The Ultimate Champions League Challenge

[stonecold]

Ultimate Champions League Challenge



Taking up my own challenge huh, i better do good!


This is the Champions League Challenge
Stonecold & Klippybo's Ultimate Champions League Challenge



Stonecold's History with the Champions League

Don't get me wrong here but me and the Champions League are NOT friends!


Since Championship Manager changed to Football manager I've been awful in Europe, Usually blitz the domestic competitions but have lost out in Europe to some pretty embarrassing teams. One famous Champions League final saw the mighty Bordeaux beat my Real Madrid 3-1 being my biggest gripe but I've had problems with other top sides including Man City, Barcelona, Man Utd, Inter with Cristiano Ronaldo up front have all been amongst my biggest failures


So what about this time?
Having never tried anything like this before i would be delighted to bring 10 teams to Champions League Glory. I think its a pretty realistic aim even if i have to taint my sole by joining some pretty disgusting teams







Where else to Start but!!!!!


Man Utd - 3 times winners - 1968,1999,2008




My thinking is there is 2 ways to go with this. Start with one of the teams that gain you 30-50 points for a Champions League win or start big and hope you can rack up the champions league wins quick and fast, im going for the latter and hope my favorite team can get us off to a dream start

Summer business to follow




----Champions League Efforts----

2012/13 - Man Utd - CL = Runner Up - Current Points 0
2013/14 - Man Utd CL = Last 16 - Current Points 0
2014/15 - Man Utd CL = Winner - Current Points 5
2015/16 - Inter CL = Winner - Current Points 15
2016/17 - Dortmund CL = Winner - Current Points 30
2017/18 - Bayern Munich CL = Winner - Current Points 45
2018/19 - Bayern Munich CL = Winner - Current Points 47
2019/20 - ACMilan = No European Football + Liverpool CL - Semi Final 47
2020/21 - Liverpool CL = Winner - Current Points 67
2021/22 - Real Madrid CL = Winner - Current Points 72


Other Trophys

Man Utd
Premiership
Carling Cup
European Super Cup

Dortmund
Bundesliga
German Super Cup

Bayern
Bundesliga
German Super Cup
World Club Championships

AC Milan
-

Liverpool
Premiership

Real Madrid
La Liga

[White army]

gd luck

i will do a story too

[stonecold]

Season 1 Preview


First team 2012



If our attack goes like we do in real life and the midfield makes the difference i suspect i may then i have a great chance of winning the Champions League first time out



Transfers



Man Utd's transfers



In

Man Utd's weakness is Midfield so we added two of the premierships best


Mauro Fellaini

Will be a Playmaker attacking, deep lying he can do the lot



Cheick Tiote
Will be the wall in front of our shaky defense


Paulo Ferreira
Had to splash out £190k to get back up for our wing backs. Will not play much!



Out


Welbeck went out on loan to Spurs because i only play 1 lead striker and he'd be behind Van Persie, Rooney and Hernandez


Rafael would have been a back up right back but I'd have missed out on either Fellaini or Tiote so Rafael left.




August results




Reading 0-4 Man Utd
O'G
Van Persie
Scholes
Nani




Man Utd 3-1 Sunderland
Van Persie 2
Cleverley


Tom Cleverley out for 5 months with a broken leg, Chances were it was a former team mate



Champions League Draw



Man Utd landed in Group B with a group they should comfortably get through but one which has plenty history.


Man Utd and Benfica have played each other several times over the years most notably in the 1968 European Cup final. Another team from the past is Basel until beating Man Utd in 2011/12 season that names was more associated with a cartoon character


By avoiding the trickier second seed we have a good chance at getting a 100% winning run or 100% clean sheets through the group phase and maybe set us on out way to some bonus points

[White army]

good luck hope u do well

[stonecold]

September



Man Utd 2-0 QPR
Valencia
Rooney



Aston Villa 0-0 Man Utd




Montpellier V Man Utd - Champions League Match 1
Pre Match Man Utd are declared "15/2" 3rd favorites behind the two Spanish giants. Time to show why! Ryan Giggs is the only new injury worry after getting a knock against Villa


Montpellier 1-1 Man Utd
Scholes



Arghh so many bonus points disappeared with a 90th minute goal Soulermane Camara's picture perfect equalizer




Everton 1-2 Man Utd
Young
Van Persie




Man Utd 2-0 Liverpool - Carling Cup
Hernandez
Henriquez



Man Utd 1-0 Chelsea
Nani






Premier League



Still League unbeaten and still top despite playing half strength sides against Villa and Chelsea

[KLIPPYBO]

U versus French teams - always makes me giggle - makes me wonder why you didnt start off with Marseille...........

[stonecold]

U versus French teams - always makes me giggle - makes me wonder why you didnt start off with Marseille...........

The French should stick to international football, its the only time they bring me any happiness!

[stonecold]

October




Man Utd V Benfica - Champions League Match 2
Following on from our embarrassing result in France we've got to take our anger and frustration out on Benfica and make ourselves look like serious challengers for the competition. Rooney joins Cleverley on the injury list and misses out here. Chris Smalling is back in training but still not ready for tonight


Man Utd 3-0 Benfica
Nani
Van Persie 2


A very simple win. United we stood and Benfica were walked over at Old Trafford




Man Utd 2-1 Arsenal
Fellaini
Valencia




Stoke 1-2 Man Utd
Hernandez 2




Basel V Man Utd - Champions League match 3
Victory over Benfica got us back on the rails and back to back wins against Basel are expected


Basel 0-3 Man Utd
Valencia 3


Probably not the player you would have backed to get a hattrick but a one man show from Valencia puts us top of the group for the first time






Southampton 1-2 Man Utd
Rooney
Vidic




Man Utd 4-1 Southampton - Carling Cup
Hernandez 2
Januzaj
Pereira






League


Sneaked past Stoke and Southampton where it looked like we might be away to loose or at best drop points

[stonecold]

November




Man Utd 2-0 Norwich
Young
Januzaj




Man Utd V Basel - Champions League Match 4
Match 4 And its Rio Ferdinand's turn to be injured, stunned that both Rio and Vidic survived to November without one of them getting hurt


Man Utd 1-1 Basel
Valencia


This was a mega frustrating game! Fletcher out injured till Christmas and again we went missing, not taking our chances is becoming a massive problem, will try something different in match 5 and 6






Man Utd 2-1 Newcastle
Van Persie
Nani



Man Utd 0-0 West Brom




Man Utd V Montpellier - Champions League Match 5
A Win today and we'll have stumbled through to the knockout stages!


Man Utd 5-0 Montpellier
Van Persie
Nani
Jones
Valencia
Rooney


Well there's that performance we were waiting for. Lots of goals, lots of scorers and Benfica won a classic in Switzerland so we've topped the group





Man City 3-1 Man Utd
Van Persie






League



Suffer our 1st league defeat of the season as City and Chelsea close the gap

[KLIPPYBO]

Hurry up and win the thing so I dont have to read about you being Man Utd lol - I see Newcastle are struggling while Sunderland are even worse..................

I am dreading managing Man Utd in my attempt. Maybe I will move to there, win the Champions League with them and sell/release all their players when I get a job offer (you can delay for a week) - to cleanse my soul. Ha ha.

Anywho - I digress - lets hope you avoid PSG in the knock-outs