FIFA 15 (PS4): steelerfan's Chelsea Football Club Manager Career
Okay, I think I have a good enough slider base now to go ahead and get this started.
First, I'm going to go over all of my settings for the mode.
Career Settings
Match Difficulty: World Class
Half Length: 15 Minutes
Financial Strictness: Strict (60%)
Currency: Sterling
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Squads Used: Download Latest
European Competition 1st Season?: Yes (see Groups below)
Disable First Summer Transfer Window: On
UEFA Champions League (Champions Cup in FIFA 15)
Group A
Juventus
Olympiakos
Atletico Madrid
Lille*
Group B
Liverpool
Real Madrid
FC Basel
Feyenoord*
Group C
Monaco
Zenit St. Petersburg
Bayer Leverkusen 04
Benfica
Group D
Borussia Dortmund
Galatasaray
Anderlecht
Arsenal
Group E
Roma
Bayern Munich
Manchester City
CSKA Moscow
Group F
FC Barcelona
Ajax
PSG
Standard*
Group G
Chelsea
Schalke 04
Besiktas*
Sporting CP
Group H
FC Porto
Atletico Bilbao
Shakhtar Donetsk
Napoli*
*Replacement club, unable to get real participant in
Manager Preferences
Name: Jose Mourinho
Nationality: Portugal
Outfit Style: Suit
Suit Colour: Navy
Skin Tones: Medium
Body Type: Slim
Match
Half Length: 15 Minutes
Difficulty Level: World Class
Ball: Default
Game Speed: Slow
Camera
Single Player Camera: Co-op
Camera Settings: Custom
Camera Height: 10
Camera Zoom: 20
Visual
HUD: Player Name Bar
Player Indicator: Player Name
Time/Score Display: On
Radar: 2D
Audio
Commentary Language: English
Sideline Commentator: On
Career Mode Radio Announcer: On
Commentary: 10
Public Announcer: 10
Player Calls: 10
Sound Effects: 10
Crowd: 8
Music: 10
Gameplay Customisation
Slider: User/CPU
Sprint Speed: 42/42
Acceleration: 50/50
Shot Error: 63/68
Pass Error: 30/75
Shot Speed: 50/50
Pass Speed: 55/48
Injury Frequency: 58/65
Injury Severity: 35/35
Goalkeeper Ability: 61/54
Marking: 50/45
Run Frequency: 40/35
Line Height: 49/49
Line Length: 48/48
Line Width: 50/50
Fullback Positioning: 50/50
Power Bar: 75/-
First Touch Control Error: 52/52
Gameplay Assistance Settings
(Found from FIFA 15 Main Menu: Customise>Settings>Gameplay Assistance Settings)
Auto Switching: Air Balls
Auto Switching Move Assistance: High
Passing Power Assistance: On
Pass Assistance: Assisted
Through Ball Assistance: Manual
Shot Assistance: Manual
Cross Assistance: Semi
Lob Pass Assistance: Manual
Save Assistance: Manual
Analog Sprint: On
Defending: Tactical Defending
Last edited by steelerfan; 10-18-2014 at 12:48 PM.
