Os Santásticos

Hello everyone I'm back with a new story, and with the Rio Olympics coming up soon, where's a better place to start a story than Brazil.

Now for this story I will be trying to replicate the Os Santásticos (If you don't know who they, look them up) often considered one of the best teams made up in any sport. Over their 10 year period, the club scored over 3000 goals and won 24 trophies, which is an amazing feat which I don't think will ever be broken. This feat made Santos a Worldwide known club, which in itself was an achievement in the 60's. They also broke numerous other records including winning the first ever treble and the first ever quadruple. They were a force to be reckoned with in world football.

Of course they were helped by the likes of Pele, Gilmar, Pepe and Coutinho but none the less they were an outstanding team who even the European teams could not beat at the time.

I'm going to try and replicate this success, which will be tough because Brazilian football and Santos are not as big as they used to be, with many Brazilian players wanting to go play in Europe when they reach the age of 22/23. So first I will have to get the Brazilian league to a standard where it can compete with Europe and then from there I can really kick on.

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Reports coming out of the state of Sao Paulo today that Santos have opened talks with a new mystery manager after the departure of Dorival Junior. After the demise of Santos as a club, the board have finally lost patience with the lack lack of progress being by the club and are looking to bring in a man who will produce results.

With their last trophy coming in 2012, Peixe are a long way from their Os Santásticos days. But they are still one of the most passionate and supported clubs in world football so those days could still be coming back.

Reports coming out of Sao Paulo suggesting that an unknown Sunday League Manager named Jose Souza is the man currently in talks with Santos as they believe he is the man to take them forward after securing 4 back to back promotions with his current club.

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At the age of 25 Jose Souza is one of the youngest managers in world football, but he never wanted to be a football manager.

His childhood was spent growing up in Porto Alegre, Jose Souza has always been a fan of Santos despite Gremio being the big team in his state. He never really did well at school because he knew one day he would make it in football, he studied all day about the Os Santásticos and he wanted to be like Pele.

Originally he was a footballer for Gremio, being a key player for them, until one day he suffered a minor heart attack at the age of 23, after which doctors told him to never play professionally again.

However he was once described by the the likes of Pele, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho as one of the best footballing minds in Brazil so he knew he could not leave football all together.

Residing in Santos, Sao Paulo, he decided that he needed to get back into football, becoming an Under 18's coach for Santos. It was here that Santos discovered that Jose had the potential to be their next manager when they saw how the under 18's respected him.

Now he has a chance to make history with Santos again, and turn this small club from Sao Paulo back into the worldwide renown club they should have always been after such a rich and wonderful history.

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Now for the twist

It's like the world has gone back in time, as 3000 legends have come back to bless the game - Thanks to davidczv for the database

3000 legends have come back to their original clubs to prove that they would still make it in today's game.

Os Santasticos are back, and now it is my time to try and achieve what they did in the 1960's, today. Having been blessed with the likes of Pele and Gilmar, it sounds like it should be an easy challenge, however, with every Brazilian legend back, Brazil is now a very tough league.

Goals
Win over 24 trophies in 10 years
Score over 3000 goals in 10 years
Win a treble
Win a quadruple
Make Santos the most successful club in World Football
Recreate Os Santásticos

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