Gabriel Batistuta - Batigol is back! - Football Manager Stories - FM15

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14 Nov 2014 04:17:37

March 2015

League

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First game playing with 3 in the back, great result away!

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Against our rivals, we deserved the win they scored in a horrible mistake from one of my center backs.

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Another great victory away from home securing is the first place!

League Table

Cup

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Another derby against San Lorenzo and we dominated the entire game! We deserved to win by at least 2 goals, we conceded on a bad individual mistake once again! But we got the win on penalties and thats what matters.

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14 Nov 2014 06:31:11

April 2015

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Great way to start the month, another good win away with the team playing beautiful football.

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Keeping the good run going, another expressive victory!

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INCREDIBLE! My biggest victory as a manager yet, what a game! We did everything right, completely dominated the game!

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And they parked the bus! Newells have one of the best defense in the league and they proved that once again. We couldn't penetrate at all and 0-0 was the score.

League table

Dan

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14 Nov 2014 06:55:55

Fantastic start to date in the top tier mate, walking it so far!

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Wow what an amazing start!

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May 2015

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Penalized in the last minutes! We didn't play so well, but Indepiendente away is a game that its "ok" to lose.

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Great way to bounce back the loss against Indepiendente! Brilliant victory.

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CAN'T BELIVE WE LET THIS OPPORTUNITY SCAPE! Velez is the best team of the league, by far. They had a sent off with two minutes into the game, it was our chance of winning but still we couldn't capitalize.

League Table

Cup

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And we go to penalties once again in the cup! And once again we make it trough! We deserved the win since the beginning anyways!

picchioni

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17 Nov 2014 00:46:40

Now there is a 3 month stop on the league, no idea why.

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17 Nov 2014 00:55:17

By picchioni | On 17 November 2014 - 00:46 AM

Now there is a 3 month stop on the league, no idea why.

Is there a Copa America being held somewhere?

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17 Nov 2014 01:01:28

New signings

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Came for free, he is gonna be a back up for our current right back Pillud

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Also for free, very good player. Don't know yet where im gonna play him, but he is probably gonna start for us. And by the way he is Leo Messi's cousin. Haha

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One more for free, good player. Looking forward to his development, for now he is a backup.

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Paid 525k for him, is gonna be our main center-back. Edu Dominguez, current captain, might lose his spot.

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17 Nov 2014 01:01:58

bmg033 yes! but thats only for a month.

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17 Nov 2014 02:54:05

By picchioni | On 17 November 2014 - 08:46 AM

Now there is a 3 month stop on the league, no idea why.

Because it's Argentina?

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17 Nov 2014 03:31:07

By simoncoyne | On 16 November 2014 - 21:54 PM

Because it's Argentina?

hahaha probably, such a weird league

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17 Nov 2014 03:48:55

New signings

Maybe the forward we were looking for? Chevantón isn't playing well anymore I Maxi had expired his contract.

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Another one for the back, will start as well.

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What a signing! Great player, young and the best part: for free. He will probably not start this season, but next season he will most likely.

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17 Nov 2014 04:31:27

I got this message today, even tho I really wanted I will have to decline. Its not part of my objective.

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17 Nov 2014 05:53:49

Mid season Friendlies

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We did some friendlies so the team wouldn't lose much playing time. Overall really good job by the guys, specially against Arsenal. Against PSG we played so much better (see the stats here) and did not deserved to lose at all.

Dan

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17 Nov 2014 12:04:08

Some great additions and a good month of friendlies!

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18 Nov 2014 04:37:24

By Dan | On 17 November 2014 - 07:04 AM

Some great additions and a good month of friendlies!

Thanks Dan! I think so too, much quality to the team thats for sure!

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18 Nov 2014 05:36:30

August 2015

Primera Divisíon

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Again we controlled the entire game, and just like against PSG we struggled to score. But this time we at least got then win.

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Tough game! Estudiantes were in a 6 game winning streak and we managed to stop that! Very good job by the lads!

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WOW. Typical FM bullshit loss. We were up 4-1 with 18 minutes of game then they just started scored goal after goal. But still when the game was 5-4 we controlled and misse 8 E-I-G-H-T clear cut chances. Bullshit.

