DaNascimento

July - August 2022 We are only bringing one new player into the team in the summer. In midfield we still had a bit few options, especially we needed a good ball-winning player. Fortunately, Santiago Martinez's contract with Cerro Largo expired. With him, we gain an experienced man for our midfield. The Intermedio tournament gave us time to test the players with less playing time. Especially Thiago Borbas, who returned from a long injury, knew how to use his chance and convinced with 5 goals. In the end, however, Atlético Peñarol won the group and once again played the final against Club Nacional. Somit sollten wir bereit sein für die Closing Stage, die mit einem Heimspiel gegen Sud América begann. Die Mechanismen funktionierten aber noch nicht so richtig und wir konnten einen knappen Sieg durch ein spätes Tor von Da Luz mitnehmen. Danach stand bereits der Kracher gegen Peñarol an. Dieser sollte aber im Debakel enden. Gleich mit 1:4 wurden wir aus dem Stadion geschossen. Immerhin nutzten wir die Wut über diese heftige Niederlage im Spiel gegen Nacional, wo wir uns zuhause mit einem 2:0 Sieg rehabilitieren konnten.

May - June 2022 Passable but not a brilliant performance in the Copa Sudamericana. But advancing would have been premature. The team can't really keep up internationally yet. We were able to earn two draws against Recife. Especially the away game will be remembered because Nicolás Gonzalez equalised the 0:2 lead of the Brazilians in the 91st and 94th minute. At home against Sarsfield, on the other hand, we suffered the opposite fate. A hat-trick by Mauro Da Luz was not enough as the Argentines turned the game around in the 87th and 92nd minutes. At least we had a conciliatory ending with a brilliant 5:2 victory against Club Cienciano. However, the performance was not enough for more than the final rank. Because league play in Uruguay is suspended between April and August and the Intermedio tournament does not start until July, we only played a few test matches against weaker teams in June. Not really meaningful games, but the high victories are at least good for morale. Former Club Trujillanos F.C. unfortunately couldn't build on their previous performances after my departure and missed the playoffs for the first time in two years. Without any major departures or additions, the team only finished the Opening Stage in 16th place under the new coach - a bitter disappointment for the reigning champions. Speaking of champions, the Opening Stage was won by UC de Venezuela, a newly promoted team.

March - April 2022 March left us with mixed feelings. We had convincing victories against Fénix and Bostón River. However, the draw against Atenas and the defeat against Progreso were actually avoidable losses of points. Then, in April, we were hit by violent injuries again. Even though these were only rotation players, we are currently very unlucky with injuries. In terms of play, however, things were better again. We were beaten by Montevideo City Torque at home, but after that the team delivered steadily. The last five games resulted in five victories. A run that almost put us in the running to win the Opening Stage. In the end, however, Peñarol and Nacional were four points ahead. Both finished the stage with 36 points. In the deciding duel, Peñarol won 2:0 and crowned itself the winner of the Opening Stage. But we can be more than satisfied with third place. In the qualifiers we had to play against league rivals Bóston River. We were able to win the duel by a narrow margin. Unfortunately, the draw resulted in a very difficult group. Recife and Vélez Sarsfield are clearly stronger than us and only the first-placed team qualifies for the next round. Unfortunately, we also lost the opening match in Peru with 0:3. We improved against Sarsfield, but still had to admit defeat with 1:2. So after two games, our backs are already against the wall.

January - February 2022 Before we could start the season properly, we were overrun by a veritable wave of injuries. Thiago Borbas and Mateo Pereyra will be missing for several months. Our experienced goal scorer Mauricio Affonso will also be out for at least a month. Despite the heavy absences, we manage a good start to the season. Borbas contributes two goals in the first two games, including the point win against Peñarol, before he signs off for three months due to injury. We then suffer our first major defeat away to Nacional. Fortunately, we recover quickly from that. Against Villa Teresa, who have almost the same logo as us, we win narrowly. Liverpool FC have a prestigious name but don't stand a chance against us on the pitch. We finish the month with a 4-0 win. A good start to the season. We can build on this.

Interesting Challenge! Évora is a beatiful spot, but i remember that it is much too hot there to play football

