Deisler26 Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 C.D Numancia End of August 2020 Transfer Window Well, what a busy summer! Gearing up for our first ever UEFA Europa League campaign, we were given a target of a top-half finish with £8m in transfer funds & £425k in wages to do it with. With the improvements to the training & youth facilities already started, I didn't really have any requests of the board at this time. Starting off in the LIGA BBVA, we played U.D Almeria as our season opener. Having it sandwiched between the two Europa League playoffs, I played the entire second team in this fixture and paid for it with a 2-3 reverse, despite going 2-1 up on 64 minutes. Estuardo Cedeno & Georginho, a new signing, amongst the goals. Finally this month, we played host to Athletic Bilbao. And, although we conceded in that irritating way of an open goal following a rebound, we pulled it together and saw Joaquin & Paulo Gomez bury two to give us a good 2-1 win over my former team!. In the UEFA Europa League, we disposed of Glasgow Rangers in the Third Qualifying Round, then saw off FC Luzern of Switzerland to land us into the Group Stages with Hamburger SV, Viktoria Pizen & MSK Zilna. Players-wise, another big influx & outgoing; Signing for us were ST Georginho, AMC Eliott Gauthier, DC Zavan Isidoro, AMLC Antonio Juan Morante, DM Riccardo Versuraro & GK Inaki Aranguren, all on free's. Also coming back on a free was ST Cassio. He was well past his prime now, but I wanted to allow him to retire gracefully at the team he helped promote. Being Romania manager meant that I had to get some Romanians in. So I signed DC Catalin Rogna on a free and, to anyone who knows my Santarcangelo thread, DC Sebastian Mladen. I loaned in Spainards AMRC/ST Gustavo Escudero from Manchester City & DC Dani from the Scum (Tottenscum). I paid actual money for three players; GK Adrian Ortola from Villarreal FC (£1.2m), AMLC Borja Ruiz for £1.4m from Athletic Bilbao, with a loan-back agreement, and DM Vieira (£88k) from Brazillians Botofogo FR. We had a deep surplus of midfielders, so outgoing were players like Jon Toral (£200k, Elche CF), Jordan Jones (£50K, Girona FC SAD), Isaac Cuenca (£1m, FC Metz), Ibrahima Sy (£850k, RCD Espanyol), Wesley Said (£400k, FC Sochaux-Montbe) and Albert Uribe (£350k, Bolton Wanderers) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 not a bad draw at all. HSV will be tought but I reckon 2nd is almost a cert. I'd like to think so, but it's never certain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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john1 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Good to see you signed new contract Good to see the chairman improved the youth recruitment. How do you get the club icon instead of the team name?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Deisler26 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 C.D Numancia End of 2020 Review LIGA BBVA: We sit currently 9th in LIGA BBVA ending 2020. We've had some odd results this season. EVERY loss, bar the Barcelona one, has been with the second team on the pitch, including the humiliating 0-5 loss to Elche CF. I've been concentrating on the Europa League this season, so the first team has been purely for Europe, and games when we don't have Europe coming up. A stunning 7-0 thrashing of Real Valladolid was orchestrated by Pedro Alvarez, who sadly suffered a torn groin muscle just after and was out for 5 weeks . The Valencia CF draw was notable for coming from two goals down, conversely the Atletico Madrid loss came when we were 3-0 up at HT... The results speak for themselves.. Copa Del Rey: We were drawn against Segunda Division B opposition in the Fourth Round of the Copa Del Rey, in the shape of Real Jaen CF. Sadly, they provided no opposition in the first leg, with goals by Paulo Gomez, Zakaria Messaoudi, Zavan Isidoro & a double from Joaquin giving us a 5-0 first leg lead. Playing the backups and some overconfidence led to a 0-3 defeat in the second leg. I wasn't happy, but we were through 5-3 on aggregate. Next up was Valladolid CF. UEFA Europa League: We kicked off our first-ever Europa League campaign with a stunning 4-1 win over Viktoria Pizen. This was swiftly followed by a battling 2-1 win over MSK Zilina, which put us top with maximum points... Then the wheels fell off. Two expected, if disappointing, defeats against Hambuger SV followed. 1-4 at home & 3-4 away. But it was the terrible 3-4 loss to Viktoria that really angered me. We lost the lead three times and conceded the winner on 87 mins. This meant we HAD to win to continue our campaign and hope that Pizen lost to HSV. Luckily it all came through, as we beat Zilina 5-2 to qualify 2nd from the group!. This put us in a First Knockout Round matchup against... AFC AJAX! Oh...and just a little item popped up in my news feed.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
