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071: Top three confirmed?The 2041 Virslīga campaign is set to conclude. Diego Correa was aiming to end his first campaign as the manager of Valmiera with a top three finish, thus keeping the club in UEFA Conference League qualifying. Coming into the final...
070: Busy times!Diego Correa's debut season as Valmiera boss couldn't have gone much better across the opening four months of the campaign. Heading into July and August 2041, they found themselves sitting on the outskirts on a title charge and comfortably...
Nice of you to do so - I appreciate the kind words! It's exactly that, like now all of a sudden I'm playing the game whenever I get the opportunity, it's as if I've never been away from it, quite strange really.
069: Too early to call it a title charge?Ten games down, Diego Correa's Valmiera sit 2nd following a starting run of 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. A title race is a totally fanciful concept due to the might of Riga and RFS, with third place the unequivoca...
068: 2041!With pre-season done and dusted, Diego Correa heads into the 2041 with Valmiera of Latvia's Virslīga.The campaign started with a tough match at home to 2040 runners-up RFS. Correa's maiden match with Valmiera would, however, begin with a positiv...
Happy to be back. I always tend to take random, long breaks from FM, annoyingly. I honestly think subconsciously my brain forces me to do so every now and then just so I can keep my sanity with FM.😆Here's hoping I'm back around for a little while, at lea...
Six months later… the save resumes. Apologies for said break, but I'm like that with Football Manager - it's a love/hate sorta thing. When I (unintentionally) stopped playing back on 20 December 2025, I had only mentioned three days prior that I was fully...
066: Lucky #7?After resigning from his post at BFC Daugavpils in November 2039, Diego Correa would go in search of what he hoped would be a successful job number seven.Across the next year, Diego Correa intended to take at least a few months away from the...
065: Concluding a disappointing season.BFC Daugavpils had eight more fixtures remaining in what was a let down of a 2039 season. There was the bonus of a possible maiden Latvian Cup final appearance, with fellow lowly Super Nova awaiting in the semi-final...
064: Job safe, for now.Diego Correa is experiencing his worst season as manager of Latvian top-flight side BFC Daugavpils in 2039, heck it's even the worst of his managerial career since his days at Andorra across 2030-31. The Argentine did enough to conv...
063: A blip or something serious?BFC Daugavpils - managed by their Argentine boss Diego Correa - started the 2039 campaign in unusually terrible form, with five defeats from their opening eleven fixtures. This coincided with the board setting marginally h...
062: Where'd that come from?The 2039 season has arrived for BFC Daugavpils and their Argentine boss Diego Correa. Let's take a look at how the Latvians fared across March and April.A good start! BFC took care of Riga Mariners as they won 3-1 at the Mežapa...
061: Season 3 with BFC.Diego Correa has his life firmly settled in Latvia now, as he takes his BFC Daugavpils team into a third season in charge. 2038 ended in disappointing fashion as the club failed to gain a spot in Europe, so 2039 will all be about ta...
Cheers! I am really enjoying this save so far. I'm not even overly enamoured by FM26, though I guess the proof is in the pudding because I'm playing it a lot (even after a week or so break, on past FMs those weeks would have turned into months with n...
060: The end of 2038.BFC Daugavpils had five Virslīga fixtures left to salvage a spot in the UEFA Conference League qualifiers. Could they achieve that objective?A 3-0 triumph away to already-relegated Tukums made for a promising start, though it did requ...
059: League + Cup.With the UEFA Conference League qualifiers done and dusted, Diego Correa's BFC Daugavpils now have just Latvian domestic play to fight for. Here's how August and September 2038 unfolded in those competitions.Valerijs Lizunovs ended his s...
058: Into Europe!After a strong start to the 2038 season, Diego Correa and BFC Daugavpils head into May and July's plethora of action with plenty of confidence. At least 13 matches were up on the schedule as they took on opponents across the Virslīga, the...
057: Tricky beginnings.Diego Correa starts his second full campaign in charge of Latvian Virslīga side BFC Daugavpils. It looked to be a tough start as they would open their season with back-to-back matches against 2037's top two, Riga and RFS. Let's see...
056: Setting up for 2038.After a first season in charge, Diego Correa gets BFC Daugavpils ready for a 2038 campaign that will see the Argentine lead the club into Europe for the first time; having secured a spot in the UEFA Conference League qualifiers (s...
055: Aiming for Europe.Diego Correa and BFC Daugavpils went into their final eight Virslīga fixtures knowing that finishing 4th would equal a spot in the UEFA Conference League qualifiers. They headed into September, October and November sitting 5th, so w...
054: Cup glory?July 2037 sees the start of the Latvian Cup for BFC Daugavpils, as they enter at the fourth round and face a familiar non-top-flight team. Would Diego Correa claim victory in his debut in that competition? Elsewhere, there are five games fr...
053: Getting past the midway point.Diego Correa has had a busy start to life at BFC Daugavpils, despite only having Virslīga action to deal with. After 11 matches across his first two months in charge, the Argentine would have 12 further matches to take p...
052: A good start wanted.The 2037 campaign over in Latvia is about to begin, as Diego Correa aims to start life as BFC Daugavpils boss positively. Let's take a look at how his first two months went.It was to be a defeat on debut, as expected strugglers Me...
051: Latvian beginnings.Diego Correa starts the sixth job of his managerial career. Here's how the pre-season period went at Virslīga side BFC Daugavpils ahead of their 2037 campaign.Rojs Bušs was Correa's first new signing. He is a 28yo midfielder signed...
