MarcxD Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 October 2036 Building on. Disappointing to lose to Wolfsburg in the CL as they rival us for third spot. Still in it, but need to get a bit more consistent. Not great for the morale that we couldn't beat New Zealand, but the game against Germany was very close so not too upset with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 November 2036 An important win against Wolfsburg, but embarrassed by Manchester City. Hard to say much about our standing in the league as we have played so much fewer games than our competition. National Team Fantastic to get a win in the end over Germany, but it was already too late to stay up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 December 2036 Very strong month domestically, with a great away win over Ballkani! Poor finish to the CL group, though. It came down to us having beaten Wolfsburg 2-0 while they beat us 2-1... But we go to the Europa League! Not the easiest of draws. We caught up all our games, and thanks to the strong results we are in first! Very close though, with Ballkani and perhaps Feronikeli battling it out with us for the title. First time I win this award as manager of Besa. 16th in total. The draw for the WCQ's has been kind to us, really we should finish first here. EDIT -- Kosovo's best Elevens: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 January - February 2037 + Youth Intake No incoming players, although I did agree a player to join us in the summer. I sold Szikes as he was a foreign player too much and his contract was ending at the end of the season anyway, so a good deal. Was definitely not planning on selling Hadroj, nevermind to Ballkani, but I thought this was just too high a sum to say no to. Some friendlies arranged to get fit for the Schalke games, and we did very well there. Levante up next! Surprising loss in the league, but came back with a strong win over Trepça. Still in first, as Ballkani and Feronikeli both dropped points too. Trash youth intake, sadly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 March 2037 Ah, going out on away goals... sucks. Fantastic win over Ballkani in the cup, though. Still so very close. National Team Easy games to start out with, but we did what we had to do. Northern Irish kept Russia to a draw, could be useful! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan99 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 I have just read through this post and I have to say that you have done an incredible work with especially Balkani and Kosovo NT! Just one question. He might be deleted by now but can you show Arber Zeneli's stats? He's a Kosovan/Swedish player that originally comes from my club IF Elfsborg and is one of the best players from Kosovo in real life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 9 minutes ago, Johan99 said: I have just read through this post and I have to say that you have done an incredible work with especially Balkani and Kosovo NT! Just one question. He might be deleted by now but can you show Arber Zeneli's stats? He's a Kosovan/Swedish player that originally comes from my club IF Elfsborg and is one of the best players from Kosovo in real life. Thank you. I know him as he plays in my country for Heerenveen IRL. He is retired now, so I can't see his player attributes. But he has become a manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 April 2037 Made it to the final of the cup, and while we lost some points in the league we also got some great important wins including another one over Ballkani. It's really going down to the last game! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 May 2037 We did everything we needed to do! Won every single domestic trophy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 Season Review 2036-2037 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 June 2037 NT Good enough results, could've beaten Russia though. Still, looking good so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikulec Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 I thought you've been as Besa for ages and it turns out it's only been two seasons. Congratulations on the title! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Rikulec said: I thought you've been as Besa for ages and it turns out it's only been two seasons. Congratulations on the title! Probably because it took me more than a month of IRL time Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oriole01 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Very refreshing to have seen you in a close title fight this season, that was hardly ever the case at Ballkani. Great work you've done with Besa so far! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 9 hours ago, oriole01 said: Very refreshing to have seen you in a close title fight this season, that was hardly ever the case at Ballkani. Great work you've done with Besa so far! Definitely true! That was the case with Ballkani for the first season, but of course we could just go on from there and the other teams couldn't. Very different from now, as Ballkani still has a big lead on Besa with money and reputation, and other teams getting money from the tv deals etc. Hopefully more exciting seasons to come. Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Fantastic to see you won the league Doing brilliantly with Kosovo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 On 25/01/2019 at 18:18, john1 said: Fantastic to see you won the league Doing brilliantly with Kosovo Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 Pre-Season + August 2037 A busy transfer window with some relatively expensive transfers, partly forced by Hajdini and Gasic having their limited fees paid. Nemeth is a new first team striker, rated with big potential as well. Méndez is a new starting left-back, while Gashi and Arapi are non-foreign players to bolster the squad and Asprilla is a direct replacement for Gasic as a foreign central defender. Although, to be fair, my spending was absolutely dwarfed by Ballkani's...... Pre-season went well, with two friendlies against Ballkani... won the supercup, and a strong start to the league. No goals conceded yet, but Ballkani has done that as well with one game less. Feronikeli too, I suppose, but they haven't scored either. 