chokosc
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Thanks guys! Hope you are enjoying this story
August 2016

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/August16_zpsb6caca8b.png

Meh start. Good win against Milan but a shit loss at home to Juve. Hopefully we stop losing from now on!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/Table6_zps54a4f391.png

Doesn't mean much at this point!

We were drawn in this CL group:
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/CLGroup4_zps9490eb9a.png
Can't see us not going through to be honest. Real are our only real opponent!

The game crashed so Pjanic is still with us and I wan't able to sell him again! I did sell Ljajic for £6.75M which is good as he was useless!

I brought in Jacco Broekhuizen from PSV for £8M which looks like it will be paid off! he looks like a great young player!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/JaccoBroekhuizen_zpsee3dc29f.png

chokosc
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Thanks guys! Hope you are enjoying this story
August 2016

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/August16_zpsb6caca8b.png

Meh start. Good win against Milan but a shit loss at home to Juve. Hopefully we stop losing from now on!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/Table6_zps54a4f391.png

Doesn't mean much at this point!

We were drawn in this CL group:
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/CLGroup4_zps9490eb9a.png
Can't see us not going through to be honest. Real are our only real opponent!

The game crashed so Pjanic is still with us and I wan't able to sell him again! I did sell Ljajic for £6.75M which is good as he was useless!

I brought in Jacco Broekhuizen from PSV for £8M which looks like it will be paid off! he looks like a great young player!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/JaccoBroekhuizen_zpsee3dc29f.png

xeraphine
12 years ago
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Tough start in the league, but really looking forward to how you carry on with France!
Dan
13 years ago
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Congratulations chokosc,

You have been selected as our career of the week following a good, short stint in Spain with Sevilla Athletic and a strong start in Italy with Roma sets this career up to be a bright one if continued.

Keep up the good work.

The Susie Careers Team
George14brfc
12 years ago
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Congrats mate, for some reason I haven't read this so I will do my best to read it later on today!
willz121
17 years ago
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Congratulations with COTW! This has been a strong career so far, if I remember rightly, Roma have a decent youth setup on FM so hopefully you will see some good players coming through the ranks! Good luck
Johno
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George14brfc
12 years ago
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Just read through and you have a great career! Great promotion with the Sevilla B team and you have done very well with Roma 2nd place and a champions league semi final good luck from now I will continue to follow
chokosc
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Thanks everyone! Really happy that I got COTW. Sadly I have been away for the past week so I didn't have the chance to continue! Will get going today, hopefully I will post an update soon!

Again, thanks a lot!
chokosc
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August - November 16

ROMA
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/November16_zpse61e9542.png

Had to replay the first two games but that doesn't really matter as the results were similar. Great form in the league, but a shaky one in the CL.

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/Table7_zps8ec127e4.png

Despite the early loss to Juve, we have managed to do very well, keeping our points tally the same as theirs! Can only get better from here, hopefully!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/CLGroup5_zpsb61b42e5.png
We got to that last game against Shakhtar needing a win and we did amazingly well to get that! On to the next round, not sure who we will play, yet!

FRANCE

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/France1_zpsd5b4eb8d.png

Great results in all of our games! Not conceded a single goal thanks to a strong defence and also thanks to us playing some of the weaker teams in Europe! Zinedine Zidane is my Assistant Manager, just a little random piece of information.

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/EuroQ1_zpsce2c21dd.png

Hard for me to see us not finishing first. Would be a real shame! Hopefully we keep playing like we have so far and we should qualify with ease.
chokosc
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December - March 17

ROMA
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/March17_zps0142cc26.png

Good results, despite a few slip ups! The City away game was probably the best game I had ever had on FM!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/CityA17_zpse2231e8f.png


http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/Table8_zps2f04e267.png

So, 7 games to go, I am backing Juve to win their game in hand, so 5 points ahead. DOABLE!

IN
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/InJan17_zps705c3492.png
Destro was injured just before the window opened so I took up Vossen, who is shaping up to be a real bargain! 5 goals in six starts is great!
The other guy is a regen which my HoYD got for us. Not played him yet but he looks alright.

