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Challenges Gonzolito attemps the Wine World Tour


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Hello !

Seeing those two lads @Real_Random and @Taff trying this challenge rose a need to try those wines to show 'em how a Frenchman could handle wine, bordel ! :P

This is my first challenge ever, and I find it funny because it's not just a "score 42K+ goals with a beast". It makes me travel and get out of my comfort zone and go to... Australia !

So here I was, and I decided not to choose a club that had been already chosen by the two fellows up there. So no Brisbane nor Melbourne City. And as I like Navy stuff and they had good training facilities, I chose... 

Central Coast Mariners FC

Well, they have two eligible strikers, Matthew Fletcher and Blake Powell who were almost equivalent, and as I couldn't make up my mind, they decided for me. Beginning of August, both of them decided to get injured, one for two months, the other one for one month...

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Great start !! Australian wine tasting felt a bit bitter... :'( I then realized that the first game of the season was almost one month later. Both of them were not back on their feet on the 1st league game, but Blake Powell was for the second one, so I chose him. Here's the guy :

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Nothing exciting... I went shopping to find some guys who could give him good assists and provide him "caviar", as we say in french. Here they are :

Transfers

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I lost my first cup match, I guess the team was not well set yet. Like a diesel engine, we started slowly, but then we got better and better, and managed to finish first of the regular season !

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Regular season 

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Then just a matter of time before winning the championship :

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But you'll ask me, how did my Powell guy perform ? Did he prove to be a good wine guide ? Did he change the (very) bad first impression I had ?

Well, I must say he went far better than what I expected. He started with a killing spree, scoring during 13 consecutive games ! New Year's Eve came and he needed two matchdays to recover from the wine hangover...

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But continued well. The guy scored 37 goals ! Forgot to take a screenshot at that point, I will do it for the next season.

Hope you enjoyed the lecture, sorry for any bad engrish. Will post the next season as soon as I finish it ! :D

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Hello everyone ! I'm gonna answer the question everyone should be asking : how did it go with Powell, well well well...

So, we sold some players that had acquired value during the first season and used this to buy interested players who might have been appealed by the Asian Champions League...

We strolled through season 2 (forgot to screenshot last part of the season) :

Regular season 2017/2018 :

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and managed to win the regular season. Then won the cup and the grand final, thanks to our Powell Rangers (sorry for this one :P) :

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So, how did he perform during 2017/2018 season ? Well, considering he had two 2-month injuries :

Powel injuries :

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he did a good season, ending with 41 goals ! Which makes 41 + 37 = 78  so far.

Then we started the next season, with the AFC Champions League going on. We managed to get to the final and win this one !!!!

2018/2019 beginning :

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Then we went to the World Cup Club aaaaaannd.... managed to beat Arsenal after extra time !!

 

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My reputation grew up instantly and with Christmas came a gift :

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Looked perfect as I like Saint-Étienne and they might have some good French striker I could use... BUT life is cruel and Powell had only scored... 99 goals at that time !! So I had to decline :'(:'(

Soon after, he scored his 100th goal and I decided to resign to go back to my beloved Europe and seek some new employment. Powell had scored 101 goals :

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And after 2,5 years, Powell had lost 1 point in creativity and won 1 point in positioning... Looks like I had chosen the right wonderkid :laugh:

Powell's abilities

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Sooooo what will Jean Malbec (yes, my coach name is a wine variety) do now he's back "home", eager to drink latin wine ? Who will summon him to fill his belly with strong and tasting wine ?  You'll see that in the next episode ;)

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Congrats on finishing the Australia part of the challenge. Bummer you had to turn down the Saint Etienne job but it keeps us excited for what's to come.

