Homecoming - FC25 CM Story 2024 to 2026
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3-1, 4-0 - you've turned the team into highest gear, yet again towards the end of the (regular) season! I see København having dropped the ball there and you've beaten FCN, so it's advantage for Midtjylland and yourself I suppose?
Catching up (page 15)
Despite dropping down to 4th your actually no worse off, may seem a tad frustrating tho first defeat was against a title rival, but 2 points between top 4 after 11 games is paving the way for an exciting battle
Good transfer business. Profit made on the sell and already well covered and helps with development of other players too and also bulking up the midfield and later standing ground with Celtic. Just cause someone comes knocking still gotta meet your value of the player.
Excellent work from Vallys for his personal achievement. Can he keep climbing up the all-time assists list and will anyone else join him?
(Will catch up rest soon)
@Danimal5981 wrote:3-1, 4-0 - you've turned the team into highest gear, yet again towards the end of the (regular) season! I see København having dropped the ball there and you've beaten FCN, so it's advantage for Midtjylland and yourself I suppose?
Yes indeed. FC Midtjylland also beat FC København in the next round (update up shortly), so it is number 1 and 2 from the 2023/24 season trying to run away in the title race.
- @thurlow885 Thanks man. I've tried going with the game by game updates this time, but I do enjoy playing the game and do it often. That does create quite a flow in the story, making it a big ask for readers to tag along. Kudos for catching up just now.
@JustinCase0110 wrote:You can make a darn good team from the players on this list: Laudrup, Schmeichel, Vilfort (didn't he score the decider in Euro 1992?...), Uche, Sand, Elmander, Kohn-Dehli, Hradecky, Nørgaard...
I just did something similar. I compiled a list of players that made it to Ajax senior youth team (u18) but never broke through at Ajax, yet are still in FC 25...: ended up with 72 players. Some became world class players some real unknowns, some hidden diamonds... useful for future transfers - 'returning home', that idea...
- @Danimal5981 Yes he did. And John Jensen, who scored the opener, he played at Brøndby too. In fact, out of 20 players in Denmark's 1992 squad, 11 of them either played or had played in Brøndby at some point before the tournament.
There was actually a tragic case with Vilfort at this tournament. He travelled home at some point, missing one or two games, because his daughter was hospitalized with cancer. But he returned to Sweden to play the final - and then he scored the 2-0 goal after - let's be honest - massive dominance by the brilliant German side. His daughter died a few weeks later...
There's a Danish movie about this, "Summer of 92". It's actually quite good, especially for us nostalgic Denmark "roligans"... The story about Vilfort's child was known to me.
My father won the betting pool that year at his job, being the only one to bet on a Danish tournament win.
Ca. 120 people each chipping in f 10,- each (that's Netherlandic guilders, there were no Euros yet), so he won 1200 guilders (around 500 euros nowadays), because the Danish football team decided to show up in Sweden.
@Danimal5981 wrote:The story about Vilfort's child was known to me.
My father won the betting pool that year at his job, being the only one to bet on a Danish tournament win.
Ca. 120 people each chipping in f 10,- each (that's Netherlandic guilders, there were no Euros yet), so he won 1200 guilders (around 500 euros nowadays), because the Danish football team decided to show up in Sweden.
Wow, huge respect to your old man! Too bad he "only" made the bet at his job. I reckon he could have won even bigger, if he'd made that bet elsewhere. Don't say he bet on Greece in 2004 too, then I might think he is that guy from Back to the Future. Biff Tannen, or whatever his name was, haha...
Uuu, this is personal: not just a stain Brøndby as a club would like to erase, but the manager himself as well. Still, a point at Toumbia would already be great, I'd say...
@Danimal5981 wrote:Uuu, this is personal: not just a stain Brøndby as a club would like to erase, but the manager himself as well. Still, a point at Toumbia would already be great, I'd say...
Yes indeed. I remembered the defeat very well and wanted to use it whilst preparing for the fixture. But it was only then I even considered that Thomas Frank was also the manager back then. A draw would have been okay, but with 4 draws already, losing two wins in the dying minutes recently, I really wanted a win in this game. Especially with the previous disappointment at Toumba. So I was pretty happy about this result.
Woutie! As much as I think he's a bad fit for Ajax, he does score them goals.
@Danimal5981 wrote:Woutie! As much as I think he's a bad fit for Ajax, he does score them goals.
Haha, yeah he was almost unplayable in this game. 3-0 down before half time. Awful.
Explain to me why the E in SønderjyskE is written in capitals? I'm Dutch, so I am comfortable with the sounds in Scandinavia and I'm aware of letters R and D being nearly mute in the middle of Danish words, but how do I approach capital E?
@Danimal5981 wrote:Explain to me why the E in SønderjyskE is written in capitals? I'm Dutch, so I am comfortable with the sounds in Scandinavia and I'm aware of letters R and D being nearly mute in the middle of Danish words, but how do I approach capital E?
Haha, good question. I was puzzled about this too, when the club was formed and chose the peculiar capital E in the end. But now I suppose they've been around long enough for me to write it this way withoit even thinking about it.
The full name of the club is Sønderjysk Elitesport, and they also compete in ice hockey, handball etc. So the E must be in capital, since it's the first letter in the second part of the club name. It is just pronounced as an "e" usually sounds in Danish, and the full club name, Sønderjysk Elitesport, is rarely (or never) spoken in full.
First Celtic, now Fiorentina - would be quite the achievement for BIF if they undo themselves from the violet team
@Danimal5981 wrote:First Celtic, now Fiorentina - would be quite the achievement for BIF if they undo themselves from the violet team
Yes, absolutely. That would be a milestone for this club, especially after their European shortcomings through so many years. It's a bit peculiar that I keep getting the same opponents that I've already played in the League Phase. First Celtic, then Fiorentina. If I manage to get past the Italian side, it would be nice with a new opponent for a change.