am_walters Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 World player of the year?! Christ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltablue Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Bet that was a nice surprise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.W.G Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 A massive well done to Alvarez Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P O\'D Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Class. 8.1 is a great rating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 World player of the year?!Christ! I know, right? The fact he fits so perfectly into my system, means his high ratings got him that. And the the usual FIFA bias couldn't stop him! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Bet that was a nice surprise. Stunned & delighted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 A massive well done to Alvarez I congratulated him for it and he was happy he'd had a good year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Class. 8.1 is a great rating. He is brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Wow, does that mean that he's automatically a Barcelona player now? That's how it works, right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Romania End of 2020 Review Well, here I was, Romania manager, and we were looking to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2022. I appointed Sebastian Mladen as captain (because, you know, bias..) Romania 3-3 Norway (World Cup Qualifying Group J) Iancu 4, 31 Panait 33 My first game didn't go according to plan as we struggled to a disappointing draw. We took an early lead through Manchester Utd's Gabriel Iancu on 4 minutes. However, after being pegged back 10 minutes later, we took the lead on 31 minutes, again through Iancu. Zenit St. Petersburg striker Valentin Panait headed home two minutes later to give us a 3-1 lead and, despite conceding a late first half goal, we went into the break 3-2 up. In the second half, chances were few and far between, so to concede the equaliser on 91 minutes was very galling. --------------------------- Romania 2-0 Northern Ireland (World Cup Qualifying Group J) Iancu 20 Maxim 81 A relatively simple game as Norn Iron never really threatened us and after Gabriel Iancu's goal midway through the first half, we settled into a passing, choking kind of setup and it yielded a late goal from FC Utrecht midfielder Alexandre Maxim to give us the easy win ---------------------- Romania 2-3 Austria (World Cup Qualifying Group J) Stanciu 68 Iancu 80 A really, really disappointing game. We conceded a minute either side of HT and, although I screamed at the players, we looked lethargic and uncaring. But goals from Manchester United teammates Gabriel Iancu & Nicusor Stanciu, one from a solo run, the other from a deep corner which caused chaos, brought us back level before we switched off and conceded an 89th minute winner ---------------------- Romania 0-3 Holland (World Cup Qualifying Group J) [/i] Absolutely. Woeful. ---------------------- Romania 3-2 Norway (World Cup Qualifying Group J) Tucudean 39, 42, 72 Revenge and a massive "Eff You!" to me from one of my players. Standard Liege striker Georges Tucudean had been in every squad of mine, but never played and he took his chance admirably, hitting a hat-trick, including one fantastic finish after a terrible goalkeeping mistake! ---------------------- Romania 1-4 Spain (Friendly) Stoian 60 I let the Ass Man deal with this one. I ain't got time for friendlies... [video=youtube;GPGLEd42wF8] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Wow, does that mean that he's automatically a Barcelona player now? That's how it works, right? Ha! Ex-Madridista. Wonder if he'll make the move Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 C.D Numancia End of January 2021 Review 5 loans out of the club, three were players hanging around the first team. Vieira, Marti Lopez & Fran Juan were all shipped out to get first team work. I also sold Derik to RCD Espanyol for £350k Incoming to the club were C.D Tenerife DLC Xavi Quintilla (£500k). I needed better cover at LB, and he was a good player when I was at Tenerife. I also signed 4 players