shaunvamos Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 What a performance. We went up early in the first leg, but then our left back got his second yellow in the first half and so we were on the back foot for the remaining hour of the game. Naturally, PAOK hit back, but then we took the lead again. A performance for the ages was on. But then they equalised late, and I went into this second leg hoping that if we get a goal and hold on I'll be stoked. Even an away draw would've been great, despite meaning we wouldn't qualify. We went up thanks to a deflected own goal, and I was daring to believe. That lasted all of five minutes as their striker chipped my keeper on the counter attack. But two goals in 5 minutes gave us the 3-1 lead, meaning PAOK had to score 3 in 25 minutes (always a possibility) to qualify. They could only manage one. So through we go, to our 3rd consecutive Europa League Group Stage! Actually not that bad a group. Relatively average teams in terms of the usual, but being 6th in La Liga or thereabouts for the last 5 years is nothing to be sneezed at. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 Our best performance yet. A win against a Russian side and 3 draws. If you told me I would've ended a Europa group with 6 points only 13 seasons in I would've laughed. So here I am, laughing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 2, 2019 Author Share Posted March 2, 2019 Andorran National Team 2030 Review This year was by far the most successful for the country, as we had a huge win over Slovenia and were able to stay in our division in the Euro League. We have also been drawn a decent EURO qualifying group with Georgia, Latvia and Bosnia all beatable, although Holland will flog us. Best XI Germán Martínez Rui Afonso - Pedro Da Mota - André Ribeiro José Antonio López - Alonso Vázquez - Alberto Mena 4B - Francisco Nuno 3E Vicente Pelayo João Santos - Ángel Luis González Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 2031 Youth Intake An okay intake, and we have our first foreigner! It might have something to do with this guy: A massive coup for us as a team, a former manager of a League 2 and now a coach in Andorra. What an upgrade He can finish, but that's about it for now. Hopefully he will take to being a WB. We always need CAMs so he will be welcome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 2030/31 Season Review Our most comfortable victory yet. Defensively we are becoming a force, finally complementing the attack. Best XI Mikel Ruiz 10B Gerard Bravo 9D - José Francisco Cuesta 4A* - Francisco Nuno 3E Manuel Jesús Jiménez 10A - Iñigo Romero 9G* - Abel Amor 9C* - David Navarrete 6H Damián Cruz 8A Ignacio Navarro 8B* - Javier Guillén 9A Andorran Clubs in Europe UE Santa Coloma Lusitans Encamp 'Youth of Andorra' Team Performances Juventude de Andorra (Portuguese 3rd Tier) Juventud de Andorra (Spanish 3rd Tier) Jeunesse d'Andorre (French 5th Tier) Back in business! Progress Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 More upgrades and a nice and easy draw to start things off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 Despite the win I'm disappointed. Given how dominant we were we really should have won by more, and if a team from Luxembourg can score 2 against us, then others will score a lot more. Our previous European exploits have rewarded us, presenting a favourable draw against the Welsh champions. We beat them 3-0 in our last meeting, but given our first round performance I'm nervous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 We were very, very lucky. They had a man sent off in both legs but they pulled out some great goals to take a 4-3 lead, but Rudiez 12H scored with the last kick of the game to take it to extra time, and from there our superiority was apparent. But we should be putting these teams to the sword. It's not like we aren't having the opportunities to (35 shots, anyone?). Given the way we've played, we should get flogged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 We weren't as bad as I thought we would be. We were actually quite good! Considering this is their best player, who is good enough to take us all on his own. This is becoming a bit of a rivalry I think, this is the 3rd time in three years we have faced them in European competition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 2 one goal victories were enough to send us through to our 4th consecutive EL Group Stage! Ouch, what a horrible group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 We were flogged as expected, but we still got a win over Partizan and drew with Feyenoord. But what a horror group we got as 3rd seeds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 2031 Andorran National Team Review A pretty quality year for the NT, doing the double over Bosnia and coming within a few minutes of