FRANCE

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/France2_zpsd6cfc108.png

One game, and we won. Didn't expect anything else, a bit disappointed to concede!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/EuroQ1_zpsce2c21dd.png

Greece drew, which is great! Still hoping for a perfect qualifying campaign!
chokosc
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April 17

ROMA
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/April17_zps438c23b1.png

Great results! In to the CL final we go! Scary though, as we are facing Bayern Munich (beat Dortmund 7-3 on aggregate)

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/Table9_zpsd0b2ff52.png

2 games left, one point needed. Champions?
chokosc
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May 17

ROMA
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/May17_zpsec7c7c60.png

Only needed one point and we did just that! Not the best way to finish the league season. But hey - we are CHAMPIONS!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/SerieA_zps99bc13fc.png

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/Table10_zpscfa1beb4.png

Somehow we managed to stay six points ahead. Great season, nothing else should be said!

Italian Cup
I was happy to reach the final, but it wasn't my main priority! Still the team managed to do what they do best...

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/Cup_zpse55cca6f.png

WIN!

Champions League
A game against the German champions, Bayern Munich, wasn't what I wanted. It was scary. They beat us in a friendly earlier this year which made things scarier. This is the clubs only second appearance in a Champions League final, the first time was in 1984, against Liverpool. Roma lost that game. This was going to be historic no matter what the outcome was.

But did anyone think this could happen?
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/CLFinal_zps1779b20e.png
1-1 in the 80th minute. Vossen scores after a terrible mistake of the Germans. Just for them to score a minute later and shatter our dreams.
6 minutes into extra time, Bayern score and make it 3-2. All seems finished. But guess what - Emre Can pushed Pjanic down in the box to give us a penalty in the 120th minute. De Rossi scores and we go to penalties.

First twelve penalties are converted (6-6) and Bayern CB, Jerome Boateng steps up to take his penalty, just for Leali to pull an amazing save! Next up is Tony Sanabria, our young striker, already missed two penalties this season. But that was nothing for him as he put the ball in to the net!

Most exciting game ever for me!
KEZ_7
17 years ago
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Ah wow! Nice work mate, great season!
chokosc
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Preseason 17/18

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/Friendly2_zps86e8227b.png

Decent games. Was ashamed that we lost those two games but meh.

IN
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/In17_zpsed86579b.png
OUT
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/Out17_zps92ea6adb.png

Not too much happened. The only really big thing that happened was Dodo leaving, but for "that much" I couldn't say no, especially as we have a strong enough squad!

Italian Super Cup
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/SuperCup_zpse9bbb3b4.png
Good win to kick start the season. Shame we conceded those two goals but a win is a win and this is another trophy added to my cabinet.
chokosc
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Ah wow! Nice work mate, great season!


Thanks mate! Was a very good season. Didn't believe I'd win more than the Italian Cup to be honest!
Dan
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Brilliant season mate! Absolutely superb!
chokosc
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August - November 17
I was really bored today so I got carried away. Sorry for such a long update!

ROMA
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/November17_zpsa10b5a24.png

As you can see, we are doing okay. Kind of annoyed with other teams coming from behind to beat us or get a draw, but we have also done that so it sort of even out. Hopefully it won;t happen as much in the coming matches.

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/Table11_zpsb3b28dbb.png

Third, 5 points behind leader Milan and we also have one game in hand. Should things go our way I can see us gaining momentum and winning the title a second time in a row! Cagliari have been surprisingly good!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/CLGroup6_zpsc1ea36b7.png
Easiest group we could have wished for. Good performances most of the times, defence looks stronger in the CL than it is in the League. Weird!

UEFA Super Cup
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/UEFASC_zps5cfaff1d.png
Another win, another trophy! Seems like last season was just a trigger to all this silverware!

FRANCE

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/France3_zpseea65080.png

First two friendlies are from the pre-season break, I forgot to post them in that update. Last four group games were good, shame that we dropped points (again) to Greece but who cares?

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/EuroQ3_zps53c2b7bb.png

It was a very easy group. Very happy with the amount of goals scored and also very happy at the fact that we only conceded a total of 3 goals in 10 games! Hopefully things go our way in the WC and that should boost us to glory!
Johno
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Congrats on winning UEFA Super Cup How the hell did you lose to Celtic?
chokosc
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Congrats on winning UEFA Super Cup How the hell did you lose to Celtic?


