Cardiovascular Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 First time winning this in three years or so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share Posted July 16, 2017 We weren't lucky. The results weren't great but we weren't humiliated too much which is a positive I guess. Three goals scored as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share Posted July 16, 2017 San Marino - 2031 Really disappointing just to take a point from this group considering we know we can beat Montenegro and have done so before. Poor campaign. This is our group for World Cup qualifying, although I don't think it actually starts until 2033. We really should pick up 6 points from Liechenstein. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share Posted July 16, 2017 Youth Intake 2032 It's another good intake. The star is undoubtedly the right winger but we have them in abundance. We get alot of what we need though - back up centre backs and back up centre mid. He's good. We already have Francioni 26c but he might be better. Debating giving him the same treatment as Gasperoni 23b and retraining him as a striker too. He's quite possibly the best centre back this club has ever produced on paper, but his 5 ft 10 height is slightly concerning. I'll have to decide whether to keep him as a centre back or retrain him as a defensive midfielder. Another good, slightly taller defensive prospect. Will make good backup for now. I like the cut of his jib, could be a first teamer in the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share Posted July 16, 2017 That is absolutely heartbreaking. One of our best players out for a long time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 Record breaker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 It was nerve-wracking as hell to watch but we triumped on penaltie and won our first Coppa Titano trophy in four years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 It's good to have a familiar face back again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 2031/32 Fixtures 1 / 2 / 3 | Campionato Sammarinese | Campionato Sammarinese Final | Coppa Titano Final | Super Coppa Final | Transfers | Finances A successful season all round as we finally make the European group stages. The Europa League was way out of our depth but it's nice to make a splash in Europe and hopefully we can keep that up. Domestically, we cruised to a treble aside from a nervy Coppa Titano where we required penalties to see off Juvenes Dogana. It was also fairly interesting to see Libertas fall off the wagon completely - they've been our main competition for years but a new manager for the first time in 14 years saw them struggle. Key Players Top Goalscorer - Manuel Gasperoni 23b - 19 goals Highest Average Rating - Alessandro Morri - 7.41 Honourable Mentions - Mattia Rondelli 21a, Alessandro Simoncini 24d Gasperoni 23b finished as our highest scorer this year despite missing the last 2-3 months with a broken leg. Alvarez 26b and Negro 31c both attempted the step up to his lone striker spot but both struggled to find consistency. Morri was great again on the left but scored and assisted less as he found his playing time shared more with Fabio Gasperini 31b. Rondelli 21a was fantastic in the middle as ever, and Simoncini 24d was this years rock at the heart of the defence. San Marino in Europe Foglore lost 4-0 to Lechia of Poland, Libertas lost 5-0 to Viktoria Plzen and La Fiorita lost 6-0 to Breidablik. Tough draws. Around Europe Chelsea, under the guidance of Pep Guardiola, won the Premier League ahead of Manchester City in second place. United were third, Arsenal fourth and Spurs and Liverpool fifth and sixth. At the other end, Derby, Newcastle and Leicester were all relegated. Somewhat interestingly, Brentford finished second in the Championship and will be playing Premier League football next year! In the domestic cups, West Ham defeated Man Utd to win the EFL Cup for the first time ever, while Liverpool won the FA Cup on penalties for the first time in 26 years. Bayern won the Bundesliga again, PSG won Ligue 1 again and in Italy, which has been a very open league in this save, was won by AC Milan. Both European trophies were won by late goals - PSG defeated Arsenal 2-1 in the Champions League final with a 92nd minute winner, while in the Europa League, 88th and 94th minute goals saw Benfica come from behind to beat Chelsea 3-2 in an absolutely thrilling match, Next Season More of the same please! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 FINALLY. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Yes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano16 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 It's been worth the wait! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUtd1 Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 Excellent! