juventus11 said:
juventus11 said:
. Took me six seasons to get out of division two, now two-thirds through the seventh season it's starting to look like I could be heading straight back there. Second from bottom with only three wins out of twenty!
LaAm said:
FC Sicily Stadium
FC Sicily have finished extended their 43,000 seater stadium (Oita Stadium) into 50,000 seater. It will be ready to on come the new season. The Sicily club has envested 20 Million pounds on the stadium to attract more fans with it's hot bare and different complexes inside.
The club is hoping to stay in Serie A for seasons to come, to attract more fans and to maintain there status in the top league of Italy.
nerf said:Sounds like you're having as much fun as me, Prof
I'm loving it. I honestly thought that when I got promoted I would probably spend my first season in mid-table anonimity. Instead I've been in the relegation zone since about Week 4 and I keep picking up 1-0 defeat... after 1-0 defeat... after 1-0 defeat. I'm not getting bullied all over the park every game, but when it comes to the crunch the CPU punishes me with their chances while my attack struggles to break them down. Each match now takes on an importance and that's great.
Ricardo Sousa's contract expires at the end of this season. He's now thirty and realistically there's no way he would renew it in this scenario, so I'm going to have to let my best player go. I did try to cash-in in the mid-season window but no bids came.
Anyway, I've now got ten games to knuckle down and grind out enough points to catch and overtake Nantes or Hertha Berlin. Wish me luck
I have to admit, i didn't think i'd be doing this badly. Castello has been missing opportunities all over the place.
nerf said:
Professor Nutmeg said:
Mohanned said:Do you not think your worked up too much on master league but I like your originality
denirobob said:
Professor Nutmeg said:Oh dear, and after that spirited win you got.
Well, you were right about Okubo. Looks like he put the game in the bag, and Romeo just put the iceing on the cake.
Are the natives getting restless?
nerf said:
De Graafschap 3 - 0 Hertha Berlin
Sousa 51'
Huntelaar 59'
Huntelaar 73'
(Stadion de Vijverberg, att: 9,116)
Hertha coach Falko Götz branded his team "gutless" and "frightened" after he watched them lose 3-0 at relegation rivals De Graafschap yesterday.
"This was a real test for us", said a furious Götz at the post-match conference. "I was looking to see who would stand up and be counted, who had the guts to realise that we are in this relegation fight and do something about it. De Graafschap simply wanted it more and we looked frightened. It was unacceptable."
Make no mistake, this was a real 'six-pointer'. Hertha's five point advantage over their 15th-placed opponents had looked like a comfortable buffer on Friday, only for De Graafschap to tear it to shreds with an up-tempo and determined performance. Ricardo Sousa opened the scoring in the second half with an exquisite free-kick, then as Hertha pushed for a quick equaliser it was his glorious crossfield pass that sent Ruslan Valeev racing away on the counter-attack, whose low, early cross found Klaas-Jan Huntelaar arriving on the penalty spot to double the lead.
Valeev, who maintained his position at the top of the Division One Assists chart with his eighth of the campaign, is adamant that De Graafschap are far from giving up. "I think some people have written us off already. But this was a huge game for us, an absolute must-win, and we were really fired up to make sure we earned ourselves a fighting chance."
Former Heerenveen striker Huntelaar went on to score De Graafschap's third and his sixth of the season, and he too remains optimistic about his team's chances of survival. "There are four teams all in this together. I think if we can play like this more often and keep sticking our chances away then I don't see why we can't be one of the two to survive. It won't be easy, particularly as we have to go to places like Lyon next week, but we just have to keep believing that we're good enough to stay in this division."
The crucial victory brings the Dutch oufit to within two points of Hertha Berlin and within three of Nantes, while extending their lead over bottom club Stuttgart to four points, who scraped a creditable 2-2 draw in Dortmund last night.
Central European Division One - Week 23 of 30
13th (23 pts) Nantes
14th (22 pts) Hertha Berlin
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15th (20 pts) De Graafschap
16th (16 pts) VfB Stuttgart
Professor Nutmeg said:CHAMPIONNAT DE FRANCE, DIV 2
AS Nancy 2
Matthieux 31'
Dja Djedjé 41'
Montpellier HSC 0
AS Nancy went into this home game looking to get a result to add some momentum to their campaign. Last week saw an eventless 0-0 draw away to SC Bastia, and previous to that, they suffered a humiliating 4-1 defeat at the hands of a rampant RC Strasbourg.
Nancy took to the field in a more cautious 4-5-1 formation, whereby lone striker Franck Dja Djédjé was supported by three attack-minded midfielders, Florent Matthieux, Benoît Légus and Castello. Légus, as expected, was instrumental when Nancy went forward. The number 10's freedom to roam saw him able to supply many quality through balls, one of which paid off in the 31st minute, when he found Florent Matthieux in space, who fired past the helpless Laurent Pionnier, in the visitor's goal. Ten minutes later, Légus put Dja Djédje through one on one with the keeper, and the young stiker found the net with a clinical finish. The Professor was even happier with the win granted that Nancy managed to keep a clean sheet, and he expects his squad to continue this form into the season.
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juventus11 said:
Hi db, glad you liked it.denirobob said: