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Looking really good in the league
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Good luck this season
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Pretty solid month. Fingers crossed you keep things up
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Nice work navigating through your Champions League group. Tough draw against Juve though
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So we reach our first milestone in football, and what a game it is too! Our first Copa Libertadores game, away to River Plate
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Rich Stevens Career - February 2022 - Club Deportivo Palestino
Campeonato Nacional Scotiabank
After a rough opening day, we turned things round very well to be sitting nicely after the opening month of the season.
The game against Colo-Colo showed me one thing, and it's how far we away from them in terms of quality. They were so much better than us and 3-0 was a very fair reflection of the game. We managed to bounce back from that however in fine style. An explosive performance saw us get off the mark for the season with five goals from five different scorers. Another thumping win rounded off the month as we went on the road to Coquimbo Unido and did an excellent job to take away all three points.
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FC Beercelona is a team I could get on board with!
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Rich Stevens Career - Pre-Season - 2022 - Club Deportivo Palestino
Friendlies
A much different pre-season to last. I used these purely as fitness as I now know the capabilities of the squad so set up routine friendlies for the squad. Some good football was played, lots of goals, and the team heads into the season in good confidence.
Transfers - In
Tiago Ruiz Diaz - £6k - Brought in from former club Santa Cruz (I don't think I signed him), and an improvement at the full-back position from last season
Anderson - Free - A very familiar face. On loan with me in Brazil for 2-years, he spent a further season there after I left and now he makes the move to Chile to link up with me again
Kevin Lomanaco - £40.5k - A really good young prospect! An instant challenger for a starting berth
Ignacio Ibanez - £70k - I managed to find him in the lower leagues in Chile. I think he could be a very solid winger for us
Stefano Magnasco - Free - Added competition at right-back, and brings in experience to our back-line
Manoel - Free - We needed players at full-back, so we moved to the opposite side and brought in a really good option for us
David Llanos - Loan - Brought in to fill the numbers. We needed attacking options, and he gives us that
Jose Luis Sierra - Loan - On loan for the second half of last season and he scored some important goals. I felt it was a no-brainer to bring him back
Sebastian Medina - Loan - Another player we had last season. Did a good job for us, so simply extended his loan
Yerko Leiva - £375k - A huge money signing for us! We had to stump up his release clause fee, but this is a massive addition for the club
A continued trimming of the club overall. A lot of young players left on loan which are those I feel could contribute to the club at some point in the future. Those that left on permanent deals either weren't good enough or I couldn't get rid of them last season. Pleased to have those I didn't want out the club.
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16 hours ago, B.W.G said:
Qualifying for the Copa Libertadores in your first season at Palestino,nicely done
Thanks
it was a fantastic achievement, and one I definitely didn't expect
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Copa Libertadores Group Stage Draw
I can't make too much of it just yet as we're still awaiting to find out who the final team in the group is, but it's nice to be here. The game against River Plate stands out for obvious reasons. We will also face the trip to Bolivia to THAT stadium.....one of the highest altitude stadiums in the world
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Rich Stevens Career - Season Preview - 2022 - Club Deportivo Palestino
Board Expectations:
Campeonato Nacional Scotiabank: Not Important
Copa Libertadores: Attempt to be Competitive
Copa Chile MTS: Reach the Quarter-Final
My Expectations:
Campeonato Nacional Scotiabank: I think after last season we have to be aiming in and around the top of the table. Top 8 and qualification for the Sudamericana would be excellent in my opinion
Copa Libertadores: We enter at the Group Stage. As long as we're competitive in our group, I'll be happy
Copa Chile MTS: This isn't really important for me. I might struggle to meet board expectations because I'll rotate
Budgets:
Transfer: £2,683,567
Wages: £30,202 p/w (currently spending £18,489 p/w)
Balance: £1,478,502 (+£795,549 since last season)
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6 minutes ago, deltablue said:
Great 2nd place.
Thanks
much appreciated my friend
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Former Club Watch
Santa Cruz FC
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Season | Country | Division | League Position | Notes | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2021 | Brazil | Serie B | 19th | Relegated, Pernambuco State RU |Disappointing in the sense of relegation, but they weren't expected to survive and were at least competitive
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Rich Stevens Career - Season Review - 2021 - Club Deportivo Palestino
Campeonato Nacional Scotiabank
Competition Performance: 2nd
Unbelievable! I've mentioned it before, but I have to say it. Favourites for relegation. 1000/1 for the title, and we finish second. Results in the first half of the season were a bit up and down, but once we hit July we were fantastic. Losing just once from there till the end of the season we did a brilliant job of finishing as runners-up in the league.