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 19 hours ago, Jupjamie said: Yes! 17 hours ago, Keano16 said: It's been worth the wait! 14 hours ago, ManUtd1 said: Excellent! Thanks for the support! Couldn't be happier. Already fell out with my players over wages too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 This has put a slight worry upon me - the new chairman has wiped out the only philosophy we had (develop players using youth academy I think it was) and has said he's judging me on transfers... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 That's a huge increase! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 The Irish champions are certainly no mugs but I think we should be getting past them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 Maybe they were mugs. Up next: Basel. Tough trip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 Tough indeed. We could've drawn Wolfsburg, Cesena or Sparta Prague... got Wolfsburg. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 Euro 2032 - Scotland and Wales Scotland and Wales host the tournament and as a result, Scotland qualified for their first tournament since 2018 and put in a good shift to make the second round. France had an absolute shocker of a tournament, finishing bottom of a group they should've been winning comfortably. Sweden enjoyed a very good run to the final but could do very little about the Netherlands who romped to a three-nil win and ensuring they won the competition without losing a game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 To the surprise of absolutely no one, we were thumped. Disappointing but expected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 First trophy of the season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 Demolished. Great way to celebrate 600 games in charge! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 San Marino - 2032 Two losses for the whole year looks brilliant for a side like San Marino but it could've been much better had we beaten Gibraltar. We dominated them for 89 minutes and they snuck a goal right at the death to win, I was absolutely furious. We did bounce back with a really good win over Latvia but losing to Gibraltar is infuriating. This is how our group ended up. Should've been second. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 Youth Intake 2033 Bit of a let down compared to the previous few, but I've come to expect that and we got a couple of players with high potential in areas we needed it. Sadly, our highest rated youth comes from a position where we are currently stacked at club level & international level. Padini 31a is first choice at 3.5* CA but we also have Micheloni 30b who is also 3.5*CA sitting on the bench. He looks okay, a position we needed depth, poor physical attributes though. We needed cover for Longo at right back as we currently have a retrained left back covering there. We got it. Not only does Venerucci 33c have a cracking moustache, but he is a strong tackler. Lacks ever so slightly physically I think, but he's a good looking backup nonetheless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 The Coppa Titano is ours again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 That's a rather fun name, isn't it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 Champions again! Rondelli 21a has been our best player this year, so his decision to lunge in with two feet in the 89th minute of a comfortable victory was interesting to say the least... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 2032/33 Fixtures 1/2 | Campionato Sammarinese | Campionato Sammarinese Final | Coppa Titano Table | Coppa Titano Final | Super Coppa Final | Transfers | Finances In transfer news, nothing of real note happened. A few loans out were concluded (finally able to do this!) Alvarez 26b and Matteo Gasperoni may have raised a few eyebrows because they were semi-regular, but I just didn't have room for the former and the latter was recovering from a serious injury. The standout star was right winger Michelotti 29c who excelled at Libertas. Also, Marcio Francioni was a 16 year old goalkeeper who got the hump at not being part of my squad, so we showed him the door. Domestically, we dominated again and completed a clean sweep but it wasn't so straightforward in the league. For the first time in years, we had a real challenge as ourselves and Tre Penne swapped places regularly at the top of the league. Ultimately, we managed to outlast them in the game of cat and mouse and finished top of the league and eventually champions. Key Players Top Goalscorer - Mattia Rondelli 21a - 23 goals Highest Average Rating - Mattia Rondelli 21a - 7.76 Honourable Mentions - Tommaso Mazzocco, Cristian Longo Wow. Rondelli 21a flourished this year and scored a pretty ridiculous amount of goals from central midfield. Granted, over half were penalties, but 23 goals is a phenomenal return from him. The two full backs earned their honourable mention because they were both very solid defensively and very rarely made mistakes. It's strange to see this section with no strikers. Negro 31c and Gasperoni 23b were both on the cusp (the latter recovered from a broken leg well) but didn't quite get there. They