The Chelsea Board of Directors have given the following objectives:
Domestic Cup: Win the Cup
League: Win the League
Champions League: Reach the Quarter Finals
Scouts
Matt Dempsey (England)
Pasi Salonen (Finland)
Kevin Kelly (Ireland)
Ryan Lund (England)
Lee Edwards (England)
Bento Cardenas (Portugal)
Youth Staff
Owen Kelly (Ireland) assigned to England for 3 months
Kalle Koskinen (Finland) assigned to Germany for 6 months
Anton Bakaric (Croatia) assigned to Spain for 9 months
Preseason Friendlys
July 27 Evian TG
July 31 Bordeaux (away)
August 4 Lyon
Starting XI
GK Thibaut Courtois 86
RB Branislav Ivanovic 81
CB Gary Cahill 81
CB John Terry 83
LB Cesar Azpilicueta 79
CDM Cesc Fabregas 84
CDM Nemanja Matic 82
RM Andre Schurrle 81
LM Eden Hazard 88
CAM Oscar 84
ST Diego Costa 85
Substitutes
ST Didier Drogba 81
ST Loic Remy 81
RM Willian 82
CDM Ramires 81
LB Filipe Luis 82
CB Kurt Zouma 74
GK Petr Cech 85
Reserves
ST Isaiah Brown 60
CDM John Obi Mikel 78
RM Mohamed Salah 76
CAM Lewis Baker 59
CM Ruben Loftus-Cheek 56
CB Nathan Ake 67
RB Todd Kane 64
CB Andreas Christensen 58
GK Mark Schwarzer 76
On Loan
ST Fernando Torres 81 (AC Milan)
CAM Marko Marin 77 (Fiorentina)
CM Marco van Ginkel 76 (AC Milan)
LW Lucas Piazon 76 (Eint. Frankfurt)
CAM Thorgan Hazard (Bor. M'gladbach)
LW Christian Atsu 76 (Everton)
RM Victor Moses 75 (Stoke City)
LM Gael Kakuta 73 (Rayo Vallecano)
CDM Oriol Romeu 72 (VfB Stuttgart)
RW Bertrand Traore 72 (Vitesse)
CM Mario Pasalic 70 (Elche CF)
LB Ryan Bertrand 74 (Southampton)
CB Tomas Kalas 74 (1. FC Koln)
In the interest of not caring to play my Friendlys, I decided to sim them. For the first 2 I will use a squad of reserves and bench players, in the last one I will let my Starting XI have a go.
Chelsea 1:2 Evian
CFC goal: Salah 40'
Bordeaux 1:0 Chelsea
Loic Remy missed a penalty in the 32nd minute
Chelsea 4:1 Lyon
CFC goals: Ivanovich 14', Hazard 36', Costa 53', Oscar 78'
Eden Hazard missed a penalty in the 54th minute
Gary Cahill was sent off in the 49th minute with his second bookable offense.
With the preseason complete, it's time to move on to the regular campaign. Here is the fixture schedule for the remainder of August 2014:
16th Burnley (Away) EPL
23rd Leicester City (Home) EPL
27th Swansea City (Home) EPL
31st Everton (Away) EPL
For the first 20 minutes of Saturday's Premier League opening clash between European giants Chelsea and newly-promoted Burnley, it was the small club who looked the better side. However, fouls, bookings, a penalty and horrid finishing eventually brought Burnley back to earth as Chelsea prevailed, 3-0 at Turf Moor.
Eden Hazard opened the scoring in the 23rd minute with a blistering penalty conversion into the top left corner of the net. Willian, who came on after Oscar departed with an injury, netted a rebound in the 31st minute to put the Blues in command. Burnley center back Jason Shackell was sent off in the 41st minute after his second bookable offense produced a red card, allowing the West Londoners to ease through the rest of the match.
In the second half Kieran Trippier was shown a straight red card after pulling Willian down by the shirt at the edge of the penalty area in the 65th minute. It didn't take long for Diego Costa to open his Chelsea account with a smashing drive from 14 yards in the 70th minute.
In his post match press conference Manager Jose Mourinho said that Oscar had suffered a bruised shoulder and that he expects the Brazilian to be fit for Chelsea's next outing. Chelsea will host Leicester City, another club freshly promoted from the Football League Championship, next Saturday at Stamford Bridge.
Around the Grounds
Arsenal 4:1 Crystal Palace
Burnley 0:3 Chelsea
Leicester City 2:1 Everton
Liverpool 3:1 Southampton
Manchester United 3:0 Swansea City
Newcastle United 0:0 Manchester City
Queens Park Rangers 1:1 Hull City
Stoke City 2:1 Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion 4:0 Sunderland
West Ham United 1:0 Tottenham Hotspur
Last edited by steelerfan; 09-26-2014 at 09:10 AM.
Adrian (West Ham)
Paul Konchesky (Leicester)
Jonas Olsson (West Brom)
James Tomkins (West Ham)
Carl Jenkinson (West Ham)
Silvestre Varela (West Brom)
Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal)
Stephane Sessegnon (West Brom)
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal)
David Nugent (Leicester)
Mame Diouf (Stoke)
Last edited by steelerfan; 09-26-2014 at 12:28 PM.
Sloppy conditions led to sloppy play at Stamford Bridge on Saturday as Chelsea had to rely on a late penalty to avoid a loss to the visitors from Leicester.