to pre-contracts, then paid a little extra to the clubs to get the players earlier. DM Lluis Xiques was signed from FC Barcelona. I had Edgar Duran, Santi & Vieira there in that position, but Duran was immature & I wanted to keep a really Spanish flavour to the side. Also signed was FC Bayern Munchen attacking midfielder Andreas Schwartzentruber. His stats and the look of him in a friendly convinced me to sign him even though he was German. The big thing was, he would be the second team pivot & could be sold on for profit. Plus, should I ever get a £15m+ bid for Alvarez, then he would move up into the first team. Third was Algerian attacking midfielder Zakarie Labidi. He refused to sign a new deal at Stade Brestois 29 and he looked likely to be one of the future big players in the team, along with Schwartzentruber. Lastly, Argentinian DC Nicolas Di Santoro from Lanus. He would be in next season's first team squad, but was sent to Numancia B to play constantly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 11.2.21 19:45 UEFA Europa League First Knockout Round First Leg Neuvo Los Parajitos Att: 15,000 C.D Numancia 3 - 3 AFC Ajax A cold, breezy night in Numancia brought the arrival of one of the giants of European football, Ajax, to Neuvo Los Parajitos. We were looking forward to the matchup, both players & fans, as we were sold out and the cheers echoed round the ground. No injuries and suspensions meant we had a full first team ready to take on what would be an epic night of football. This 'epic night of football' started badly as we conceded after only 9 minutes to silence the crowd. We couldn't seem to get anything going and our rhythm kept being disrupted. I was beginning to see that we were far behind the top clubs of Europe. Half Time came and I told them that I was unhappy with how they'd played and how much I needed them to push on. The players responded perfectly. Barely a moment after the restart, a laser-like through ball from Pedro Alvarez saw Joaquin through on goal and he made no mistake. 1-1. 5 minutes later, even better! A knock-back from Messaoudi to the edge of the box saw Paulo Gomez rifle the ball high into the net. 2-1 and the old stadium was shaking at the foundations. We conceded again on 58 minutes, a whipped ball in, caused havoc and the Ajax striker bundled home. 2-2. However, club captain, icon, hero Pedro Alvarez curled a shot home from just inside the penalty box on 65 minutes. 3-2! I tried to shut the game down, try to give us some breathing room for the second leg, but a bad defensive breakdown on 91 mins saw the Ajax striker slot home to make it 3-3 at the final whistle MoM: Ajax player (8.8) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 18.02.21 19:45 UEFA Europa League First Knockout Round Second Leg Amsterdam ArenA Att: 51,149 C.D Numancia (4) 1 - 0 (3) AFC Ajax Both the players & I were a little in awe of our arrival at Amsterdam ArenA. The most high profile game in the clubs history. 51,000+ people roaring & only a fraction of those shouting for us. But, we were gonna play our hearts out for the fans that travelled the 1,100 miles to watch us. Again, due to my rotational policy, we had no injuries and were set for the match. The game itself was largely forgettable. There were only 7 shots on target overall from both sides and no bookings. That final ball seemed to let both teams down. I told the guys I was happy at HT, purely as if we went out on away goals, then it wouldn't be a disgrace. The only incident of note in the second half came on 68 minutes. An inswinging corner from Alvarez was headed home by an Ajax defender. 1-0 with an OG! Unbelievable. Ajax heads dropped and we came more into the game. But the midfield battle was still bogging everyone down and the game run down without any other incident. When the final whistle blew, we were stunned. We'd beaten one of the European greats! Fantastic!!! MoM: Pedro Alvarez (7.4) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 04.03.21 19:45 UEFA Europa League Second Knockout Round First Leg BayArena Att: 27,373 C.D Numancia 1 - 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Another 1,093 mile travel, this time to the Rhine-Westphalia to face off against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. And what an atmosphere! Firecrackers and pyrotechnics were set off as we exited the tunnel into a wall of noise and light. Never let anyone tell you that the Germans are restrained! Still no injuries or changes to my side. From the kickoff, we were under the cosh. The superior talent of the Leverkusen side was evident and we were struggling to cope. However, on 43 minutes, our resistance was broken as the young £12.75m Leverkusen striker sprung the offside trap and fired home. We were 0-1 down at HT, but I was happy that we were not down by more. We held out again until the 77th minute, then Leverkusen's £20m Serbian striker fired home at a very tight angle to double their lead to 0-2. We were in danger of falling apart and we were breached again as the £24.5m Leverkusen AMC fired home from the edge of the area to make it 0-3. However, on 89 minutes, Roman's through ball gave Pedro Alvarez room to slot home low into the far corner after escaping some tight marking. 