So we have arrived in Uruguay, or rather in the capital Montevideo.Club Atlético River Plate was founded in 1932. The club has nothing to do with its Argentinian namesake, but was formed at that time from a merger of Olimpia FC and CA Capurro. The new club took the name River Plate from a successful club in the early days of Uruguayan football, the four-time champions River Plate Football Club, which was dissolved in 1929. Club Atlético River Plate was founded in 1932. The club has nothing to do with its Argentinian namesake, but was formed at that time from a merger of Olimpia FC and CA Capurro. The new club took the name River Plate from a successful club in the early days of Uruguayan football, the four-time champions River Plate Football Club, which was dissolved in 1929. In its long history, River Plate has never won a major national or international title, although it has spent 62 seasons (as of 2010) in Uruguay's top flight since the introduction of professional football. So it's time to change that! Last season, the club finished in 5th place. The club's home is a little gem, because its located in a parque. We play our matches in the Estadio Parque Federico Omar Saroldi. The Team A solid and young team, which has pletty of potential. I can work with that. The star of the team is striker Mauricio Affonso. We have to extend his expiring contract as soon as possible. The League As in Venezuela, the league will be divided into an opening and a closing stage. Logically, however, there is only one champion per year, as at the end of the year the winner of the Opening will compete against the winner of the Closing Stage to determine the champion. In the summer break between the two stages, there is a tournament called the Intermedio. At the end of the year, the three teams with the lowest average score are relegated. Youth Intake Shortly after my arrival, the Youth Intake took place in January. A nice inaugural gift, as we can take in some interesting talents.

thanks mate!

Job-Hunt there are not so many jobs available after the turn of the year. The three jobs in Brazil are already eliminated, as Brazil is in first place in the country ranking. Ecuador is also a bit too early. So it looks like our path leads to either Bolivia or Uruguay. The applications go out accordingly. the first team to offer an interview is Atlético River Plate. So lets do that!

Season-End-Review Here they are, the champion team! The player of the season is clearly José Parra. 41 goals in 52 games - what a record! Even though he only scored one goal in the playoffs. His partner in attack Alexander Guerra was also convincing with 16 goals. Newcomer Mayer Vidal, on the other hand, was a disappointment. The injury-prone Colombian only scored eight goals. The signing of right-back Valdir was also a decisive factor. With ten goals and eight assists, the Brazilian contributed significantly to the title win. Trujillanos have finally won a championship title. Our mission is therefore finished here. First step accomplished. bye bye venezuela and on to the next country!

November - December 2021 Terrible way to end the Closing Stage. In the Copa we are eliminated against Deportivo La Guaira. We also lose the last two league games. Luckily we were already qualified for the playoffs. Playoffs Of course, we will meet FC Caracas again right at the beginning. Valdir could have been the hero. Unfortunately, he misses one of the two penalties and thus keeps the suspense alive for the second leg. In the second leg, we take an early lead. After that, the team was probably a bit too confident. Caracas comes back into the game with a double strike. In the end, we keep the upper hand thanks to the away goal. A close thing... Playoff-Semifinal Aragua is the next opponent. After the sending off against Andara we play for half an hour with a shorthanded team. Aragua is able to capitalise on this shortly before the end and we have a deficit to make up in the second leg. With the fans behind us, we can turn things around at home. Sandrea with a late breakaway and a ticket to another final - the fourth in a row. GV Maracay makes it to the final. A big surprise and maybe our chance to finally win a final? Playoff-Final A strong game from Joantony Carmona puts us in a good position. But we already had that in the previous two finals... But this time we won't let anything go to waste. We come out of the half-time strong and overrun the opponent with three goals within nine minutes. So we finally win silverware! But there are still two games to go. Liga FutVe Champions Playoff In the last two games of the year, the champion of the Opening Stage and the champion of the Closing Stage duel it out to determine the champion of the year. We face Atlético Venezuela, with whom we have at least two scores to settle. No goals in the first leg and the sending off for Valdir. Not a good omen for the second leg. Another draw, but fortunately we scored the away goal. A close one, but now we can finally cheer. Finally we have made it. Venezuela is now complete!

September - October 2021 In September, the Copa Venezuela started again. In the second round, we met FC Aragua, whom we narrowly defeated. In the league, we had a bit of a slump. Apart from the narrow win against Carabobo, we could only draw against weaker opponents. We also drew the first leg of the cup quarter-final. Not the best month. October, on the other hand, was better again. First we beat FC Portuguesa twice. José Parra scored another hattrick in the Copa. In the league, an important win over Monagas and a draw against Caracas followed. In the Copa, we reached the semi-finals after two high-scoring games against Minerva de Guayana. The final game was a 6-1 victory over Lala, who had already been relegated. José Parra scored another hattrick. Two games to go and allready qualified for another Playoffs!

congratulations, brillant season!

