Gabriel Batistuta - Batigol is back!

March 2015

League

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

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

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

League Table


Cup

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.

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

Keeping the good run going, another expressive victory!

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

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

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

Wow what an amazing start!

May 2015

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

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

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

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!

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

Is there a Copa America being held somewhere?

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

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

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

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

bmg033 yes! but thats only for a month.

Because it's Argentina?

hahaha probably, such a weird league

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

Another one for the back, will start as well.

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.

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

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.

Some great additions and a good month of friendlies!

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

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

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

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.

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

September 2015

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

Primeira División
Poor display by the team, one of the worst of the season so far. Deserved to loose.
Another poor display, we got lucky that the opposition was really really bad. The team is going on a downfall.
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!
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.

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

Copa de Argentina
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
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.
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)

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

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

Primera Division
Four losses in a row, the team just stopped playing. We are missing so many goals and conceding silly ones.
Another one, FIVE. What a end of season, couldn't be worse.
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.

Batistuta is the new manager for Racing Club

Next Post:

• Huracán season review
• New team information and season planning

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.

Interesting move to Racing What made you move to Racing?

Good luck at Racing pal

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.

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).

Thanks Dan!

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.