2036 | Sarmiento (Junin) | Argentina

It's been an absolute age since I last updated you all on this save! That's because of a couple of different reasons. Firstly, we are in the process of moving house so we had to tick some admin things off and get the house ready for viewings etc etc. That drastically cut into my FM playing time. Secondly, I've been away on a residential trip with 39 unruly teenagers, meaning my energy was into making sure they returned home safely so I didn't lose my job.

Anyway, I'm back, and I've got a season update for you all to peruse over. I'm still here in Argentina, and I'm still at Sarmiento (Junin). We were promoted as Champions last season, meaning we are in the top flight now and I'm looking forward to the challenge of testing ourselves against the best of the best in Argentina. 

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Squad Overview:

Goalkeepers:

Denilson Vera | GK | 29
Naren Ladino | GK | 22
Yanina Abasse | GK | 35

Defenders:
Hector Freundt | CB | 27 NEW
Lucas Silva | CB | 24
Augustine Mielniczuk | CB | 30
Juan Pablo Decima | CB | 20
Carlos Delgado | RB | 28 NEW
David Garcia | RB | 31
Francisco Ortiz | RB | 20
Hernan Silvero | CB | 28
Guido Delgado | LB | 27 NEW

Midfielders:
Cristian Medina | CM | 23 NEW
Luis Duarte | DM | 23
Eliseo Lopez | DM | 22 NEW
Esequiel Echeverria | CM | 20
Alexis Brunelli | CM | 23
Miguel Cardenas | MR | 22 NEW

Wingers/Attackers:
Misbahou Goibruru | AMC | 31
Miguel Gutierrez | AML | 27
Brendon Coronnel | AMR | 30
Roman Barbero | AML | 19

Strikers:
Juan Villarreal | ST | 20
Craig Milo | ST | 36
Mateo Peralta | ST | 29
Tauya Ozuna | ST | 33 NEW
Todd Leguizamon | ST | 30

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Torneo Binance

The Liga Professional de Football is split into two sections for some strange reason. I've still not figured out why, but I can't change it. The first stage is called the Torneo Binance and for a team who have just been promoted from the second tier, we performed ridiculously well. 

We had a pretty poor start, but I didn't think we'd get off to a fast start. When we did get going we went on a fantastic run of form, which included a 9-match run where we didn't lose. I switched around the tactic to make sure we were more defensively sound, whilst making sure we were still scoring. It seemed to work reasonably well and led us to a mid-table finish in the opening stage. I'll take that any day of the week. 

The result of the stage was definitely the 1-0 victory over Boca Juniors. Who thought that I'd be competing with the big boys this early? We also had a huge win against high-flying Talleres. A fantastic opening stage, and onto the second stage (a group stage to round things out)

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Torneo Binance

After our heroics in the opening stage: Torneo Binance, we were pretty damn back to what I expected us to be before the season started. The opening 7 games of this stage were all pretty much dismal, and only provided us 3 points. That being said, we did play the better teams in the first half! 

The second half of this stage saw us consolidate our position in mid-table in the overall league and saw us rocket up the Group B table. 14 points from 21 on offer with fantastic victories against Rosario Central, Instituto, Lanus & Ferro. We were on a roll, and another couple of games would've seen us qualify for the end-of-stage tournament. It's such a strange league system and I still don't know how it works fully.

After 41 games in two different stages of the league, we massively over achieved our media prediction of 17th and finished up in 12th. A better start to the second stage would've seen us climb into the top 10, but that's an aim for next season! The league has so many big hitters in it, and we finished 41 points off the top spot! That's crazy!

Who knows if the league is achievable with a team like Sarmiento (Junin), but we'll certainly give it a go!

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Copa Argentina

WOW, WOW, WOW! We've only gone and lifted the Copa Argentina in our first season in the top flight! We had already been knocked out last season when I took over, so this was my first taste of the competition and what a taste it was! We only went and won the whole thing. 

An easy 2-0 victory over Atletico Tucuman saw us progress to the Sixth Round where we easily sent Arsenal (Sarandi) packing from the competition after a 3-1 victory. We were up against one of the most successful Argentinian teams: Newall's and just about scraped through thanks to a 94th minute winner from Cristian Medina. We didn't deserve to progress, but that's the beauty of Cup Football.

I expected a better performance against Defensa y Justicia but I'm just happy to have won the game. A 3-2 victory meant that we progressed to the Semi-Final where we face off against Boca Juniors. I thought this was the end of our journey in the competition, but it wasn't.

It was one of those days where we did everything right. We rode our luck slightly as they hit the crossbar and post multiple times and our keeper was magnificent. We got the goal through Leguizamon and held on fantastically. Into the Final, we go.

WOW, what a Final it was as well. A penalty from youngster Echeverria drew us level and go into the break squared up. He certainly has big bollocks at the age of 20. It was end to end but Hernan Silvero struck in the last minute to send me on my usual cup-winning knee slide down the touchline! What a game!

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Player Stats:

Goals:
1. Todd Leguizamon (ST)| 20

2. Miguel Cardenas (MR) | 20
3. Ezequiel Echeverria (CM) | 14

Assists:
1. Guido Delgado (LB) | 9

2. Miguel Gutierrez (AML) | 9
3. Eliseo Lopez (DM) | 8

Average Rating:
1. Denilson Vera (GK) | 7.15

2. Miguel Cardenas (MR) | 7.10

3. Alexis Brunelli (CM) | 7.09

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Season Stats 

Liga Profesional de Futbol | 12th
Copa Argentina | Winners

GP | 47   GW | 22    GD | 11       GL | 14

GS | 86       GA | 62

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Next Update: End of 2037 Season Update

Another great write up mate keep it up