Group Stages We once again got Ulsan in our group and this time they did take a game away from us. So not the perfect group stage but certainly a very good one. We will play FC Seoul in the first knockout round The Squad No big changes in the starting eleven, but look at those average ratings. For a team that ended up in 5th that isn't bad at all. Youth Intake No one really special in the intake apart from Ryuga Nishiguchi Other News Our U18s retained the U!8 League comfortably

Next crazy Idea. FM YAC Battles haha 😀 Pick a team, select your opponent from the forums and race to the top 😜

Rein Meer AKA ReinBerg - Season 29 - Japan J1 League - Mid Season Review & Youth Intake Preview Champions League - Semi Finals - 2nd leg! We pulled through from 4-1 down to win 5-4. Look at the xG!!! Two players with a 10.0 rating too!! Champions League Final - 1st leg A tough game against Al Hilal in the first leg, they were deserved winners, but we definitely deserved the late goal, as 2nd half was much closer as a game. Champions League Final - 2nd Leg In a continued INSANE tournament, we had an AMAZING performance in the home leg. BUT it was just too little too late! Disappointment BUT It does explain a little bit when their best player looks like this. Other News - Another Super Cup Win Again not important, but nice for the trophy cabinet Youth Intake Preview We changed our HOYD again and the preview does look a little better than the last few.