Alfredo Bennett's Multiverse: The 1-Nation Challenge

[scarp]

I love youth challenges, its competitiveness and focus on youth development. But I also love scouting for hidden gems and finding great talent. I was always intrigued by Athletic Bilbao's policy to sign only basque talent. 

I decided to merge all the above into my next adventure - The 1-Nation Challenge

The rules I set for myself are rather simple:

• Holiday one season and take hold of previously unplayable team (I am gonna do this on Vanilla db + latest transfers)
• Signings are allowed only for players with first nationality same as the nation I am managing in
• If my player changes nationality after I acquired him, i can continue playing him
• Players from youth in-takes are available for me irrespective of their nationality as long as they never leave the club
• Challenge is finished when I win Champions League (or its equivalent on other continents)

My plan is to try and finish the challenge in multiple countries - therefore the name Alfredo Bennett's Multiverse, as each time I will like to start again from the year 2024.

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Edited Wednesday at 10:18 by scarp

[adam_otbfm]

Really interesting premise for a save, will be following this!

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Piacenza Calcio 1919

After holidaying for a season and refreshing the list of teams I knew straight away who to pick - I remember Piacenza from when I was tiny, them still playing in Serie A. I have soft spot for these teams.

[Carambau]

Sounds interesting! Good luck mate  

[PequenoGenio]

I love Italian Serie C. Really historic teams and alwayns fun to manage there. GL

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Piacenza Calcio 1919

Goalkeepers:

Decent and young options in the goal.

Defenders:

Not much depth, looks like 3 at the back could be a viable option.

Midfielders:

A lot of players but quality is missing. Will probably have to get rid of at least few of those.

Attackers:

All attackers are equal, I will see who fits our tactic the best.

 

Key players:

Michele Somma

Matteo Gerbaudo

Jacopo Silva

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September 2024

What a dream start! We are playing great football so far and all is clicking. Recino is the biggest surprise as he's currently providing both goals and assists. We are really missing a proper RB though - that will be my focus in next transfer window. 

Transfers

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I usually do not do many transfers in the first season but the squad was severely lacking in all aspects, I only signed few players to hopefully be more competitive and manage to stay up this season, but none of them should be part of long-term project, perhaps Bertini.

Matteo Pautassi

Vincenzo Silvestro

Lorenzo Bertini

Mattia Iori

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October 2024

We lost to Luparense with rotating squad, which i did not mind and afterwards managed to beat Juventus Next Gen. After that we got on a loss-streak and our morale dipped, will be tough to come back from this.

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November 2024

We continued in a slump against Pontenedra but since then we managed to turn it around with three wins against Livorno, Ternana and Ascoli. League seems to be very even.