I am sorry to say that this is the end of my story for the simple reason that I don't have the time. Doing this for the short time has made me realise how much effort actually goes into the blogs I read such as Johnny's and Lye's. I apologise for this but the main reason is that I am coming into my second GCSE year and I won't have the time.
Thank You for your patience
Matthew
Monday 5 July 2010
Sunday 27 June 2010
2009
Hi people
My first year as Bolivia saw me play just 4 games in the qualifying and there wasn't really any hope of qualifying. Also we had 3 friendlies. Here is the qualifying table after 14 games when I take over.
14 Games in
So my first game was against Peru in a friend ly and things didn't go too well. To be fair they were all over us and deserved their late winner
Peru 2-1 Bolivia
My second match was against Paraguay away and a loss would end any hopes of qualifying for the World Cup. We were outfought and outplayed in all departments and lost heavily. I wasn't expecting the team to be so bad but I hoped for an improvement in future games.
Paraguay 6-1 Bolivia
Next up was against Ecuador at home and although we lost I was a bit more convinced by this teams quality as we started to match them in an attacking sense. We still need to work on the defence so I am going to employ 2 defensive midfielders with 3 attacking midfielders two of them wide and one just off the striker.
Bolivia 2-4 Ecuador
With just two qualifying matches left we faced Brazil. I wasn't expecting much from my team but the final score was fantastic. We defended as a team and it showed as they only had 2 clear cut chances which we equalled. Our best game of 2009.
Bolivia 1-1 Brazil
Our final qualifying game was against Peru which I was expecting maybe to end on a win. However they weren't the same team I saw draw to Brazil and we lost quite convincingly 2-0. We then played friendlies against Albania which we drew 0-0 and Antigua and Barbuda which we won 2-0 to secure my first win.
Bolivia 0-0 Albania
Bolivia 2-0 Antigua and Barbuda
The final qualifying table was this.
Final Table
OK thats about it. 2010 will just have friendlies before 2011 where we will have Copa America and the start of World Cup 2014 qualifying
Thanks for reading
Matthew
My first year as Bolivia saw me play just 4 games in the qualifying and there wasn't really any hope of qualifying. Also we had 3 friendlies. Here is the qualifying table after 14 games when I take over.
14 Games in
So my first game was against Peru in a friend ly and things didn't go too well. To be fair they were all over us and deserved their late winner
Peru 2-1 Bolivia
My second match was against Paraguay away and a loss would end any hopes of qualifying for the World Cup. We were outfought and outplayed in all departments and lost heavily. I wasn't expecting the team to be so bad but I hoped for an improvement in future games.
Paraguay 6-1 Bolivia
Next up was against Ecuador at home and although we lost I was a bit more convinced by this teams quality as we started to match them in an attacking sense. We still need to work on the defence so I am going to employ 2 defensive midfielders with 3 attacking midfielders two of them wide and one just off the striker.
Bolivia 2-4 Ecuador
With just two qualifying matches left we faced Brazil. I wasn't expecting much from my team but the final score was fantastic. We defended as a team and it showed as they only had 2 clear cut chances which we equalled. Our best game of 2009.
Bolivia 1-1 Brazil
Our final qualifying game was against Peru which I was expecting maybe to end on a win. However they weren't the same team I saw draw to Brazil and we lost quite convincingly 2-0. We then played friendlies against Albania which we drew 0-0 and Antigua and Barbuda which we won 2-0 to secure my first win.
Bolivia 0-0 Albania
Bolivia 2-0 Antigua and Barbuda
The final qualifying table was this.
Final Table
OK thats about it. 2010 will just have friendlies before 2011 where we will have Copa America and the start of World Cup 2014 qualifying
Thanks for reading
Matthew
Thursday 24 June 2010
Back!!!
Hi people
Sorry I didn't say I was going away on an axchange to France this week and I had a really great time. But my next update will be over the weekend to kick off the story. Sorry for the delay.
Matthew
Sorry I didn't say I was going away on an axchange to France this week and I had a really great time. But my next update will be over the weekend to kick off the story. Sorry for the delay.
Matthew
Sunday 13 June 2010
Bolivia!!!
Hi everyone,
As many of you may have noticed Bolivia won the poll and therefore this is the team I shall manage first. My database will have around 120,000 players which gives me a lot of national teams in the game. Now a little information on Bolivia.
The Bolivia national football team is the national team of Bolivia and is controlled by the Federación Boliviana de Fútbol. It is historically one of the weakest teams in CONMEBOL. After playing in the 1930 and 1950 World Cups, they qualified just once—in 1994. There, playing champions Germany in the tournament's opening game in Chicago, Bolivia lost 1-0 as Marco Etcheverry, considered the nation's best player of the 1990s, got sent off just three minutes after coming on as a substitute. They have never advanced past the first round of any World Cup, and have only scored one goal in the final stages, in 1994. They won the Copa América in 1963. On 1st April 2009 Bolivia beat Argentina 6-1, making it one of the greatest wins in their history.
So there is some information about Bolivia. My next post will be about the team and what I think I can achieve.
Until then Thanks for reading
Matthew
As many of you may have noticed Bolivia won the poll and therefore this is the team I shall manage first. My database will have around 120,000 players which gives me a lot of national teams in the game. Now a little information on Bolivia.
The Bolivia national football team is the national team of Bolivia and is controlled by the Federación Boliviana de Fútbol. It is historically one of the weakest teams in CONMEBOL. After playing in the 1930 and 1950 World Cups, they qualified just once—in 1994. There, playing champions Germany in the tournament's opening game in Chicago, Bolivia lost 1-0 as Marco Etcheverry, considered the nation's best player of the 1990s, got sent off just three minutes after coming on as a substitute. They have never advanced past the first round of any World Cup, and have only scored one goal in the final stages, in 1994. They won the Copa América in 1963. On 1st April 2009 Bolivia beat Argentina 6-1, making it one of the greatest wins in their history.
So there is some information about Bolivia. My next post will be about the team and what I think I can achieve.
Until then Thanks for reading
Matthew
Sunday 6 June 2010
Hello!
Hello everyone
This is my first ever post on my blog and it is great to get started! My first story (hopefully of many) will be a journeyman international story and I will start with one of the worst countries from the 6 continents and it is up to you. The choices are in the poll in the right hand side column. When I have taken that country as far as I think I can I will move up to a better team when a job becomes available. Finally thank you for visiting the site and hopefully it will grow over time :)
Matthew
This is my first ever post on my blog and it is great to get started! My first story (hopefully of many) will be a journeyman international story and I will start with one of the worst countries from the 6 continents and it is up to you. The choices are in the poll in the right hand side column. When I have taken that country as far as I think I can I will move up to a better team when a job becomes available. Finally thank you for visiting the site and hopefully it will grow over time :)
Matthew
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