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Thanks for the support. I'm currently going on with my European team. I received an offer that was a bit unexpected, but suited my needs, so I accepted ! Will post an update soon ;)

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Sooooo, what happened to me, Jean Malbec, when I got back from Australia. Well, I started to wander in France. Nice (the city heh) job was available but I refused, because there seemed to be no French attacker, finances were bad, and the players were getting old. All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown  a club made me an offer I could not refuse (Italian music playing here)... I name :

S.S. Lazio

I immediately accepted ! Si che voglio bere vino italiano, cazzo ! I had a 30M budget and 3 weeks in the winter transfer window to form a team that suited my needs. I bought a few wingers as the ones in the team were injured (like 3 an 7 months !). And then I searched for an attacker. The only interesting one was Immobile, but what was the purpose of having a motionless striker ? :P He was getting old and his stats weren't that good. I then managed to buy a nice player from Juventus, in exchange of a midfielder and... 10 M€ ! I think you all know this player from his perfect dancing style :

 

I name :

Simone Zaza !

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Proof of purchase and exchange :

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Look at all this green !! 27 years old, perfect for the challenge : enough experience to show me unknown wines and young enough to stand until the end of the night !

 

So when I got there, Lazio was struggling a bit, being 15th in the Serie A, playing no European championship. I managed to reach 3rd place, getting a place for qualifiers for Champion's League, and win the Coppa Italia.

2018/2019 table

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During the transfer window I managed to sell an unhappy winger for a whopping 50M, which allowed me to buy some wing backs and Dembelé for my right wing !! 

We just strolled through Serie A, securing it after 30 games. We then went to the Champion's League finals, were we did the job (and Paris got 2 injuries, too bad).

Fixtures 2019/2020

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2019/2020 league table :

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But how did my ballet dancer perform ? I must say it started quite badly, because he got injured two weeks twice during the remaining of 2018/2019 season. But that guy helped the team a lot, scoring 30 goals in 19 matches !!  Then we went on for the next season. He started very well, and despite some goalles matches, he managed to score... 69 goals just before the Champion's League finals. I then just needed 1 goal for me to move.... Will Zaza be able to sustain so much pressure ? Well, see it by yourself :

 

Champion's League finals

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Yaaaaaay no more curse !! 101 goals in 1 1/2 season, wow I did not think that was possible at all in the game. Well, I must say Zaza had improved a lot during the season :

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Zaza's awards :

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And proof of the 101 goals :

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Well I then waited for the new season to be created, and left Lazio. Klopp took the job but he was still training Liverpool so I could not get his job :'(

I refused an offer from Reims, and applied for a job I saw in the employment list. Did I get it ? Where did I move ? What kind of wine am I gonna drink now ? You'll see !!

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Great season, and impressive how Zaza danced his way to 100+ goals! You're halfway the challenge now. Looking forward to the 2nd half of your wine quest :) KIU!!

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Great job mate. Zaza looks great. Can't wait until your next update with your next country. Btw Congratulations on scoring 71 goals with him as I've seen a few complaints here and there about not being able to score crazy amounts of goals

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Amazing work getting Italy done in 1 1/2 seasons dude and scoring 71 in Italy is immense considering its such a defensive league

cant wait to see where you go next 

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Hello guys, finally an update with my 3rd country. I thought about moving to France, but in the free jobs list I saw that a Spanish club was available. That club was ideally located : playa, sun, plus I knew the city. And very important thing, it was in an historical wine region in spain : Xérès, Condado, and the town itself  :

Malaga

The team was quite OK then, and I did some free transfers to reinforce the team. I then picked the only spanish striker available, I name Sandro :

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After a few matches, it appeared he did not score that much (6 goals in 16 matches), so I was a bit puzzled about how to behave. I looked into my reserve team and found about a boy who was overcoming an injury and was availabl within 10 days. So I decided to give him a try. And he appeared to be my angel fallen from the sky. He scored an amazing 40 goals during the first season, playing from november ! His name is...

Kuki (yes, pronounce it cookie :-D )

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2020/2021 fixtures :

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During the transfer window I had a whopping 180 M at my disposal to sign players, which I did wisely.