A great example of the comebacks I was talking about. We were leading until the 70th minute. And then they scored the winner from an 87th minute penalty. It sucks!
chokosc
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December 17

ROMA
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/December17_zps773d037d.png

Not too many matches, but they were all brilliant! Good wins in the CWC and I am happy that we are racking up the trophies!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/Table12_zpsc9956f50.png

1 point behind after getting those games back! Can see things getting much much better from now on!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/AchrafAchaoui_zps2ac3621c.png
Meet Achraf Achaoui. Not the best stats, that's something you see straight away but he is only 21, cost only £325k! Backup to Biraghi who is doing a great job! Only need to bring a backup keeper to Leali as I decided that it would be better to let Cragno go out on loan to get playing time!

FRANCE

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/WCGroup_zpseaa8c03d.png
This is our group. Japan should be a simple three points. Spain and Colombia on the other hand are going to be tough to beat!
Dan
13 years ago
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Leagues getting close, well done on the Super Cup and the cwc mate! tough group for France but sure you'll do enough
chokosc
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January - February 18

ROMA
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/February18_zps6d3e9021.png

So, we started these two months badly. But it all changed from there to good results! Only other downfall was Lazio in the second leg of the semi final but I don't really care about the Italian Cup.

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/Table13_zpsca5bab15.png

1 point behind Milan and things are looking good. Seems like it might just take one game either way to decide the next Italian champions!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/InJan18_zpsc67e9109.png
Only other transfers made in January. Cragno was asking to go for loan and it was the smartest option for both club and player, so I had to get a backup keeper. Bravo has been a reliable keeper for Real Sociedad, so with him aging a bit I saw him as a great option in that department. Only bad thing is that we left them with no first choice keeper, and since Bravo left them they were only able to keep 2 clean sheets and win three times. Whoops.

FRANCE

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/EuroQ4_zps748645b4.png
This is our group for the Euro 20 qualification round. Should at least get second, easily!

What the Future Holds!
I have decided to quit my post as Roma manager at the end of the season, before the world cup preparations begin. Although I am enjoying good form here, with great players and facilities at my disposal, I have grown a bit bored of life in Rome.
Dan
13 years ago
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Good update mate, forms good! As you said if you are getting bored of Rome best to leave, lets hope you go out on a high!
Johno
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Will be interesting to see where you ends up.
chokosc
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March - May 18

ROMA
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/May18_zps22f74556.png

An amazing run to win ourselves the league title, a second time in a row! We were lucky in the CL, conceding 5 to Napoli, just for Vossen to save us in the final minutes to go through on away goals! Also, a great home win against Real Madrid to take us to the final where we meet PSG, the team we beat two years ago in the quarter final!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/Table14_zps23501ab3.png

A great finish to the league saw us win the title by a very respectable 12 points!
chokosc
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CL Final and Resignation

ROMA
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/CLFinal1_zpsf9722959.png

A simple 1-0 win against PSG saw us lift the CL trophy for the second time in a row, and also the clubs 3rd time.

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/Quintraple_zpsf1419805.png

5 trophies, one season! Can't say this wasn't a good season for us. Despite that, I still got bored of Roma.

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/Resign_zps7040db13.png
The time was right. I have the World Cup ahead of me and when the right job comes through I will snap it up!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/DestroStats_zpsbff4ef24.png
These, amazing stats, belong to the one and only Mattia Destro, This is the first time in any of my FM saves that I had a player perform so good over the whole season! He will always have a special place in my heart and I am looking forward to working with him again in the future!
chokosc
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World Cup 2018

FRANCE

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/France4_zps9c2f87af.png
We started badly and it was even a worse finish I guess. Didn't think that this is the furthest we will get to!

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/FranceResign_zps87258ffa.png
I would have been sacked anyways so I guess this had to happen. Hoping for some other job to come in very soon! Will go on holiday, applying for every job available!
Dan
13 years ago
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Great season with Roma, shjame to see the France journey go so terribly wrong though mate! Good luck in the job hunt
chokosc
14 years ago
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Cheers Dan! Thought it would be a much better end to that story but these French players just didn't deliver!

Major Job Offers

http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/sevilla/865_zps48667652.pngOlympique Lyonnais - Their manager took replaced me. Finished 10th last season. - REJECTED
http://i622.photobucket.com/albums/tt310/chokosc/915_zps4c56b0eb.pngFC Bayern Munich - Guardiola has taken the Spain job which opened this one up. 1st last season. - IN TALKS

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