I've won all of my pre-season games so far, conceding only one goal (to Milan). Competition for first team places is heating up as Kapo has complained about me signing Juninho saying that he thinks it'll limit his playing time and Camoranesi is unhappy because he has been benched for Olivera.
Juninho scored a stunning strike on debut but suffered an injury in the same match, sidelining him for three weeks. I had a bit of an injury crisis going into my CL qualifier agains Maccabi Tel Aviv with Camo, Neddy and Juninho all unavailable so Olivera and Kapo started on the flanks with DP behind Zlatan and Trez. I won 2-0 with Kapo playing a 10 and scoring in his first competitive match.
Camoranesi and Nedved were back for the second leg but the former had to settle for a place on the bench given Olivera's superb form. This time round it was Emerson who wasn't at my disposal and with Blasi away on international duty Tacchinardi started in the holding midfield role. He played a 9 and got his name on the scoresheet while Nedved was the MOTM. Del Piero and Ibrahimovic started upfront and got a goal each. I've been drawn with Chelsea, Celtic and Leverkusen in the groupstage of the CL.
So far so good, but no-one seems to be interested in purchasing Appiah and Iuliano...