coming second in the group. The team is maturing quite nicely, most of them aged around the mid 20s. I don't know if we have made it to a playoff, but if we have that'd be great! Best Eleven Germán Martínez André Ribeiro - Pedro Da Mota - Duarte Almeida Manuel Jesús Jiménez 10A - Iñigo Romero 9G* - Alonso Vázquez - Francisco Nuno 3E Vicente Pelayo Ángel Luis González - Cédric Legrand Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 2032 Youth Intake Two 5* PA prospects and a couple decent looking defenders, an area we are weakest. I'm not sure what to make of him. It will be interesting to see how he develops. Mikel Ruiz is our best keeper by a long shot, so I'm not sure how much of a chance Fermin has. If he can learn how to tackle he'll make a fine wing back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 Capped before he's even played a competitive game. This kid might be something special. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 2031/32 Season Review It's never been so easy for us. Best Eleven Mikel Ruiz 10B Gerard Bravo 9D - Francisco Nuno 3E - José Francisco Cuesta 4A* Manuel Jesús Jiménez 10A - Iñigo Romero 9G* - Abel Amor 9C* - Jacob Narváez 8G Iosu Palacios 11B Damián Cruz 8A - Javier Guillén 9A Andorran Clubs in Europe UE Santa Coloma FC Santa Coloma Rangers FC Despite the huge strides we are making as a club which in turn helps the reputation of the league, everyone else is still garbage. Youth of Andorra Affiliate Performances Juventude de Andorra (Portuguese 3rd Division) Juventud de Andorra (Spanish 3rd Division) Jeunesse d'Andorre (French 4th Division) A pretty poor season from all teams, although I did expect Jeunesse to go straight back down. Nearly halfway there to maxing out the facilities. Progress Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 As I've mentioned before, we have had a pretty good record against Icelandic teams, and hopefully we can continue that run. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheriff7 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Which skin are you using mate? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 2 hours ago, Sheriff7 said: Which skin are you using mate? Its the low res version of Neub's skin. https://www.fmscout.com/a-neub-skin-fm19.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 Quality mixed in with a bit of luck. We probably should've lost the match. We last played them 4 seasons ago, and won 10-5 on aggregate. So hopefully we can emulate our performances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 Not as big a scoreline as the previous game, but we were still pretty strong. 2 seasons ago we lost 7-1 on aggregate. I'm hoping we can close the gap, because a victory is a bit too beyond our reach I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 An incredible performance at home, but the quality of Basel proved too much in the end. Still, I'm happy with the win, it demonstrates nothing if not progress. The Bosnian Champions are our final hurdle this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 Well, we blew it. Injuries and the inability to take chances killed us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 2032 Andorran National Team Review Despite the relegation I'm happy with the way we played. But the lack of up and coming players in the national side could lead to us stagnating in the very near future as our top strikers Gonzalez and Legrand are nearing 30 and no real replacement in sight. The lack of representation of the affiliate clubs is telling too, as most of the youth side is made up of our players. Germán Martínez Duarte Almeida - Pedro Da Mota - André Ribeiro Brais Toledo 7C - Iñigo Romero 9G* - Álvaro Navarro 6A - Jacob Narváez 8G Vicente Pelayo Ángel Luis González - Cédric Legrand Best XI Team Origins Jeunesse d'Andorre: 2 Juventud de Andorra: 8 Joventud d'Andorra: 7 Juventude de Andorra: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 6, 2019 Author Share Posted March 6, 2019 2033 Youth Intake Our most disappointing intake by far. This is dreadful There's plenty of room for development here, especially because he can be retrained as a DM. We are hopelessly lacking in depth at CB, so any defender is always welcome. Unlikely to amount to much, but who knows? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 2032/33 Season Review Another title, albeit a much closer margin than I would've wanted. Best XI Mikel Ruiz 10B Francisco Nuno 3E - Gerard Bravo 9D - José Francisco Cuesta 4A* Manuel Jesús Jiménez 10A - Iñigo Romero 9G* - Alberto Mena 4B - Jacob Narváez 8G Iosu Palacios 11B Ignacio Navarro 8B* - Javier Guillén 9A Andorran Clubs in Europe Lusitans UE Santa Coloma Penya Encarnada 'Youth of Andorra' Team Performances Juventude de Andorra (Portuguese 3rd Tier) Juventud de Andorra (Spanish 3rd Tier) They had the opportunity to win the whole thing and blew it on the last day, and paid for it in the playoffs. Jeunesse d'Andorre (French 5th Tier) Progress Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 We've made further upgrades to our training and youth facilities, but that will stop if we don't make the group stages of Europe this season. The Estonians are the first hurdle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 A good win against the Estonians. I'm not too sure about this tie, Norway are generally strong, especially when they start bringing in their newgens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 We took the lead in both legs but we weren't able to hold on to it. We may have dodged a bullet though, as Molde now have to play Shakhtar while we have to play.... Slovan Bratislava. They might even be too much for us as well though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 We played really well but Slovan just played better. What's worrying is that this is our worst European performance in 6 seasons. I'm not sure if we have plateaued, entered a decline or just had a bad draw. I'm leaning in favour of the latter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 7, 2019 Author Share Posted March 7, 2019 Our first foreign offer for one of our players. He won't be leaving, of course! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 Andorra National Team 2033 Review We dealt incredibly well with this absolute group of death, getting points off Greece and holding Croatia and Italy close once out of twice each. Add to that an impressive win over Montenegro and solid performances against Lithuania and Estonia, and the top 100 is within our grasp. Best Eleven Germán Martínez Adrián Rudiez 12H - Alberto Rodríguez - André Ribeiro Manuel Jesús Jiménez 10A - Iñigo Romero 9G* - Pedro Sellés - Ángel Fanjul 12A Vicente Pelayo Ángel Luis González - João Santos Best XI Youth Clubs Jeunesse d'Andorre: 1 (1) Joventud d'Andorra: 4 (5) Juventud de Andorra: 5 (1) Juventude de Andorra: 1 Numbers in brackets denote the subs. We definitely dominate the squad now, which is a problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 2034 Youth Intake An okay intake, there's a lot of re-training to be done though. We get our first Ugandan too, which is nice. A prospective wingback, but he's not too bad. Those are some good starting defensive attributes, and there's plenty of room for development. I think I'll try him at AM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 2033/34 Season Review Our most dominant season yet. Our team works wonders when I don't use instant result. A bit of a changing of the guard too, as our newer generation of players begin to push ahead of the 'old' guard who are the ripe old age of 25 Best Eleven Mikel Ruiz 10B Adrián Rudiez 12H - Gerard Bravo 9D - Francisco Nuno 3E Manuel Jesús Jiménez 10A - Iñigo Romero 9G* - Alberto Mena 4B - Ángel Fanjul 12A Iosu Palacios 11B Javier Guillén 9A - Damián Cruz 8A Andorran Clubs in Europe UE Santa Coloma Lusitans Encamp Pathetic from all. 'Youth of Andorra' Team Performances Juventude de Andorra (Portuguese 3rd Tier) Jeunesse d'Andorre (French 4th Tier) Juventud de Andorra (Spanish 3rd Tier) Everyone survived Juventud seem to be really close to a breakthrough. Progress Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 Never played them, but Luxembourg has been a happy hunting ground. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 Losing the first leg was inexcusable, especially because they had 10 players for 70 minutes. Luckily we smashed them in the second leg, but that is a scare we should not be having at this stage of the save. If we play like we did in the first leg we will get flogged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 What a performance. We came from 2-1 down to score 3 goals that could have easily been 4 if Guillen didn't miss a penalty. But the fact of the matter is this: we are back in a big way. If we can beat the Polish champions, we should be able to run Malmo close. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 We ran them close, but not close enough. This is one of the best draws we could've gotten. 5 years ago we beat them 4-3 on aggregate, and I daresay we are a much better team now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 The matches between Joventud d'Andorra and FH always provide quality comeback stories, and this edition was no different. All of the comebacks seem to be initiated by us. But this was our closest tie yet, and we did extremely well to overturn our terrible home defeat. We are back in the Europa League groups! We actually get a decent group. Liverpool and Feyenoord are untouchable, but we should beat the Bosnians twice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 Performe as expected. I didn't expect to beat Siroki Brijeg as badly as we did though. Liverpool were untouchable as expected, but in our first game against them it took them 70 minutes to break us down. We are also edging a little closer to those bigger teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherwinriga Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 I'm glad that Juventud had started more competitive in the Europa League, but it would have been great if they're in the Champions League Group Stage. On the bright side, Andorra is getting their points collected to be part of the Top 100 in the World Rankings. Keep up the good work in both teams! It's already 10 years after 2025 and possibly, I would like to see the progress of how the world doing right now in international and continental competitions. It would be great to see how is it going right now in this save. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 2034 Andorran National Team Review We absolutely romped through our Euro League, except the loss to Cyprus. We seem to be at a bit of a crossroads internationally. Too good to be considered a minnow but not good enough to be considered among the teams who could qualify for major tournaments. Best Eleven Germán Martínez Adrián Rudiez 12H - Lucas Rodríguez - Arnau Carrión Manuel Jesús Jiménez 10A - Pedro Sellés - Iñigo Romero 9G* - Ángel Fanjul 12A Cédric Legrand Ángel Luis González - João Santos Origin of Best XI Jeunesse d'Andorre (France): 2 Joventud d'Andorra (Andorra): 4 (5) Juventud de Andorra (Spain): 3 (2) Juventude de Andorra (Portugal): 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 On 12/03/2019 at 02:27, sherwinriga said: I'm glad that Juventud had started more competitive in the Europa League, but it would have been great if they're in the Champions League Group Stage. On the bright side, Andorra is getting their points collected to be part of the Top 100 in the World Rankings. Keep up the good work in both teams! It's already 10 years after 2025 and possibly, I would like to see the progress of how the world doing right now in international and continental competitions. It would be great to see how is it going right now in this save. Thanks buddy, things are trending up! I'll be doing a progress update of the game world after 20 seasons, so in 3 seasons time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 2035 Youth Intake Not usually a good sign for a youth only challenge. A 4* CA keeper is more than I would've expected for that reference. Aside from the other 5* PA player, the rest doesn't seem massively impressive. He could develop into a fine DM. He has some very impressive attributes already. We have a whole host of quality keepers at our disposal, which is both good and bad. Won't have much of a future here I think. Still, I've been wrong before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 2034/35 Season Review We were one game away from going the entire league season unbeaten, but we lost to Luistans on the last day. Then to add insult to injury they beat us 2 weeks later in the cup final. But the important part is we won the league, our 9th straight in what was our best defensive performance to date. Best Eleven Mikel Ruiz 10B Adrián Rudiez 12H - Gerard Bravo 9D - Abel Martínez 14G Manuel Jesús Jiménez 10A - Iñigo Romero 9G* - Alberto Mena 4B - Ángel Fanjul 12A Iosu Palacios 11B Javier Guillén 9A - Damián Cruz 8A Andorran Clubs in Europe Encamp Lusitans UE Santa Coloma A little bit of an improvement from them. 'Youth of Andorra' Team Performances Juventud de Andorra (Spanish 3rd Tier) Jeunesse d'Andorre (French 4th Tier) Juventude de Andorra (Portuguese 3rd Tier) Juventude went so, so close to a playoff spot. Progress Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 This is our best result to date. A thoroughly impressive performance. Thank the FM gods we were blessed with two amazing strikers very early on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 Should be a tough match, and not one I expected as a seeded team in the first round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 Unfortunately he wants to leave as he feels he has accomplished everything with us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 These two performances were as close to perfect as I've seen from us. We were magnificent. The Slovakians are next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 They got lucky with a ridiculous goal in the first leg but we battered them away and should have won by more. I honestly don't see how this will end well for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunvamos Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 We may have lost on away goals, but Copenhagen dominated the second leg. Once again, Bosnians stand in our way of Europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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