After falling behind in the 16th minute, the Blues equalized in first half stoppage time on a header from Diego Costa. Costa put the ball in from an Andre Schurrle cross from the right wing and Chelsea were level at 1-1 at the break.
Captain John Terry was called for a penalty on a poor challenge that led to a spot kick for the Foxes at a 2-1 Leicester lead after 72 minutes. However, 10 minutes later it was Eden Hazard scoring from the spot after Diego Costa was tripped just inside the area leading to a penalty kick. With the score level at 2, Costa belted a 17 yard drive off of the crossbar in stoppage time and Leicester held on for the draw.
Chelsea (1-1-0) will host Swansea City (1-0-1) on Wednesday at 3:00 PM. Swans are coming off of a 2-0 win over Burnley, a week after losing 3-0 at the Theater of Dreams.
Around the Grounds
8/20
Spurs 1:1 Liverpool
8/23
Aston Villa 1:2 Newcastle
Chelsea 2:2 Leicester
Crystal Palace 1:2 West Ham
Hull City 1:0 Stoke City
Manchester City 3:1 Liverpool
Southampton 2:3 West Brom
Sunderland 0:2 Manchester United
Swansea City 2:0 Burnley
8/24
Everton 1:1 Arsenal
Spurs 3:0 QPR
Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea)
Luke Shaw (Manchester United)
Younes Kaboul (Spurs)
Vlad Chiriches (Spurs)
Eden Hazard (Chelsea)
Stephane Sessegnon (West Brom)
Juan Mata (Manchester United)
Erik Lamela (Spurs)
Enner Valencia (West Ham)
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)
The rain in West London continued on Wednesday night as Chelsea played host to Swansea City at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea earned their second win, and first on their home ground, with a 2-1 result.
Diego Costa scored the first Blues goal by heading in a Cesar Azpilicueta early cross in the 8th minute and he assisted on the game winner by setting up Willian in the 71st minute. Willian, who came on for Oscar at the beginning of the second half, blasted the ball past the keeper from 14 yards.
Chelsea (2-1-0) will visit the blue half of Merseyside on Sunday as they travel to Goodison Park to face Everton (0-1-1).
Unfortunately, I forgot to grab a screen of the stats before I exited. I do remember that Swans had 52% possession and that shots were even at 13. Also, the only booking was a Yellow handed out to Swans.
CFC goals: Costa 8', Willian 71'
CFC Assists: Azpilicueta, Costa
Around the Grounds
8/27
Chelsea 2:1 Swansea City
Liverpool 2:1 Aston Villa
Last edited by steelerfan; 09-27-2014 at 01:14 PM.
Around the Grounds
8/30
Aston Villa 0:1 Hull City
Burnley 1:2 Manchester United
Leicester City 2:1 Arsenal
Manchester City 2:1 Stoke City
Newcastle United 2:1 Crystal Palace
QPR 1:0 Sunderland
Swansea City 0:0 West Brom
West Ham 2:2 Southampton
Last edited by steelerfan; 09-26-2014 at 05:21 PM.
Chelsea were hard done on Sunday at Goodison Park when an 87th minute equalizer by Everton's Leon Osman resulted in a 1-1 draw.
The Toffees had controlled most of the action but could not find their finishing touch until late on. Chelsea's Summer signing-sensational Diego Costa scored his 4th goal of the season in the 17th minute after redirecting a screaming Oscar ground cross from 4 yards to give the Blues the lead they would eventually surrender.
Costa suffered a sprained ankle late in the first half and was replaced by Loic Remy for the second stanza. Early reports have Costa missing about 3 weeks which will mean that he will not join Spain foe the upcoming international break and his status is uncertain when Chelsea return to action on Tuesday, September 16 in a Champions League group stage match against Besiktas.
Everton / Chelsea
Shots 19/8
On Target 8/5
Possession 53/47
Tackles 16/11
Fouls 1/2
Yellow 1/0
Red 0/0
Offsides 2/1
Corners 3/3
Shot % 42/62
Pass % 82/68
CFC Goal: Costa 17'
CFC Assist: Oscar
Around the Grounds
8/31
Everton 1:1 Chelsea
CFC September Fixtures
9/16 Besiktas UCL
9/20 Manchester City (away) EPL
9/24 Everton COC
9/27 Aston Villa EPL
Last edited by steelerfan; 09-26-2014 at 10:03 PM.
