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I'm not usually that intrested in cycling, but I'm looking forward to today, many of the places they are going through were parts of our big walk last year which will be nice to bring back some good memories.

That is disturbing and arousing in equal measure.

Height in CM :- 180

Weight in KG :- 107

Nationally:- Gibralter

Position(s) (Can have 2 positions) We will need a wide range to cover a team. :- CB or RB

Preferred foot:- Right

Best Attribute:- Strength

2nd best Attribute:- Tackling

3rd best Attribute:- Determination

4th best Attribute:- Heading

5th best Attribute:- Anticipation

Worst Attribute:- Flair

2nd worst Attribute:- Dribbling

By far the best game of the tournament so far. I've not enjoyed a game so much in ages. I'll even forgive the USA for not winning me my 400/1 bet on them after that.

Sorry for the lack of updates, It's been a busy couple of weeks. Rest assured this career is still ongoing, in fact I have just passed a landmark game as I took control of AS Roma for the 100th time before using the 101st to guide my team into the last sixteen of the Champions League, not bad for a side that only survived relegation on goal difference two years ago!

My Giallorossi currently sit third in Serie A with a game in hand, the title looks as if it is already disapeering over the horizon as Milan are running away with it, threatening to break Juve's streak of six consecutive championships, however we are on course for our pre-season objective of ensuring we take part in the Champions League again next season.

We got off to a bit of a false start, going four games without a win and taking a heavy beating from Real Madrid, before going on an eleven game unbeaten run with wins over several major rivals such as Napoli, Inter, Sampdoria and stadium sharing Lazio.

We've scraped through to the last sixteen in the Champions League, Madrid were simply unstoppable and in truth they could have been in double figures when they hammered us 6-2 at the Bernabau, poor Red Bull Salzberg were the group whipping boys, failing to pick up a single point. In the end a draw at the Emirates was enough to see us through in second place, that 0-0 was the first time we have failed to find the net this season which is testament to my four strikers Max Kruse, Tony Sanabria, Jelle Vossen and especially wonderkid Benjamin Schmitt who has been immense since I splashed £10M on him last summer.


Speaking of youngsters, my son Christian continues to develop as right-back, he is firmly first choice now with Serb Petr Goloubovic having made quite a few mistakes this year and nears his 100th career appearance, all of which have been under my guidance.

Admittedly his attributes arn't awe inspiting, however his consistant ratings do not lie.


As I mentioned earlier, I have now reached 101 Roma games, here's a quick overview of my career as a whole thus far.

I'm really enjoying Roma, so much so I have turned down the likes of Borussia Dortmund, Valencia and Lyon in order to stay and try to guide the club to their first Serie A crown since 2001.
Here's to the next 101!

The best way is to get a reasonable amount up front, say £750k but add in loads of clauses, future fees and sell on percentages. They can really add up if your lad is good enough to rise to the top.

With a team like Bristol I would cash in, money evaporates into thin air outside the Premier League so you need to take it when you can.

The misses brought a cross trainer which has a seat to enable you to use it like an exercise bike. we've both decided to do 1000 miles by her birthday at the end of August, we both need to do 16 miles a day in order to achieve that goal. Did it fairly easily last night whilst watching Metallica's set at Glastonbury. We'll see how long my motivation continues for though!

Anybody watch, or go to Glastonbury? Metallica were immense as always. had to endure some dreary hippy shite before hand but it was well worth the wait.

Keeper was quality tonight.

Switzerland are three up.

Seemed an incredibly harsh red card.

Can't think of any successor who would be interested who will make much difference, certainly not an English one anyway. whoever come in will likely keep picking the same old players and playing the same old shit that all the England managers have for the past decade or so.

A.S. ROMA 2017/18

Goalkeepers

I have just sold Keylor Navas to Shaktar Donetsk for £2.6M, so I drafted in Marc Garcia on loan from Tottenham for the season to provide back up to number one shot stopper Jeronimo Rulli, the Argentine who signed last summer was a little shaky to start with due to his inability to communicate in Italian with his defence, however he is now bilingual and much improved for it. very much what you would call as sweeper keeper.
Bartolo Arcardio is only really in the squad in order to provide emergency cover, he was forced to make an unlikely start against AC Milan last season when both Rulli and Navas were away on International duty, he did well on his senior début and was only beaten once as we went down 1-0 at the San Siro.

