iLandslaget - Swedish team

[PeterMeter]

We are now into day 15 of this, the fifth, season of iLandslaget's forays into the world of football. They have shown a formidable force of will and clear ambition in making this season a memorable one for fans, players and management. We are still waiting on the full analysis of the League and it's teams but iLandslaget has kept an impressive pace throughout, leading the league on 27 pts with a 9-0-0 streak and scoring an impressive 55 goals while only letting 2 so far.

The Champions League have been a different story. While the team sit happily at the top of Group H they have drawn 2 games, both against fc juventus 2013 incidentally, while winning 3. With one game left of the group stage they have already secured first place, and with it the advancement into the knock-out rounds. iLandslaget have struggled here though, only scoring 9 and letting 3 in five games, disappointing form when compared to the League. Here's to hoping they get a manageable seed anyway.

The Cup run has been a bit of a surprise this year, as neither fans nor the team thought they would survive more than a round or two as they have been seeded into a Cup where 95% of the teams are one or two levels about the Swedish team. Tonight marks the start of the Cup's 1/8th-finals and iLandslaget are among the last 16 for the first time in years.
Their first game will be at home to Ralu FC, a romanian team of similar standing but ranked at lvl 7. They play a traditional 4-4-2 which should suit iLandslaget's more adventurous style pretty well, but world-class goalkeeper Krivushonkov and scouted players Madsen (DL), Fernandes (DC) and Georgiev (MC) are more than capable of spelling trouble for the team.

There's been some movement in the transfer market as well, following injuries to some key members of the squad as well as rivalling teams taking an interest in iLandslaget's fringe players. After hard negotiations Tiago Valente, the portuguese left sided defender/wingback was sold for 3.95m and 8T giving the team a profit of 1.11m according to his valuation (and 1.36 and 2T on what iLandslaget paid). He was shrewdly replaced with greek left-sided defender Polychronis Karademitros for 6.25m and 7T while valued at 6.5m.

With the injury to goalkeeper Ochej iLandslaget were forced to hunt for a goalkeeper and after a concerted search they came upon young brazilian keeper Jose Carlos Bertoni Monteiro Ribeiro and he was bought, finally, for 4.97m and 9T while valued at 4.39m.
Somewhere in the midst of the search for a back-up goalkeeper the management received an impressive bid for right-winger Vaclav Kuchar, and after some consideration they let him leave to fulfill his dream of first team football for 4.04m and 7T while valued at 3.04m. Kuchar was bought back in season 4 for 3.02m and 7T.

Finally, this morning, iLandslaget made another foray into the transfer market looking for another defender. And just before his contract was renewed at previous club, iLandslaget made a bid of 4.61m and 1T for talented german right-sided defender Cem von der Gathen which was accepted!

Cem was valued at 5.7m and joins the team with a firm chance of being in contention for a starting berth in today's games.