The Catalan FM

Season 2 finale.
Direct promotion, playoffs... or another year in the 6th tier?
Three games. No excuses.

Follow the journey here:
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And if you want to read right from the start, click below👇

[FM24] "La Tramuntana ens arrauixa" - The UE Figueres rebuild story Intro Figueres is my hometown—where I was born, raised, and where I fell in love with football. I don’t live there anymore, but I still follow the football club from my city. A small city in northern ...

NEW FM STORY!
After a break from Football Manager, I’m back. This time with my hometown club: UE Figueres.

I’ll be posting updates on the Sports Interactive forums, but you can also find a link via my blog.

👉 Read the story here:
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3 BANQUETES – 3 ENDINGS The season comes to an end, and the three season finales across the three universes we’ve created are finally decided. PART 2: PEP AND ANGE SEASON FINALES The most underwhelming season finale…

The Premier League finales.

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3 BANQUETES – 3 ENDINGS The season comes to an end, and the three season finales across the three universes we’ve created are finally decided. PART 1: HANSI FLICK’S SEASON FINALE After the victory in El Clásic…

Hansi Flick fights for LaLiga title after the massive win in El Clasico.

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3 BANQUETES – PEP GUARDIOLA AND THE FA CUP One of the goals of the save with Pep Guardiola (“saving Pep”) was that during this season, in which City was practically left without options in the Premier League from very early on, …

Pep's last chance to win a title this year.

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3 Benches first season's over. Check the season finales here!

Really focused with FC 25 until the end of the season. Then I'll start writing about the FM saves I have in mind.

Centrat en l'FC 25 fins a final de temporada. Quan acabi començaré a escriure sobre les partides a l'FM que tinc en ment.

3 BANQUETES – EL CLÀSSIC (ENG) A Clásico in May usually defines the end of the league. On May 2nd, Pep Guardiola’s Barça stormed the Bernabéu (2-6), leaving Madrid nine points behind and out of the title race. It was also nearly…

And here the full story:

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YouTube video by The Catalan FM EA FC 25 | EL CLASICO - BARÇA vs REAL MADRID – FULL MATCH | 3 Benches

Started 2 FM saves, but for now I'm more focused on EA FC 25 and the 3 Benches series.

I've also started sharing the gameplay to go along with the story.

Check out the latest one: The full match of El Clásico – the battle for the top spot. 🎥⚽

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3 BANQUETES – LA COPA DEL REY (ENG) Last Saturday (April 26th) Barça have won the Copa del Rey in a thrilling final against Real Madrid, 3–2 after extra time. It’s the second title of the Hansi Flick era, and the match told us a lot …

4th chapter. Back to Barcelona to see if Hansi Flick's team can win Copa del Rei as in real life.

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Barça 24/25 is already a cult team. One that will be remembered forever, no matter what happens in the remaining 45 minutes or at the end of the season. The most entertaining team football has given us in at least the last 15 years. Pure Cruyffism.

The day after Sant Jordi in Catalonia, a day to celebrate love with books and roses. A perfect time to share the new (and final) Choose Life episode.

The journey ends here, after my laptop died mid Liverpool - Arsenal.

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CHAPTER 3: PEP GUARDIOLA AND THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Pep’s scratched head. That’s the image of this Man City season, the worst under Pep Guardiola and not because of the results -which aren’t good of course- but the way the team plays.  Pep is, …

3rd chapter of this series, 3rd manager: Pep Guardiola.

Man City are struggling, but can Pep turn things around?

📖Read Chapter 3 - PEP GUARDIOLA AND THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAYOFFS - here :👇
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CHAPTER 2: ANGE POSTECOGLOU AND THE NORTH LONDON DERBY It’s been a difficult season for Postecoglou’s Tottenham. Though it’s his second season, and he always say “I always win things in my second season”, injuries have taken a toll on the team and his …

Second chapter of 3 Benches.

Now let's jump to Postecoglou's universe and relive the North London Derby from last january.

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2 more chapters of this, if anyone's interested.

CHOOSE LIFE. SEASON 3: FEVER PITCH. EPISODE 1: THREE MONTHS AND ONE GOAL. INTRODUCTION Giorgos Palagostecoglou arrives at Arsenal for the final three months of the 31/32 season, taking over at a challenging time for the club. Despite winning their first-ever Champions Le…

Another club, another Choose Life season.