Brad Friedel (Spurs)
Joey O'Brien (West Ham)
Younes Kaboul (Spurs)
Sylvain Distin (Everton)
Kyle Walker (Spurs)
Santi Carzola (Arsenal)
Etienne Capoue (Spurs)
Benjamin Stambouli (Spurs)
Stewart Downing (West Ham)
Danny Welbeck (Arsenal)
Roberto Soldado (Spurs)
Notes: After facing former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto'o in thier last match (Romelu Lukaku did not feature for Everton), the Blues will face another former forward when Demba Ba returns to Stamford Bridge as part of the Besiktas JK side. In this Champions League group stage match Ba will hope to repeat the heroics he enjoyed in the European competition last year. Ba's late goal lifted Chelsea past PSG in the quarter finals of last season's Champions League.
Chelsea announced that they have added 16-year-old Nicky Hugill (56-72 OVR, 83-94 POT) to their Youth Academy.
Eden Hazard tucked home a deflected cross from 7 yards in the 13th minute and then teamed with Loic Remy in the dying embers of stoppage time to lift Chelsea to a 2-0 win over Besiktas JK in their Champions League opener on Tuesday night at Stamford Bridge.
Hazard and Remy caught Besiktas, who had sold out in an effort to pull level late, and countered. Flying into the box from the left, Hazard fed a pass across the area to Remy who one-touched a bullet in from 8 yards to seal the points for the Blues.
Chelsea (2-2-0) will return to Premier League action on Saturday when they visit Etihad Stadium and the defending champions Manchester City (2-1-1).
Chelsea / Besiktas JK
Shots 10/15
On Target 4/3
Possession 51/49
Tackles 14/28
Fouls 1/2
Yellow 0/0
Red 0/0
Offsides 2/1
Corners 6/2
Shot % 40/20
Pass % 77/77
Around the Grounds
COC
9/2
Bury 1:2 Crystal Palace
Cambridge United 1:3 Liverpool
Fleetwood Town 0:3 Stoke City
Hull City 2:1 Spurs
Manchester City 3:0 MK Dons
Newcastle 3:1 Charlton Athletic
Peterborough 2:1 Aston Villa
QPR 2:1 Crawley Town
Rotherham United 3:2 West Brom
West Ham 2:1 Ipswich Town
9/3
Southampton 0:2 Sheffield United
EPL
9/13
Arsenal 2:1 Manchester City
9/14
Sunderland 1:2 Spurs
West Brom 1:1 Everton
9/15
Hull City 1:1 West Ham
9/16
Crystal Palace 0:1 Burnley
Manchester United 1:0 QPR
Southampton 0:3 Newcastle
Stoke City 2:2 Leicester City
UCL
9/16
Chelsea 2:0 Besiktas JK
CSKA Moscow 1:1 FC Bayern Munich
FC Barcelona 2:1 PSG
FC Porto 2:2 FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Napoli 2:1 Athletic Bilbao
Roma 1:2 Manchester City
Sporting CP 1:1 FC Schalke 04
Standard Liege 1:2 Ajax
9/17
Arsenal 2:2 Galatasaray SK
AS Monaco 1:2 Bayer Leverkusen 04
Borussia Dortmund 3:0 RSC Anderlecht
Feyenoord 0:1 Real Madrid
Juventus 2:1 Atletico Madrid
Liverpool 1:1 FC Basel
LOSC LIlle 1:0 Olympiakos CFP
SL Benfica 1:0 Zenit
UEL
9/18
FC Luzern 2:3 Everton
Sevilla FC 2:0 Hull City
Spurs 1:0 Zulte-Waregem
IF
9/6
USA 0:1 Ivory Coast
9/10
USA 2:0 Austrailia
UEFA Champions League Group G Table
1. Chelsea 1-0-0 +2 3pts
2. FC Schalke 04 0-1-0 0 1
3. Sporting CP 0-1-0 0 1
4. Besiktas JK 0-0-1 -2 0
Last edited by steelerfan; 09-26-2014 at 10:02 PM.
