Ana, FM 2012 : Season 4 Velez Sarsfield 2031-2032

Hello everyone!

Welcome back to my long pentagon journey as we are on the hunt for that elusive Copa Lib title to hopefully end my long wait. Last year I fell short due to family health problems so am doubly determined to get it and as such finish this challenge.

Velez has been an amazing club to manage and I really do like the Argentine league very much, everything sounds pretty much perfect except for my lets say our dubious chairman who seems more inclined to line his pockets than invest in the club so I have been fighting an uphill battle for money.

So lets have a look at our season went.

Managerial C.V

— Black Aces (June 2011 – June 2018)

African Premier League : 2016

Super 8′s Winner : 2015, 2016

First Division : 2012

South African Knockout Cup : 2016

The African Champions League : 2017

— New York Red Bulls (January 2019 –December 2021)

U.S. Cup : 2019

MLS : 2020, 2021

North American Champions League : 2020

— FC Seoul ( January 2022 – December 2025)

K-League : 2023, 2024

Korean FA Cup : 2022

Korean League Cup : 2024

The Asian Champions League : 2025

— Arsenal (July 2026 -June 2028)

The Premier League : 2027, 2028

The Europa League : 2027

The FA Cup : 2027

The League Cup : 2028

The European Champions League : 2028

— Velez Sarsfield (December 2028 – Present)

Premier Division Open Stage : 2029, 2030

Copa Argentina : 2031

International Career

— U.S.A (May 2017 – July 2021)

Nothing.

— Spain (July 2024 – 2027)

Nothing .

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Jobs Accepted, Jobs Declined, Jobs I Should Probably Have Declined!

So lets start with a job I should have declined! I guess my chairman aside I really like Velez I like my squad and the progress we have been making.

Four years sound about right as if I cant claim the Copa Lib in that time then I will move away to possibly Brazil or maybe a team like River Plate if the opportunity arises.

Job declined next!

Made me smile that after sacking me about ten years ago they now want me back to manage the national side!

I declined as you can see but I did accept a new job……

Peru!! :)

I must be mad……

I guess I have nothing to lose they have quite low expectations and seeing as I am so bad at international management maybe this is the ideal job for me? Or maybe it will be another sacking but either way I will have some fun and hopefully upset some sides like Argentina or Brazil in our World Cup Qualification section fingers crossed!

Our star player is probably this guy :

Special Picture Time! The World Rankings.

That’s right Cameroon are the worlds best! Jake will be happy that Sweden come in at number eight and Tunisians and Serbians even happier at fifth and sixth.

England can be pretty happy to be ahead of the likes of Spain, Argentina and Germany but France have tumbled down to 28th position and Peru are currently 19th so not too bad in the crazy world rankings! :)

Velez Club Information and Finances

Our value has tumbled down to £29,5 million from £38 million last year into our chairman’s bank balance no doubt!

We payed back a small fraction of our debt but things stay mostly the same.

Finances still look poor considering last year we sold a star player for £24 million where did all that money go!

I fear it will a season where at the end we will be in the red…..

Transfers In and Out — First Window

Kept my buying small again with only two new faces whilst also selling two players and making a small profit of £4 million wonder if that money will be there come the end of season, I dont have high hopes.

I said in a post to Acss about a love of African players so I decided to sign one and a promising Argentine defender so here they are.

Thabang Lichaba

Cristian Dominguez

Opening Stage Results and League Table

So a really good opening stage barring two away defeats, the River one I didnt mind as they have an amazing squad but losing six one away at Argentinos I hate how at times my team get so complacent its defiantly a thing I have experienced at all my clubs but its seems to be the worst here at Velez.

However all things said we were in the Copa Lib so cant complain too much I guess. :)

My Theory Was True!!!

So last post I made some ‘claims’ about my chairman, lets say taking our money for his own and most people said it couldnt happen in the game but I now have proof!

Now I dont know if this is actually part of the game with a lets say ‘dodgy’ chairman in charge but let me put my case forward.

So Mr Matias Vergara decided that enough was enough and wanted to leave the club, however the £24 million he took from us to line his pockets just wasnt quite enough as he allowed my promising right back I posted last time Carmona to leave for almost £3 million pounds I was furious however before I could even react this came into my inbox……

Your kidding!!!

Within almost a week he left and that money? You guessed it, it never even touched the Velez bank balance (as you will see later in my post!) that’s right my chairman pocketed all that money thats the only explanation for our money problems.