Last 3 months of the 31/32 season and Giorgos arrives at Arsenal with one mission: guarantee European football next season at the Emirates. Can he turn things around?

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After this preseason I bet I will clearly lose the first league match.

It’s a joy watching Pedri play football.

First game with Arsenal in Choose Life series. Europa League round of 16 vs Porto, first leg.

Love the flow of the team with the new tactic after just 3 days in charge and the quality of the players. I feel good things are coming.

CHOOSE LIFE SEASON 2 EPISODE 5 – EVERY NEW BEGINNING COMES FROM SOME OTHER BEGINNING’S END The 30/31 season will be the last one for Palagostecoglou at Aston Villa. Despite overcoming the rough start to the season, some unresolved issues remained, eventually leading to his resignation. L…

Semisonic sang in Closing Time, "every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end," and that’s exactly what this new Choose Life episode is about: closing times and new beginnings.

With no news on Football Manager 2025, read here about the new direction in Giorgos' career:

3 BENCHES – INTRODUCTION AND CHAPTER 1 I’m starting a new writing project. This time, it isn’t about Football Manager, though I won’t stop playing it. It’s a different concept: while in FM, I create a new manager with a unique ide…

3 BENCHES

The first chapter of my EAFC25 chronicles is now in English.

Step into the simulation of the 24/25 season with 3 different coaches, starting with Hansi Flick.

Read it here:
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3 BANQUETES – INTRODUCCIÓ I CAPÍTOL 1 Començo un nou projecte escrit. Aquest cop, no gira al voltant del Football Manager, tot i que no deixaré de jugar-hi. És una idea diferent: mentre que al FM creo un nou entrenador amb una identita…

Començo un nou projecte escrit: mentre que al FM creo un nou entrenador amb una identitat pròpia, aquí simularé tres entrenadors reals durant la temporada 24/25 amb l'EA FC25.

Benvinguts a 3 BANQUETES.
Capítol 1: Hansi Flick i la Supercopa
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We're going to Wembley for the first time!

CHOOSE LIFE – SEASON 2, EPISODE 4: UNDER PRESSURE Tottenham Stadium – 5/10/2030 – 15:00“Kulusevski with the corner kick… Guzmaaan! 1-0 to Tottenham!”“Roque. To Wirtz… he’s not offside… and Wirtz DOUBLE THE SCORE!”“Wiiiirtz!! SENSATIONA…

This Christmas holidays I had time to play #FM24, start the new season and write about it. I had to write because it's the first time I feared about losing my job.

Read about the first half of the 30/31 season here:
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CHOOSE LIFE SEASON 2. EPISODE 3: THE BEST OF THE REST From the Bluesky account, I have already been updating how the 29/30 season, the second for Palagostecoglou at Aston Villa, has progressed. Therefore, this season’s summary will be shorter th…

Ending 2024 with the work done. Fresh out of the oven, the 3rd episode of the 2nd season of Choose Life.

The 29/30 season of Aston Villa, the reigning European champion.

Happy New Year to everyone, and many successes in FM! 🏆🎉

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Also it was my birthday on saturday and my girlfriend brought me here.

Barça played so well, it was such a shame the final result. Really in love with this team, in Flick we trust.

On Christmas Eve in Catalonia we have “el tió”, a magic trunk we beat with a stick while singing his song so it defecates christmas presents.

No FM25, but he’s pooed me this. I’ve already got few challanges in mind. 😊⚽️

3 games to go and we have to win at least 2 to secure top 4 in the standings. 5th place will also hold a Champions League place, good to know just in case.

European football it's almost secured for next season, let's see where we end!

Season's coming to the end. After losing vs West Ham two narrow wins and a loss at the Eithad:

· A great Georlan chip gives us the first ever win vs Everton in a really tough match.
· Gilles failed to man-marking Haaland like the previous games. 3-0 in the first minutes was too heavy to comeback.

It's been a while since I don't post about this save. After this huge win, a heavy defeat against Ange Postecoglou's Chelsea (6-1).

This also led to an FA Cup elimination in a more equalled game (0-1).

Recovered with a draw at Old Trafford & 4 straight wins, keeping us in the top 4!