managed 20 and 18 goals though which is still a very good return. San Marino in Europe La Fiorita lost 3-1 to Lithuanian side Trakai, Tre Fiori were dismantled 8-0 by Bosnian side Zrinjski and Tre Penne lost 2-1 to Jeunesse Esch of Luxembourg. Around Europe The finale of the Premier League was completely amazing. It was a two horse race between Arsenal and Manchester City with two games to go and Arsenal were two points clear. Both teams tried their best not to win! Arsenal lost their last two games to gift Manchester City the title, but City drew their last game as well meaning Arsenal only needed one win for the title. One of the sides they lost too was 15th place Middlesbrough! Incredible. United finished third with Liverpool fourth, Chelsea 5th and Spurs 6th. I mentioned Brentford making a Premier League appearance in the last season review, and they finished dead last with just 18 points. Chelsea and Spurs made up for poor league positions with an EFL Cup win for the former and an FA Cup win for the latter. Elsewhere, Milan snuck the Serie A title by a single point from Roma, Bayern won the Bundesliga by a nine point margin from second placed Hoffenheim and PSG won Ligue 1 by 12 clear points from Monaco. In European competition, it was an all English, and indeed all London final as Arsenal met West Ham in the Europa League, and it would the the Gunners who made up for a disappointing finish to the league with a resounding 3-0 victory. Manchester United tried to make it an English clean sweep in the Champions League, but they came up short against Bayern in a somewhat boring 0-0 game which the Germans would win on penalties. I think I've heard that one before, you know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 Brilliant way to round off his amazing season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon69 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 This has been a fascinating read and has encouraged me to give it a go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 On 29/07/2017 at 18:19, Swindon69 said: This has been a fascinating read and has encouraged me to give it a go. Excellent! Good luck! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 HB provided very little resistance as we thrashed them. Up next, we face Viktoria Plzen which is realistically our best chance at reaching the next round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 We failed to turn up to the first leg here. 3-0 flatters them really, as you can tell from the match stats it was a pretty even game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted July 31, 2017 Author Share Posted July 31, 2017 ****ing Rondelli 21a. We had a great start to the match then that idiot gets himself a straight red for a two footed tackle. If I didn't love the man, I'd terminate his contract here and now for that. Tosser. We've drawn Dinamo Bucharest in the Europa League playoff - they were the lowest seeded team we could've faced so again, got to be happy with that. We have a chance here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share Posted August 2, 2017 Half way through the tie and we lead, but we've given away two away goals which is frustrating. We need a big game in Romania to progress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share Posted August 2, 2017 We did it! It was an incredibly boring game, but I care little for that because we are back in the group stages! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share Posted August 2, 2017 Tough group, we'll be really lucky to take any points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 3 in a row for the Super Coppa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 Well, we weren't embarassed and we were a few minutes from a point against Kyiv in the opening match. A few positives on display. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 San Marino - 2033 We struggled with the bigger teams and even against Lithuania, but again, just like our loss against Gibraltar, we lost against Liechhtenstein when we should've beaten them. Thankfully, we did beat them at home so at least we didn't finish bottom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 Youth Intake 2034 It's not a great intake by any means. Only two tagged players, one of which is a GK who will, unless he improves immensely, will never get a game. Tidy looking striker, not sure about his favoured role being target man though. I like him. Not bad, but like I said he's probably never going to make an impact here sadly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 The Curious Case of Nicolo Conti Nicolo Conti is not a name you will be familiar with whatsoever. He came through our youth ranks in the class of 2030 which is around the time I started this career up again and had forgotten to screenshot of the youth intake. He had a completely unmemorable time with us before being released at the beginning of this season. So, to the point, I was checking ex players to see if they had found themselves a new club (because I like to