Ana — FM 2011 : Veracruz, Season 20

Hello everyone!

Once again welcome to my long journey to be crowned champions league winner in all five different continents. So far I have claimed two and am determined to claim my third here at Veracruz in Mexico, even if the league set-up is very confusing!

Playoff’s hate me, and seeing as Mexico is full of them I would have to break my curse if I wanted to succeed. Last time I left you I lost both playoff games in the opening and closing stages but I feel my team is improving so lets have a look at how my season went.

So with lots to get through, lets begin.

Career History and Honours Won :

— 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 – Present)

Nothing 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 — Present)

Nothing yet.

I tried to tidy my C.V up a little and I think it reads a little easier now, so lets get on with trying to win something with Veracruz and Mexico!

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Transfers In And Out — First Transfer Window

So I made only two new signings as I felt the squad was large enough however I did lose two very good players, infact I lost both of my first choice centre backs. But I got £9 million for them so I cant complain too much.

Lets have a look at the two new faces :

Julio Martinez

Carlos Gonzalez

So both Mexican and both fitting into my plan of buying young talented players, Martinez is a holding midfield player who was rated 4* by my scout, Gonzalez is a centre forward who brings some pace and hopefully a clinical edge.

Results Opening Stage

So we once again qualified for the playoff stage, we had some very good wins but we did lose a few games to the better sides in Mexico but at least we played really well in the first half of the season.

The Opening Stage Playoff Games

Ha! Finally we have broken our terrible run in the playoffs and we gained a victory to seal the opening stage! We were a bit lucky against Laguna but we finished second in the league allowing us to progress with a draw the same with Atlas.

But against Monterrey we were excellent, we defended so well away from home and should have scored. But we sealed the final with a Gallegos freekick and won the opening stage!

Mexico -The Gold And Confederations Cup

So a break to the Mexican national team as we were involved in the confederations cup. I will just post all the results for you to see :

So we finished third and I was very pleased with that! How we didnt beat Japan I will never know, we created so many chances we could have won five matches, but defensive mistakes combined with happless finishing cost us.

We reacted well to beat England before a real lesson in football by Brazil, in all honesty we didnt play too badly. Spain beat us in the semi-final but we gave them a real game and we actually missed a penalty and had a goal ruled off!

As with me though, we had no luck but we did beat Germany in the third place game and the board were delighted with that!

The Gold Cup

So the gold cup is sort of the European championship or Asian cup etc

As you can see we made light work to get into the final, after a hammering Panama in our opening group we continued to score for fun as we were just too strong. Our final was against Honduras who some how managed to beat the USA in the semi!

Gold Cup Final vs Honduras

As expected we cruised to the win, and should have scored alot more but our captain Romero struck a hat-trick and another trophy was added to my collection. I resigned as I got annoyed with having to manage two sides at once and was hoping that the Chivas manger would be appointed!

But my underhand tactic failed completely as some un-know Mexican took charge, so back to Veracruz it is!

Results Closing Stage

So an excellent closing stage as we finished top of the league, and once again qualified for the playoff’s this time to try and win the closing stage, have no idea why they set the league up like this but playoff’s it is!

The Closing Stage Playoff Games

Well it wouldnt be an official Ana post if I didnt lose at least one playoff game! Both times I beat Tecos 6-1 and 3-1 but some how they managed to beat beat 3-1 at home by creating hardly anything but nothing I can do about it now!

Final Player Ratings Of The Season

My best player was my central defender Aitchedji who performed really considering he is more a defensive midfield player, Evandro was excellent on my wing and Gonzales was a little star scoring 23 goals is 33 games.

All in all a really good season, we won the opening stage which I believe means we have qualified for the Copa Libertadores (South American champions league) and hopefully we can qualify for the North American champions league also.

So we have two chances I guess to win two champions leagues that I need in my challenge, am not sure of our chances! But I guess we will see how we can perform when we get there.

Once again thanks for reading a very long post and hopefully I can get one of the two champions league titles that I need!!

Screenshot Requests

Sibo asked me last time to post a picture of Lionel Messi so here he is :

I dont have the Spanish league loaded so his playing stats are no where near as good as they should be and he also never won any personal awards either! Any other request let me know but bare in mind that I am very far into the future so they may have retired and be gone forever!

Thanks for reading and my Coruxo game is broke, so I will just continue posting/playing this game until the next game comes out.

So until then bye bye! :)