1-3. Just after kickoff, the whistle blew. We were facing a mountain in the second leg, but Leverkusen were completely superior. MoM: Levekusen player (9.0) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 11.03.21 19:45 UEFA Europa League Second Knockout Round Second Leg Neuvo Los Parajitos Att: 15,000 C.D Numancia (3) 2 - 3 (6) Bayer 04 Leverkusen Home to face the music. We had a mountain to climb in this second leg and, by god, we were gonna give it all we had!. We matched Leverkusen, battle by battle. And on 35 minutes, we got our just reward! Some tight interplay on the edge of the area led to Zakarie Labidi delicately lifting the ball home from the penalty spot, over the keeper's despairing dive. 1-0! We had our breakthrough! We got to half time still in the lead, so I passionately told the guys I was pleased with them. Then came the horror. Two contentious penalty awards within 4 minutes of each other. First, Zavan Isidoro was adjudged to have tripped the Leverkusen striker on 52 minutes when it appeared that the player had dived. The resulting penalty was converted to make it 1-1, then Santi was harshly punished for allegedly jumping unfairly at a corner on 56 minutes, to put us further behind the eight ball at 1-2. When their £24.5m man tapped home to make it 1-3 on 58 minutes, we'd gone from being in with a shout, to being completely out in just 6 second half minutes. Paulo Gomez scored a consolation goal on 79 minutes, tapping home into an empty net after Joaquin's cushioned volley was parried out to make it 2-3 but, by then, we were down and out. The whistle blew and our European adventure was over. I was, and am, still bitter about the two contentious penalties that completely changed the game in my opinion. MoM: Leverkusen player (8.8) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 We've also just had 9 players called up to the Spain U-21 side.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Last minute goals are the bane of my bloody career... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Pedro Alvarez finished second in voting for 2020-21 Spanish Player Of The Year & Joaquin was second in the 2020-21 Young Player Of The Year award Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 15.05.21 21:30 Copa Del Rey Final Estadio de Madrid Att: 86,000 C.D Numancia 1 - 0 Real Madrid CF Pleguezuelo 118 We were back. Wins over Jaen, Valladolid, Atletico & Betis saw us back to the Copa Del Rey Final after being cheated out of the previous year's trophy. Our opponents were the other side of the divide, Real Madrid CF. We'd had an easy ride to the Final, but we were gonna win this time or go down in flames! All the old guard were in and with only one change, Sebastian Mladen in for the suspended Andres Torquero , we were good to go! Again, for a Cup Final, the first half highlights were non-existant! Having them on Key, meant that there wasn't a single highlight in the whole first half! Mladen picked up a booking after 29 minutes, but other than that, there was nothing. So at HT, I passionately told the guys that they could do it for the fans! On 62 minutes, a lot of passing around our box by Madrid came to nothing, but minutes later, Pedro Alvarez was sprung free, but for a good save by the Madrid keeper, would have opened up the scoring. Xavi Quintilla had to hobble off on 61 minutes, to be replaced by Julio Pleguezuelo & the underperforming Paulo Gomez was replaced by Georginho. A lot of corners, scrambled and otherwise, were the order of the day for both teams and Joaquin had a good volley saved by the Madrid keeper on 79 minutes. But, as in the first half, a stalemate was produced and we were off to ET. I told the boys passionately that I was proud of them and sent them back out. A rapidly-tiring Zakaria Messaoudi was subbed for Zakarie Labidi on 105 mins, as I started to prepare for penalties. Then, on 118 minutes, a deep free-kick from Pedro