July - August 2021 Another Closing Stage is starting. We didn't do any transfers in the summer window and it looks like the team has overcome the second crucial final defeat in a row mentally good. Especially José Parra, who was in the first year not a regular starter, turns out to be a secret weapon. Leading us to a 5-0 victory in the opener against Zamora, scoring four goals and setting a new club record for most goals in a game. Against Táchira the team again scored five goals. At the end of August we're still unbeaten, won seven out of nine games and one name always appears on the scoreboard: José Parra. With 12 goals in the first 11 games the striker is on a brillant run and brings us almost single-handed to the top of the table! Don't want to imagine, what will be possible, if he continues like this.

haha thanks. the league and their rules are allready a huge challenge

May - June 2021 With one win and two draws in the last three games we qualify for the playoffs! And there we face... Caracas! Probably the worst thing we could get.. Playoffs Well, what a start into the thrilling phase of the season. With games like this probably everyone says yes to playoffs in football. Caracas was way the better team, but we somehow managed to score 5 goals. Another crucial ending. We were as good as eliminated till José Parra scored the late equalizer and sent us through to the semifinals! Playoff-Semifinal An unspectacular draw in the homegame against Táchira. And what a re-game. Fantastic performance from the team brings us to the final. Alexander Guerra scored a hattrick within three minutes! Playoff-Final The final gives us again a duell with Atlético Venezuela. In the homegame we get another draw. Painful is the late yellow card for Valdir. He's going to miss the final now due to a ban. And history is repeating again... We did not start the game well and our goal came to late. So we have to congratulate Atlético Venezuela again and wait for our next chance.

March - April 2021 Mixed month. At the beginning we can continue our good strike. In the Copa Sudamericana Preliminiary Round we lost against Mérida - so no international football for us. But probably better, that we can focus on the league and don't have more fixtures in this thight calendar. At the end of April we faced Monagas and Caracas - two of our hardest opponents - and didn't had a chance. A small foretaste for the playoff-fights. But first we need to secure qualification in the last three games.

January - February 2021 So the new season started, like the old one has ended: With a crucial 0-3 defeat. But for the team that was luckly a wake-up-call. Because afterwards we didn't lose a game yet. February was a solid month with five wins in a row. Especially our strikers are in a good form.

Transfers 2021 Not really much cash, but at least more than last year. Focus will be on free players. So we brought in two new starters. Mayer Vidal will be our new main striker. He comes with the big experience of two profi-games. But he's ability should be enough for venezuelan football. The big sign is brazilian right back Valdir. Young and promising and Trujillanos will be probably just a small step in his career. The Squad for the new season. We are more broadly positioned than last year, so hopefully we can be more competitive!

yeah, that one hurted. but we will come back stronger

November - December 2020 With two draws we end the Closing Stage on the 7th place and qualify again for the playoffs! Playoffs In the first round we face Guaros de Lara. Probably the weakest opponent we could get! A tight win at home, even if Lara was the better team! Same thing at the re-game. Lara was better, but we scored the goals. Up to the semifinals! Playoff-Semifinal Well, that's a statement! Away we win with 4-1 over Deportivo La Guaira! And also in the re-match were scored many goals. In the end we win 3-2 and qualify again for the Playoff-Final! Playoff-Final Our win-strike continues in the final! A 3-1 win at home over Atlético Venezuela, is this the title? Nope! In the re-game we experience a nightmare. Torrealba with a horrible game. He misses a penalty after half an hour and is later sent off. Atlético Venezuela is on this day simply more ready than us. Season-End-Review Overall-Table We made it to the 7th place. But with two final-qualifications and one hand on the title, we can be happy with this season. There will be no relegation this season, because two teams will promote and next season there will be 21 teams in the Primera Division. Now on to another year in Venezuela.

September - October 2020 Decent month. Out of the Copa Venezuela in the Eighth Final and a 1-6 loss against Caracas, that hurts. At the end of the closing stage, we're finding ourselves again in trouble for the Playoff-Qualification. Youth Intake was also not the best. Maybe a future keeper, if he develops good. But we took all the players, to fill up our U20-Squad.

sorry for the misunderstood. with quick i meant winning a title already after a half year and finish venezuela after the first season and rush to the next country

July - August 2020 Through the transfer-window we didn't do much business. There is not much cash avaible here. Season started with a hauler against Lara and then a crucial defeat against Carabobo. Afterwards the team catch itself and found back to track. Highlight in August was the 4-1 victory over Táchira.

thanks! was also surprised, that we did it. even if i want to finish venezuela as fast as possible, would it have been a bit too quick.

May - June 2020 So after another loss and a goalles draw, the team wanted a dreadful finish for a playoff-spot on the last gameday. Luckly Atlético Venezula was already qualified and didn't go all-in, so we could secure our place in the playoffs with a 2-0 victory! Playoffs We face Monagas SC, who ended the Opening Stage on the fourth place. Playoff-Quarterfinal We started with the perfect away game. A 3-1 win is a good basis for the re-game. Which we lost. But luckly we scored one goal more than our opponents and secured our spot in the semi-final! Playoff-Semifinal A late equalizier by Salcedo gave us a good position for the re-game. No goals and we are in the Final of the Opening Stage. Don't know how we really did this, but thats why playoffs shouldn't be a way to crown a football-champion! Playoff-Final In the end Caracas is just a league above us. No chance and a 0-3 loss. At least we could save our honour with a 2-2 draw. But the title goes to the capital city. Now we start the preparation for the closing stage.