Competition Performance: Knocked out in Third Round
Nothing to really shout about. We weren't great in either round, and nor was it a priority of mine. We did what the board asked, and that's all that matters.
There's no denying that the squad out-performed their expectations. They were fantastic throughout. My only complaint is that it took us until we brought we brought Jose Sierra in on loan for a striker to find the back of the net.
The finances are really healthy, especially in comparison to Santa Cruz anyway. We ended the final game with over £2m in the bank, but after a tax hit they took a little fall.
Transfers were purely about trimming the fat at the club. Too many players, too many youngsters too who were never going to make the grade. Just get rid!
My Top 3 Players
Oscar Hernandez - By far our most creative player. He set an assist record and chipped in with some important goals
Enzo Guerrero - The club captain! His performances may not have been brilliant, but his leadership was vital. When he wasn't playing the difference was noticeable
Luis Pacheco - A very important piece to the puzzle. It took him a while to get going, and he was on the fringes of the squad following his arrival, but he became a very important player
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Season | Team | Country | Division | League Position | Notes | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2019 | Santa Cruz FC | Brazil | Serie C | 5th | Joined in June, Copa Do Nordeste Winners | | 2020 | Santa Cruz FC | Brazil | Serie C | 1st - Champions | Permanbuco State Runners-Up | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 2021 | Palestino | Chile | Nac. Scotiabank | 2nd | Copa Libertadores Qualification |Next Season
We've now got a continental competition to deal with, so we need to be sensible about how we improve this squad while trying to remain competitive. If we can qualify for the Scudamericana, I'll class that as an excellent season
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17 minutes ago, john1 said:
Fantastic 2nd place finish
Congrats on qualifying for Copa Libertadores
Cheers man. Our form in the second half of the season was absolutely fantastic, and the main reason we finished where we did.
2 minutes ago, Rikulec said:Well done!
Cheers fella
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Rich Stevens Career - November & December 2021 - Club Deportivo Palestino
Campeonato Nacional Scotiabank
What a fantastic way to end the season! Relegation favourites, to second place and qualification to the Copa Libertadores!
We fell behind at home to Curico Unido, but two goals just before half-time changed the complexion of the game. We dominated the second half half and added a further two goals as we ran out comfortable winners. That took us down to a final day game with Everton. We needed a draw to finish in the top four but managed to go one better. A fantastic performance saw us out-perform our opponents who were clearly feeling the nerves, and a goal in the final ten minutes gave us the win to see us finish second in the league.
And with that win.
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Nice work man
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This happened so randomly, but we've started playing our home games at Chile's national stadium without me being told. Either way, it seems to be working financially.
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Rich Stevens Career - September & October 2021 - Club Deportivo Palestino
Campeonato Nacional Scotiabank
Despite this two month period ending in disappointing fashion, we put together a fantastic run of form to put ourselves into an excellent possession heading into the final two games of the season.
We had to battle our way to a draw with a much better Union Espanola team, but followed that up with a really good come from behind victory to grab three points at AC. Our best performance of the season followed with a brilliant 4-0 win, with our first half display being absolutely fantastic. We then had two hard-earned 1-0 wins, first at home to a Catolica side who are fighting with us for the Copa Libertadores, and a win which sealed guaranteed qualification for the Sudamericana. It seemed like we took our foot off the pedal away to bottom of the table Concepcion, but a second half penalty gave us the win. We were really poor against Colo-Colo and got dominated defensively. They were too good for us and defeat put us in a tougher position to seal a top four spot.
The final two games of the season see us play Curico Unido (6th) (h), and Everton (4th) (a).
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What a fantastic achievement for the club! We were favourites to be relegated, so to have qualified for a continental competition (Europa League equivalent) is an amazing achievement! With games still to play this season, things could get a lot better.
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Sitting really nicely in the league. Just got to stick with those top two. You have a really nice gap back to teams behind you.
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Really good start to the season
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Good luck with this
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Good luck in the Championship
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much appreciated my friend
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