Defenders

Pretty happy with my defence, Mehdi Benatia has been Serie A defender of the year for two years running now, Fernandes has been his usual partner, however young stars Tin Jedvaj and Ellio Capradossi are both knocking on the door for a starting place, I have shipped Capradossi off to Feyenoord for the season in order to get some top level experience, Alessio Romagnoli will have to make the most of his absence by staking his own claim for a place in my plans this season after having being out on loan for the last three years with Ajax, Anderlecht and Peresca.
Endrit Kurja is a new boy, some will question me spending £14M on the Chelsea youngster as his only senior appearances thus far have come on loan at Ipswich Town in the English Championship, however he was extensively scouted and I fully believe he will live up to the price tag.

Midfielders

I have an absolute galaxy stars to select from, I normally have two central midfielders and three advanced ones so I do need plenty of options in this department, Danielle DeRossi is being phased out now in favour of Radja Nainggolan who is warrior when it comes to getting stuck in and winning the ball back, he is more often than not alongside Fabio Bertoli who came with me from Brescia and has proved himself a bargain at just £800k.
Further up we have an ever changing trio of attack minded players, Bryan Christante cost a princely £34M from Milan two years ago, the 22 year old is a genius when he wants to be, some excellent playmaking performances saw him justify that fee.
Humam Tariq, Roman Bezus, Danielle DeSilva and Matteo Adamo are all talented youngsters who are each capable of picking apart any defence on their day.

Strikers

Tony Sanabria scored 19 in 30 apperances last term, giving him slight preference over German Max Kruse who netted 11. The arrival of Benjamin Schmidt from FC Basel last January has given me a headache after bagging 7 in 11, he looks a future world class star having just made his Germany debut at just 18 years old. Jelle Vossen's free transfer from Club Brugge further extends my fire power should I require to switch system.

2-0 in quick succesion.

A few months back I began a story revolving around the Maldini family, Paolo is obviously a well known ex-pro who has won all there is to win with his beloved AC Milan where he spent his entire playing career, son Christian, a upcoming 17 year old in the youth ranks at Milan was set to become the third generation of Maldini to pull on the famous red and black stripes after his grandfather Cesere in the fifties and sixties.
My career began well enough, going through two seasons with Serie B outfit Brescia, however I lost almost two months worth of games due to a runtime error, just after having secured Paolo's dream job as Milan manager. at the time I gave up as I no longer had the motivation to re-play all those matches, however after a while away from FM I had the urge to revive this career and have been making steady progress with both Maldini Senior and junior.


Paolo Cesare Maldini (born 26 June 1968) is a former Italian footballer who played as a left or central defender, being adept with either foot although naturally right-footed. He spent all 24 seasons of his career at Serie A club Milan, before retiring at the age of 41 in 2009, becoming a symbol and a legend of the club. During that period, he won the Champions League five times, as well as seven Serie A titles, one Coppa Italia, five Supercoppa Italiana, five European Super Cups, two Intercontinental Cups. He played for 14 years for the Italian national team, making his debut in 1988 before retiring in 2002 with 126 caps, three European Championship participations and four World Cup participations. Although he did not win a tournament with the Italian National team, he reached the finals of the 1994 World Cup and Euro 2000, and the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup and Euro 1988.

Since hanging up his boots in 2009 Maldini studied for his coaching licences and on 2nd July 2013 was appointed to his first managerial post with Brescia Calcio where he earned praise for building a youthful, attacking side comprised mostly of domestic talent. Maldini twice guided Brescia to the Serie B play-off's after finishing sixth and fourth in 2014 and 2015, however both times they were unsuccessful.
Maldini decided to allow his contract with Brescia to expire following his sides play-off capitulation to Siena where the blues threw away a 3-1 away goals advantage to crash out 4-3 on aggregate. Maldini stated that with the club's stars being sold off to ease a worsening financial situation becoming more and more unstable he had little hope of reaching Serie A, a theory that was ultimately proved wrong as Brescia achieved promotion the following year under the guidance of Gianluca Atzori.

Following the expiry of his contract Maldini was quickly offered new work by clubs around Europe, despite these travel opportunities Maldini chose to stay in Italy and signed a two year deal with AS Roma who had barley escaped relegation to Serie B for the first time since 1951. Maldini quickly set about revitalising an aging and expensive squad, using much the same system he had at Brescia, however it was not instantly successful as Roma endured a tough start to the 2015/16 season, finding themselves once again hovering precariously above the relegation zone at the end of November 2015, things did however gradually turn around as the Giallarossi climbed the Serie A table to achieve a respectable seventh place finish, narrowly missing out on a Europa League spot.

