iseemonsters1 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Game Setup: 10.1 Patch, Custom database (Small database plus current international players from: Algeria, USA, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, The Netherlands, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Wales) Leagues Loaded: Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, England, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Turkey, USA, Uruguay Start Date: July 2009 As you can see, I've expanded the database significantly from my other career game - the extra players added to the small database will hopefully massively increase my chances at international management. The main problem I ran into with my "Travelling into the unknown..." game (which I will be continuing to play) was that I felt like my chances to "move up" in the world of football were a bit limited thanks to the lack of big clubs I had loaded - well, there are plenty of exciting big clubs on both sides of the Atlantic in this setup that I'll hopefully have a chance to manage at in the future. And as you may have guessed from the thread title, it's the return of my Uruguayan/English management alter-ego, Cristoval Alvarez, a 26 year old who this time is a former semi-professional footballer (should help with getting a decent job to start with). By the way, I like to imagine him with flowing dark hair and white teeth showing in a cheeky grin. Career Summary Season Club GP W D L GF GA GD Earnings Notes ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10 Penarol 30 21 7 2 51 17 +34 £69,000 2010/11 Penarol 55 33 14 8 94 34 +60 £66,000 Resigned May 20th 2011 2011/12 Al-Ahly 55 43 10 2 120 31 +89 £100,000 Appointed May 20th 2011 2012/13 Lazio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 £0 Appointed June 17th 2012 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 140 97 31 12 265 82 +183 £235,000 Competition History Season Club Competition Country/Continent Position Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10 Penarol Primera (Opening) Uruguay 1st Opening Stage winners 2009/10 Penarol Primera (Closing) Uruguay 1st Closing Stage winners 2009/10 Penarol Primera (Overall) Uruguay 1st Champions 2010/11 Penarol Primera (Opening) Uruguay 1st Opening Stage winners 2010/11 Penarol Primera (Closing) Uruguay 1st Closing Stage winners 2010/11 Penarol Primera (Overall) Uruguay 1st Champions 2010/11 Penarol Copa Sudamericana South America N/A Quarter-Finals 2010/11 Penarol Copa Libertadores South America 1st (Group B) Quarter-Finals 2011/12 Al-Ahly Premier League Egypt 1st Champions 2011/12 Al-Ahly Egyptian Cup Egypt N/A Champions 2011/12 Al-Ahly Champions League Africa 1st (Group A) Champions 2011/12 Al-Ahly World Club Cup World N/A Runners-Up 2011/12 Al-Ahly CAF Super Cup Africa N/A Champions Trophy Cabinet Season Club Competition Country/Continent ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009/10 Penarol Primera Uruguaya Uruguay 2010/11 Penarol Primera Uruguaya Uruguay 2011/12 Al-Ahly Premier League Egypt 2011/12 Al-Ahly Egyptian Cup Egypt 2011/12 Al-Ahly Champions League Africa 2011/12 Al-Ahly CAF Super Cup Africa International Career Summary Year Nation GP W D L GF GA GD Notes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 Ghana 8 3 3 2 10 5 +5 2011 Ghana 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 9 4 3 2 12 5 +7 International Competition History Year Nation Competition Position Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 Ghana World Cup 2nd (Group B) Quarter-Finals 2012 Ghana African Cup of Nations 1st (Group C) Runners-Up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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iseemonsters1 Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division - July 8th 2009 After just two days unemployed, I got an offer that was far too good to turn down. One of the biggest clubs in Alvarez's native Uruguay was in need of a manager, and believed that Cristoval was the man to take them to glory - and are willing to give him a 2 year contract on £1,300 p/w to do so. Founded by British railway workers alongside their Uruguayan colleagues as the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club back in 1891, Penarol seems like a very appropriate place for my part-Uruguayan, part-English manager to start his career. Also, during my time managing in Uruguay over the past three versions of FM in SC2BC South American challenges, I've developed something of an affinity for Penarol - they're the team I mind losing to the least! Penarol are the most successful club in Uruguayan history, having won the Uruguayan top flight 36 times. They also have five Copa Libertadores trophies in the trophy cabinet, having last won the competition in 1987. However, since the start of the new century, they've been somewhat overshadowed by the other giants of Uruguayan football, Nacional, who've won six titles since 2000 compared to Penarol's single win in 2003. The other major players in the Uruguayan league are probably Defensor Sporting and Danubio. I've decided in this thread to set myself short term and long term goals when I take over a new club - to give me something tangible to work towards. The short term goals will be for the season to come, the long term goals for the next three to four years. Once I've achieved my long-term goals, or if the three to four years have elapsed and I have failed to achieve my goals, that can serve as a time for me to consider whether I want to set myself new long-term goals at the same club, or whether I want to move on and seek a new challenge elsewhere. Short term goals: Win the Uruguayan Primera Division - my assistant manager claims that Penarol already have the players in place to "dominate" the Uruguayan top flight - given that, not at least getting in to the end of season Champions Playoff between the Opening and Closing Stage winners would be a serious disappointment. And if you're going to get into the Champions Playoff, you might as well aim to win it, right? Long term goals: Reach the Copa Libertadores Semi-Finals - it's been over 22 years since Penarol last won the Copa Libertadores. Nacional won it the next year, in 1988, and that was the last time a Uruguayan team has won the continent's premier club competition. Aiming to win the tournament within around 3 years I think is probably a little over-ambitious. But if I can build a team capable of reaching the semi-finals, I think that will be an achievement to be proud of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Good luck with this iseemonsters. Do have a go at managing Canada sometime! Anyone would be better than Dale Mitchell! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 Good luck with this iseemonsters. Do have a go at managing Canada sometime! Anyone would be better than Dale Mitchell! I considered adding the Canadian league to this game just for you Rancer - but I thought it wouldn't really be in keeping with my attempt to manage big clubs and win big trophies in this game (plus I was already pushing my computer as far as I felt I could!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I considered adding the Canadian league to this game just for you Rancer - but I thought it wouldn't really be in keeping with my attempt to manage big clubs and win big trophies in this game (plus I was already pushing my computer as far as I felt I could!). I would only manage TFC of MLS. I wouldn't manage in the CSL. :o How many players did you load in total? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 I would only manage TFC of MLS. I wouldn't manage in the CSL. :oHow many players did you load in total? Got about 31,000, which puts my expected performance at 2 stars - seems to be ticking along decently - definitely not slow enough to make me regret having some extra options in there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division (Opening Stage) - August 2009 Update [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - August 16th 2009[/i] [b]Tacuarembo 0 0 Penarol[/b] [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - August 22nd 2009[/i] [b]Penarol 2 0 Rampla Juniors[/b] Antonio Pacheco (2) Ruben Olivera (71) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - August 29th 2009[/i] [b]Penarol 1 0 Fenix[/b] Antonio Pacheco (37) Notes: Not the best start ever with a 0-0 draw against Tacuarembo - not a bad side, but a side we would hope to beat. Our next game was a much more satisfying 2-0 win over Rampla Juniors in my first match in front of the home crowd, and we rounded off the month with a decent if unspectacular 1-0 victory over Fenix. Antonio Pacheco got two of our three goals this month - he's spent most of his career at Penarol, but has also had unsuccessful spells in Serie A and La Liga. At 33, he's getting on a bit, but I think he's still going to be a key player, at least this season. For some reason, Nacional have been deducted 3 points, which I think only strengthens our chances of winning the league this season - especially since they've started with 2 defeats from their first 3 games. Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Defensor Sporting 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 2nd Cerro Largo 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 [b]3rd Penarol 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7[/b] 4th Fenix 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 5th Wanderers 3 1 2 0 7 +2 5 5 6th Tacuarembo 3 1 2 0 4 +1 3 5 7th Liverpool 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5 8th Danubio 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4 9th River Plate 3 1 1 1 5 6 -1 4 10th Cerrito 3 1 1 1 2 3 -1 4 11th Atenas de San Carlos 3 1 0 2 2 9 -7 3 12th Central Espanol 3 0 2 1 0 3 -3 2 13th Cerro 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1 14th Rampla Juniors 3 0 1 2 3 7 -4 1 15th Nacional 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 0 16th Racing de Montevideo 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5 0 [i]Nacional deducted 3 points[/i] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division (Opening Stage) - September 2009 Update [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - September 12th 2009[/i] [b]Wanderers 2 3 Penarol[/b] Julio Rodriguez (25) Bryan Rodriguez (9, 41) Martin Gonzalez (83) Antonio Pacheco (27) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - September 20th 2009[/i] [b]Penarol 4 1 Racing de Montevideo[/b] Julio Mozzo (18, 29, pen 86) Neider Morantes (pen 74) Antonio Pacheco (40) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - September 26th 2009[/i] [b]Danubio 1 2 Penarol[/b] Mathias Guzman (14) Antonio Pacheco (40) Marcel Roman (61) Notes: Some good wins this month - a hard fought defeat of Wanderers, who are in good form so far this season, was a really good way to start the month. Racing, on the other hand, are having a pretty terrible year so far, and it was hardly a surprise that we walked away with a 4-1 victory at home. Finally, the 2-1 defeat of Danubio, who are one of the top teams in the league, was a great result - especially away from home. It was also a good way to prepare for our matches against Defensor Sporting and Nacional in the next month. Pacheco has three from three this month, continuing his good form and showing that he's still got the ability to cause serious problems at this level. Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Penarol 6 5 1 0 12 4 +8 16[/b] 2nd Wanderers 6 3 2 1 14 7 +7 11 3rd Liverpool 5 3 2 0 8 2 +6 11 4th Danubio 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 5th Cerro 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10 6th Defensor Sporting 6 2 3 1 7 4 +3 9 7th Cerrito 6 2 3 1 8 7 +1 9 8th Tacuarembo 5 2 2 1 7 3 +4 8 9th Fenix 6 2 2 2 12 11 +1 8 10th Cerro Largo 5 2 1 2 6 7 -1 7 11th River Plate 6 1 3 2 7 10 -7 6 12th Nacional 5 2 1 2 7 5 +2 4 13th Atenas de San Carlos 6 1 1 4 2 11 -9 4 14th Central Espanol 6 0 3 3 1 8 -7 3 15th Racing de Montevideo 6 1 0 5 4 13 -9 3 16th Rampla Juniors 6 0 2 4 5 11 -6 2 [i]Nacional deducted 3 points[/i] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 Penarol Takeover News: Well, there's apparently a consortium targeting a takeover of Penarol. The current board are enforcing a transfer embargo (no problem right now, since the transfer window is over), and the head of the consortium, Roman Sadykov, apparently plans to replace me with former Penarol player and manager Mario Saralegui if the takeover goes through. I'm hoping that our good form and league position will protect me from his diabolical plans! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Nice startwith Penarol iseemonsters, already taking an early stranglehold on the league with Wanderers and Liverpool () right behind you. Hope your consortium goes through, and you get some more funds. (and of course, you still have a job when it's all done ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Nice startwith Penarol iseemonsters, already taking an early stranglehold on the league with Wanderers and Liverpool () right behind you. Hope your consortium goes through, and you get some more funds. (and of course, you still have a job when it's all done ) Thanks Rancer! The takeover collapsed totally - I don't think I've ever seen that once takeover talks start and a transfer embargo comes into effect. While that means there's no extra money for me, on the plus side I don't have to worry about my job any more! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division (Opening Stage) - October 2009 Update [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - October 4th 2009[/i] [b]Penarol 2 0 Defensor Sporting[/b] Ruben Olivera (13) Geovanny Caicedo (67) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - October 18th 2009[/i] [b]Liverpool 1 1 Penarol[/b] Julian Lalinde (89) Guillermo Rodriguez (41) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - October 25th 2009[/i] [b]Penarol 2 0 Cerro[/b] Ruben Olivera (57) Marcelo Sosa (79) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - October 31st 2009[/i] [b]Nacional 1 1 Penarol[/b] Mario Regueiro (29) Bryan Rodriguez (pen 54) Notes: We came away with creditable draws from two of our toughest fixtures of the season this month - with just seconds separating us from a win away over 2nd place Liverpool before they snatched an equaliser in the 89th minute to peg us back to 1-1, and a hard fought game at arch-rivals Nacional that also ended 1-1 - a fair result for both sides. We also grabbed a deserved 2-0 win at home to Defensor Sporting, who are one of Uruguay's top sides (although they've been disappointing this season). A regulation 2-0 win over Cerro was our other fixture this month - a deserved victory, although it took us almost an hour to break down Cerro's determined defence. Now five points clear with five games left in the Opening Stage, we've got a really good shot at winning the stage and grabbing our place in the Champions Playoff already, which can take the pressure off for the second half of the season (having said that, if we can win the closing stage too, then we avoid a playoff altogether). Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Penarol 10 7 3 0 18 6 +12 24[/b] 2nd Liverpool 10 5 4 1 13 6 +7 19 3rd Wanderers 10 5 3 2 19 11 +8 18 4th Tacuarembo 10 5 2 3 12 10 +2 17 5th River Plate 10 4 4 2 22 18 +4 16 6th Cerrito 10 4 4 2 17 14 +3 16 7th Fenix 10 3 5 2 16 12 +4 14 8th Defensor Sporting 10 3 5 2 9 6 +3 14 9th Danubio 10 3 4 3 12 11 +1 13 10th Cerro 10 3 2 5 7 12 -5 11 11th Nacional 10 3 4 3 12 9 +3 10 12th Cerro Largo 10 3 1 6 12 20 -8 10 13th Racing de Montevideo 10 2 3 5 7 14 -7 9 14th Atenas de San Carlos 10 1 5 4 9 18 -9 8 15th Central Espanol 10 0 5 5 1 10 -9 5 16th Rampla Juniors 10 0 4 6 9 18 -9 4 [i]Nacional deducted 3 points[/i] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division (Opening Stage) - November 2009 Update [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - November 8th 2009[/i] [b]Penarol 2 0 River Plate[/b] Antonio Pacheco (6) Diego Alonso (49) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - November 21st 2009[/i] [b]Cerrito 1 1 Penarol[/b] Mauricio Bruzzone (55) Bryan Rodriguez (41) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - November 29th 2009[/i] [b]Penarol 1 1 Central Espanol[/b] Ruben Olivera (37) Diego Rodriguez (50) Notes: Our momentum has definitely slowed a little this month - but at the same time, our lead at the top has actually increased to six points. We started the month with our toughest game, against a River Plate side hoping to catch Liverpool in second place. Their manager was talking trash before the game, but we did all our talking on the field with a comfortable win. Our two draws, away at Cerrito and at home to Central Espanol, were definitely disappointing, but nobody seems to be able to mount any kind of challenge to take advantage of our slip ups. The Opening Stage is now almost within our grasp - we just need one more point to make it absolutely sure, but we could lose both of our games and Liverpool could win them both and we might still win the title on goal difference. Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Penarol 13 8 5 0 22 8 +14 29[/b] 2nd Liverpool 13 6 5 2 17 11 +6 23 3rd Wanderers 13 6 3 4 22 15 +7 21 4th Danubio 13 5 5 3 16 12 +4 20 5th Defensor Sporting 13 5 5 3 14 10 +4 20 6th River Plate 13 5 4 4 25 24 +1 19 7th Fenix 13 4 6 3 22 16 +6 18 8th Cerrito 13 4 6 3 21 19 +2 18 9th Tacuarembo 13 5 3 5 12 12 0 18 10th Cerro Largo 13 5 2 6 17 23 -6 17 11th Nacional 13 5 4 4 15 10 +5 16 12th Cerro 13 3 4 6 11 17 -6 13 13th Racing de Montevideo 13 3 4 6 12 19 -7 13 14th Atenas de San Carlos 13 2 6 5 14 25 -11 12 15th Central Espanol 13 1 7 5 5 12 -7 10 16th Rampla Juniors 13 0 5 8 13 25 -12 5 [i]Nacional deducted 3 points[/i] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division (Opening Stage) - December 2009 Update [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - December 5th 2009[/i] [b]Cerro Largo 1 1 Penarol[/b] Miguel de Souza (4) Diego Alonso (11) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - December 13th 2009[/i] [b]Penarol 1 0 Atenas de San Carlos[/b] Antonio Pacheco (pen 61) Notes: We secured the title with a minimum of fuss, getting our third 1-1 draw in a row to get the one point we needed to make the Opening Stage victory safe, and then we wrapped up the Opening Stage by grinding out a win against struggling Atenas de San Carlos. Nevertheless, I'm a little concerned by the amount of draws we got with teams that are inferior to us - obviously, it hasn't hurt us too much in this Opening Stage, but I wonder if it could come back to haunt us if someone finally comes out of the pack to challenge us. That was one of the reasons that we won the Opening Stage without too much drama - none of the other top teams really performed. Defensor Sporting finally clawed their way up to 3rd in the league, but Danubio only made it to 5th, and Nacional's 8th place was poor enough to get their manager the sack (despite the three point deduction). Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Penarol 15 9 6 0 24 9 +15 33[/b] 2nd Wanderers 15 8 3 4 28 19 +9 27 3rd Defensor Sporting 15 6 6 3 18 11 +7 24 4th Liverpool 15 6 6 3 20 15 +5 24 5th Danubio 15 6 6 3 18 13 +5 24 6th Fenix 15 5 7 3 26 19 +7 22 7th Tacuarembo 15 6 4 5 17 15 +2 22 8th Nacional 15 6 5 4 18 12 +6 20 9th River Plate 15 5 5 5 26 28 -2 20 10th Cerrito 15 4 7 4 22 21 +1 19 11th Cerro Largo 15 5 3 7 20 27 -7 18 12th Racing de Montevideo 15 3 6 6 16 23 -7 15 13th Cerro 15 3 5 7 14 21 -7 14 14th Atenas de San Carlos 15 2 7 8 14 26 -12 13 15th Central Espanol 15 1 8 6 10 18 -8 11 16th Rampla Juniors 15 0 6 9 14 28 -14 6 [i]Nacional deducted 3 points[/i] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Nice work winning the Opening Stage iseemonsters. Best of luck in the Closing Stage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Well, a big surprise development just before the start of the Closing Stage. The African Cup of Nations has just concluded, and four giants of African football crashed out in the group stage. Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast and South Africa were all looking for managers - I applied for all four, not expecting to get any offers (it doesn't hurt to try, right? ) - and to my surprise, I got offers from Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa! All three are going to this summer's World Cup, so I could take my pick of any of them in the knowledge that I would get to manage on the world's biggest stage. As tempting as it was to lead South Africa into the World Cup on their home soil, and as strong as Nigeria look (ranked 27th in the world), in the end I had to plump for Ghana. With just one fixture scheduled before the World Cup (a friendly away to Holland in June), it's going to be a baptism of fire, with a tough World Cup group of Germany, Czech Republic, and South Korea. The Ghanaian FA have told me that though they're hoping for a good performance in the World Cup, that's not necessarily the priority - the main task is to fulfill Ghana's potential long term - a very enlightened attitude, I would say! In other news, takeover rumors are once again swirling around Penarol, but this time the chairman is looking to step aside for one of the existing directors - meaning little new investment but also that my job should be secure. The chairman gave me the parting gift of selling Ecuadorian international defender Geovanny Caicedo, one of my best players, for £3.6m. It was a decent price for a player signed on a free transfer, and the club does need the money, so I can't complain too much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Nice work winning the Opening Stage iseemonsters. Best of luck in the Closing Stage. Thanks Rancer - hoping for a good performance so we can avoid a playoff at the end of the season - especially since I'll be wanting to turn my mind towards the World Cup by then! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division (Closing Stage) - February 2010 Update [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - February 13th 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 2 0 Tacuarembo[/b] Julio (9) Pablo Lavandeira (40) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - February 17th 2010[/i] [b]Rampla Juniors 0 1 Penarol[/b] Antonio Pacheco (76) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - February 21st 2010[/i] [b]Fenix 0 1 Penarol[/b] Diego Alonso (61) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - February 27th 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 2 0 Wanderers[/b] Antonio Pacheco (73) Jhonathan Ramis (82) Ghana World Ranking: 44th Notes: A really interesting month. Besides being appointed manager of Ghana, we had takeover talks starting and another transfer embargo enforced, only for those talks to collapse again, despite the fact that the chairman has publicly said he's looking to step aside. On the field, we made a great start to the Closing Stage campaign. A 2-0 opening win over Tacuarembo was made particularly sweet by a goal from my newest signing, Brazilian midfielder Julio, brought in on a free transfer in January. Decent if not overwhelming consecutive 1-0 away wins against almost certain to be relegated Rampla Juniors and mid-table Fenix followed, and then we produced a dominant performance against the Opening Stage's 2nd placed team, Wanderers. It looks like we might have some real competition in the Closing Stage though, with Danubio matching our four wins from four and topping the table on goal difference, and Defensor Sporting still unbeaten. Nacional are still struggling though, despite changing management and not suffering from a points deduction in the Closing Stage, they're down in 9th place. Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Danubio 4 4 0 0 12 2 +10 12 [b]2nd Penarol 4 4 0 0 6 0 +6 12[/b] 3rd Defensor Sporting 4 2 2 0 8 3 +5 8 4th Cerro Largo 4 2 1 1 9 6 +3 7 5th River Plate 4 2 1 1 10 8 +2 7 6th Liverpool 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 7 7th Racing de Montevideo 4 2 1 1 3 5 -2 7 8th Fenix 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 5 9th Nacional 4 1 2 1 4 4 0 5 10th Cerro 4 1 1 2 6 7 -1 4 11th Wanderers 4 1 1 2 3 5 -2 4 12th Tacuarembo 4 1 1 2 2 5 -3 4 13th Atenas de San Carlos 4 0 2 2 1 5 -4 2 14th Cerrito 4 0 2 2 1 8 -7 2 15th Central Espanol 4 0 1 3 3 8 -5 1 16th Rampla Juniors 4 0 0 4 3 8 -5 0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 World Cup 2010 I thought I'd post the World Cup for everyone to have a look at - and make some predictions if you feel like it! [b]Group A[/b] Algeria Italy Paraguay Russia [b]Group B[/b] Czech Republic Germany [b]Ghana[/b] South Korea [b]Group C[/b] Ecuador England France Honduras [b]Group D[/b] Brazil Cameroon Japan Serbia [b]Group E[/b] Chile Greece North Korea United States [b]Group F[/b] Australia Costa Rica Slovakia South Africa [b]Group G[/b] Nigeria Spain Switzerland Trinidad & Tobago [b]Group H[/b] Denmark Ivory Coast Netherlands Saudi Arabia Looks like I'd have had a much easier group if I'd chosen to take the South Africa job! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division (Closing Stage) - March 2010 Update [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - March 6th 2010[/i] [b]Racing de Montevideo 1 5 Penarol[/b] Nestor Silva (26) Marcel Roman (32, 73) Ruben Olivera (46) Diego Alonso (78) Cristian Palacios (83) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - March 14th 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 3 2 Danubio[/b] Ruben Olivera (31) Diego Ifran (58) Diego Alonso (38) Julio o.g. (60) Julio Mozzo (68) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - March 20th 2010[/i] [b]Defensor Sporting 2 0 Penarol[/b] Alvaro Navarro (19) Robert Herrera (56) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - March 24th 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 2 0 Liverpool[/b] Ruben Olivera (17) Julio Mozzo (pen 85) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - March 28th 2010[/i] [b]Cerro 0 2 Penarol[/b] Diego Alonso (68, 75) Ghana World Ranking: 45th Notes: Some vital games in the title race taking place in what was a very busy month. We kicked things off with a 5-1 demolition of Racing, who actually were ahead in the game briefly before we started the destruction. Then came the showdown between ourselves and Danubio, both of whom had 100% records so far. In a thrilling game, we squeaked out a 3-2 win, after Danubio had come back from two down at half time to level the match after an hour. Next up was probably our toughest remaining fixture, away to Defensor Sporting, who were also unbeaten. Perhaps drained from the drama against Danubio, we just never really turned up for this one, and I was handed my first defeat as Penarol manager as we went down 2-0. But we bounced back well, grabbing consecutive 2-0 victories, at home to Liverpool and away to Cerro, to maintain our three point lead at the top with 6 games remaining in the Closing Stage. It's also worth mentioning that the overall points table (combined Opening and Closing Stages) could potentially be important at the end of the season, depending on how things shake out - we have a virtually unassailable 12 point lead at the top of the combined table right now. Ghana's world ranking dropped by one place this month to 45th, mainly by virtue of the fact that we haven't played any matches. Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Penarol 9 8 0 1 18 5 +13 24[/b] 2nd Defensor Sporting 9 6 3 0 14 4 +10 21 3rd Danubio 9 6 1 2 20 10 +10 19 4th Cerro Largo 9 5 3 1 22 13 +9 18 5th Fenix 9 4 3 2 11 7 +4 15 6th River Plate 9 4 3 2 19 16 +3 15 7th Liverpool 9 4 2 3 15 10 +5 14 8th Nacional 9 2 5 2 13 12 +1 11 9th Tacuarembo 9 2 5 2 8 10 -2 11 10th Racing de Montevideo 9 2 4 3 6 13 -7 10 11th Cerro 9 2 3 4 10 13 -3 9 12th Atenas de San Carlos 9 1 6 2 7 10 -3 9 13th Wanderers 9 2 2 5 6 15 -9 8 14th Cerrito 9 1 4 4 7 16 -9 7 15th Rampla Juniors 9 0 1 8 7 16 -9 1 16th Central Espanol 9 0 1 8 6 19 -13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Great start to your new career iseemonsters. Already a trophy under your belt and on your way to the World Cup! Great stuff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iacovone Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 I echo DodgeeD's sentiments, all going swimmingly so far! KUTGW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Great start to your new career iseemonsters. Already a trophy under your belt and on your way to the World Cup! Great stuff I echo DodgeeD's sentiments, all going swimmingly so far! KUTGW Thanks DodgeeD and iacovone - it's definitely gone quickly in the direction I was hoping it would, with a lot more interesting jobs becoming available and of course getting the Ghana job! I'm really looking forward to the World Cup! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romanista1994 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Great to see someone else in Uruguay! Despite you taking over Defensor Sportings bitter rivals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division (Closing Stage) - April 2010 Update [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - April 3rd 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 3 1 Nacional[/b] Julio Mozzo (7) Diego Vera (82) Ruben Olivera (24) Ignacio Ithurralde (38) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - April 10th 2010[/i] [b]River Plate 1 2 Penarol[/b] Jorge Zambrana (56) Diego Alonso (8, pen 22) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - April 17th 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 0 0 Cerrito[/b] [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - April 25th 2010[/i] [b]Central Espanol 0 2 Penarol[/b] Ruben Olivera (79, 83) Ghana World Ranking: 46th Notes: At home to Nacional would normally be one of the biggest games of the season, and the fans still packed in to see it - but this season they were probably turning up to see us almost certainly put one over on the old rivals, rather than because the destination of the title might be decided by the game. And we didn't disappoint with a convincing 3-1 win, Nacional's consolation goal not even coming until the 82nd minute when the game had long since been won. We followed that up with a good win over River Plate away - their manager once again talked trash about me in the press - and once again we did our talking on the pitch with a 2-1 win. But after two good wins, we slipped up, only drawing at home to struggling Cerrito - Defensor Sporting won to cut our lead at the top to just one point. But then Defensor Sporting returned the favour by slipping up against Cerro, meaning our win over relegation threatened Central Espanol restored our three point advantage with two games to go. Once again, Ghana's world ranking has dropped by one position, again due to not playing at all this month. Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Penarol 13 11 1 1 25 7 +18 34[/b] 2nd Defensor Sporting 13 9 4 0 21 7 +14 31 3rd Cerro Largo 13 7 4 2 33 21 +12 25 4th River Plate 13 6 4 3 26 20 +6 22 5th Fenix 13 6 4 3 18 13 +5 22 6th Danubio 13 6 2 5 22 17 +5 20 7th Liverpool 13 5 4 4 20 15 +5 19 8th Cerro 13 4 5 4 16 16 0 17 9th Nacional 13 3 7 3 16 15 +1 16 10th Tacuarembo 13 3 7 3 14 16 -2 16 11th Atenas de San Carlos 13 3 6 4 15 18 -3 15 12th Wanderers 13 3 4 6 9 19 -10 13 13th Cerrito 13 2 6 5 11 19 -8 12 14th Racing de Montevideo 13 2 6 5 8 18 -10 12 15th Rampla Juniors 13 0 2 11 9 25 -16 2 16th Central Espanol 13 0 2 11 9 26 -17 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Your last thread was really interesting. This one looks like shaping up to be just as good. Cristian Alvarez sounds like a tasty dish too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division (Closing Stage) - May 2010 Update [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - May 2nd 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 2 0 Cerro Largo[/b] Diego Alonso (62) Antonio Pacheco (66) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - May 9th 2010[/i] [b]Atenas de San Carlos 1 0 Penarol[/b] Jonathan Tridente (45) Ghana World Ranking: 45th Notes: When Defensor Sporting only managed a draw in their first game of the month against Nacional, we knew that a win in our game against Cerro Largo would deliver the title. Cerro Largo are no pushovers, climbing as high as third in the Closing Stage, but we did the business, getting a 2-0 win thanks to Antonio Pacheco and a final goal for the club for Diego Alonso, who at 35 years old will be making a move to Swedish side GAIS at the end of the season. So, with the title secured and no need for a playoff, we could afford to relax in our final game away to Atenas de San Carlos, and with nothing really to play for we ended up losing 1-0. But no matter, as Penarol are the Uruguayan Champions for 2009/10! You have to feel a bit sorry for Defensor Sporting, who went through the Closing Stage unbeaten, but they suffered from what I worried might be our problem - too many draws rather than wins. Conversely, we went into all or nothing mode in the Closing Stage, with just one draw from our 15 games. Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Penarol 15 12 1 2 27 8 19 37[/b] 2nd Defensor Sporting 15 10 5 0 23 7 16 35 3rd Cerro Largo 15 7 5 3 34 24 10 26 4th Danubio 15 8 2 5 28 20 8 26 5th Fenix 15 6 5 4 19 15 4 23 6th River Plate 15 6 4 5 28 26 2 22 7th Liverpool 15 5 6 4 20 15 5 21 8th Cerro 15 5 6 4 17 16 1 21 9th Atenas de San Carlos 15 5 6 4 18 18 0 21 10th Tacuarembo 15 4 8 3 18 18 0 20 11th Nacional 15 3 9 3 16 15 1 18 12th Racing de Montevideo 15 2 8 5 10 20 -10 14 13th Wanderers 15 3 5 7 10 21 -11 14 14th Cerrito 15 2 7 6 13 22 -9 13 15th Central Espanol 15 1 3 11 11 27 -16 6 16th Rampla Juniors 15 0 2 13 10 30 -20 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Great to see someone else in Uruguay! Despite you taking over Defensor Sportings bitter rivals. I've had some great games in Uruguay every year since FM08 - my favourite South American league to manage in. Of the big teams, Defensor Sporting would be my second favourite after Penarol - and as you can see, they ran me close in the Closing Stage this season! Your last thread was really interesting. This one looks like shaping up to be just as good.Cristian Alvarez sounds like a tasty dish too. Thanks Mike! I really enjoyed my other thread and plan to keep playing it, albeit at a slower rate - this one is hopefully going to give me plenty of opportunity to move up in the football world - so I can concentrate on exploring the unexplored in my first thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 Ghana Pre-World Cup Update - June 6th 2010 [i]International Friendly - June 5th 2010[/i] [b]Netherlands 2 2 Ghana[/b] Rafael van der Vaart (72, 90+4) Sulley Muntari (32) Samuel Yeboah (65) A really good result in my first game in charge of Ghana (having been appointed more than 4 months ago!). The Netherlands had to come from 2-0 down to grab a draw at home, with an equaliser deep in injury time from Rafael van der Vaart. Sulley Muntari will be suspended for my first two World Cup games thanks to a sending off in the African Cup of Nations defeat to Togo that sent Ghana crashing out of the competition and cost the previous manager his job - but he has so much quality that he's worth having in the squad to play in the final group game against the Czech Republic and in any subsequent matches - if we make it that far! I think Germany are clearly the favourites for our group, but I think that anyone out of us, the Czech Republic and South Korea could go through in second place. With the pressure from the Ghanaian FA off, I'll just be looking for us to play some good football and enjoy ourselves in the first World Cup on African soil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 Ghana World Cup 2010 - South Africa [i]World Cup Group B - June 12th 2010[/i] [b]Germany 1 0 Ghana[/b] Miroslav Klose (42) [i]World Cup Group B - June 17th 2010[/i] [b]Ghana 1 0 South Korea[/b] Kwadwo Asamoah (pen 12) [i]World Cup Group B - June 22nd 2010[/i] [b]Czech Republic 0 2 Ghana[/b] Sulley Muntari (78) Kwadwo Asamoah (80) Notes: We started the tournament with our toughest group game against Germany and two of my first choice midfielders suspended. We battled hard and gave a really good display, but the Germans were obviously superior, and in the end we succumbed to a 1-0 defeat. That meant we really needed to get a result against South Korea in order to keep our hopes of qualifying for the next round alive. It was a tense, nervy affair, without a great deal of attacking quality, but Udinese midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah scored from the penalty spot and we held on to grab an invaluable 1-0 win. In the other group game, Czech Republic beat Germany, so the group was wide open and anyone could still get through. We were the definite underdogs in our final group game decided against the Czech Republic, a team who had just beaten Germany and were ranked 30 places higher than us in the world rankings. But we were boosted by the return of Sulley Muntari, who put in an excellent performance and inspired the team to a wonderful 2-0 win. Despite our superior goal difference, Germany topped the group on our head-to-head record - something that would make a major difference since we'd be facing Group A winners and World Cup holders Italy in the 2nd Round. Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Germany 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 6 [b]2nd Ghana 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 6[/b] 3rd Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 2 3 -1 4 4th South Korea 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2 1 [i]World Cup 2nd Round - June 26th 2010[/i] [b]Italy 0 0 p Ghana[/b] [i]World Cup 2nd Round - Other Results[/i] Paraguay 0 2 [b]Germany[/b] [b]Serbia[/b] 2 0 France [b]Brazil[/b] e 2 1 England [b]South Africa[/b] e 3 2 Chile Unites States 1 2 e [b]Slovakia[/b] [b]Spain[/b] 2 0 Denmark [b]Ivory Coast[/b] 1 0 Nigeria What a wonderful result! We put on a stunning rearguard performance, fighting off waves and waves of Italy's attacks, and having some counter-attacks of our own. The 0-0 scoreline didn't reflect the end-to-end football, and the excellent defensive performance on our part that got us through 90 minutes and extra time without conceding against the World Champions. The veteran Alessandro Del Piero missed Italy's opening penalty of the shoot-out, and although they scored the rest of their spot kicks, Gianluigi Buffon was unable to save any of our five penalties, and we were through to the Quarter Final with a 5-4 penalty shoot out win. [i]World Cup Quarter Final - July 2nd 2010[/i] [b]Ghana 1 2 e Brazil[/b] Isaac Vorsah (51) Kaka (42) Robinho (117) [i]World Cup Quarter Final - Other Results[/i] [b]Germany[/b] 2 0 Serbia [b]South Africa[/b] 5 2 Ivory Coast Slovakia 1 5 [b]Spain[/b] Well, it had to end sometime, and we certainly gave it our all. After our grueling 2nd Round match against 2006 champions Italy, we were pitted against 2002 champions Brazil in the quarter finals. I was truly proud of the way that we fought them, even battling back from a goal down to level the match and take them to extra time. Ultimately, after nearly two hours of football, we were finally undone as Robinho scored when we were three minutes from reaching another penalty shoot out. The Ghanaian FA are naturally very pleased with the outcome of the World Cup, and so am I - tremendously proud of the team's performance. And of course, it can't do my reputation any harm when I'm looking for my next job! [i]World Cup Semi-Finals[/i] Brazil 1 2 e [b]Spain[/b] [b]Germany[/b] 2 0 South Africa [i]World Cup 3rd Place Playoff[/i] [b]Brazil[/b] 3 1 South Africa [i]World Cup Final[/i] Spain 0 2 [b]Germany[/b] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Nice work with Ghana. Taking them to the Quarter-Finals, beating Italy in the process is fantastic, and nearly defeating Brazil. Keep it up. Win the African Cup of Nations and people will definitely notice you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division (Opening Stage) - August 2010 Update [i]Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Round Leg 1 - August 4th 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 1 0 Junior[/b] Antonio Pacheco (63) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - August 14th 2010[/i] [b]Miramar Misiones 0 2 Penarol[/b] Julio (52) Antonio Pacheco (70) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - August 21st 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 1 0 Wanderers[/b] Antonio Pacheco (27) [i]Copa Sudamericana Preliminary Round Leg 2 - August 25th 2010[/i] [b]Junior 1 1 Penarol[/b] Emmanuel Vargas (27) Juan Cominges (18) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - August 29th 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 2 1 Atenas de San Carlos[/b] Bryan Rodriguez (15) Fabian Cesaro (43) Juan Cominges (pen 71) Ghana World Ranking: 26th Notes: We started the month with my first venture into continental football, drawn in the Preliminary Round of the Copa Sudamericana with Junior of Colombia. Antonio Pacheco is still banging in the goals at 34 and grabbed the only goal of the game as we came away with a 1-0 win. Pacheco got two more over the course of our first three league games as we won all three, with a 2-0 victory over newly promoted Miramar Misiones, a good 1-0 win over Wanderers, and a somewhat less than comfortable 2-1 victory at Atenas de San Carlos, one of last season's strugglers. Even winning three from three wasn't enough to put us on top of the table, as both River Plate and a resurgent Nacional have won all of their first three matches to leave us in third. It seems like at least one of them might put up a serious fight for this season's championship. We completed the job away to Junior, grabbing a 1-1 draw to send us through to the 1st Round proper with a 2-1 aggregate win. Ghana have risen 19 places in the world rankings, due to our excellent World Cup performance. We've also been drawn in Group H for the qualifiers of the African Cup of Nations, where we'll face competition from Algeria, Mauritania and Zimbabwe for the one qualifying place for the tournament proper. I think the draw is pretty decent, though I think Algeria will put up a stiff fight considering only one team goes through. Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Nacional 3 3 0 0 8 1 7 9 2nd River Plate 3 3 0 0 9 3 6 9 [b]3rd Penarol 3 3 0 0 5 1 4 9[/b] 4th Miramar Misiones 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 6 5th Danubio 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 5 6th Defensor Sporting 3 1 1 1 5 2 3 4 7th Cerro 3 1 1 1 8 7 1 4 8th Fenix 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 9th Wanderers 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 10th Tacuarembo 3 1 0 2 1 2 -1 3 11th Plaza Colonia 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 3 12th Cerro Largo 3 1 0 2 1 8 -7 3 13th Liverpool 3 0 2 1 0 4 -4 2 14th Atenas de San Carlos 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 1 15th Bella Vista 3 0 1 2 1 7 -6 1 16th Racing de Montevideo 3 0 0 3 1 4 -3 0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 Nice work with Ghana. Taking them to the Quarter-Finals, beating Italy in the process is fantastic, and nearly defeating Brazil. Keep it up. Win the African Cup of Nations and people will definitely notice you. Thanks rancer! I was really delighted with the World Cup performance, and it's definitely added a lot of fun to this save. Winning the African Cup of Nations would definitely put me on the map! That's not going to be an easy task though - and we've got to qualify for it first! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division (Opening Stage) - September 2010 Update [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - September 12th 2010[/i] [b]Racing de Montevideo 0 4 Penarol[/b] Bryan Rodriguez (4, 37, 74) Diego Rodriguez (24) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - September 18th 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 5 0 Cerro Largo[/b] Bryan Rodriguez (2) Federico Vega (32) Julio (46) Antonio Pacheco (83) Cristian Palacios (90+2) [i]Copa Sudamericana 1st Round Leg 1 - September 22nd 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 0 0 Goias[/b] [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - September 25th 2010[/i] [b]Fenix 1 1 Penarol[/b] Federico Vega o.g. (82) Ignacio Ithurralde (57) [i]African Cup of Nations Qualifiers Group H - September 4th 2010[/i] [b]Algeria 0 0 Ghana[/b] Ghana World Ranking: 25th Notes: Our first couple of games this month were about as free scoring as we've ever been so far - grabbing a deserved 4-0 win away to Racing de Montevideo and an even better 5-0 win at home to Cerro Largo. Bryan Rodriguez was not that impressive last season, only getting 4 goals in 19 appearances, and living in the shadow of the old timers Pacheco and Diego Alonso. But he's managed 5 from 6 so far this season, a much more impressive tally. The first leg of the Copa Sudamericana 1st Round proper was a decent result, getting a 0-0 draw against Brazilian side Goias. Getting through the 1st Leg without conceding an away goal gives us a decent chance of nicking a result in the away leg I hope. We finished the month with a draw against Fenix - ordinarily not a great result, but since we were reduced to 9 men during the game, it wasn't too bad of an outcome. After their good start, Nacional have dropped off a little bit - but it looks like River Plate plan on sustaining their challenge. In the African Nations Cup Qualifier, we started with our toughest game of the entire group stage, away to Algeria. Getting a 0-0 draw was a pretty good result I think, and with our toughest game out of the way, I'm hoping we can more or less run the table now. Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Penarol 6 5 1 0 15 2 13 16[/b] 2nd River Plate 6 5 0 1 13 8 5 15 3rd Cerro 6 3 2 1 11 8 3 11 4th Wanderers 6 3 1 2 12 6 6 10 5th Nacional 6 3 1 2 10 5 5 10 6th Defensor Sporting 6 3 1 2 9 5 4 10 7th Miramar Misiones 6 3 1 2 9 5 4 10 8th Fenix 6 2 3 1 8 7 1 9 9th Danubio 6 2 3 1 5 4 1 9 10th Liverpool 6 2 2 2 3 6 -3 8 11th Plaza Colonia 6 2 1 3 6 9 -3 7 12th Tacuarembo 6 2 0 4 5 9 -4 6 13th Cerro Largo 6 2 0 4 5 16 -11 6 14th Bella Vista 6 1 1 4 7 14 -7 4 15th Racing de Montevideo 6 1 0 5 2 11 -9 3 16th Atenas de San Carlos 6 0 1 5 2 7 -5 1 Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Mauritania 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 2nd Algeria 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 [b]3rd Ghana 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1[/b] 4th Zimbabwe 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division (Opening Stage) - October 2010 Update [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - October 2nd 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 2 0 River Plate[/b] Julio Mozzo (pen 9) Diego Rodriguez (11) [i]Copa Sudamericana 1st Round Leg 2 - October 6th 2010[/i] [b]Goias 2 2 a Penarol[/b] Iarley (83) Antonio Pacheco (35) Wendell (89) Guillermo Rodriguez (49) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - October 17th 2010[/i] [b]Danubio 2 0 Penarol[/b] Hernan Figueredo (75) Rodrigo Pastorini (pen 85) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - October 24th 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 2 0 Bella Vista[/b] Juan Cominges (38) Diego Rodriguez (62) [i]Copa Sudamericana Quarter Final Leg 1 - October 27th 2010[/i] [b]Sao Paulo 2 0 Penarol[/b] Borges (26) Henrique (76) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - October 30th 2010[/i] [b]Nacional 1 1 Penarol[/b] Mario Regueiro (39) Cristian Palacios (73) [i]African Cup of Nations Qualifiers Group H - October 9th 2010[/i] [b]Ghana 4 0 Mauritania[/b] Michael Essien (27) Kwadwo Asamoah (32) Samuel Yeboah (39) Isaac Boakye (42) Ghana World Ranking: 22nd Notes: We opened the month with a win over the club that had until now been our closest rivals in the league this season - River Plate. As usual, the River Plate manager had to have his say to the press before the game - and as usual, we came out on top when it actually mattered - on the field. You'd have think he'd have learned to shut up by now! But our next league game was a disappointment as we crashed to a 2-0 defeat against Danubio, who haven't had a great season so far. It looked like we might have done enough to grab a draw, but they downed us with two late goals to take all three points. We bounced back with an easy win over bottom of the league Bella Vista, and our final game was away to arch rivals Nacional. Despite the fact that Nacional have again been mediocre this season after a good start, I'll take a 1-1 draw away to put us three points clear at the top. We progressed in the Copa Sudamericana against Goias - just as I'd hoped, their failure to score an away goal came back to haunt them as we got a 2-2 draw to win the tie on away goals - and both of their goals came in the last 7 minutes, so we were close to getting an outright win on the night. However, we were drawn against Sao Paulo in the Quarter Finals, and after a 2-0 defeat away in the first leg I think we'll have to pull off a pretty impressive performance to overcome that and go through to the Semi-Finals. Ghana climbed 3 places in the world rankings after a 4-0 demolition of Mauritania - it could have been seven or eight as we totally dominated them from start to finish. That puts us top of the qualifying group so far. Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Penarol 10 7 2 1 20 5 +15 23[/b] 2nd Cerro 10 6 2 2 17 9 +8 20 3rd Wanderers 10 5 3 2 21 12 +9 18 4th River Plate 10 6 0 4 17 17 0 18 5th Miramar Misiones 10 5 2 3 17 8 +9 17 6th Defensor Sporting 10 5 1 4 11 8 +3 16 7th Fenix 10 3 5 2 13 12 +1 14 8th Liverpool 10 4 2 4 8 12 -4 14 9th Nacional 10 3 4 3 15 12 +3 13 10th Danubio 10 3 4 3 11 12 -1 13 11th Tacuarembo 10 4 0 6 13 14 -1 12 12th Racing de Montevideo 10 3 2 5 12 17 -5 11 13th Cerro Largo 10 3 2 5 15 25 -10 11 14th Plaza Colonia 10 3 1 6 9 18 -9 10 15th Atenas de San Carlos 10 2 1 7 9 14 -5 7 16th Bella Vista 10 1 3 6 14 26 -12 6 Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Ghana 2 1 1 0 4 0 +4 4[/b] 2nd Algeria 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 3rd Mauritania 2 1 0 1 1 4 -3 3 4th Zimbabwe 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2 0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeeD Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 A good World Cup performance with Ghana. As rancer said you should target the Africa Cup of Nations for a rep boost. Looks like you are in a tough spot in the Copa Sudamericana. Did you qualify for the Copa Libertadores as well? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division (Opening Stage) - November 2010 Update [i]Copa Sudamericana Quarter Final Leg 2 - November 3rd 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 2 1 Sao Paulo[/b] Juan Cominges (27) Borges (20) Antonio Pacheco (80) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - November 6th 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 1 0 Liverpool[/b] Bryan Rodriguez (84) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - November 14th 2010[/i] [b]Defensor Sporting 1 0 Penarol[/b] Alvaro Navarro (25) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - November 27th 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 3 0 Plaza Colonia[/b] Alejandro Martinuccio (18) Gerardo Alcoba (41) Juan Cominges (50) Ghana World Ranking: 21st Notes: Our win against Sao Paulo was a really good result - but due to our 2-0 deficit from the first leg, we were still knocked out of the competition. Still, it was a pretty good performance and there's no shame in going out to a team like Sao Paulo. We needed until the 84th minute to break down Liverpool in our next league game, but we eventually got the goal we needed for a 1-0 win. One of our toughest fixtures of the season was up next - away to Defensor Sporting, and in a tight game, one goal was enough to give Defensor a 1-0 win, and move into second place behind us. But we bounced back with an easy 3-0 win over struggling Plaza Colonia. Nacional's continued poor performance has lost another of their managers his job. He's been replaced by the River Plate manager who is continually having a go at me in the press - which will make our next Penarol vs Nacional game even more interesting. Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Penarol 13 9 2 2 24 6 +18 29[/b] 2nd Defensor Sporting 13 8 1 4 20 10 +10 25 3rd Wanderers 13 7 3 3 25 15 +10 24 4th Miramar Misiones 13 7 2 4 24 12 +12 23 5th Cerro 13 7 2 4 22 15 +7 23 6th Fenix 13 6 5 2 20 14 +6 23 7th River Plate 13 7 1 5 22 23 -1 22 8th Danubio 13 4 5 4 15 14 +1 17 9th Tacuarembo 13 5 1 7 19 22 -3 16 10th Liverpool 13 4 4 5 12 17 -5 16 11th Cerro Largo 13 4 4 5 21 30 -9 16 12th Nacional 13 3 5 5 20 19 +1 14 13th Racing de Montevideo 13 3 4 6 15 25 -10 13 14th Plaza Colonia 13 3 1 9 9 24 -15 10 15th Atenas de San Carlos 13 2 3 8 12 19 -7 9 16th Bella Vista 13 1 5 7 16 31 -15 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 A good World Cup performance with Ghana. As rancer said you should target the Africa Cup of Nations for a rep boost.Looks like you are in a tough spot in the Copa Sudamericana. Did you qualify for the Copa Libertadores as well? Thanks DodgeeD! We're looking like we're on course to qualify for the Cup of Nations - we'll see how it goes from there! Out of the Copa Sudamericana now, but yep, we qualified for the Copa Libertadores as well, so we have that to look forward to in the second half of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division (Opening Stage) - December 2010 Update [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - December 4th 2010[/i] [b]Cerro 0 1 Penarol[/b] Juan Cominges (75) [i]Primera Uruguaya Opening Stage - December 12th 2010[/i] [b]Penarol 7 1 Tacuarembo[/b] Juan Cominges (27, 45+3, Enzo Perez (19) 51, 69, 90+1) Julio (55) Jhonathan Ramis (71) Ghana World Ranking: 21st Notes: Just two games to finish off the Opening Stage of the season. With a 4 point lead coming into the month, and a superior goal difference, we needed just two draws or one win from our last two games to be the Opening Stage champs. And we got just what we needed with a hard fought 1-0 win over Cerro to claim the championship - and a place in the end of season overall Champions Playoff. With no pressure on, we finished off the first half of the season with a 7-1 destruction of mid-table Tacuarembo, including 5 goals from my Peruvian international Juan Cominges, who is dithering over signing a new contract. Now we look towards the second half of the season, and our first experience of the Copa Libertadores. Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Penarol 15 11 2 2 32 7 +25 35[/b] 2nd Wanderers 15 9 3 3 30 18 +12 30 3rd Defensor Sporting 15 9 1 5 23 13 +10 28 4th Fenix 15 7 6 2 22 14 +8 27 5th Miramar Misiones 15 8 2 5 28 15 +13 26 6th Cerro 15 8 2 5 24 17 +7 26 7th Danubio 15 6 5 4 20 14 +6 23 8th River Plate 15 7 2 6 25 28 -3 23 9th Liverpool 15 5 5 5 15 18 -3 20 10th Cerro Largo 15 4 5 6 22 33 -11 17 11th Tacuarembo 15 5 1 9 22 32 -10 16 12th Racing de Montevideo 15 4 4 7 18 28 -10 16 13th Nacional 15 3 6 6 22 24 -2 15 14th Bella Vista 15 2 5 8 20 35 -15 11 15th Plaza Colonia 15 3 2 10 10 26 -16 11 16th Atenas de San Carlos 15 2 3 10 15 26 -11 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 The Uruguay job has come up for the second time since I took the Ghana job - it's so tempting to try to get it, but I really do want to at least take Ghana to the African Cup of Nations. Hopefully it will come up again after that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancer890 Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 iseemonsters, you're doing great with Penarol. Keep it up in the Closing Stage and good luck in the Copa Libertadores. Oh, and I would say take the Uruguay job if you really want. International jobs you want don't come by often in my experience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 just read through the thread and a great start again. couldn't have asked for much more really. a great read - i'm looking forward to seeing where your career ends up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 just read through the thread and a great start again. couldn't have asked for much more really. a great read - i'm looking forward to seeing where your career ends up. Thanks rlipscombe - glad you're enjoying it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 iseemonsters, you're doing great with Penarol. Keep it up in the Closing Stage and good luck in the Copa Libertadores. Oh, and I would say take the Uruguay job if you really want. International jobs you want don't come by often in my experience. I applied and they still went for someone else! Maybe I don't want to manage Uruguay after all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division (Closing Stage) - February 2011 Update [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - February 13th 2011[/i] [b]Penarol 2 0 Miramar Misiones[/b] Juan Cominges (22) Julio Mozzo (pen 47) [i]Copa Libertadores Group B - February 16th 2011[/i] [b]Penarol 2 0 Santo Andre[/b] Julio (29) Julio Mozzo (63) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - February 20th 2011[/i] [b]Atenas de San Carlos 0 0 Penarol[/b] [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - February 23rd 2011[/i] [b]Wanderers 0 1 Penarol[/b] Juan Cominges (8) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - February 26th 2011[/i] [b]Penarol 2 1 Racing de Montevideo[/b] Diego Rodriguez (1) Nestor Silva (90) Juan Cominges (83) Ghana World Ranking: 12th Notes: A good start to the second half of the season, with just one goal conceded, and that in the 90th minute of the last game of the month. We kicked things off with a comfortable win over Miramar Misiones, one of the newly promoted teams. Then we faced our first Copa Libertadores game - our group contains two Brazilian teams (Flamengo and Santo Andre) and Venezuelan side Deportivo Tachira. Flamengo are obviously going to be the big threat in the group, but on the basis of our 2-0 win over Santo Andre, we have a good chance of finishing above the other Brazilians. We'll see how good Deportivo Tachira are next month. Back in the league, we were disappointed not to be able to overcome Atenas de San Carlos, a regular struggler, as we couldn't quite break them down and ended up with a 0-0 draw. Away to Wanderers is a tough fixture, so I was glad to come away with a 1-0 win. Finally, we got a good 2-1 win over Racing de Montevideo to put us top of the league on goal difference. I don't expect Fenix to keep up their challenge, but Danubio and River Plate three points back could be serious threats. As you can see Juan Cominges has been on form - unfortunately, he refused to sign a new contract and will join Internacional at the end of the season. Ghana climbed ten places for no apparent reason, since we didn't play, and don't have another match until next month. Still, we're all the way up 12th now - a position to be proud of. Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Penarol 4 3 1 0 5 1 +4 10[/b] 2nd Fenix 4 3 1 0 7 4 +3 10 3rd Danubio 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7 4th Cerro 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7 5th River Plate 4 2 1 1 3 1 +2 7 6th Liverpool 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7 7th Wanderers 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 8th Bella Vista 4 2 0 2 4 6 -2 6 9th Nacional 4 1 2 1 5 10 -5 5 10th Plaza Colonia 4 1 1 2 3 4 -1 4 11th Cerro Largo 4 1 1 2 3 5 -2 4 12th Miramar Misiones 4 1 1 2 3 5 -2 4 13th Defensor Sporting 4 1 0 3 7 3 +4 3 14th Racing de Montevideo 4 1 0 3 7 7 0 3 15th Tacuarembo 4 1 0 3 5 10 -5 3 16th Atenas de San Carlos 4 0 2 2 2 5 -3 2 Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Flamengo 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3 [b]2nd Penarol 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3[/b] 3rd Santo Andre 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0 4th Deportivo Tachira 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted February 4, 2010 Author Share Posted February 4, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division (Closing Stage) - March 2011 Update [i]Copa Libertadores Group B - March 2nd 2011[/i] [b]Deportivo Tachira 0 2 Penarol[/b] Juan Cominges (5) Julio (42) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - March 5th 2011[/i] [b]Cerro Largo 1 3 Penarol[/b] Diego Da Rosa (7) Bryan Rodriguez (25, 33, 77) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - March 13th 2011[/i] [b]Penarol 3 1 Fenix[/b] Juan Cominges (13) Darlo Almiron (37) Ignacio Ithurralde (43) Nicolas Mezquida (70) [i]Copa Libertadores Group B - March 16th 2011[/i] [b]Flamengo 0 2 Penarol[/b] Marcelo Sosa (38, pen 45+2) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - March 20th 2011[/i] [b]River Plate 0 4 Penarol[/b] Juan Cominges (20, 64) Bryan Rodriguez (29) Pablo Lavandeira (pen 36) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - March 24th 2011[/i] [b]Penarol 2 1 Danubio[/b] Bryan Rodriguez (5, 38) Rodrigo Pastorini (pen 42) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - March 27th 2011[/i] [b]Bella Vista 0 1 Penarol[/b] Bryan Rodriguez (11) [i]Copa Libertadores Group B - March 20th 2011[/i] [b]Penarol 0 2 Flamengo[/b] Denis Marques (26) Vinicius Colombiano (76) Ghana World Ranking: 13th Notes: A great month with just one disappointment right at the end. In the league, we got five wins from five games, starting with an easy 3-1 away win at Cerro Largo. Then it was a showdown of 1st vs 2nd, as we defeated Fenix 3-1. River Plate no longer had a manager who wanted to get one over on me in the press, but that didn't help River Plate perform any better against us, as we got a very convincing 4-0 away win. Next up was a good 2-1 win against the always dangerous Danubio, though they are currently in the midst of a disappointing season. And finally, a slightly more difficult than expected 1-0 win over mid-table Bella Vista. Bryan Rodriguez has been blowing hot and cold a bit too much this season, but with 7 goals in those 5 league games he's definitely hit a hot streak. We did well in the Copa Libertadores too - Deportivo Tachira didn't seem to present too much of a challenge as we coasted past them 2-0. Flamengo though were expected to be by far the toughest challenge in the group, but to my surprise, an excellent counter-attacking display saw us come away from Flamengo with a 2-0 away win. But with Flamengo teetering on the edge of elimination, they came back strong in the return tie in Uruguay and matched us with a 2-0 away win. Nevertheless, we top the group, and I think one win from our remaining fixtures is probably enough to get us through to the next round. With the home game against Deportivo Tachira still to come, I think we have a really good chance. Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Penarol 9 8 1 0 18 4 +14 25[/b] 2nd Fenix 9 7 1 1 17 8 +9 22 3rd Cerro 9 5 1 3 15 9 +6 16 4th Miramar Misiones 9 5 1 3 15 12 +3 16 5th Defensor Sporting 9 5 0 4 16 6 +10 15 6th Liverpool 9 4 1 4 15 16 -1 13 7th Bella Vista 9 4 0 5 10 9 +1 12 8th Nacional 9 3 3 3 9 18 -9 12 9th Racing de Montevideo 9 3 2 4 13 11 +2 11 10th Danubio 9 3 2 4 14 13 +1 11 11th Plaza Colonia 9 3 2 4 8 9 -1 11 12th Wanderers 9 3 2 4 9 12 -3 11 13th River Plate 9 2 3 4 6 12 -6 9 14th Tacuarembo 9 3 0 6 8 18 -10 9 15th Atenas de San Carlos 9 1 3 5 10 16 -6 6 16th Cerro Largo 9 1 2 6 8 18 -10 5 Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Penarol 4 3 0 1 6 2 +4 9[/b] 2nd Santo Andre 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 3rd Flamengo 4 2 0 2 5 3 +2 6 4th Deportivo Tachira 4 0 1 3 2 9 -7 0 Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Ghana 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 7[/b] 2nd Mauritania 3 2 0 1 2 4 -2 6 3rd Algeria 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 4th Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 1 5 -4 0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlipscombe Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 unlucky with the Flamengo result. you'd have been pretty much home and dry otherwise. Sure you'll be fine though. good to see league still going well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 C.A. Peñarol Uruguay - Primera Division (Closing Stage) - April 2011 Update [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - April 2nd 2011[/i] [b]Penarol 3 0 Nacional[/b] Mario Regueiro o.g. (9) Julio Mozzo (pen 37) Nicolas Mezquida (59) [i]Copa Libertadores Group B - April 6th 2011[/i] [b]Penarol 4 1 Deportivo Tachira[/b] Bryan Rodriguez (38) Angel Martinez (63) Diego Rodriguez (56) Cristian Palacios (79) Angel Perez o.g. (90+2) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - April 9th 2011[/i] [b]Liverpool 1 4 Penarol[/b] Emiliano Alfaro (78) Guillermo Rodriguez (16) Bryan Rodriguez (58, 72) Jhonathan Ramis (88) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - April 17th 2011[/i] [b]Penarol 1 0 Defensor Sporting[/b] Juan Cominges (40) [i]Copa Libertadores Group B - April 20th 2011[/i] [b]Santo Andre 1 0 Penarol[/b] Moraes (8) [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - April 24th 2011[/i] [b]Plaza Colonia 1 1 Penarol[/b] Fabrizio Ronchetti (24) Cristian Palacios (84) [i]Copa Libertadores 2nd Round Leg 1 - April 27th 2011[/i] [b]Atlas 0 0 Penarol[/b] [i]Primera Uruguaya Closing Stage - April 30th 2011[/i] [b]Penarol 1 1 Cerro[/b] Nicolas Pagano o.g. (90) Sergio Suffo (22) Ghana World Ranking: 19th Notes: We secured our passage through to the 2nd Round of the Copa Libertadores with a convincing 4-1 win over bottom of the group Deportivo Tachira as expected, and rounded out the group stage with a lackluster 1-0 defeat by Santo Andre. Nevertheless, we ended up top of the group by a single point. That didn't seem to help us too much in the draw for the next round though, as we got a tough tie against Mexican side Atlas for our troubles. But in the away leg, we held them to a 0-0 draw - I'm hoping that our inability to score an away goal doesn't come back to bite us if we end up with a score draw at home. In the league, we opened with a win over arch-rivals Nacional. It was a fairly easy three points in an easy 3-0 win, though I did have to contend with Juan Ramon Carrasco, the most annoying manager in the league. When at River Plate, he would always try to get one over on me in the press, and the same now he's at Nacional. After we beat them 3-0, with Nacional down in 13th place in the league, and Carrasco's job listed as "very insecure", I couldn't help but have a pop back at him - I told him he still had a lot to learn as a manager. We followed that up with a 4-1 thrashing of Liverpool and a hard fought and very pleasing 1-0 win over Defensor Sporting, and as Fenix's title challenge finally began to falter, we began to pull away - so much so that 1-1 draws against mid-table Plaza Colonia and Cerro were enough for us to canter to our second consecutive Uruguayan title with a game to spare. Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Penarol 14 11 3 0 28 7 +21 36[/b] 2nd Fenix 14 10 2 2 28 15 +13 32 3rd Defensor Sporting 14 8 0 6 26 14 +12 24 4th Miramar Misiones 14 7 2 5 22 19 +3 23 5th Cerro 14 6 3 5 23 15 +8 21 6th Racing de Montevideo 14 5 4 5 17 15 +2 19 7th Atenas de San Carlos 14 5 4 5 20 21 -1 19 8th Plaza Colonia 14 5 4 5 17 18 -1 19 9th Liverpool 14 6 1 7 23 26 -3 19 10th Bella Vista 14 5 3 6 13 12 +1 18 11th Wanderers 14 5 2 7 20 23 -3 17 12th River Plate 14 4 4 6 13 19 -6 16 13th Nacional 14 4 4 6 15 29 -14 16 14th Danubio 14 3 3 8 18 23 -5 12 15th Cerro Largo 14 3 3 8 16 27 -11 12 16th Tacuarembo 14 4 0 10 14 30 -16 12 Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- [b]1st Penarol 6 4 0 2 10 4 +6 12[/b] 2nd Santo Andre 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11 3rd Flamengo 6 3 1 2 11 4 +7 10 4th Deportivo Tachira 6 0 1 5 3 18 -15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseemonsters1 Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 unlucky with the Flamengo result. you'd have been pretty much home and dry otherwise. Sure you'll be fine though. good to see league still going well. Thanks rlipscombe! We made it in the end anyway though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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