Chelsea conceded twice inside of the quarter hour mark and never recovered, suffering a humiliating 4-0 loss at Etihad Stadium to Manchester City on Saturday. The Citizens completely controlled every facet of the match from the outset and showed the Blues that they still have some title winning capabilities.
Branislav Ivanovich suffered a sprained ankle late in the first half and is likely to miss 2-3 weeks.
On Wednesday Chelsea will host Everton, an unlucky draw for each side, in the Capital One Cup.
Manchester City / Chelsea
Shots: 17/6
On Target: 8/2
Possession: 54/46
Fouls: 3/1
Yellow: 2/0
Red: 0/0
Offsides: 1/4
Corners: 4/0
Shot %: 47/33
Pass %: 69/75
Around the Grounds
9/20 EPL
Aston Villa 1:0 Arsenal
Burnley 0:2 Sunderland
Leicester City 1:1 Manchester United
Manchester City 4:0 Chelsea
QPR 1:1 Stoke City
Swansea City 1:2 Southampton
West Ham 0:2 Liverpool
9/22 EPL
Spurs 2:0 West Brom
Jose Mourinho made a clear statement, with his lineup on Wednesday night, as to where Chelsea's priorities lie this season. With several, eight to be exact, of his usual XI either on the bench or not dressed, Mourinho made it known that Chelsea was aiming for Premier League and Champions League glory - not for League Cup fame. Despite a furious comeback after Everton were short a man on a Leon Osman straight red card, Chelsea lost 4-3 in extra time at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea trailed 3-0 before late goals by Didier Drogba, Andre Schurrle and Cesc Fabregas knotted the score and forced the extra football.
Following consecutive losses across all competitions, Chelsea (2-2-1) will face Aston Villa (1-0-4) at Stamford Bridge on Saturday as they resume play in the Premier League.
Chelsea / Everton
Shots 14/19
On Target 6/8
Possession 49/51
Tackles 20/29
Fouls 2/1
Yellow 0/0
Red 0/1
Offsides 1/2
Corners 3/3
Shot % 42/42
Pass % 76/89
Around the Grounds
9/23 COC
Bolton 3:2 Swansea City
Bournemouth 1:2 Sunderland
Cheltenham 1:2 Sheffield United
Fulham 2:2 (4-3p) Arsenal
Hull City 3:0 Leeds United
Manchester United 2:1 Crystal Palace
Norwich City 3:3 (3-4p) Liverpool
QPR 2:1 Peterborough
Rochdale 1:0 Manchester City
West Ham 0:1 Northampton
9/24 COC
Cardiff City 1:1 (5-4p) Derby County
Chelsea 3-4 Everton
Leicester City 2:2 (4-3p) Brighton & Hove
Middlesbrough 2:1 Barnsley
Newcastle 3:0 Burnley
Stoke City 3:0 Rotherham United
Diego Costa equalized in the 69th minute with a venomous laser into the top right corner and Chelsea spent the final 20 minutes putting high stress on the Villa goal. However, Willian missed the gaping net from short range minutes after Costa's leveling tally and he rang a volley off the post in stoppage time as Aston Villa held on for a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge. The result was the Blues third straight without a win since dispatching Besitkas JK in their Champions League opener.
Chelsea, the Group G leaders after match day 1, will travel to Lisbon on Wednesday to face Sporting CP in Europe's top club competition.
Chelsea / Aston Villa
Shots 11/12
On Target 3/6
Possession 53/47
Tackles 10/18
Fouls 2/0
Yellow 1/0
Red 0/0
Offsides 3/1
Corners 5/4
Shot % 27/50
Pass % 79/75
CFC Goal: Costa 69'
CFC Assist: Schurrle
CFC Booking: Oscar (Y) 31'
Around the Grounds
9/27 EPL
Arsenal 0:2 Spurs
Chelsea 1:1 Aston Villa
Crystal Palace 0:1 Leicester City
Hull City 0:3 Manchester City
Liverpool 1:2 Everton
Manchester United 3:1 West Ham
Southampton 0:1 QPR
Stoke City 0:1 Newcastle
Sunderland 2:2 Swansea City
West Brom 4:1 Burnley
9/30 EPL
Newcastle 1:1 Hull City
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