4 0-0's... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Wow, that is insane group Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 On 29/01/2019 at 21:14, john1 said: Wow, that is insane group Awful indeed, but hopefully we can get some points here and there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 September 2037 Great month with not conceding a single goal in both league and two CL games! Great start to the group. Insane start to the season so far, wonder how long this will last. National Team Continuing to do well in the qualifiers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 October 2037 Couldn't keep it up in the CL but another strong month in the league. National Team Two fantastic wins! Almost secured qualification... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 November 2037 Two more defeats in the CL and it's going to be very tough to even make third place now... need to win the last game. Our first loss in the league as well, against Ballkani. Still a lead, but can't be dropping much more points. National Team Last minute goal gave the Russians the win against us, but the final home victory secured us the group win and qualification anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 December 2037 I said we shouldn't be losing any more points... not helped by a big amount of injuries, but poor. European season over.. And yeah, not even in first anymore. Need to get straight back in to winning games in february. Progress for the club continuing on, though. National Team World Cup draw, seems kind to us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 To pick up 4 points in a group with them, is fantastic. I am sure you will reclaim top spot soon :D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter_Morgan Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Just caught up with this. Fantatic career so farboth at club and international level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 On 02/02/2019 at 22:55, john1 said: To pick up 4 points in a group with them, is fantastic. I am sure you will reclaim top spot soon That's a good positive way to look at it Thanks! On 03/02/2019 at 08:09, Dexter_Morgan said: Just caught up with this. Fantatic career so farboth at club and international level. Awesome, thanks for reading. Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 January - February 2038 I signed two players - I bought back Hadroj (whom I had sold to Ballkani for 9.5M) and signed Ajazi, as I needed a new non-foreign AMR (he is Swedish-Albanian, good enough). I needed a new AMR as Dingozi has left us for Besiktas. Decided to cash in as he only had six months remaining. Two friendlies to get ready, who knows we might have lost the cup game otherwise. Need to watch out for them as well. Also just glanced at this, not a bad name for a stadium, huh... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 March 2038 + Youth Intake Overall a good month, keeping the pressure on. We will be facing Ballkani at home next month, a hugely important game for the title. Better than previously but still not great and the two best prospects (CA/PA combination) have poor personalities and determination. Perhaps time to look at a different HoYD... National Team Fantastic result against Brazil, but it says a lot about our team that we almost lost to Georgia afterwards. Not consistent enough yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 April 2038 We did beat Ballkani! Also made it to the cup final. We have the very slight advantage with a better goal difference, but we need to make sure to win all four remaining games. Or we need to get lucky... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 May 2038 We couldn't do it. Very poor start to the month which gave Ballkani the chance to take over and they didn't stop. They won every game, including the cup final against us. No trophies this year - except for the supercup at the start. But now time to get ready for the world cup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 4, 2019 Author Share Posted February 4, 2019 2037-2038 Season Review A bit of a disappointing season, but with things so close between us and Ballkani it can go the right way like last season or not quite, like this one. On we go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 World Cup Preparation The squad has not changed dramatically since the European championships two years ago, just a few fresh faces. Denis Hoxha is likely going to be the only starter out of them, though, on the AML position. Not a great feeling to go into the world cup, we had most of the possession and chances but poor finishing. One of the main issues still lingers, which is that while we have decent strikers none of them have ever outshined each other. Fuga might be the best but he plays as an AMR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 World Cup Group Phase Not the most impressive performance ever, but we got the all-important win which pretty much already secures us going through to the second round. Very poor to not win here, but it will be enough. Except from a poor Dutch performance and perhaps Guinea-Bissau going further ahead of Australia most groups seem to have worked out like you would expect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 World Cup Second Round Decent enough performance, even though we had a remarkably low percentage of possession. South Korea beating England the highlight result