Carambau Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 (edited) "On Thursday 20 October 1976, fans of Argentinos Juniors and a few traveling Talleres de Córdoba fans witnessed probably the most important debut in the history of Argentine football. With Argentinos losing 1–0 the manager, Juan Carlos Montes sent on a 15-year-old debutant named Diego Armando Maradona making him the league's youngest ever player until his record was broken by Sergio Agüero in 2003. Argentinos lost the game but Diego went on to propel the club forward over the next four years and to achieve great successes with other clubs and the Argentina national team. In the 1979 Metropolitano Diego became the youngest topscorer in the history of Argentine football with 14 goals, he went on to become top scorer in the following three tournaments, matching José Sanfilippo's record of being Argentina's topscorer on four consecutive occasions. " (source: wikipedia) Edited November 12, 2022 by Carambau 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Sublime team choice! I used them for my tactical replication of Gian Piero Gasperini a while back. I fell in love with the idea of a save with the club after reading this article…. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47961674.amp Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 12, 2022 Author Share Posted November 12, 2022 11 hours ago, SixPointer said: Sublime team choice! I used them for my tactical replication of Gian Piero Gasperini a while back. I fell in love with the idea of a save with the club after reading this article…. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/47961674.amp Hi @SixPointer ! Great to see you here I had a similar experience before starting this save, but for me it was just their regular wikipedia entry which encouraged me to start a save with them. I have always adored Maradona (one of my first football experiences as a kid was seeing him get sent off against Brazil at the 1982 world cup), which might also be a factor here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 12, 2022 Author Share Posted November 12, 2022 (edited) Argentinos Juniors were a mostly mediocre club in the argentinian league in the 70s, or more a club threatened by relegation every season. After HE started playing for them in 1976, they started to improve year after year and managed to finish 2nd in the league by 1980. HE was sold to Boca in 1981 for the record fee of 1M, and the club was almost relegated in the following season, only saving themselves on the last day. The following years saw them finish in midtable positions. Then, all of a sudden they won the title in 1984, the "Metropolitano". This was due to the couragous attacking style of manager Roberto Saporiti. However, after the title win he was replaced by Jose Yudica, who had worked wonders with small clubs like Quilmes and San Lorenzo in the past seasons. This seemed like a match made in heaven. As argentinian champions, the club qualified for the 1985 Copa Libertadores. This is when their greatest hour came: They won the title 5:4 after a penalties against colombian club America de Cali. And this is when the decline began: They were relegated from the Primera Division in 1996 and have been switching between those two divisions since then. Now is the time to write history again. Joe Baxter takes over. Edited November 13, 2022 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 (edited) WHAT CAN WE EXPECT THIS SEASON? Last season the club finished 24th of 28 teams in the league table. However, in Argentina relegation is decided by the average points from the last 4 seasons. We luckily had two top 12 finishes during that time period so we were never in danger of going down. But we aim to finish much better this season. But this is not going to be easy when we take a look at our finances. This is not looking good. We had to load off players with high wages respectively loaned them out which we did to our best possibilities, but still the wages are at 236.609K. Our balance isnt looking good either. So there is even more pressure to do well this season. We need to perform to get the money in. And I guess there won´t be any new signings this season because of that. Edited November 15, 2022 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 On 13/11/2022 at 12:32, Carambau said: WHAT CAN WE EXPECT THIS SEASON? Last season the club finished 24th of 28 teams in the league table. However, in Argentina relegation is decided by the average points from the last 4 seasons. We luckily had two top 12 finishes during that time period so we were never in danger of going down. But we aim to finish much better this season. But this is not going to be easy when we take a look at our finances. This is not looking good. We had to load off players with high wages respectively loaned them out which we did to our best possibilities, but still the wages are at 236.609K. Our balance isnt looking good either. So there is even more pressure to do well this season. We need to perform to get the money in. And I guess there won´t be any new signings this season because of that. Screams give youth a chance which we know the club loves to do. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 16 hours ago, SixPointer said: Screams give youth a chance which we know the club loves to do. Absolutely 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) PRE-SEASON Happy new year! The pre-season went ok for us, we still need time to gel but there are more positives than negatives there. COMING UP The Copa de la Liga will be played before the League season starts in July. There are two groups and the top 4 teams each qualify for the quarter finals. THE TEAM We have a clear number one and a great prospect as well. Maybe we will get rid of Lanzillota soon. Our defense seems pretty aged but never forget how valuable experience is. Here we got our engine room. Rodriguez and Batallini really make the team tick. And there are some good talents like Lugo and Zalazar too. In attack we have one experienced striker and two talented youngsters. KEY PLAYER Our playmaker. I wonder how long we can hold on to him until the big clubs from europe come calling. THE TACTICS We value a quick technical play. Edited November 16, 2022 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) COPA DE LA LIGA & COPA ARGENTINA We played 2 rounds in the Copa Argentina and prevailed in both, albeit very luckily. Both times the opponent was a so-called "smaller" club (although second division side Patronato de Parana are the current cup holders!), but we needed penalties in both matches to win. Nevertheless we made it through to the 7th round where we will meet Racing Club. That said, we played our reserve players in those 2 games so maybe that can serve as an explanation. A convincing run in the Copa de la Liga for us. We manage to beat some of the stronger clubs on our way. It was rather surprising that we qualified for the next round... ...where we lost to Estudiantes after penalties. Good show, guys! It sure was way more than what we expected to achieve here. TRANSFERS & FINANCES More players leaving to ease our wage bill. And we got quite some transfer money in as well. In a surprise transfer, our backup keeper Lanzillota moved to Premier League side Newcastle United. Sadly, I seem to have jinxed it and Strasbourg snatched away our playmaker Alan Rodriguez! It was impossible to keep him at the club as he was already threatening us that he would go on strike if we blocked his transfer. Despite the transfers and the cash injection our balance is still around 0. The wage deficit decreased a lot but still is way too high. TEAM NEWS A lot of first team players, under the leadership of Torrén, were unhappy about the sale of our midfield maestro Rodriguez. We had to hold a team meeting about it and ...I wasnt very successful in appeasing them. Let us pray this wont backfire on our performance in the future. It is nice to see that I was able to convince at least 4 players and there is also Javier Cabrera who was on my side from the beginning. In come the young players! As players were leaving the club we had to bolster the squad with players from our reserve team. Gonzalo Siri is a fine goalkeeper with lots of potential. He will compete for the backup place behind our number one keeper Lucas Chavez with fellow youngster Miguel Acosta. Matias Godoy had some great performances in his reserve games and he is developing well. Welcome to the first team squad, Matias! YOUTH INTAKE 2023 A fantastic intake this year! The players are looking great, hopefully we can help them reach their potential. The new pibe de oro? The Liga Profesional de Futbol season is about to begin. It´s going to be a real struggle to keep many of our players for longer than this season. We have to survive. Edited November 22, 2022 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 (edited) FRIENDLIES & START OF LIGA PROFESIONAL DE FUTBOL Two draws and one convincing win in our pre-season friendlies, some improvement. Another youngster from our reserves joins our first team squad to bolster our central defense. Dardo Torres impressed in the reserves, now he has to show this on a bigger stage. A great start to the league, We seem to play better away than at home though. Both wins were never in danger but we could havve lost the 3rd game easily. Quintana to the rescue! We sit in 5th place. But there are still soo many games to play. Boca and River not having the best of starts. Also, the 7th round of the Copa Argentina went down and we qualified for the quarter finals by beating Racing at their home base. It was nice to see youngster Matias Godoy feature on the goalscorers sheet. Edited November 18, 2022 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) A FANTASTIC MONTH We started the month with 4 draws in a row (see previous post for the 1st draw in that series) but then something clicked. We butchered Central Cordoba with a hattrick from your young talent Matias Godoy 4-0 , went on to beat a strong Huracan side at their home, won our home game against Atletico Tucuman quite comfortably and defeated San Lorenzo away, with us leading 3-0 after 19 minutes already. Bringing in the young players from time to time surely paid out well, Godoy especially had an excellent game against Central Cordoba. We got the momentum now, we must keep it going. We sit in 4th position with one game in hand which could see us go top. After a third of the season this is looking quite good for us. FINANCES & CO. As we got some cash from the FA when the League started, I decided to ask the board for a bigger wage budget to ease our pressure and they surprisingly said yes. For