Bedese Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 This was great to watch, because I'm hopeful the same thing can start to happen to bigger teams soon. They had no way of stopping San Marino's answer to Jamie Vardy, and his pace just tore them apart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 The Slovenian champions shouldn't cause us too much trouble. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bedese Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 I'm really surprised some of these teams have such a high coefficient, and it makes me a little apprehensive. Red Star are the ideal team, but going purely off coefficient the next best is Olympiakos or Malmo? Amazingly, we're 98 years into the save and this is the first time we'll ever play Malmo. I've got no idea how good they're going to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 I think I see why Astra have such a high coefficient... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 An even game, but they hit us on the counter late. We're definitely not out of this, but we'll need to get the win at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 We were awful from start to finish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 That's a rough group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Err.... that just happened. We got battered all game, but we've somehow managed to nick a 1-0 win. Away. At Sevilla. Who won the Europa League in 2069, 2074 and 2075. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 A superb comeback to get a point, but I was hoping for more. Udinese beat Spartak, so I was hoping that they'd be the weakest team in the group. Considering Udinese just went and beat Sevilla, they probably are, so we likely needed to win this at home. Udinese have 6 from 6 and I don't see them failing to beat us twice next - what a nightmare team to draw as the fourth seed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 5-1 is harsh - but then again, we should never have beat Sevilla. Udinese are walking it, and I just don't see any way we can end above Sevilla. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 On another day, we could have won this. Still, it's not all bad... Somehow, Sevilla lost again - this time to Spartak. We play Sevilla next and I don't expect to get anything from the game, but we'll see what happens. As long as Udinese beat Spartak, nothing disastrous can happen (I think). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Thanks, FM. I was worried that this was going to be too easy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Sevilla should hire a shooting coach... Spartak beat Udinese (of course), so the stage is set. If we beat Spartak in our last game, we'll go through. Anything else, and we're out. Simple enough, right? Of course not. That's no Buscarini, and now no Berardi. I don't see how we're even going to score. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Oh **** off... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Playing in Russia, in winter, with 5 of your key players out probably isn't a great recipe for success. Just to make things better, Sevilla smashed Udinese 6-2, so we finish bottom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneronaldo Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Oh come on just when things were going well in a tough group, thats just wrong from the FM gods. On the plus side, Berardi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Tough luck in the group there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Youth Intake Day! He looks decent as either a CB or LB, but I wonder how much more room he has to develop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFH Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Read through this last night and this morning, it's a very nice distraction to history revision. What a career so far Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Read through this last night and this morning, it's a very nice distraction to history revision. What a career so far Thank you! Playing it also works to distract me from history revision Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Luca Gatti (YP124), you tactical mastermind. Spain are ranked 4th in the world - and we've just beaten their U19s! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 What the ****. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Season Review Campionato Sammarinese: Table Schedule Another unbeaten season. Coppa Titano: Table Schedule Meh. Squad Key Players: Highest Average Rating:Federico Cervellini (YP130) - 8.23So much of our attacking play goes through him.Top Goalscorer:Federico Berardi (YP135) - 35He's developing pretty nicely, hey?Manager's Player of the Year:Michele Tini (YP132)I want to give our star man in defence some love. He's unbelievable, and he's one of our few players who is comfortable in Europe. Aims for next season: CL Groups/Europa Knockouts. Other teams: League Winners: Cup Winners: Folgore beat Faetano 2-0 in the final. How the team in CL qualifying did: Malmo beat us in the Playoff. How the teams in Europa qualifying did: We got five points in the group - four against Sevilla. Juvenes Dogana lost 3-0 to Domzale from Slovenia, Folgore lost 3-1 to IFK Mariehamn from Finland and Cailungo lost 7-0 to Shamrock Rovers. A little help, guys? San Marino National team: 2114 Results -- 2115 Results Four draws in six games? Really? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 What the ****. It's been a bad year for Spain against anything from San Marino Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 I don't think we've ever played a Welsh team that weren't TNS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 The big one here is Ciacci - I'm disappointed to lose him, but Gabriele Ragini isn't that much off a drop off, anyway. The real loss is the next one... Rossi played 239 games for us and conceded just 109 goals. He was so, so good in Europe. The problem isn't that we've lost him though - it's that we don't have a replacement. Here's the only keeper we have left at the club: ****. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 They're from Georgia, and this is my chance to finally destroy a 'Dinamo' team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Anderlecht or Olympiakos. Europa League it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Seriously... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 I don't see us scoring many with Buscarini out, and we're going to struggle to keep them out with Stolfi in goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 It's hard to win games when your goalkeeper doesn't have any f***ing hands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 I was delighted with this group. And then they drew AC Milan as the fourth seed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 What a win! They slightly outplayed us but it was fairly even, and it was left to Berardi to slide home the winner to get us off to a fantastic start in the group. EDIT: Oh, and we did this without Buscarini and Favaro (injuries), and Michele Tini (suspension). Superb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 We got completely outplayed by (in my opinion), the weakest team in the group. Not good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Dominated, again. This is going badly. I'm not expecting to get anything against Feyenoord in the return leg, so we need to beat Brugge and AC to go through IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 No surprises there. It's the next two games that matter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 It's a little concerning how little we've created this tournament. We're also out, but at least the draw helps our coefficient. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Ragini getting sent off for a dive is a pretty interesting way to end our Europa campaign. In fairness, I think this group was just a lot harder than I'd first anticipated. Brugge, especially - they were miles better than the last time we played them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengaehassim Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 How are finances now that you always makes to the group stages? Also, how are Berardi stats? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 Finances: They're looking great, and I don't anticipate ever really having a problem with them again. Berardi: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 Youth Intake Day! That's the worst intake in the 100 years we've been going for. The only one I'm even giving a contract to is the keeper. He's terrible, but we need another one in the squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 We've started to pack out our stadium, so I decided that increasing the capacity by about 1,000 couldn't hurt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 Season Review Campionato Sammarinese: Table Schedule Unbeaten. Coppa Titano: Table Schedule Woo. Squad Key Players: Highest Average Rating:Federico Cervellini (YP130) - 8.38So. Good.Top Goalscorer:Federico Berardi (YP135) - 33If he hadn't torn his calf muscle, he'd be even quicker. I really hope his pace can continue to develop, because it could be an absolute gamechanger for us.Manager's Player of the Year:Michele Tini (YP132)Rock at the back. Love him. Aims for next season: CL Groups/Europa Knockouts. Other teams: League Winners: Cup Winners: How the team in CL qualifying did: Steaua beat us in the Playoff. How the teams in Europa qualifying did: We got four points in the group - somehow, all against A.C. Milan. Folgore lost 2-0 to Zimbru from Moldova, Juvenes Dogana lost 4-1 to Banants from Armenia and Libertas lost on away goals to Kalju from Estonia. Those were three winnable games. San Marino National team: 2115 Results -- 2116 Results That's a good point against Denmark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 They've gone for a bigger upgrade than they decided on at first. I just wish we could use our own stadium in Europe. Talking of Europe... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bedese Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 We should be beating them, but I'm a bit nervous about playing a Norwegian team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedese Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 This was easier than I thought it'd be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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