050: New horizons.After exiting the four-year stability that was Europa in Gibraltar in 2035, Diego Correa heads off to the opposite side of Europe in search of the next stage of his managerial career. It would prove to be a very lengthy job search…The bo...
049: "Time to Say Goodbye"After rumours all campaign that Diego Correa would depart Europa at the end of 2034-35, the Argentine boss did confirm to club media before the post-season that the Championship Group fixtures would be his last as manager of The...
048: Qualifying for the post-season.With a comfortable 9pt gap to 7th, Europa were almost certainly set for the post-season - but it was time to make it official.Mons Calpe were beaten in the 2035 starter, with Tomás Ildefonso preceding fellow Europa goal...
047: A desired improvement?Although Europa came into November and December sitting 2nd, there were underlying issues that needed fixing - shown most by that recent loss to Hound Dogs, a bottom half team that seldom - like the rest of those down the bottom...
046: Back to the usual.With the UEFA Conference League qualifiers out of the way, it was time for Europa and Diego Correa to head back to the domestic action. September 2034 would see the Argentine's first chance to win some silverware in the form of the...
045: The UECL returns!2034-35 starts now, as Diego Correa's Europa head into UEFA Conference League 1QR (vs. Nõmme Kalju) and Gibraltar Football League action.Nõmme Kalju were dominated in the first leg of this UEFA Conference League first qualifying roun...
044: Another new season.Diego Correa is about to start his fourth season with Europa in the Gibraltar Football League. It is widely reported that it will be the Argentine's last campaign with The Green Machine before going off in search of new surrounding...
043: Back in the UECL?A place in the UEFA Conference League was within reach for Europa, meaning even a slight drop-off in the post-season would secure their place in the qualifying phase of the continent's third tier club competition.Before the action go...
042: The goal is Europe.Europa had a brief flirtation with a title charge, but now head into 2034 aiming to simply complete their original objective: The UEFA Conference League qualifiers.Before January 2034's action started, Fabián Urzain penned terms wi...
041: Surprise title challenge?Sitting top at almost the halfway point meant that Europa were naturally linked with a title race. Diego Correa and Europa were firmly playing that down, but further strong form across November and December would intensify th...
040: Winter is coming.After three matches played, Europa sat atop the standings in Gibraltar. No-one in or around the club is expecting that to continue, but a continuation of this positive start could end up being crucial in claiming the much desired top...
039: Correa chases continental conquest.After failing to beat Banga of Lithuania across two legs last year, Diego Correa went into a two-legged UEFA Conference League tie with Finnish amateurs FC Kontu in search of the first European win of his managerial...
038: Prepping for a European surprise.Diego Correa has guided Europa into the UEFA Conference League first qualifying round for the second successive season. Before taking on a surprise opponent in that competition, The Green Machine played two pre-season...
037: Aiming for that UEFA Conference League place.Time for the Championship Group! Lincoln Red Imps had just defeated Manchester 62 in the Rock Cup final, so that confirmed that 3rd and 4th would receive a spot in the UEFA Conference League first qualifyi...
036: Claiming a top 6 spot?Europa do have work to do having lost three out of five matches to begin 2033, but a place in the top six is more than readily available. So it was time to claim that objective.A 4-0 thumping to St. Joseph's made for a poor begi...
035: A fruitful festive period?Europa came into this November and December slate of fixtures with good morale as they sat 3rd. Would that positive feeling continue heading towards the New Year?That's a shocker! Europa lose 2-1 to second-bottom side Lions....
034: Back to the bread and butter.After an exit in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League to Banga, the attentions of Diego Correa and his Europa team turned back to the more familiar Gibraltar Football League.September started with a he...
033: Europe with Europa.With the first stage of pre-season complete, Diego Correa would now lead Europa into a UEFA Conference League 1QR double-header with Banga of Lithuania.Mr. Correa's managerial debut in Europe ended in a close-fought 0-0 draw at the...
032: Preparing for the qualifiers.Diego Correa has just had a positive first season in charge of Gibraltar Football League side Europa, guiding them into the upcoming UEFA Conference League qualifiers. In the off-season, though, some key players would dep...
031: Off on a European tour?Diego Correa has led Europa into the championship group, as expected by those in and around the club. Now, it's time to see if The Green Machine can return to the European qualifiers after a rare one-season absence.What a way t...
030: Championship group qualification?With the regular campaign having just six matches remaining, all eyes were on whether Europa could at least maintain their ten-point gap inside the top five to qualify for the championship group - where European footb...
029: A good start was made. More to follow?Not to speak too soon, but it feels like Diego Correa has found what he has been desiring since leaving Xerez Deportivo in 2028: stability. The sack shouldn't really be in question in what is a top-heavy Gibralta...
028: Pre-season form continued?The 2031-32 season proper is here. Can Diego Correa's Europa carry their solid pre-season form into the competitive matches?You can't argue with that for a start! Amoros Nshimirimana struck a nice hat-trick, with an own-goal...
027: Friends reunited.Pre-season has come and gone for Diego Correa in his first season with Europa of Gibraltar. Three exhibition encounters were played, whilst a number of new faces were brought in - including two favourites from the Argentine's past.Os...
026: Another new destination.This is becoming an unwelcome, reocurring part of Diego Correa's life: a visit to the job centre. Perhaps the Argentine should've remained in the stable stables of Xerez Deportivo back in 2028, or remained committed to the alb...
025: Sacking inbound?Despite a surprise run of 3 wins in 7 games across November and December, Diego Correa headed into 2031 still in need of results to impress the board enough so they didn't sack him; having revealed their intention - if results didn't...