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[FM13] C.D. Constància: Trading places

C.D. Constància A FM13 LLM dynasty
Started on 28 November 2012 by Northwood
Latest Reply on 10 December 2013 by Northwood
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In the end of 2019 the LIGA BBVA could be divided inn to four groups.
F.C. Barcelona and Real Madrid was the first group. They still dominated Spanish league football and had divided the league titles between them all the way back to 2003 and that didn’t look like it would change this year either.


A now 32-year old Lionel Messi was still the creating force in Barcelona now with a competent backup crew of Cavani, Hélton and a 22-year old Spanish/Saudi Mohammed Al-Harbi as up and coming super star.
Real Madrid had moved on from C Ronaldo (Sporting) and was now lead by Lucas Ocampos and Álvaro Vadillo.


The second group was the contenders that were not good enough to catch Real and Barcelona but instead had to fight for the remaining places in Europe every year. Teams like Valencia, At. Madrid, Sevilla and Betis were “members” of this group.


Then there was a big grey group in the middle of eight to ten teams. This was teams that lived a quiet existence in the middle of the league year after year. In a good year they might be fighting for a spot in the Europa League and in a bad year they were fighting against relegation. But for the most part they were never in any kind of real trouble.
This was teams like Granada, Malaga, Espanyol and Zaragoza.


And then there were the bottom feeders. The teams that were in the relegation fight every year. This was elevator teams that moved up and down between the LIGA BBVA and the LIGA adelante on a regular basis. Levante, Ray Vallecano, Ponferradina and Deportivo.


This year the group had gotten two new members in C.D. Constància and R.C.D. Mallorca.
Mallorca had for several seasons been part of the middle group that always found themselves on the edge of relegation but who managed to save themselves every year. But this year it looked even worse than normal for the team from the Mallorca capital.


The teams in the last group were the teams we had to get good results against. If we could get 20 points (wins at home and draws on the road) against the five teams we would "just" need other 17-20 points against teams from the middle layer to stay afloat.


Our results had not been spectacular. After an expected loss to Real Betis we were accused of grand theft when we got away from Madrid with a 2-2 result against Rayo Vallecano after scoring two goals in extra-time.


We had some time off due to a break for international games and we used the break to play a friendly against UD Alcudia and give some of the backups some much needed match practice.


We had picked up another win in the first leg of the fourth round of the Spanish Cup in a 1-0 home win against Levante and we had our first road win in the Liga BBVA after a 1-0 win over Zaragoza on a late goal by Francisco Coloma.
That left us with 12 points after the first 13 games and we were behind schedule.

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Nice update there Northwood :D Why were you playing a friendly at that time in the season?
Louis O. : Nice update there Northwood :D Why were you playing a friendly at that time in the season?

We had sixteen days between games due to an international break and I used the chance to play some of my backups that is in desperate need of match practice as I don’t have a reserve team.
2013-05-26 19:01#105359 Northwood :
Louis O. : Nice update there Northwood :D Why were you playing a friendly at that time in the season?

We had sixteen days between games due to an international break and I used the chance to play some of my backups that is in desperate need of match practice as I don’t have a reserve team.

Oh yeah :)) Organise more friendlies, so you should have your crap players maybe becoming quite good :)
Louis O. :
Northwood :
Louis O. : Nice update there Northwood :D Why were you playing a friendly at that time in the season?

We had sixteen days between games due to an international break and I used the chance to play some of my backups that is in desperate need of match practice as I don’t have a reserve team.

Oh yeah :)) Organise more friendlies, so you should have your crap players maybe becoming quite good :)

I would much rather have a B-team so I didn’t have to organize all these games myself.

Anyone knows what I need to do to get that?
Those results aren't the worst there mate! And you are collecting points off games I can see you staying up for sure
k1rups : Those results aren't the worst there mate! And you are collecting points off games I can see you staying up for sure

Take away the friendly and the cup match and there is only one win and three draws left. But there are also just three losses.

The important thing is to not loss points to the teams behind me.
I'm a very late follower but really enjoying this story! Keep it going mate you have enough quality about you to stay up!
DeanByrne1995 : I'm a very late follower but really enjoying this story!

Thanks Dean. Glad to have you onboard.

DeanByrne1995 : Keep it going mate you have enough quality about you to stay up!

Unfortunately that is not true. Looking at our team player by player and comparing them to our opponents in the LIGA BBVA we are hopelessly overmatched against almost every team.
If we are to stay up with will have to do it by using smoke and mirrors and by being a better/smarter team than our opponents.
You need to put everything in to stay up, and then, next season you can build a team fit for the league.
Toon : You need to put everything in to stay up, and then, next season you can build a team fit for the league.

I 100% agree with you.

Relegation would be devastating economically. I can only imagine what will happen to our salary budget if we go back down. It will most likely mean that I will have to sell most new players and start building again from scratch.

Every game against the teams behind us in the standing is a must-win-game.
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The battle of Mallorca


We had a lot of important games coming up but for the people of Inca there were only two games that truly mattered this season.


Home and away against the evil empire R.C.D Mallorca.


We had sold all the 8000 season tickets the first week after they were made available and during the first five home games we had averaged well over nine thousands people in the stands per game. That combined with solid TV money guaranteed that we would come out of our first ever season in the LIGA BBVA as winners on the economic front no matter what happened on the field.


Therefore it was not as priority for us to do well in the Spanish Cup this season as it had been previous years (without much effect) and just three days before the first “Battle of Mallorca” a team of backups and reserves were sent out of the Cup by Levante UD.


The buildup in the press had lasted for weeks with several both local and national papers trying to get bulletin board material from players and coaches on both teams. I had decided to keep a low profile and not talk to the press about the game except from the mandatory press conference before the game.

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In front of another sellout crowd (the fourth of the season) we got off to the worst possible start when Tomer Hermed gave R.C.D. Mallorca the lead after just two minutes of play.


But after the initial shock we started to play football. For the first time this season we managed to keep the ball within the team and after 17 minutes it paid off.
After seventeen consecutive passes within the team we scored on of the best goals seen in Inca when DL Biagio Petranca from the corner of the penalty box first-timed the cross from DR Cihan Polat in to the net for the equalizer.

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We got the second goal just before the half when R.C.D. Mallorca lost track of Teodoro Bañares in the penalty box after a free kick and he had an easy time putting the ball in the net.


In the second half we stayed in control, having the ball for close to 60% of the time. In the end we did allow Mallorca to get close and the Tomer Hermed will kick himself for not getting a second goal after hitting the crossbar while almost standing on the goal line.


When the referee blew his whistle a few minutes later the score was still 2-1 and we had won our first ever “Battle of Mallorca”.


The people in the stands were going wild and the players were celebrating. Leaving the field I was just happy for the three much needed points in the standing.

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Each point is helping that target of avoiding relegation and the way the teams below you seem to be going I am confident you'll be okay! Great win against Mallorca. You have the bragging rights for now :p
Fantastic win, and you above them in the table and you have a game in hand, every game's bringing you closer to survival! Great work :D
I get into your story only now, but another story from the Segunda B on is great! And you did a wonderful job... And also your fight for staying in Liga is going well... I will be following from now on! ;)

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