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Ana — FM 2011 : Cruzeiro, Season 24
Hello everyone!
Hope you are all well and welcome to season 24 in my challenge. If you remember last time I cowardly left my post at Sao Paulo to join Cruzeiro who have dominated Brazilian football for about the last decade.
This is halfway-ish through my season as I left mid-season so Cruzeiro have already won the Copa Libertadores! But I hope to try and compete for it next season to leave only Europe to complete.
So here we go, and I will start with my long and varied manager C.V :
Cheonan (July 2010 – January 2013)
Nothing won.
— South China (June 2013 – June 2016)
Hong Kong League Title : 2014, 2015, 2016
Senior Shield : 2013, 2016
League Cup : 2014, 2015, 2016
Asian Confederation Cup : 2014, 2016
— F.C.A.K (December 2016 – November 2019)
South African First Division : 2018, 2019
South African First Divison Cup : 2019
— Moroko Swallows (November 2019 – January 2023)
South African FA Cup : 2020, 2021
South African Premier League : 2021, 2022
South African Charity Cup : 2020
South African Knockout Cup : 2021
South African Super Eight : 2021
African Champions League : 2022
— FC Seoul (February 2023 – February 2026)
The K-League : 2023, 2024, 2025
The Korean League Cup : 2023, 2024
The Pan-Pacific Championship : 2024, 2025
The Korean FA Cup : 2024
Asian Champions League : 2025
— St Gallen (October 2026 – July 2027)
Nothing won.
— Veracruz (July 2027 – June 2031)
Mexican Opening Stage : 2029
Superliga : 2030
Champions Cup : 2030
North America Champions League : 2031
— Sao Paulo (June 2031 – July 2032)
Sao Paulo State Championship : 2032
— Cruzeiro (July 2032 — Present)
Nothing won as of yet.
International Teams :
— Morocco (Febraury 2015 – December 2016)
Nothing won.
— Senegal (November 2021 – February 2023)
African Cup Of Nations : 2023
— Egypt (October 2025 – February 2027)
Nothing Won.
— Mexico (September 2028 – September 2029)
The Gold Cup : 2029
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So a quick look back on the history of Cruzeiro show the dominace they have had, they have even won the Club World Championships twice beating European based opposition!
I have really landed on my feet here!
League Results Halfway Point
So despite my fantastic start, Cruzeiro got of to a very sluggish start and we find ourselves five points behind Palmeiras. Most of the teams I played were very winnable games but a great result as I beat my former side by four goals!
Shows the class divide between the two sides.
Transfers Out, Second Transfer Window
Transfer In, Second Transfer Window
So here we are my favourite time of the season! Transfer window time I made a few new signings all brought in from Europe but I also sold a few players. The values show the class we have as Kaka and Flavio were sold for a combined £14 million.
I sold Evandro and sold Rolon basically down to the work permit rules but both players raised another £9 million to our club.
Eduardo was a big sale going to France for almost £15 million so we raised a fair bit and the squad is still very strong as most were fringe players at best, yes fringe players!! I made three new signings so lets take a little look at them :
Quinho
So I was very happy with my players! Quinho was bought to start in my midfield as we have loads of attacking options but lack a little defensive minded players so he was bought for that reason.
Andre was a 5* talent! The first one I have seen I think! My scouts are amazing so I have really high hopes for him, but he wont play this season having played X amount of games for Palmerias means he cant play for another Braziliam team until next season.
Torres is a wide player but I really like him, so he will start as we lacked a little quality in that area.
Final League Results Of The Season
Just about did it! Sao Paulo had a brilliant season and had the advantage having beaten us three one but we hit a great spell right when we needed to claim our seventh title in a row!
In all honesty not much of a challenge to win the title with this side, we are so far away from the rest its quite frightening, and having not been for the previous manager and his shaky start we would have hit the hundred point mark I am sure of that.
We just score so many goals, infact we create so many chances at times almost three times as many as our opposition, this could be the best team I have ever managed on FM.
Final Player Ratings Of The Season
Star Man — Tony
So having be made to watch the England game yesterday I noticed Fabio Capello saying fatigue cost his team, well my players have played up to 67 games this season and still perform to the best of their ability!
Tony was the star but you are not surprised? His stats are amazing and he scores and creates and from a winger what more would you want!
Bill is also a fantastic player, I would say he is like Kaka (Real Madrid one) in his prime ,wierd that we have a Bill and a Tony!
Chicao is a good frontman and Marcelo is also fairly decent but no-where near the level of the Marcelo I had at Sao Paulo!
In all honesty my whole squad is amazing and the average ratings reflect that.
Thats It!
So yeah thats it! LoL!
Again a fairly shortish update but this was only half a season next post will include the state championship (which is even more of a joke!) and the main league once again.
But also that crucial Copa Libertadores that we are aiming for and having won it for the past two seasons I am fairly confident of making it three in a row!
So thanks for reading, and before I forget its my birthday on Friday (Will be 25, am feeling old!) so my boyfriend is taking me away somewhere romantic I hope! So I will be away from Friday until Tuesday the 14th he hasnt told me where we are going yet so I am a little worried!
But as long as I am with him I dont mind! :)