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Barcelona 2020 - The Future

A New Idea I am trying of starting a save in the year 2020!
Started on 7 April 2014 by AS4
Latest Reply on 20 April 2014 by captainbrickarms
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great post mate! interesting to see how the squad's shaping up, and i'm loving your writing style! keep it up!
2014-04-08 12:27#167881 TodayAtTomorrow : great post mate! interesting to see how the squad's shaping up, and i'm loving your writing style! keep it up!

Thanks a ton mate! :D
Means a lot! Hope you enjoy it further ! :)
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The Flashing Lights

I walked slowly into the conference hall, flanked by Sandro Rossell on one side and my assistant manager on the other, I wondered what a bizarre and unexpected turn my life had taken in the past 48 hours. From being retired to being back into soccer, as a manager. And that of the Blaugrana of all the teams in the world. I wouldn’t have done it for any other team though. As the doorman opened the door for me and I stepped inside, I was nearly blinded by lights flashing here and there. Welcome to the life of a football manager, I told myself.
I composed myself as I took my chair and looked at the press reporters, quite frankly, it didn’t really feel so intimidating, perhaps because I had done interviews as a player before and I was comfortable with the press.
Sandro started the proceedings, “As you all might have been informed, FC Barcelona have decided to announce club icon Andrés Iniesta as the new manager of FC Barcelona.” He took a short pause “As promised earlier, this is his first interview with the press in his new role and you are welcome to ask questions. Andres will take it from here”.
Just as he said those words, I felt the limelight shift to me. Way to go Andrés. This is your first step.
I could see a number of hands rise up in the air, waiting to ask questions. Sandro chose which journalist would get to ask me the first question of my managerial career.
“Hi, first of all Andrés, congratulations on being appointed manager. How does it feel? And what do you plan to …..”

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Barcelona appoint surprising candidate as manager
24 July 202 - Barcelona
FC Barcelona, the in trouble Catalan giants, who terminated former coach Luis Enrique’s contract after he failed to bring silverware in his fourth season as well, have appointed former player and club icon Andrés Iniesta as the new manager. This comes as a surprise appointment as Andrés, though being one of the greatest Barcelona players in recent memory, lacks any qualification to be the manager of the Catalan club and has no prior managerial experience. Since Luis Enrique’s departure, many were touting former FCP boss Paulo Fonseca to succeed Luis Enrique at Nou Camp, however Fonseca accepted the offer from Arsenal and will be managing The Gunners on a four year contract now.
Yesterday, Barcelona held a press conference to unveil their new manager, and although admitted that this would seem as a shock appointment, and something that looked like something of a gamble, club president Sandro also insisted that “Andrés has what it takes”. In yesterday’s conference when asked why Sandro thought Iniesta was the man for the job, the Barcelona president replied, saying “Andrés spent his whole career, indeed his whole life at Barcelona. He is also an experienced player which means that he will be able to read the game better than others. In times like these, we need someone like him, who knows the club, and La Masia, inside out. And this will definitely help us focus our efforts on La Masia – which would be bolstered by the appointment of one of its graduates as manager”

During his first press conference, Andrés Iniesta faced a number of questions, excerpts of which are available below.

Press: Hello Andrés, congratulations on the appointment. How does it feel? And what are your initial plans?
Andrés: Hi. Thank you so much for your wishes. It feels ecstatic, to be back to my boyhood club, something I hold so dear to me. It is a very good feeling. It is a surreal feeling really. My plan is to help the team achieve bigger things, because I believe that a team with so many good players can definitely perform better.

Press: How do you feel towards club president Sandro Rossell?
Andrés: I respect Sandro, a lot. And I feel that we are in a sync. Our vision of what the club should be like, of what it should achieve and how it should function is the same, and both of us want to do all in our power to ensure that vision comes to reality.

Press: On that note, Mr Iniesta, what do you think is the key to the relationship between you and Mr Sandro?
Andrés: Umm, I think the key to this working relationship we have is that we have known each other for quite some time, and there is constant communication between us. This helps us get ideas across and we can really strive to improve the club.

Press: What are your views on the facilities at Barcelona considering the recent criticism that the club has faced for not keeping up with the changing times?
Andrés: The facilities are very good, I have to say that, but at the same time, I think there is scope for upgrade. As you said, we haven’t really kept up with the times and thus cannot claim to have the best of facilities, as was once the case. However, I assure all fans that this will not be the case for long. As a matter of fact, yesterday, me and Mr Rossell had quite a chat about the youth and training facilities at the club and I am pleased to announce that Mr Rossell has agreed to invest a collective sum of £8 million to improve both youth and training facilities one notch higher.