In 2016/17 Roma surprised many as Maldini's youngsters achieved a stunning second place finish, twelve points behind champions Juventus but still well beyond any pre-season predictions and securing Champions League football for the first time is seven years in 2017/18.
Maldini lead his youngster to the last sixteen of the Champions League where they were eliminated by eventual winners Monaco, Roma also featured in the Copa Italia final that season where they were beaten on penalties my Milan but only managed a disappointing sixth place finish following a dramatic collapse in form.
2018/19 started badly for Roma, losing the Italian Super cup in their first game before managing only two wins from their opening eight Serie A games, causing the club to languish in the relegation zone and costing Maldini his job, the sack coming on the 21st of October 2018.

The 50 year old's growing reputation took a sharp hit during a disastrous four month spell at English side Everton where he managed just four wins from twelve league games, leading to the Toffees relegation from the English top flight for the first time in 64 years. Maldini left the Merseyside club following a 3-1 defeat to bottom side QPR, eventually opting to return to Italy with Fiorentina where he finished fourth in his first season, qualifying for the Champions League.

In May 2020 Maldini was selected to coach the Italian team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games.

Brescia Calcio - 2013/14 - 6th in Serie B, defeated in play-off quarter final
Brescia Calcio - 2014/15 - 4th in Serie B, defeated in play-off semi final
A.S. Roma - 2015/16 - 7th in Serie A
A.S. Roma - 2016/17 - 2nd in Serie A
A.S. Roma - 2017/18 - 6th in Serie A, Copa Italia Runners-up
A.S. Roma - 2018/19 - Italian Super Cup Runners-up, dismissed 21/10/18
Everton FC - 2018/19 - Sacked 6/4/19
Fiorentina - 2019/20 - 4th in Serie A
Italy Under-23's - 2020 - Eliminated in group stage of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Fiorentina - 2020/21 - Resigned November 2020
Ajax 2020/21 - Hired Dec 2020 Finished 5th in Eredivisie, Dutch cup Semi finalists. Resigned May 2021.
A.C. Milan 2021/22 - Serie A Champions, Copa Italia Runners-up.
Italy Appointed July 2021
A.C. Milan 2022/23 - Serie A Champions, Copa Italia Winners, Italian Super Cup Winners.


21 year old Italian Christian Maldini has speant his entire professional career playing under the management of his father Paolo, intitally taken as a loan signing from parent club AC Milan to Brescia where he made 48 appearances, scoring one goal. Christian struggled early on due to his lack of exprience, however his father persisted with him and gradually the 17 year old becan to win some acclaim.
Christian would follow his father to AS Roma where his signing was met with ridicule by some who claimed he would never be good enough, Christian however after working closely with the likes of Maicon and Daniele DeRossi has proven himself a capable fullback, making 75 appeances for Roma, collecting three runners up medals in his four years with the club as well as being inducted into the seasonal best eleven in each season.
In January 2019 Christian again followed father Palolo, this time to England as he pulled on the blue shirt of Everton.

His stay in England proved brief as he returned to his fathers side in Italy as Paolo took over the reigns at Fiorentina where he spent three years with La Viola before being brought by Paolo again, this time at Ajax in Holland which proved a brief stop on the way to a return to AC Milan where Paolo took over in May 2021. Christian has made eighty appeances for the Rossonari this far, lifting Serie A twice as well as The Italian cup in 2023 and also being called up to the Italy squad for the first time where he has so far collected eight caps for his country.

Full Name: Christian Maldini
Date of Birth: 14/6/1996
Height: 6'1"
Position: Full Back
Place of Birth: Milan, Italy

Clubs Played For:
2013-15 Brescia 48 games (1 goal)
2015-19 Roma 75 (1)
2019 Everton 6 (0)
2019-20 Fiorentina 44 (0)
2020-21 Ajax 10 (0)
2021- A.C. Milan 61 (0)

International Career
Italy U23's 6 (1)
Italy 8 (0)

Honours
Serie A Winner 2022, 2023
Runner-up 2017
Copa Italia Winner 2023
Runner-up 2018, 2022
Italian Supercup Winner 2022

You were gone?

How is Torres even in the Spanish squad still?

Torres

Robben!!!

Not a player I like much, but seeing Spain get pulled apart is brilliant.

Casillas is having a bit of a stinker.

lol at Spain.

FFS get up ya fanny.

Never a penalty.

Isn't it taken into account in stoppage time?

Shut up about Modric's hair FFS, mentioned it three or four times now.

Neymarrrrrrr

Oh dear Marcelo. saw it coming though.

Go Poe.

Actually their not wearing yellow, their wearing sunglow.