On July 11th 2021 at Wembley Stadium, London, England the Euro 2020 final took place between England and Italy. Italy won. England fans still arenāt over it. As Euro 2024 approached a series of suspicious accidents have begun to plague Italyās famous defence. Dimarco "slipped" - although no one saw it happen - Udogie fell ill after eating some questionable pasta at a Wetherspoon in Tottenham Hale, while Bastoni and Buongiorno were mysteriously mauled by a pack of British Bulldogs. One by one, every Italian defender has been ruled out of the European Championships.
Fearing for his own safety, head coach Luciano Spalletti resigned, leaving the role open for a new manager to step up. And thatās where you come in. Your job? Guide a defenseless Italian side to their second Euros win in three years. Thatās right: every Italian defender in the world is injured. Youāll need all your tactical ingenuity to find a solution. Will Moise Kean step up as a makeshift centre-back? Could wingers fill in as wing-backs? Or will you take the bold route of fielding ball-playing midfielders as centre-backs, embracing the ultimate form of tiki-taka?
Share your tactical masterplan in the comments, and donāt forget to submit your results once youāre done.
If you do you'll be added to our FM24 Challenges Leaderboard with a chance to win a copy of FM25.
Gold š„ - 5 points - Win Euro 2024 without conceding
Silverš„ - 3 points - Win Euro 2024 conceded 3 or less
Bronze š„ - 2 points - Win Euro 2024
How it works
Every week we will release a new FM24 Challenge.
Each challenge is designed to be quick to play. Usually half a season or less.
Complete the challenge to score points and be in with a chance to win prizes.
You do not have to complete the challenge that week. Each challenge will remain open until FM25 BETA is released.
All you have to do is play FM for a few hours and then submit a few screenshots of how you got on. Easy right?
Point Scoring
The scoring system works the same as the Olympics. You have the chance to win Gold, Silver or Bronze. Fail to make it to Europe? You won't get a medal and will score 0 points.
Gold š„ - 5 points - Win Euro 2024 without conceding
Silverš„ - 3 points - Win Euro 2024 conceded 3 or less
Bronze š„ - 2 points - Win Euro 2024
These points will take you on to the Overall Leaderboard. Each week we will release a new FM24 Challenge giving you more chances to win Gold, Silver and Bronze and total up your overall points.
Each Challenge has its own leaderboard. Since lots of people will inevitably win gold there are a series of tie breakers to decide your position.
Tie Breakers
- Total Points won (including FA Cup 3 for win, 1 draw, 0 for loss)
- Distance in FA Cup
- Total Games Won
- Total Goal Difference
- Total Goals Scored
- Total Chances Created
- Total Average Possession
God help me if we actually get to Total Average Possession as a tie breaker, i'll make something else up at the time.
Prizes
Overall Winner = A copy of Football Manager 2025
Weekly Challenge Winner = Premium Membership
The winner will be chosen before the FM25 BETA is released so the winner can play FM25 straight away. We do not know the date for this yet. If the date is given as something vague like āRoughly 2 weeks before full release dateā we will conservatively announce the winner the Saturday before 2 weeks. I know this is vague but we will get given an official announcement by SI soon and this text will be updated and made clearer.
Rules
- You must use the manager already in the save file. You cannot create a new manager. This so that all managers have the same attributes and experience.
- You cannot use the in game editor.
- You cannot create any new managers.
- You cannot save before a match and then reload.
- You cannot use Genie Scout or FMRTE.
How to install
The download is a .fm file which is an FM Save Game.
Option 1) When you open FM and click āLoad Gameā and click ābrowseā in the top right hand corner. Then find where you saved the file, probably your downloads folder.
Option 2) Move the file to your default saved game folder, it should then appear when clicking āLoad Gameā. The location is:
Windows: Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2022/editor data
Mac: /Users/<yourname>/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2024/games
On mac you may find it easier to Open Finder > Click Go in the toolbar > Go to folder > Paste this ā~/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2024/gamesā
Youtube / Twitch Creators
If you run a YouTube or a Twitch feel free to drop a comment letting us know what time you're streaming or linking to your video. We'll give a shout out on Twitter as well. Also feel free to send me a PM on here or DM on here with any other queries.
Changing Your Manager Name
The manager is called āSort It Out SI Challengeā. You cannot retire and create a new manager.