Press: Would you shed some light on who you will be looking at in the transfer market? And what are your opinions on previous manager Luis Enrique’s forays into the transfer market? How do you feel about working with a depleted budget?
Andrés: To be quite frank with you, I am very happy with our squad as of now, I think we have the right mix of youth and experience to tackle the coming season. Luis did a good job with transfers and I will not be making a foray into the transfer market, unless there is an exceptional player available in the near future. Any deal that will possibly be made will happen during the next transfer window.

Sandro: Okay, now this will be the last question please!
Press: There is some speculation as to how you will perform this season. Would you like to share with us your expectations for the season?
Andrés: I will do my best, and the results will do the talking. Thank you for your time.
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As I walked out of the conference room, I gave myself an imaginary pat on the back, Well done Andrés, you did good. Now that my first conference was out of the way, I could now focus on the pre season.
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Pre-Season Review

25 July 2020 - Sergio Busquet's Testimonial
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Iniesta's Insight: I had made it perfectly clear to the team that we needed to put up a good show for Busquet's testimonial, after all he had been a vital part of our team for so many years, and what better way to honor Sergio than this. We played against a weaker side but we did dominate and I could see flashes of that old style of play that once made us so popular.


1 August 2020
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Iniesta's Insight: This was definitely a match that we should have won. We dominated possession, set up constant attacks and should have literally bombarded the keeper with shots, however we did not perhaps due to the lack of finishing. Or perhaps it was due to us playing a different formation.

5 August 2020
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Iniesta's Insight: Playing the world's most feared team as of now. This was an even match, where both the sides should have shared the spoils, however, they got lucky and we never seemed to recover.

8 August 2020
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Iniesta's Insight: We needed to start off our season on a high, and I believe that is exactly what we will do now that we have dealt with PAOK with a solid 3-0 victory over them! We looked rock solid defensively and did not allow them to have even one shot on target. Pique was the man as he handled the defense superbly and pitched in with a goal!


Player of the Pre season: Lionel Messi
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Who else would it be? During the pre season he got 4 goals and an assist, and completed over 80 percent of his passes, some of them were vital to building up the attack. Even at 33, Messi seems to be good enough to give the best a run for their money!

The Preseason as a whole: Not so good. Not so bad either. The Elazigspor result was the only disappointment in the season since it was a match that we should have won with ease rather than being held to a draw and seeing our defense commit some serious mistakes at the most vital places! So it was a fairly average pre season, it helped us zero in on two formations that we will be using this season : An offensive 3-6-1 with wingers and the usual 4-5-1 formation which slowly morphs into a 4-3-3 while on the attack.


August - Monthly Review

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For Sevilla
Marvin Pourie (44)
Marcos Alonso (90)
For Barcelona
Lionel Messi (57)
Mario Pugliese (56)
Gino Peruzzi (89)
Alex Telles (24)

Franco Zuculini (Sevilla) 8.8

Iniesta's Insight: We started off offensively, however, could never capitalise, again due to lack of finishing in the side. We might have to look into other options apart from Sergio Aguero, since it seems he doesn't seem to be doing the job as well as I would have liked.

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For Barcelona
Pedro Ros (16)
Neymar (90+4)
For Valencia
Konstantin Rausch (7)
Javi Manquillo (45+1)
Ignacio Camacho (53)
Javi Manquillo (86)

Javi Manquillo 8.0

Iniesta's Insight: Another draw! This was a match that should have finished 2-0 or 3-0 easily considering the chances and possession we had, however, their goalkeeper turned out to be quiet solid and denied us a few goals. Again, lack of finishing hurt us. This is becoming a problem.


On the month in general: 2 matches, 2 draws. Not a good start. But better than having 2 losses. Hopefully we will pick up our pace soon and start making a title bid in a few games' time!

Player of the month: No one. I dont think anyone played well enough to deserve this award this month. We need to up our play one notch to contest in the La Liga.
Good updates, Maybe a squad overview next?
2014-04-09 15:52#168178 EdenHazard17 : Good updates, Maybe a squad overview next?

Thanks mate! :D
yeah, that is what I have planned, a squad overview before or after next month's update :)
Cheers!
Ok results, glad to see messi still dominating, please can I see how my beloved brighton are doing

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