Alvarez was headed out weakly by the Madrid defence. The ball fell to Julio Pleguezuelo on the edge of the box who rifled it home! 1-0! Unbelievable, Jeff! The ex-Barca trainee had scored to get one over on the old enemy!! I lost my sh*t on the touchline. Ecstatic with happiness, I kissed Kodro and hugged him tight. There was still time for a weak header from a cross, which Ortola saved comfortably! The whistle went! WE WON THE COPA DEL REY!!!!! OUR FIRST MAJOR TROPHY EVER! MoM: Sebastian Mladen (8.7) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Last day La Liga drama!!! If I beat Rayo Vallecano, and Sevilla FC beat Malaga CF AND Real Betis beat Valencia CF... I'm in the UEFA Champions League... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 FINAL DAY DRAMA! The race for the final UEFA Champions League spot is down to the wire! Three teams; Valencia CF, Malaga CF & CD Numancia are in with a shout. The table looks like so! 4th - Valencia 66pts 5th - Malaga 65pts 6th - Numancia 64pts *Peep* The whistle goes on the final day here of the La Liga season. 4 mins: GOAL! Joaquin scores to put us 1-0 up against Rayo! 18 mins: GOAL! Valencia score to put them 1-0 up against Betis! 24 mins: GOAL! Paulo Gomez scores to give us a 2-0 lead against Rayo! 24 mins: GOAL! Valencia score again to take a 2-0 lead over Betis! 28 mins: GOAL! Valencia score once more to take a commanding 3-0 lead over Betis! 34 mins: GOAL! Malaga score to take the lead against Sevilla! 1-0! 39 mins: GOAL! Paulo Gomez nets his second! 3-0! 41 mins: GOAL! Paulo Gomez completes his hat-trick! 4-0! 45+1 mins: GOAL! Sevilla equalise! 1-1! 45+2 mins: GOAL! Joan Angel Roman fires home another goal! 5-0! HT: Valencia 3-0 Betis ......Malaga 1-1 Sevilla ......Numancia 5-0 Rayo 46 mins: GOAL! Betis pull one back! 1-3! 47 mins: GOAL! Pedro Alvarez buries a penalty! 6-0! 48 mins: GOAL! Betis have done it again! 2-3! 51 mins: GOAL! Paulo Gomez gets his fourth of the night! 7-0! 76 mins: GOAL! Joan Angel Roman fires home his second of the night! 8-0! 90+1 mins: GOAL! UNBELIEVABLE! An own goal for Valencia! 3-3! *Peeeeeeeeeep* Final whistle! Valencia 3-3 Betis Malaga 1-1 Sevilla Numancia 8-0 Rayo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LATB Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 haha epic drama Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.W.G Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Qualifying in style Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Epic win over Rayo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 haha epic drama I know, right? Crazy end to the season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Qualifying in style You can't argue, can you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Epic win over Rayo The passionate team talk works! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean0987654321 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Did you got a good youth intake, m8?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abulezz Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Great job qualifying for the Champions League! Del Barrio looks quality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK22 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Top marks on a brilliant season What do you think is the more significant achievement? Copa del Rey victory or Champions League qualification? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 Did you got a good youth intake, m8?? No, one 4* potential striker, when I have a legion of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 Great job qualifying for the Champions League! Del Barrio looks quality. Thanks man. Sadly, I don't think he'll make the grade but we will see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 Top marks on a brilliant season What do you think is the more significant achievement? Copa del Rey victory or Champions League qualification? Champions League, undoubtedly. More cash! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
withnail316 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Champions League, undoubtedly. More cash! Can tell you're a gooner with a comment like that.... it's all about the trophies, mate Great season though, well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
b101 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Going really well so far and loved the account of your win over Real - any chance we can see a screenshot of your boy wonder? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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