MarcxD Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 13 minutes ago, decapitated said: I'm looking forward to the world cup. Have Balkani sold any your Kosovar national team players yet? Yeah, two of them in fact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 Pre-World Cup 2034 So, in the end, Ballkani did win the league. But Besa lost only 1 game during the entire season, so they might very well be the team to watch out for during the next seasons. Before getting started with the world cup preparation, there was also the draw for the next Nations League. In the B league we have been drawn with Scotland and Sweden. If we can go on like we are right now, we should be able to handle them. The annoying thing of picking the squad is that there are a ton of talented strikers, at least 6 that are rated 3* CA or higher. But in the defense we are sorely lacking. Also noteworthy, I guess, is that most players are still playing in the Kosovar league - Besa, Feronikeli and Ballkani all have 4 players representing them. I arranged two friendlies (not three as I have found in previous FMs that screws up fitness royally). First one against our neighbours Albania, which was not quite as convincing a win as I would've liked. Then we played Egypt as I wanted to face a non-European side as well, plus they are rated higher than us in the world rankings. Decent performance there, and continuing our streak. Next up.... the World Cup! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 World Cup 2034 - The Groups A close opening game, but not a bad result at all. Another draw in the second game... we definitely could have won this one, but two draws can be enough to go through. It turns out it was, as Colombia comfortably beat Ghana. The other groups: And this is what the second round looks like... France Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 World Cup Second Round Not surprising that we lost, but we weren't outclassed that much. With a bit more luck we could've perhaps even ran away with things here. Oh well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 Rest of 2034 World Cup + Season Table Thought I'd take a look at what happened in the rest of the tournament as well.... Cool to see a team like Kuwait make it to the Third Round, Cameroon beating Argentina and Peru also progressing... Peru even making it to the semi-final... and the Dutch beating the Germans is always a lovely sight. Peru couldn't make it to the final, sadly, but the Dutch beat another neighbour in Belgium. And even won the damn thing! Finally, 60 years after the first appearance in a final for the Dutch NT As expected the AI is not doing quite as well as I did in Europe, but still in eighth. League reputation really making a step forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo_ Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Tough draw to have France. Will it be a different club now to challenge Ballkani? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 10 minutes ago, Jambo_ said: Tough draw to have France. Will it be a different club now to challenge Ballkani? I will be looking at what teams open up this year yeah, preferably somewhere around november or december. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 September 2034 After the World Cup ended a ew of the lesser performing top nations offered the job... of course I said no. A great start with the game against Sweden but disappointed to not get a win against Scotland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 October 2034 Not the greatest of results this time around. Exciting new prospect from Ballkani! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidthekid Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Just caught up with everything. Really great read. The champions league runs were epic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 6 hours ago, kidthekid said: Just caught up with everything. Really great read. The champions league runs were epic. Appreciate it man! Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 November - December 2034 Another straight promotion in the Nations League, going up to A division next time around. That's probably a little bit too much for us to handle, but we'll see when we get there. At least it means an automatic play-off spot for the European Championships. Speaking about the Euro's.... we face France again in the qualifiers, and we'll need to watch out for Iceland. Not quite as good a season for Besa as last year but you can clearly see they are turning into the number two club of the country. Ballkani did make it to to the knock-out rounds of the CL again, so at least the AI keps getting coefficient points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 March 2035 Only the one game in the qualifiers, a good win to start out with! There have not been many club jobs available, but I am now in talks with a certain Kosovar club to join after the season has ended... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 June 2035 Poor results against Iceland, we'll have to do really well in the other games to grab second place. Bit of a weird table with the mismatch in games played. Ballkani won the league pretty easily this time around. Return to club football... Surprisingly the Besa job came up, one of only two teams in the highest division. I was not necessarily planning on taking them over as it would've been interesting to see how the AI would do now that they seem to have made a step forward, but on the other hand it's going to be tough to topple Ballkani anyway. There's a lot of work to be done, that's for sure. The main goal at the club will be to upgrade the facilities, win at least one title and try to do something in Europe. If Ballkani can stay at their current level that would be a big boost for Kosovar football and we could even challenge the top 7 nations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Wow, caught up with the rest of the story! Gutted you got to the final 3 times and lost each time before winning at fourth attempt Did very well with Kosovo Good luck with Besa! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 19 hours ago, john1 said: Wow, caught up with the rest of the story! Gutted you got to the final 3 times and lost each time before winning at fourth attempt Did very well with Kosovo Good luck with Besa! Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 Pre-Season + August 2035 Room for three foreign players, a striker a left and right back. I also bought back Hadroj, whom I had sold as Ballkani manager. Kabashi was a young striker sold to Ballkani as they offered a large sum of money. Unsurprisingly we couldn't handle Benfica, but happily surprised to get at a home win. Not the greatest start in the league, but at least we have already dealt with a Ballkani away game. Europa League group, hope to at least get some coefficient points. Hard to say where we're at. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 September 2035 Much better, perfect in the league and a nice draw in Europe. Starting the upgrade process... Kosovo National Team A very surprising win over France! Wow! That made up for the loss against Iceland allright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Superb win over France Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andychar Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Hopefully Ballkani can keep up in Europe, really help the coeffient out! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 On 20/12/2018 at 15:03, john1 said: Superb win over France Thank you! On 21/12/2018 at 09:27, andychar said: Hopefully Ballkani can keep up in Europe, really help the coeffient out! Yeah, hopefully. Doing okay so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 October 2035 Two great wins in the Europa League but a disappointing loss to the bottom team in the league.... Still a close title race. National Team Just the one qualifier, but an important win. We're looking very good for qualification, even if we still have to visit France. Looking likely to be a good enough number two if we do lose that game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Massive win over Feyenoord Good to see you're close behind your old team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheriff7 Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 What a revenge against France!Bravo!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 23 hours ago, john1 said: Massive win over Feyenoord Good to see you're close behind your old team Cheers, yeah it's been going quite well so far! 22 hours ago, Sheriff7 said: What a revenge against France!Bravo!! Thanks mate! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 November 2035 Another disappointing loss but huge results in Europe! National Team Wow!! We held France to a draw and won the last game. That means... that we won the damn group! Wow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 Impressive!! Do you play the same tactic with the club with national team? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 18 minutes ago, john1 said: Impressive!! Do you play the same tactic with the club with national team? Thank you and yes I do use the same tactic for both. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 December 2035 Disappointing to lose to Ballkani again and to drop some more points, but finished the year on a much better note. RBL.... hard to judge but that should be (too) tough. Remarkably one of five German teams in this round. National Team Best Eleven Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_al Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 On 18/12/2018 at 17:56, MarcxD said: October 2034 Not the greatest of results this time around. Exciting new prospect from Ballkani! Not read every update but seems an interesting career for sure. Is that newgen part Brazilian, part kosovan? if so, interesting mix! Least his name makes me think so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 25, 2018 Author Share Posted December 25, 2018 21 hours ago, Captain_al said: Not read every update but seems an interesting career for sure. Is that newgen part Brazilian, part kosovan? if so, interesting mix! Least his name makes me think so. Thank you! He doesn't actually have a second nationality but I agree that his name is interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 25, 2018 Author Share Posted December 25, 2018 January - February 2036 Thought I'd do a little christmas posting I signed a new defensive midfielder, for a bit of a premium as he is non-foreign and from a league rival. Some unnecessary players leaving. I would have liked to keep Doda but his contract was ending next summer. Interesting move to Uruguay... Some easy friendlies to get morale and fitness up for the RBL games, and it worked! Surprised, but happy to go through. Very close at the top of the league now as Ballkani had a shock defeat against Drenica. At the same time Feronikeli is only three points behind us as well. Croatians up next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 March 2036 + Youth Intake It was very close against Lokomotiva Zagreb after a disappointing home game, but we did manage to beat them in the end. Slightly annoyed with some of the points dropped in the league. Especially as Ballkani is on a winning streak now, with only 6 goals conceded so far. It seems unlikely they'll start losing games soon. Two busy months yet to go though, and we are looking more secure on second place. One potentially interesting player from what it seems like, hopefully he can adapt to the AML position. National Team Played two friendlies against inferior opposition, but we did not play well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 April 2036 + National Team Draws A long, long month with our worst run of form yet, sadly. The away game against Schalke gave me hope but we were just very poor at home. So poor, in fact, that we lost another straight home game in the league. Happy that we could return to form somewhat to make the cup final, which will be against Ballkani of course. Have to make sure not to drop too many points in the last 5 games to secure second place. National Team Both the draws for Nations League and the European Championships were done this month... Some sort of sick joke, with us not only having to face one of the best sides in the world in Germany but also France, again! Let's hope we can repeat our performances from the qualifier to end as second or lucky third in the group. And I might very well be underestimating Norway! Didn't have much hopes for the Nations League to begin with as we are probably more a B league level team, and this did not give me more confidence. Germany, again, and Belgium... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 May 2036 A much better month to finish the league, but we were outclassed by Ballkani again. Clearly the #2 club in the country, for now. We had the better goal difference, but they only conceded 7 goals during the entire season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 Season Review 2035-2036 An interesting first season at the club, especially in Europe. Lot of room to grow, though. Dependent on a relatively small core of players to play most of the minutes. Will be looking to renovate the squad a little bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 Euro 2036 Squad + Friendlies 5 players representing Ballkani, 4 players from Besa. But a lot of players playing abroad now as well, including all of the strikers. Fuga, now playing in China, will probably only feature as an AMR though, as he is by far the best on that position (and the old legend Hoxha has now retired). Some new young players as well, including the very new and young Hajdini who is a very talented left back. Surprisingly not from the Ballkani academy but from Trepça '89! Disappointing loss to eternal rivals Serbia, it was a fair outcome of the match though. A much better performance against Ukraine gave us at least some momentum going into the tournament, although we should've scored more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 Euro 2036 Groups A huge way to start with a deserved victory over Norway... But perhaps more surprising we managed to grab a point against Germany! Almost did the same against France, but just lost. Had to wait and see what the other groups did... But we were one of the four better #3s and so we progressed anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 Euro 2036 Second Round Lucky Kosovo should be our nickname... Surprising results elsewhere - Romania beat the Dutch while the hosts Portugal lost to Austria... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 Euro 2036 Quarter Final The dream continues... Wow, now Romania has beaten Spain. What a tournament for them... And we play them next! One of us in the final, that in itself is crazy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 Euro 2036 Semi Final Great start, and we didn't let them get back in it. We made it to the final... Where we'll face Italy. Of course they should win, but you never know.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo_ Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Amazing work getting to the final!! Fingers crossed for you... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 Euro 2036 Final What a game to reach this milestone! Wow, we came really close, even with a red card. But it just wasn't to be... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
After Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 What a run! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 On 27/12/2018 at 16:01, After said: What a run! Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 Pre-Season + August 2036 Never had this at Ballkani, and I don't know why I see it here as we have a ton of money in the bank.... but club president forced this transfer on me. Not even that crazy of an offer, as the club had signed him for 2.3M (before I joined). I signed Ramadani from Trepça '89 as a replacement, as I needed another non-foreign midfielder. He was the second 'big' purchase from them, as I decided to buy the very talented Hajdini as well. Very good start to the season, with us making it to the CL group very easily and also the first trophy at Besa! The supercup is ours. What a bizarre start to the season, with Drenica of all teams having a perfect score and Ballkani already lost two games! Their previous manager left for Monaco, perhaps that has something to do with it. The CL group we have been drawn in... not ideal. Hoping to grab some points against Wolfsburg so we can have another run in the Europa League, but it's going to be tough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 September 2036 2018 was a year of FM overload for me, just haven't been feeling it so far. But thought I'd do a month to not let this drop to the third page anyway. Busy times on the forums! Not amazing domestically, but happy to get the draw in Manchester. National Team More promising results with the national team, looking like we really making steps forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nOrga Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 A osht i interesum najkush me bo 1 lig online? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarp Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 So how did Ballkani do in Europe after your departure? Great career! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 On 11/01/2019 at 12:41, scarp said: So how did Ballkani do in Europe after your departure? Great career! 3 years in a row the same result - got through the group as 2nd but knocked out in the first knock-out round (by Bayern, Barca and Real Madrid). At least consistently getting that nice coefficient bonus for making it through the group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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