the first time in this save, we have a positive wage budget and our overall balance looks good too. We can build on that. So the first thing we did was to extend our number one keeper´s contract, as it was running out at the end of the year. Glad we were able to keep him. Edited November 18, 2022 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dereka Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 A shame you couldn't enjoy more of Alan Rodriguez, I had him in a FM21 save and he was a lot of fun. Regarding your search for the new Maradona, how are the club's youth facilities? Any chance of upgrading them for more promising youth intakes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) Nice to see you here, @Dereka Our facilities are indeed very bad, there is a lot of room for improvement! Sadly, by now our balance has gone into the red again and we can´t afford to do something there... But this is the plan for the future for sure! Edited November 18, 2022 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) THE SLUMP We failed to score in the first three matches of september. At least only one match was lost, against a dominant River Plate side. Against Estudiantes and Banfield we were lucky not to concede but we happily took those two points anyway. Against Rosario it was a much closer match but we lost it in the end thanks to a last-minute goal. Fortunately we found our scoring ways again in that match. Which paid out in the next game when we scored four goals against Racing to defeat them 4-2. A much needed win to close this month. We fell down to 6th position. Still a good place for our standards. CONTRACTS RUNNING OUT At the moment, we don´t have the means to extend the contracts of 3 of our key players. Granted, Quintana will maybe retire after the end of this season anyway, but Batallini and Cabrera are two of the best wingers in the team. I just hope they won´t sign anywhere else until the season is finished and we get the League prize money shoveled onto our balance (which is as of now by -1.6M). Edited November 18, 2022 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) THE RESURGENCE Six games this month, we managed to lose only one of them. Most of it were tight affairs with the better ending for us. We developed the strength to hold on to our lead once we score. We find ourselves in 2nd place after a great october. A THRILLING CUP QUARTER FINAL WITH A HAPPY END FOR US We took the lead after 64 minutes but Zalazar got sent off a little later. With literally the last attack of the game, 2nd division side Gimnasia scored the equalizer. We held on with 10 men and reached the penalty shootout. Our first player missed but then everyone scored for us and we went on to win. We will meet Godoy Cruz in the semi finals. Edited November 18, 2022 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 Fantastic October! How are the younger players looking? Have you had to throw many in at the deep end? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllezAFC Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 I played with Platense - some players had a clause that when you sell them 100% of the transfer money goes to them. For a club that is financially crippled with very big wages for players and a poor income … it wasn't ideal. I gave up after 3 years as I couldn't replace the good players due to a lack of money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 1 hour ago, SixPointer said: Fantastic October! How are the younger players looking? Have you had to throw many in at the deep end? There are quite a few who are already playing regularly, like Matias Lugo (22) or striker Thiago Nuss (22), but they have been already part of the first team squad when I took over. Godoy is getting more and more games and benefits from it a lot, he could become a possible starter next season. Zalazar, Benitez and Dardo Torres get some minutes too and they are doing well when getting on the pitch. Thing is, a lot of older players will leave after the season and thats the time when those youngsters will get a to play a bigger role 1 hour ago, AllezAFC said: I played with Platense - some players had a clause that when you sell them 100% of the transfer money goes to them. For a club that is financially crippled with very big wages for players and a poor income … it wasn't ideal. I gave up after 3 years as I couldn't replace the good players due to a lack of money. Havent had that yet in my sales... sounds a bit unfair.. "a club that is financially crippled"? check 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) HARD WORK, HARD WORK Velez Sarsfield showed us that we still need to learn a lot. But we picked ourselves up after that, worked hard and won the two following games. 3rd position and three games to go. We could really pull up a sensation here. LATE GOALS SECURE VICTORY It was a tedious game, nothing really happened until the last few minutes, when we managed to break the deadlock via a penalty (VAR was right this time) and score two late goals. We will face the big boys Boca Juniors in the final now. Edited November 23, 2022 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteinkelssonFM Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 18 hours ago, Carambau said: At the moment, we don´t have the means to extend the contracts of 3 of our key players. This in itself is quite a worry, what are you planning to implement to attempt to alleviate the problem? Any contingency plans? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 19, 2022 Author Share Posted November 19, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, MattyLewis11 said: This in itself is quite a worry, what are you planning to implement to attempt to alleviate the problem? Any contingency plans? Not really a "plan" but I just hope that we get enough money from the FA after the season is over and that those players havent signed for any other club by then... Edited November 19, 2022 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) THE SEASON COMES TO A BITTERSWEET END Well, what can we say? We lost all of our remaining games. This made things more tense than I hoped... ...but in the end it was enough to finish in 6th place! This means we will start in the Copa Libertadores second qualification round next season. We are very happy with that outcome. Much better position than last year, although none of our players finished in the top ranks of the individual categories. There is no "I" in "Team" AN OVERPOWERING OPPONENT The board and the fans did not really believe in us having a chance in the cup final against Boca Juniors... ...and they were right. We never really stood a chance in the final as they made short work of us. At least we were able to score the odd consolation goal. Congratulations to the winners Boca Juniors! SEASON STATS & AWARDS It is hard to pick our best player this season: Maybe our keeper Lucas Chaves who more than once saved us from defeat, maybe Javier Cabrera who got the best average rating, maybe left back Lucas Villalba who got the most assists, or maybe our young striker talent Gaston Veron who scored the most goals? It is hard to tell, as this was a great team effort and everyone (except Gonzalo Siri) contributed. Youngsters Matias Lugo - who is already a mainstay in the team - , both wingers David Zalazar and Franco Benitez, above mentioned Gaston Veron and Matias Godoy did very well when called up. Godoys goal contribution is especially impressive: 8 goals & assists in only 16 games. Central defender Dardo Torres and striker Thiago Nuss at least showed glimpses of their talent. A lot of players will leave next season and more youngsters will join from our reserve/youth team. Interesting times here. The fans have spoken. YOUTH TEAMS Our reserves win the league. A very dominant performance, showing a possible exciting future of our talents. Enzo Vlaeminch especially being a dominant figure. Our U20s finish runners-up. Still a strong performance by the lads. And the top scorer (16 goals) is an Argentinos Juniors player: 16 year old Pablo Duarte. Edited November 20, 2022 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ben_ Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 22 hours ago, Carambau said: Not really a "plan" but I just hope that we get enough money from the FA after the season is over and that those players havent signed for any other club by then... Plenty of opportunities to blood the youngsters, though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) TIME TO SAY GOODBYE First of all: We were able to extend the contracts of two of the three above mentioned key players: Javier Cabrera and Damian Batallini signed new contracts after we received the prize money from the FA for finishing 6th. The third player was Carlos Quintana, who decided to end his career, which leaves a big gap in our defense the youngsters will have to fill. Also, striker Gabriel Avalos left us but he didnt play a role anymore lately and we relegated him to the reserves at then end of the season anyway. The rest of the departures mostly come from there - or returning loan players who didnt make the cut- , so no big losses but at least some more ease on the wage budget. FRESH FACES The central midfielder is promoted from our reserve team where he had an impressive last season so we decided to give him a chance in the professional squad. Another central midfielder. After a remarkable loan spell at Atletico Rafaela last season, he joins our squad to bolster to CM/DM position even more, as he can play both positions. More attacking options with this young striker talent who returns after a loan spell at second division Ferro Carril Oeste, where he scored 13 goals in 37 games last season. NEW GROUP, NEW LUCK Our group for this season. Seems easier than last year but I could be wrong. A TOUGH DRAW This looks like a tough draw but there are still 2 matches to be played. FRIENDLIES Looking good, the youngsters gel well with the team. Edited November 20, 2022 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, _Ben_ said: Plenty of opportunities to blood the youngsters, though! Indeed Edited November 20, 2022 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) Very solid first season!! How’s the bank balance? Edited November 21, 2022 by SixPointer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 On 21/11/2022 at 15:21, SixPointer said: Very solid first season!! How’s the bank balance? Thank you We are back in the downward spiral again unfortunately... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 (edited) FRESH FACES We needed to bolster our central midfield. In comes this young talent. He joins from our reserve team. The striker scored 16 goals in 42 games on loan at A. Tucuman last season. Now he is ready to join our first team. Loans, loans, loans for our talents. THE TEAM 2024 No changes in goal. Minissale is a good addition to our defense. We needed more in the middle of the park and we got more. Our talent Godoy wanted to be loaned out so we loaned him out. Coronel can hopefully live up to the expectations I have in him. And: I just noticed we only have Argentinians in the team. KEY PLAYER Having a good keeper pays half of the rent, they say. We have one. COPA DE LA LIGA & COPA ARGENTINA We played 2 rounds in the Copa Argentina and prevailed rather easily in both. The next round will be played against Huracan during the League season, so more of that later. A devastating run in the middle of the campaign. But we were able to pick us up again fortunately. We again qualified for the knockout rounds. Good stuff. Penalty shootouts seem to be our favorite thing... ...as shown again in the semi finals. But no penalties in the final. And also again, Boca are the much better team. We began the campaign in style, beating favorites Botafogo 4-1 at home. Shocked, they could not come back from that defeat and we held on. America de Cali wasnt that big of an opponent in the next round and so we made it to the group stage. There, we met two Peruvian and one Argentinian team, which we all held off to finish top of the group. Both Argentinian teams qualified. We will meet Brazilian heavyweights Internacional in July. But hey, we already beat Botafogo so no reason to be scared! YOUTH INTAKE 2024 This intake is even better than last year! A real wave of new talents here! The Liga Profesional de Futbol season is about to begin. And AGAIN, It´s going to be a real struggle to keep many of our players for longer than this season. We have to survive. Edited November 29, 2022 by Carambau 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Things are definitely on the up! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 20 hours ago, SixPointer said: Things are definitely on the up! In the sporting sense, yes - in the financial sense, sadly not... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 (edited) THE LEAGUE BEGINS Hey our first point against Boca! We celebrated a little - then we went on and beat Gimnasia. A good start. 25 games to go. THE DREAM IS OVER Internacional were always in control of the game. Our goal just "happened" as we were never a thread to their goal. The goal left us with a glimpse of hope... ...but the hope was crushed after already 22 minutes in the second leg. Zalazar scored 2 goals, thats the best we could take from that. See you next time. Hopefully. NEWS The board trusts me obviously. Good to know. Edited November 23, 2022 by Carambau 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 (edited) A LONG MONTH The month began awful - we conceded 8 goals in 2 matches. I dropped or left Central defender Minissale after the Godoy Cruz game and things went on to improve, climaxing in the unreal 7-0 victory against Racing. Zalazar will leave us after the season as he joins River Plate when his contract runs out. 2 games in hand, it is looking good for now. THE CUP MATCH WENT TO PENALTIES... This time we lose after penalties. Maybe this loss will benefit us in the league. Edited November 24, 2022 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 More focus on the league can be a good thing. Any sign of a new DAM? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER Batallini superstar! Our winger scores FOUR times against Newells Old Boys. A pity we won´t be able to extend his contract. Also nice to see Ovando score a hattrick against Platense to win us the game. Second place, but the table is soo messed up. FINANCES I honestly have no idea how we can turn this around. This adds more pain to it. Contract extensions? LOL Our financial future is dark. And it gets darker. Edited November 26, 2022 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 24, 2022 Author Share Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) On 23/11/2022 at 23:10, SixPointer said: More focus on the league can be a good thing. Any sign of a new DAM? Sadly not. Our best prospect, Maldonado will join AS Roma after the season. We got no money to keep the talents any longer. Edited November 26, 2022 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Looks like you really need a gem to come through which you can make a huge profit on to stop the plight Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, SixPointer said: Looks like you really need a gem to come through which you can make a huge profit on to stop the plight It surely looks like that... the fees paid for our players by foreign clubs are not that high though... I will try to reduce the wage bill after the season by releasing high earning players and see if this helps anything. If not, I guess I will step down. Edited November 25, 2022 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) A GOOD SEASON The last games of the season were a dream. We secured continental qualification and Coronel was out of control, scoring 8 times. I guess you can call this season a success. A great 3rd place finish and qualification for the Copa Libertadores again. Coronel finishing up there with the best players. The future could be bright... SEASON AWARDS & STATS Well