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Good to bounce back with a win! It was expected to be easy game and it really was.

League Table - Even tho we lost two spots we still on the fight for the title. For a team that was expected mid-table we are not doing so bad

My next stop? Let's wait

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18 Nov 2014 22:29:19

September 2015

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Copa de Argentina

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Amazing! Knocking out big rivals Velez and now we have Boca! Great game by the team!

Primeira División

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Poor display by the team, one of the worst of the season so far. Deserved to loose.

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Another poor display, we got lucky that the opposition was really really bad. The team is going on a downfall.

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A better display, but the team is not corresponding. This has to due with fitness, the players are really tired towards the end of the season and my tactics demand a lot from them. We gotta keep it up!

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Another better display but not ideal. I lowered the traning work load and it seems to be working.

League Table - We still in pretty good shape but we cannot let easy points like Tigres and Gimnasia scape like that. We should be leading.

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19 Nov 2014 05:14:01

October 2015

Primeira Division

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Good and expected victory, the team is underperforming tho, our opposition pass percentage keep getting higher.

Copa de Argentina

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So close! We had a bad first half, but controlled the second half and their goalie played really well. Unfortunately we are eliminated, but we've reached the Quarters Finals which is already a big achievement.

Primera Division

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And just like that in two games our season is over. Now we have to fight to go to the Libertadores at least which would be already a great achievement.

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Poor poor poor display. The team is playing really bad, things are gonna have to be changed urgently.

League Table - Moved all the way down to 6th, we now have to fight to go to the Libertadores (4th and up)

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19 Nov 2014 06:30:27

Not a good end of year month for los "Bielsistas"...

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The master himself facing many problems at Real

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Jorge Sampoli had poor results with Chile

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Pochetino being very under pressure at Spurts

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And me, 5 losses in a row

Dan

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19 Nov 2014 06:39:14

TTough run at the moment, but it seems all the greats are struggling!

picchioni

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19 Nov 2014 06:47:58

November 2015

Primera Division

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Four losses in a row, the team just stopped playing. We are missing so many goals and conceding silly ones.

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Another one, FIVE. What a end of season, couldn't be worse.

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A boring tie to finish the season in the worse way possible. Many changes should come next season, but I will elaborate the plan for next season on the next post.

League Table - At least even tho with all the defeats we secured the 5th place. This should be enough to guarantee us a place on the Libertadores pre group stage. But this Argentinian League is crazy so lets wait.

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19 Nov 2014 06:52:57

Batistuta is the new manager for Racing Club

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Club History

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Huracán season review
New team information and season planning

picchioni

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19 Nov 2014 06:53:36

By Dan | On 19 November 2014 - 01:39 AM

TTough run at the moment, but it seems all the greats are struggling!

Very tough. I think it has to do with fitness, but you know when you get in a bad run like this is hard to get out of it.

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19 Nov 2014 13:52:27

Interesting move to Racing

What made you move to Racing?

Dan

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19 Nov 2014 15:48:21

Good luck at Racing pal

simoncoyne

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19 Nov 2014 22:30:57

Batigol on the move! Good luck at Racing, it's certainly a bigger club. I'm assuming they've already qualified for Libretadores? Can't see you leaving a team that is going for one that isn't.

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19 Nov 2014 22:45:30

By Johno | On 19 November 2014 - 08:52 AM

Interesting move to Racing What made you move to Racing?

They are a huge team in Argentina, probably the third biggest after River and Boca. And it was part of my objective to go from a small team (Huracán) to one of the big five (Racing).

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19 Nov 2014 22:45:48

By Dan | On 19 November 2014 - 10:48 AM

Good luck at Racing pal

Thanks Dan!

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19 Nov 2014 22:47:34

By simoncoyne | On 19 November 2014 - 17:30 PM

Batigol on the move! Good luck at Racing, it's certainly a bigger club. I'm assuming they've already qualified for Libretadores? Can't see you leaving a team that is going for one that isn't.

Thank you mate! Actually no, they did really poor this season finishing at 15th. What motivated me to go to Racing is exactly how big they are. Later on tonight I will post their history and it is fascinating. Also is a big challenge, the team has good finances but a squad that I pretend to completly reformulate on the next 3 seasons. Its definitely gonna be a long-term job.