New faces are needed, just to freshen things up and to make sure the squad is big enough to cope with another plunge through Europe. Noticeable acquisitions are Aghahowa (AM/FRLC) for £3.9 million from Sao Paolo and 3 Bosmans, Ricardo Quaresma (AMRL) from Sporting, Petit (DMC) from Boavista and surprisingly, Contra (D/MR) from Milan. Surprising as he's in their first team and they are in the Champion's League too. I must have made the big time.
The Italian Super Cup is won in unconvincing fashion, 2-1 against Piacenza. Champion's League form is incredible, 26 goals in my first group stage, including 6-0 wins over PAO and Galatasary and a 5-0 win away in Istanbul. League form is less impressive however, although the top 4 is a constant, the title looks tricky.
The Italian Cup campaign comes to an end with a disturbing 5-2 aggregate defeat to Genoa of all teams. The 2nd group stage is overcome with the group won on goal difference over a peculiarly tough PSV side and the prize is a Quarter final against Arsenal. It is overcome fairly routinely, but not as easily as the Semi Final, a 5-0 aggregate victory over Milan who fail to muster a shot on target over 180+ minutes of football. So another final, this time against Marseille.
The league is secured despite my patchy form. My 4 rivals, Inter, Roma, Lazio and Milan all stumble badly in the last month and I come through, albeit with 12 less points than 2 seasons ago. Another poor Final, but this time it comes with a victory, 1-0, with Bonomi (DRC) the appropriate hero in a season where the defence was pivotal.
The Fan's Player/top scorer goes back to Luca Toni, 24 goals and a 7.82 average. Bjorn Bahr's 15 assits beats Peralta by one in another fine season. But credit must go to the defence, particularly Cristante, Bonomi and Bartolucci.
I have over £120 million to spend and I think it's time to spend a bit, perhaps on a couple of big names...
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