Every so often while playing Footbal Manager 2008 a moment will happen to most of us which i like to call the "punch the air moment"! By this i mean you will be sitting perfectly normal in your seat then without any warning you will jump up and throw your fist in the air like a lunatic. For the first time in a long time this happened to me and i felt it deserved to be documented because if i don't win anything with Real Sociedad this will be my crowning glory!
As i previously mentioned in my last update i drew Barcelona in the 5th round of the Spanish Cup. The first leg ended in a 3-3 thriller at home and my aim for the return leg was simply to keep the score down and avoid embarrasment.
The fans were fearing the worst and i dealt with this by trying to take the heat off my team by telling the press i was just looking for a good performance and played down our chances of beating them. I also singled out Iniesta as a dangerman which very interestingly led to them leaving him out of the team. Perhaps the pressure got to him ha ha.
The tactic i went for was one of caution with the hope of us being able to catch them on the counter-attack. Things started badly with Henry scoring after 6 minutes to put them 4-3 up on aggregate. Then for the next 84 minutes i sat in utter disbelief as my team played them off the park. The hero of the hour was Giorgos Samaras. He put Barca to the sword with a brilliant double and prompted my fist to hit the air! To rub it in they had a goal dissalowed for offside and when asked to comment i stuck the knife in even more by saying they were bitter! Genius!
If anyone else has any "punch the air moments" like this please feel free to leave a comment.
*UPDATE* To follow on from me boasting about beating Barcelona i thought i'd also share my pain. In the next round i played Sevilla. In the 1st leg i was beaten at home 4-1 and Samaras got injured and is out for 3 months then in the 2nd leg i was beaten 5-4 and Kodro broke his leg and is out for 5 months. I should have made the title of the post - How To Beat Barcelona Then Get Absolutely Thrashed From Sevilla!
3 comments:
Hhaa nice job there! surviving barca will always be a good one to post, even if your a higher rated team, since most of the time either valencia, r madrid of barca will dominate the save games :) Well done, good luck next round!
btw, mid season update within 2 days now :)
Cheers Vincent. When i'm bored at work i'm gonna look at it and it will cheer me up ha ha.
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