here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 World Cup Third Round Dominant but lack of goals keeps being a problem. Still, though, getting to the quarter-finals is a success. Kind of interesting that we have not faced any European or South American sides yet. Hosts Argentina humiliated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 World Cup Quarter Final Yeah... it cost us. Just lacking the goals, the story of our run. Costa Rica beating the Belgians Rest of the World Cup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 20 Year Game World Update Three different English CL winners in a row, and a remarkable Croatian winner of the Europa League in Rijeka. You wouldn't expect other English teams to win the CL when you look at the domestic dominance of Manchester City, who have been even more dominant than Bayern in Germany in recent years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintmat Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Jeez what a dreadful World Cup, not with regards to your performance but two semi-final 0-0s and a 1-0 in the final! Huge achievement getting Kosovo to the Quarters though - should be proud. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 On 06/02/2019 at 11:53, Saintmat said: Jeez what a dreadful World Cup, not with regards to your performance but two semi-final 0-0s and a 1-0 in the final! Huge achievement getting Kosovo to the Quarters though - should be proud. Cheers! I noticed that too, one can only hope that the 48-team world cups in real life won't end up like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted February 16, 2019 Author Share Posted February 16, 2019 Pre-Season & August 2038 A busy transfer summer, as I bought three players from our rivals Ballkani. They are all non-foreign players I can use as back-ups or rotational options, as I felt we really lacked some decent second choice players last season. Any injury waves should be less of an issue. Hoxha from Dinamo is another non-foreign player. Ragab is a very talented Egyptian central defender. Outgoing I decided to let go Adebayo to Ballkani as I was able to sign Denis Hoxha from them for less money - he's better and much younger. Méndez was moaning for the entire transfer period that he wanted to leave, and while I really did not want to sell him I just thought the offer from Monaco was too good to refuse. We performed really well in the CL qualifiers and made it to the groups again. Not amazing in the league though. Should be scoring more. Reached the 1K games! Huge milestone, which I very rarely reach in my careers. Once again we have not been dealt a great hand in the draw... hoping to get third place, but it will be very tough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 September 2038 This is still going.... (sort of) Amazing away win against Arsenal, but shown up at home against Bayern... National Team Looking good to get promoted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 October 2038 Doing very well in the league still, but we really needed a better result against Marseille. National Team Disappointing to lose against Norway, a bit against play. Need to get a result against Ireland in the last match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 November 2038 We're close but just not good enough for this level of European football. Dominance domestically, though! National Team A draw was all we needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 December 2038 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Was pretty tough group to be in! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 On 11/03/2019 at 23:34, john1 said: Was pretty tough group to be in! Definitely. Just needed some more luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 January - May 2039 Three departures, two back-up players and first choice striker Nemeth, whose limited fee was paid by Liverpool. He was replaced as I definitely needed another striker and had the option for a new foreign spot. We did very well in the league for the second part of the season, not losing any matches - an unbeaten season. Disappointing to lose the cup final though. National Team A poor start to the qualifiers, as we lost to our Albanian neighbours... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcxD Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 Season Review 2038-2039 + Save Update Very convincing domestically, even though we weren't able to get the cup. I decided to leave Besa, for two reasons - there's not much more to achieve and after playing through almost twenty seasons of the Kosovar league it's not something I'm really looking forward to do again. The save is not completely over, though, as I want to continue with the national team for at least a few more years. Hopefully I've done enough for Kosovar football and Ballkani and Besa in particular so that the AI can keep up my legacy and do enough in Europe and develop players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintmat Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 20 hours ago, MarcxD said: Season Review 2038-2039 + Save Update Very convincing domestically, even though we weren't able to get the cup. I decided to leave Besa, for two reasons - there's not much more to achieve and after playing through almost twenty seasons of the Kosovar league it's not something I'm really looking forward to do again. The save is not completely over, though, as I want to continue with the national team for at least a few more years. Hopefully I've done enough for Kosovar football and Ballkani and Besa in particular so that the AI can keep up my legacy and do enough in Europe and develop players. Regardless of what happens with this save from now on, this has been a fantastic career and a great read. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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