I really was shocked but I guess its really a nice idea to have sort of nefarious characters in the game, I dont know if that is the case but I cant really think of another explanation as I cut all my costs to the bare minimum yet lost MORE money so I will let you decide with your own opinions! :)

Closing Stage Results and League Table

So finally we won a milestone game!!

That two zero win over Lanus was my 1,000 in charge and finally my team put in a consistent season most think the season finished in January!

However you may have noticed that we finished equal on points with Boca so you know what that means, its playoff time!

Lets see how I got on……

I’m scared……!!!

Not only did we win a playoff game we totally dominated it and yes you are reading an Ana story! :)

I cant believe it a milestone win and then a playoff win in the same season, we were in total control the scoreline was a fair reflection on the game as we claimed the closing stage as well!

Cup Competitions

Copa Sudamericana

Hate this competition!!!

Sometimes I just dont get this game how they scored six times I will never know they only had four shots on target! We did help them with two own goals, but really games like this frustrate me.

Copa Argentina

So we failed to retain our Copa Argentina after losing three two at home to Tigre I was disappointed but its life I guess!

Copa Liberatadores

The Final — First Leg

The Final — Second Leg

YAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!

Sorry a bit over the top but after 1,400 games last year and another 1,000 this year I have finally done it! :)

I must say I was very pleased with myself (without sounding smug!) after such a long journey I have finally done it the last sentence in the blue box sums my journey up perfectly!

World Cup Qualification — Peru

Too good to be true so far! Something had to give as my terrible record at international level continues…

I forgot to take a picture of the league but lets just say at the moment we wont be going to the world cup, hard luck storie’s as we lost two ninety minutes winners against Chile and Paraguay so not great so far.

Final Player Ratings of the Season

All heroes in my mind!

But I cant say enough about Barreto and Choquhuenca I ended up pairing them as my two strikers and the results speak for themselves, 64 goals and 35 assists between them I really believe that Choquhuenca has all the Messi attributes.

Romero was also tremendous at the heart of my midfield and Prieto had another solid season but all in all was so happy with them all. :)

Star Men of the Season Miguel Angel Barreto and the New Lionel Messi! :)

End of Season Finances and Save Game Status

So with our new and ‘legit’ chairman! The finances are not as bad as I expected as we are still on the right side of the balance sheet coincidence that when our old chairman left we saved £10 million in expenditures?

We didnt get that much for winning the Copa Lib around £1.5 million I think so its good to have a chairman out for the club for a change! :)

Finally The End…………Or Is It!?

Phew!

Sorry for a super long post but am nearly finished now!

Where to start! I guess with the final piece of my pentagon challenge and I have loved every minute of it having looked back I am sort of proud of myself to re-do this challenge after missing out last year I know its just a game and it wont affect anything in my real life but still I set out to do this challenge and after 1,400 games last year and a further 1,000 this time (2,400 for all you bad at maths!)  I managed to conclude it.

I know I took the easier option with Arsenal rather than a team from outside the big five (England, France, Italy, Spain, Germany) so that’s the reason for the is it? Having thought about this I was wondering shall I re-do that part of my challenge and win with a team from Portugal or something? However with Johnny trying to win from a team with Romania I dont want to steal his thunder and give you a more of the same type story.

Or shall I just continue on a journey to try to and wrap up managing in every league on the game? I have managed in a lot so far but their are some that I haven’t even tried so I will let you decide, a trip back down memory lane with Real Union, or a trip back to South Africa to topple them pesky Orlando Pirates! its your choice! I will read your comments and try and pick the one I like! ;)

So again a huge thank you to everyone who has read my story and felt the need to leave me a comment, it does mean a lot to me that you take time out of your lives to read it and that I have even inspired some of you to take up some different challenges like the storie’s that inspired me to even start writing.

I play for fun and never ever fabricate my results (unless I get a crash or something but I always let you know if that’s the case) as I am in this for the challenge not the success hence why I posted my save game status at the end of every season to prove no under hand antics were used. I cant seem to get international success right yet but as you have seen I’m a  pretty determined person! So I plan to at least get to a final of a tournament but am not too hopeful!

So that’s it I guess! Again a massive thank you to everyone who as followed me from day one and those who joined the story and different points I look forward to hearing where you want me to go next but before I go here is  a picture of my manger profile, bye for now and thanks!!! :)

Note* — The formation picture is wrong! I play a 4-2-4 this is my containing formation which I rarely use! :)

Note ** — I ended up letting my assistant do all the press conference after a +1,000 games its getting pretty tiring answering all the same questions time and time again!