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itchycoo - Hopefully should be easy. The squad is in a bit of a mess and needs some tweaking and the right kind of formation to ensure the players at the club are played to their potential. Coaching staff is limited also so that is something I'm looking to address to get the right kind of people in to develop the young talent the squad possesses.
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Return of the league season and a clean sweep. Rusty first game but thanks to Vitari we were able to overcome that and seal win. It was a month were players were rotated and given a go and people took their chances. Teams seem to struggle when we attack but we are often susceptible to a counter attack.

We also played our first game in the Champions League and eased to a comfortable win over Tigres.



Positive start to the final stage of the league.

So a little apology about this. Got pretty much deeply involved and forgot to post March results.

March saw us continue to dominate the league and really push for the title. In the cup we scrapped through to the next round thanks to extra time. March was a long month and there was a lot of injuries and tired legs. Thinking April would be a little easier on us. But boy was I wrong. Suffered my worst spell in charge at Boca when the squad which struggling through injuries and fatigue couldn't keep up with the schedule and in the end it all caught up with us. Luckily by the end we were able to pull it together and managed to progress in the Cup as well as the Champions League.

Next month will be as tough as ever. We face Santos in the next round of the Champions League.



The losses has meant other teams have caught up. So we need to win our games in hand to open that gap back up.

So the league came to a glorious end for us. Goals were flowing and progression was great. The squad has a good balance now and there is good competition and the moaners who don't want to be at the club are being shifted out. Young and hungry and some experience heads to guide them, this Boca squad could well push for further honours in the future. Morello on debut bagged 3. For 17 years of age he is something special.

We were crowned champions of the league with more than three games to go. We also won Copa Argentina against a strong Newell's side. Very impressive for such a young squad.

The only thing that was disappointing was finishing the league on a loss. Not to worry have the Champions League semi finals to look forward too.



Won the league quite comfortably in the end.

In important games, I have noticed that some of my teams e.g. Boca like to make life difficult for ourselves. In the semi finals we were coasting but had to take the games to penalty to take us into the final. During the final we were leading comfortably after the first leg but conceded an early goal in the second leg that meant the game would be a high pressured affair. But what this victory meant was that I had now won 4 out of the 6 trophies. I would like to stay around for a bit longer with Boca but in the normal rules I have to look to move on. I think I've left the club in a slightly better state than what I found it in. Been an honour to manage this fine club.

So that means its 4 down and two to go. Looking to head to Africa now. Best get going.

Formalities completed. Sad to go but it's time to move on. Boca it's been a blast.



Big news coming out of Egypt was that long standing Al-Ahly manager El-Badry had stepped down and it looked like the perfect move to complete Africa quickly and head onto the home straight.



So here we go. Egypt and Cairo here I come.

Without noticing I found out quite quickly that my leg here in Egypt could be over fairly quickly. Why you ask? Well I've just landed in the middle of the African Champions League fixtures.



The club in Egypt. Won everything, and have dominated the league in recent years. However not so much in the African Champions League. I aim to change that.



The squad is an interesting one. Have plenty of depth at goalkeeper and at the back but issues seem to be in the middle of the park and upfront, where it seems if frontman Obi gets injured what is behind him is severely lacking. However going through the stats and what is available then I am not to worried about what the Assistant says. However when the next window opens I do intend to look to strengthen further.



I did get a chance to make some transfers, all of the ones from August onwards are mine. I managed to pinch some internationals from rival clubs to help strengthen certain areas but also for the home grown rule. Not many Egyptians want to be playing at home and the ones that do are of a poor quality. Hopefully as I said earlier, we might well be able to strengthen the midfield and upfront.



It's started off really well and we have progressed into the Semi Finals against last years winners ES Tunis. The squad will bully weaker sides, but will be pushed against the tougher opponents.

League has started well for us. Frimpong and Obi are scoring and that is what matters. Frimpong usually a striker will be used on the wide right to give us more attacking options.



So have a couple of games on some teams and if we take these games then I cannot see why we can't top the league and push on from there.



So an arrogant Tuins side we travelled to, arrogant for the fact that their manager said he gave us no chance. My team talk was done thanks to him. We came away with a draw, very good news us as I was confident that back home we would punish them harshly.

Punish we did. 5 good solid goals that meant we advanced onto the two legged final.

So the first leg ended with us taking a comfortable lead coming back home to Cairo. Obi was immense as per usual but then again so was the entire team. Felt that the hardest tie was the semi finals. Tunis were a far better side than ASOC.



Second leg saw us take off where we left off. Just remarkable considering the short amount of time I have been in charge of the club. Having to rotate the squad because of injuries and not the correct players registered was tough but as I said we have managed to overcome that and win the competition.



Nice to see the man I followed after has praised me. Chuffed.



Nice to feel loved after only joining the club.



Some important money gone into the coffers.

So we had a pretty special time in Qatar with the Club World Cup. We managed to get to the final against Manchester United and we gave them a game. But before that it was nice to get one over on my old club Boca. Yes we were lucky but we still managed to seal out the win and so it was nice to advance to the final knowing we had beaten a tough opponent and of course a former employer.



Despite losing our man picked up man of the match.



Profited well from reaching the final.

The rest of the season ended up like this. Really interesting season. We almost didn't win the league and had Masry not messed up then we wouldn't have won it. Saying that Obi our Nigerian striker was immense as was Frimpong and Azuka. Emam was a different kettle of fish and I can see him moving on from the club fairly soon. He notched up 23 league goals this season.



Was a big way to celebrate the league and title.



Been back to back for years. Proud to continue the tradition.



6th consecutive league title.



Won the league by 4 points.



So I've stepped down in search of that final job that will help me win the last part of this challenge.

Nice and quick, South America and Africa. Now, let's see something more challenging in Europe! What leagues do you have loaded (or plan to load)? I would love to see you have a go at Belgium or Switzerland or the likes.

Good luck!