keep track) and I clicked upon his profile only to find he had retired, which wasn't a surprise because young, rubbish players do that all the time, right? Only, he's decided that if he can't play football, he'll give management a bash and at the age of 20 is now Cailungo U19's manager! I've never seen such a young player retire to be a staff member, much less had him on my coaching staff! Hopefully he goes on to manage a professional Sammarinese team one day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Coppa Titano champions again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 League champions again as well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Most decorated team as well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 2033/34 Fixtures 1 / 2 / 3 | Campionato Sammarinese | Campionato Sammarinese Final | Super Coppa Final | Coppa Titano Final | Transfers | Finances There was some transfer activity again as a few rubbish players left us, although Andrea Mina did end up signing for Tre Penne who would be our biggest challengers this year so may he's better than I thought. Also, strangely, on the last day of the January window Serie B side Verona asked to take Simone Pedini 31a on loan. I let him go but didn't expect him to get any game time, and with Italian sides sniffing around Marco Micheloni 30b, he may be needed here sooner rather than later. The season itself wasn't our greatest - we drew and lost more games which could be chalked down to our Europa League participation. But we clawed back the deficit we inflicted to finish first as we headed into the playoffs. Once there, we suffered a bit of a shock defeat to Tre Penne in one of the rounds but managed to thrash Libertas then easily defeat Tre Penne again to avoid losing our title. Key Players Top Goalscorer - Manuel Gasperoni 23b - 26 goals Highest Average Rating - Tommaso Mazzocco - 7.51 Honourable Mentions - Fabio Gasperini 31b, Mattia Rondelli 21a, Marco Chiaruzzi Gasperoni 23b was our top scorer, but I was a little disappointed by his league tally being just 12. Both our strikers hit a bit of poor form in the middle of the season and struggled to find the net consistently. Mazzocco was excellent at full back again, another really good year for him. Likewise, Gasperini 31b had a bit of a breakout season and chipped in with some key goals and assists towards the latter stages of the season, Rondelli 21a, as usual, provided the goods required of him. Chiaruzzi actually went out on loan at the start of the season but was recalled during the winter window and turned out to be a valuable asset to our midfield. San Marino in Europe La Fiorita lost 4-0 to Icelandic side FH, Libertas lost 5-0 to Croatian side Slaven Belupo and Fiorentino lost 6-0 to Swiss/Liechtenstein side Vaduz. Around Europe The Premier League saw it's most exciting season in years as three teams could have won it going into the final day. As the dust settled, Carlo Ancelotti's Arsenal side ended up finishing top of the heap ahead of Chelsea in second and surprise package West Ham who finished third. Spurs finished fourth to round out an all-London top four. Southampton came fifth, Man City sixth, Liverpool seventh and Manchester United shockingly finished 8th leading to the departure of 71 year old Mourinho after nearly 20 years in charge. Liverpool made up for their disappointing league campaign with an EFL Cup win, an FA Cup AND a famous Champions League win almost 30 years after that night in Istanbul. The Europa League would again have an English winner - this time, it was Chelsea who defeated West Ham in the final. So close for the Hammers again. It wasn't as exciting elsewhere. PSG won the French title again, Bayern Munich won the German title again and Milan won the Italian title for the third year running. Although it is worth pointing out that Lazio did get relegated in the Serie A to complete a fair old fall from grace for them. Next Season Groups again. Would be wonderful to see another Sammarinese team do well in Europe but I can't see it happening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 World Cup 2034 - China Some huge scalps in the group stages - hosts China were largely unfancied but managed to knock out Spain after beating them 2-1 with the winning goal scored by a striker plying his trade for... Accrington! No other major knockouts until you get to group G where Iran managed to oust Brazil, brilliant stuff. That was largely the end of the shocks for the tournament and Portugal went onto lift the trophy after beating the Netherlands 1-0. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share Posted August 10, 2017 Strolled past Jeunesse Esch with ease. We have Steaua Bucharest next which is a tough draw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share Posted August 10, 2017 Great first leg result but conceding an away goal was frustrating and could come back to haunt us. Big game in Romania now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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