However if you find being called āMr Challengeā annoying then you can set a nickname to give yourself a new name.
- Click āClub Infoā in the sidebar
- Right click on āSort It Out SI Challengeā
- Navigate to Misc > Set Nickname
How to submit results
You must submit the following information. Where screenshots are required you must upload an image.
Do not take a photo on your phone. You can take screenshots in FM by clicking FM > Print Screen or by following instructions for Windows or Mac.
Fixtures
Click schedule in the sidebar
Game Status
The Game Status Screen (FM Logo > Game Status)
Manager Attributes
Manager Attributes (Home > Profile > Attributes tab)
Manager Overview
Manager History Overview (Home > My History > Overview)
| # | Manager | Medal | Points | GD | Status |
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| 1 | š„ | 21 | 21 |
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| 2 | š„ | 19 | 11 |
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| 3 | š„ | 19 | 10 |
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- Date Created
- 04 Oct 2024 13:58:16
- Date Updated
- 04 Oct 2024 13:58:17
- Last Comment
- 05 Oct 2024 11:05:27
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Socretino
Gold š„ - 5 points - Win Euro 2024 without conceding
HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA Ā”you're completely insane! šš¤¦āāļø
Jamie Aubrey
Tell me about it, I tried a tactic without any defenders and wellā¦.. this one is going to take a few tries
DumbDumbo
There is no way this is possible without some sort of save scumming.. or at the very least FMRTE to make players capable of playing CB/FB
And if you ask yourself if i did any of those yeah, reloaded against England like 20x to figure out any way to get a tactic that works into the top nations not much else i can do.
Nantene
haaaahahaha Always conceded by Header
FMStrawzy
means its a good challenge to wheedle out the CHEATS
Kalle Kutt
Wow, this is a new idea. Anyone who gets a gold you can probably rule out for all eternity.
I do however have an idea for a tactic in mind - played with it a while back on a rtg. Let's see if Donnarumma can play CBš¤£
Gonna boot it up first thing tmrw
achmadasyrafani
THIS CHALLENGE WAS SO INSANE
Nicolas Schmidt
pt-br
Loucura!!
Foi uma experiencia muito boa, de fato um belo desafio. Em resumo, consegui adaptar minha tĆ”tica que uso faz algum tempo com algumas instruƧƵes extras para favorecer a ausĆŖncia de defensores. O que consegui foi vencer e vencer, marquei uma quantidade significativa de gols, mas meu grande inimigo foi nĆ£o sofrer gols. Incrivelmente dificil conseguir ser campeĆ£o sem sofrer alguns gols. Tentei de tudo para nĆ£o tomar mais de 3 gols mas mesmo assim falhei, acabei tomando 5 gols. Nas etapas finais acabei pegando franƧa alemanha e espanha, extremamente dificil nĆ£o conceder gols ao adversĆ”rio.
Acabei utilizando a experiencia e bons atributos (digamos...jogadores mais completos) do Verratti e Barella para jogar como wingbacks, para zagueiros tentei utilizar os melhores em marcaĆ§Ć£o e desarme.
en-us
Crazy!!
It was a great experience, a great challenge indeed. In short, I managed to adapt my tactics that I have been using for some time with some extra instructions to make the most of the absence of defenders. What I managed to do was win and win, I scored a significant number of goals, but my biggest enemy was not conceding goals. It is incredibly difficult to be champion without conceding a few goals. I tried everything to not concede more than 3 goals but I still failed, I ended up conceding 5 goals. In the final stages I ended up facing France, Germany and Spain, it was extremely difficult not to concede goals to the opponent.
I ended up using the experience and good attributes (let's say... more complete players) of Verratti and Barella to play as wingbacks, for defenders I tried to use the best in marking and tackling.
FMStrawzy
Also guys remember to only submit the games in the euros, the game against turkey at the beginning of the save will not go towards point totals
Luke Sky
when you say no defenders, does it also apply to people who are versatile (CDMs who can play CB, LWs who can play LB) or only primary defenders. what about regens and youth players? are they also unavailable? š. Imagine the Kings of Defence having no defenders, this challenge is going to be hard. I swear, anyone who wins without conceding has cheated. even Man City and Madrid concede.
snafyr
hahaha, great challenge, let's see what happens next