Great win. Zuculini gave us the lead, but then I was cocky and he gave the ball away for them to level. Roberto came miles out and fumbled the cross straight to their player to put them ahead. Jese equalised and then Bamba fouled him in injury time, Alaba converting the penalty.

1-1 draw at strugglers Espanyol.

2-1 loss at Getafe in the first leg of the cup.

Best international result yet, a 1-1 draw with Italy. Debuts for Djuric and Sana out wide, Sana's pace and 4* skills came in handy. 69 rated goalkeeper Soderberg played better than anybody I've tried there so far, made 10 saves in a MOTM display. Holmen gave us the lead as we dominated them, but the tides turned. El Shaarawy equalised and we held on for a draw.

Got knocked out by Lokomotiv Moscow in the Europa League on aggregate. It finished 2-2 but they went through on away goals. First leg, the ref basically handed them the win. Schneiderlin makes a clean tackle, and wins the ball but for some reason the ref thinks that's a hazardous tackle and gives him a red card. You'd think by now EA would have sorted this idiotic refereeing out by now. Second leg, I won 1-0 thanks to a Benzia goal but it was too late.


Now, have two Euro 2016 Qualifers to play against Northern Ireland and Russia. Last game Spain absolutely demolished me 5-1 with 77% possession and 88% passing accuracy I think. Literally unplayable.
Then I drew 1-1 with Denmark in Lisbon. Second in the group, just. Need to win these next two games to put me in a more comfortable position.

That's happened to me a couple of times recently. Stupid refs seem to think getting the ball, then catching the man slightly in a position of no danger warrants a red. Another thing I really don't understand is the fullback being on the edge of your own box playing everyone onside from their goal kicks.

77% possession

Another good international win. Finally picking up form but it doesn't matter, another friendly. Ibra gives us the lead early on against Chile. They're not too testing, we defend well and Soderberg does brilliantly when called upon to get another MOTM in his second game, he's not put a foot wrong. They get a lucky rebound for Fernandez to level late on, but Rasmus Elm strikes a brilliant free kick to give us the win, and the sub Sana tucks home on the counter in injury time.

Another thing I really don't understand is the fullback being on the edge of your own box playing everyone onside from their goal kicks.
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Noticed this

Happens to the CPu sometimes as well TBF.

Why have they done it? Why does it happen? It didn't last year, I just don't get it at all.

RZ 5-1 Atletico. Bienvenu's not bad, it turns out, scored the opener. Jese 2, Alaba, Joel Valencia.

Unlucky late loss at Barca. Messi gave them an early lead, Jese and Postiga turned it around, but Messi scored again. Afellay off the bench to grab the winner after I had some great chances to win it.

Media saying Nesta and Fernandez are playing chit and fans want new defenders. Liars. But I do need new defenders because Nesta's retiring and Loovens and Paredes are old. Alvaro only good young CB, Laguardia average.

Beat Sevilla 2-1. Benzia scores, they get a lucky equaliser, Apono scores an injury time penalty.

It is so difficult to keep a clean sheet on this game. Concentrating my absolute best, dominated play, scored with my only four shots and they still scored.

Thank you for suggesting I sign once of Caceres, Ivanovic, Piszczek or Richards, media. Sound like really achievable deals considering I have multiple players whose contracts I want to renew but can't, and that's before the new defensive signings I need and any youth scouts I want to send out.

Most dominated I've ever been in that game, lost 5-1 at home to Valencia. They just didn't let me have the ball and were out of the box the wild dogs on speed.

Shots 1-17
On target 1-11
Goals 1-5
Possessio 37-63
Pass accuracy 70-90

At least I was clinical

Defending is impossible now, all it takes is one HOOOOOOOOF down field and my defense get sucked into some wormhole they can't get out of until it's too late.

To be fair I am very good at HOOOOOOOFing on career mode. Roberto's got 88 kicking which means he can punt it all the way down the field in one go. Brilliant, can usually get a striker on the end of it. It does get a bit boring though. Finally downloading a full PES option pack now so can try out Master League for myself.

I just abuse pace like a boss. Swapped Sissoko for a younger player called Gabriel, but he has only 65 pace so I've dropped him. I want Moussa back already, even if he was declining.

I don't pace abuse too much. But it helps.

Outclassed Getafe in the return leg, started 2-1 down on aggregate and after Jose Mari's first half header, Bienvenu came off the bench to wrap it up with 15 minutes left.










































Lol jk the game facked me over, they scored three goals in the last seven minutes despite me being on ultra-defensive and high pressing. Admittedly I did let them have the last one as they played an unstoppable pass to split my defence. Fack off EA. I have kept one clean sheet all season in all competitions, we are nearly in January.

Think the game has changed now, clean sheets have become almost impossible to get. I've only kept 2 in about 15 matches. It's not like I let them have tons of chances either.

To be fair I've had trouble with clean sheets in every FIFA ever but it seems worse than before this year, especially with a fairly average team. But it is just beyond a joke. If EA have ever watched a football game in their facking lives, they might know that some games teams close out their opponents and they DON'T score

Fans want me to sign Juanfran. Will that be with their money then? Because it won't be with mine.

Atletico want me

Loads of bids coming in for Victor Rodriguez who the club have transfer listed and won't let me unlist him until I give him a new contract, even though we don't have any facking money.

After offers from about 10000000000000000 different clubs Bilbao agree a £7m deal.

Apono, Jese and Postiga give us a shock 3-2 win at the Bernabeu

4-3 win at Getafe. Of course, do it in the league when I don't give a chit.

Apono harshly sent off for two bookings. Sivok own goal, Jese with two, and a late winner from Lucas Porcar who finally makes use of his great long shot stats.

FACKING HELL HERCULES WHY WON'T YOU PAY AN EXTRA 25K FOR MY FACKING PLAYER YOU BASTADS

Molde quote me a really low price for Soderberg. I bid less. They reject. I bid the price they asked. They reject. I bid more than they ask. They reject. WHY DID YOU FACKING SAY YOU'D ACCEPT THAT OFFER IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU UTTER BALLBAGS

Signed Virgil van Dijk, brilliant all-round CB. Pacey, 6'4'', great in the air, 96 strength, good on the ball, good defender. 2.8m plus Loovens.

Instant impact from VVD, a clean sheet in a 3-0 win at Betis, Postiga, Porcar and Bienvenu scoring. Canas wants to leave them. I might sign him. Partly because of his great stamina and defensive stats as a DM, partly because of the hair.

http://images.football365.com/12/10/800x600/Jose-Alberto-Canas-Real-Betis-2012_2847660.jpg

Sociedad signed him first, evil doers. Got Ignacio Camacho instead, would've got Raul Baena too but didn't have the money. Also finally got Soderberg for 600k.

Loaned out Joel Valencia to get some more game time.