Kuki was injured just before the end of the holidays, missing a few matches again in 2021/2022, but he managed to score 52 goals during the season. So I had to start another season with Malaga just for 8 goals... Which I did :

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In the end I really liked that kid, never complained about anything and he was even qualified with Spain !! He got some awards :

Kuki's awards

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 After an unvelievable journey in Spain, I then left the club to seek bounty and go back to my home country... France ! Where I believe I would find great wines !

Stay tuned ;-)

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So hey ! Been a while since I've not posted any update... I had a bit of a hard time with my last wine guide, and spent a bit more time in my last club that I would have wanted. But here we are !

So heading for France now. Happens a few months after the beginning of the 2022/2023 season, a job was proposed to me... and I could not refuse. So where would I go ? Where the hell in France could I drink good wine (haha) ? I'm sure y'all know this city, and what other club would have been more representative of wine than...

Bordeaux

Personally I'm a bit more Bourgogne or Côtes du Rhône, but did not want to manage Auxerre nor Lyon.

Well, I get there, and no french guide suitable. As in France I can transfer a French player from a French club outside the market period, I choose to hire a guy from Marseille, my recruiters (and then my  assistants) telling me that he would become a beast. So for 2.9 M€ I get :

Kevin Taravel

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Not bad statistics, 16 years old, he'll do the job !

The season goes on, I recruit some midfielders and wingers for free (Gerard Deulofeu was a free player atm !!) and me manage to finish first of the Ligue 1. My guide is not bad but not that good either, and manages to score 26 goals in 41 matches.

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Next season starts, but Kevin's injured during one month at the very beginning of the season :

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He comes back, so I'm hoping he'll be doing great, despite his injury drastically lowering his stats :

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Alas...  He starts complaining about not being well treated by the press and all, my assistants report he's playing fool during the trainings. His season ending is just... Horrible :

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Despite that, we manage to win the Ligue 1 after only 28 matches !! And finish it with great class, winning every single match :

2023/2024 tables :

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We also secure Champions League and Coupe de la Ligue.

In august 2024, I'm a bit desperate. 2 seasons and not even 50 goals overall for my Kevin guy. On the transfer market, no gold nugget...

But here my lucky star knocks at the door. Actually, regularly I check my reserve team for grey players and if they look good, I offer them a contract and send them on loan during the rest of the season (thanks SI for the loan fix). And here pops an attacker I had taken out of the reserve a few weeks before. He's green. VERY green. ALOTOFGREEN. But where the hell does he come from ? I have a look at his progression screen :

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DAMNED ! How is this even possible ? So here I present you...

Christophe Mollet

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Well, well, well. Mr Mollet (means 'calf' in French :D ), welcome here and let's multiply those 350€/month you're earning ! First official match :

BANG

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And he's really my saviour. We run through another wonderful season and he helps a lot. We secure another Ligue 1 title after 28 matches :

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Mollet is twice Player of the year, after few months in 2024 and in 2025 :

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And finally, on January 31st, 2026, Christophe scores his 100th goal !! In a nice victory against Monaco, after having begun the season tremendously :

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Efficiency is the word here I believe, after 100 goals in 94 matches :

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I must say I'm relieved that the challenges finishes. I was a bit knocked down by the disappointing Kevin Taravel, and happily Christophe Mollet was here to give me back faith in the challenge. Your posts also gave me will to finish it, so here's your reward ;)  :

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I'm a bit worn out, and I think I'll have a little pause (run some in-game challenges, unlock some unlockables) before launching career for a personal challenge I came up with when I visited Edinburgh a few days ago. I'd name it the "Auld Alliance", and the goal would be to win the Champions League with a French or Scottish team with only Scottish and French players in the team.  

Thanks for following this thread, et à bientôt ! <3 

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Congrats on finishing dude and you found a monster of a striker there, shame your first lad was such a disappointment but you got there in the end

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Congrats on completing this. You chose the perfect team in Bordeaux :D Your name will be added to the Wine World Tour Leaderboard.

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