deserved. Mateo Coronel carried the team with his goals and assists, same as Damian Batallini and Francisco Metilli. And Lucas Chaves. Matias Lugo was the marathon man in midfield, nearly playing every game. Bautista Kociubinski proved a vital new signing alongside him, as did Enzo Vlaeminch. Youngster Dardo Torres did a great job in central defense, together with fellow youngster Pablo Minissale. Attacker Lautaro Ovando did not play that much but he managed to score 7 goals. Talent Federico Redondo also contributed. Youngster of the season Franco Benitez (P23, G4, A10, 7.37) is not listed here anymore as he already had joined Boca Juniors in december. A lot of those players will leave the club now due to our financial constraints and we have to look ahead, not back. Edited November 26, 2022 by Carambau Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 26, 2022 Author Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) FAREWELL We finally manage to get some cash out of our transfers. Sad to see Matias Lugo go, but there was no way we could decline that offer. 10.25M overall are quite a sum. PLAYERS JOINING FROM OUR YOUTH TEAMS Spoiler The young backup keeper already has some caps for the Argentina U20 and joins from our U20 team. He joins from our reserve team, but is out for around 8 months due to injury he got in the first training with us. I hope his attributes won´t decline that badly. Another decent central defender talent. At 186 cm, he is a very good header. He still got much to learn surely but we will let him. The young right back already has some quite good physicals. Another young right back. He returns from his successful loan spell at Brown (Adr.). Talented left back, who already go good stats in the right departments. Young Brazilian central midfielder. A good technician indeed. Very young deep lying playmaker with potential. The new pibe el oro? We have to wait. NEW SIGNINGS No transfer fees paid because thats what we do. Spoiler We needed an experienced left back and here comes Walter Perez. A decent winger to bolster the midfield. You can´t win the league with kids. He joins to lead the youngsters from the back. Fighters in central midfield are always needed. THE TEAM 2025 No big changes in goal. Paraba brings bags of talent. Maybe he will play in the cup games. Emiliano Insua´s experience will be invaluable here. New signing Martinez can definitely help on our wings. Coronel all the way still. Although I guess he will help out on the wings too, just like Godoy. KEY PLAYER Our best player. Hopefully we can hold onto him. New group, new adventures. Our opponents are more diverse than last season. FINANCES It does look good after we got the transfer money and the money from the FA. For now. NEWS LOL. **** off. Edited November 26, 2022 by Carambau 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Balance is starting to be restored to the club! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 49 minutes ago, SixPointer said: Balance is starting to be restored to the club! Yeah, finally we begin resembling a normal football club 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 FINALLY Only two defeats in the group stage for us. We qualified for the playoffs finishing 2nd. Yes! We defeated our nemesis! A lucky win it was, but we don´t care! Ovando out of control again and we are in teh final against Banfield! THE FINAL Spoiler Time to celebrate! It was nothing but hard work but in the end it paid off. We win the Copa de la Liga! This time it was way harder and we only managed one win in the group stage. We finish last and go out. Now we can concentrate on the domestic league. YOUTH INTAKE 2025 Again, am excellent intake! That helps the club a lot! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Congratulations on the cup win!! Nice I take as well. Does sanz have a left foot and like to warm up juggling the ball? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 41 minutes ago, SixPointer said: Congratulations on the cup win!! Nice I take as well. Does sanz have a left foot and like to warm up juggling the ball? He indeed looks decent, but with only a "reasonable" left foot 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 14 hours ago, Carambau said: He indeed looks decent, but with only a "reasonable" left foot Certainly has the flair of the little genius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, SixPointer said: Certainly has the flair of the little genius Yeah, thats what caught my eye first as well The high "Teamwork" stat bothers me though... Edited November 28, 2022 by Carambau 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Tendency to punch would be required as well 🤣 17 hours ago, Carambau said: Yeah, thats what caught my eye first as well The high "Teamwork" stat bothers me though... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carambau Posted December 10, 2022 Author Share Posted December 10, 2022 Can´t stand this save anymore - we are again deep in the red. It just makes no sense. Thank you all for following. I am gonna start a different save somewhere where finances are better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixPointer Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Sad to see it go mate 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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