So that’s the end of my first season in charge of Vitória on FM19. I can’t complain at all, my aim of qualifying for the Europa League was achieved as we finished 3rd in the Premeira Liga behind champions Porto and runners up Benfica.
Here’s how the season stacked up stats-wise and generally how the club has progressed so far. Continue reading “Sempre Vitória | Season One Review”
Here we go then, season two! Time to get stuck in and go through my expectations ahead of this season, as well as the changes I’ve made to my backroom and playing staff. Read on if that tickles your fancy. Continue reading “Sempre Vitória | Season Two | Preseason”
Time to get competitive action underway in season two. This post will take you through August up to the end of November, plenty of match action for you to sink your teeth into. Continue reading “Sempre Vitória | Season Two | One”
The start to competitive football in season two hasn’t been positive. We’ve struggled for consistency and really struggled to create meaningful goalscoring chances. At the time of starting to write this post, at the end of October 2019 in-game, we’re languishing in the bottom half of the league on nine points from eight matches. Continue reading “Sempre Vitória | Season Two | 4-1-2-3 Tactic”
Season two didn’t start well, but things were starting to look up. A revamped tactical approach had seen form begin to pick up and a run of results put together towards the end of the last post. Could we continue that form throughout December and January? We’ve got a fair few matches to play… Continue reading “Sempre Vitória | Season Two | Two”
Our form across the last three months drastically picked up with the shift to the new tactical approach. Could we maintain that over the course of the rest of the season though? Have a read on to find out how we did in my second season in charge of Vitória on FM19. Continue reading “Sempre Vitória | Season Two | Three”
I wanted to equal or better my first season in charge at the club and we’ve done it. A second consecutive 3rd place finish gives us a passage straight into the Europa League group stage again next season. Delighted!
Here’s the tale of the season in stats and how the club has progressed. Continue reading “Sempre Vitória | Season Two Review”
It’s time to start another season in charge of Vitória on FM19. The first two have been relatively successful so far without any silverware being won. Consecutive 3rd place finishes in the league in addition to a few domestic cup semi finals and a jaunt into the knockout phase of the Europa League last season.
This season, it’s vital to finish 3rd in the league again, as it now means passage into the Champions League qualifying rounds. The potential income and increased reputation this would bring the club would be huge. How would we cope?
Continue reading “Sempre Vitória | Season Three | Preseason”
Last time out I went through our ins, outs and expectations ahead of season three kicking off. Give that a quick read if you missed it.
This post will take you through the first four months of the season. Let’s go.
Continue reading “Sempre Vitória | Season Three | One”
After a shaky start to season three with Vitória we then went on a 10 match unbeaten run in all competitions which took us into the Europa League qualifying spots in the league and into the knockout round of that competition this season.
We’re in pole position to qualify for the Taca da Liga semi final for the third season running and have a Taca de Portugal 5th round tie to negotiate in the coming month. Read on to see what happened over the festive period of the season.
Continue reading “Sempre Vitória | Season Three | Two”