Rabsahl Soccer Tribune

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02/07/2023

Kick off July with us. 😏

03/10/2022

Seattle Sounders FC misses playoffs for 1st time

Final.

15/06/2022

Ecuador

The surprise team?

Ecuador qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 2014 and is my prediction for an under the radar team.

The mix of experience and young talent is good and Ecuador enjoys one of their best generations of soccer players.

Besides more unknown names who play in South America, you also have two Champions League class players and a veteran in striker Enner Valencia.

Players like Xavier Arreaga, Diego Palacios, José Cifuentes, Leonardo Campana, Michael Estrada or Jhegson Méndez even play in MLS.

The mix of the team, the teamwork and the individual talent could bring Ecuador into the knockouts in a not too hard group with beatable opponents.

Ecuador showed some good games and managed draws against Argentina and Brazil. Recently they drew against Mexico and defeated Nigeria.

If things work out and if they show their strengths, Ecuador might reach the knockouts and could even surprise.

I don't think they go for the title or the Semis, but I could imagine that they might reach the quarter finals or at least give us a good game against a big team.

15/06/2022

Qatar

The National Team of Qatar will play their first FIFA World Cup and the nation will host the event.

Qatar is a national team with very recent success and a questionable plan to compensate the lack of quality.

One fact about the Qatari National Team is that a huge percentage of players are of foreign descent and were born in other countries, mostly African countries.

This practice isn't uncommon and also usual in Europe and other countries.

In comparison to other countries, Qatar is still underdeveloped in terms of soccer culture and is subject to criticism.

Currently, all Qatari players play in the Qatar Stars League. They don't have any star players in the European leagues like Iran or Japan.

The gap of quality to other nations is huge and the overall team quality isn't strong compared to other nations.

They have a handful of quality players which can be seen in the pictures.

But could they win the title? I don't think so. They don't have a group of death but Senegal and the Netherlands have way more quality.

It would be an achievement if they're able to get a draw or maybe even a victory. They could potentially reach the knockouts but their chances against a big European or COMMEBOL team are very low.

14/06/2022

I'll create a post about each team, their key players, weaknesses, strengths and chances to win the title

19/01/2022

AJ Auxerre finished last place in Ligue 1 Uber Eats and get relegated back to Ligue 2 BKT

I remain as coach for the third season and have the goal to return to Ligue 1.

Paul Joly will leave the club on a free transfer and join Lechia Gdańsk in Poland.

19/01/2022

I started the second season with the signings of the following three players

Bandiougou Fadiga (Free Transfer)

Mathieu Cafaro (Free Transfer)

Jean-Charles Castelletto (6.2 Million Euros)

18/01/2022

AJ Auxerre won the Promotion Playoffs against Clermont Foot 63 and get promoted to Ligue 1 Uber Eats !

18/01/2022

AJ Auxerre finished 3rd in Ligue 2 BKT with 66 points and is qualified for the Promotion Playoffs.

Gaëtan Charbonnier scored 15 goals in Ligue 2 and won the golden boot.

17/01/2022

No new players came in the winter transfer window.

Gautier Lloris and Jubal will leave Auxerre after the season and signed pre contacts with new clubs.

16/01/2022

My first transfer window with Auxerre wasn't that spectacular.

Not much money to work with. But I still managed to sign three new players.

Axel Guessand - A 16 year old center back from the ASNL- AS Nancy Lorraine youth academy (450k Euros)

Thomas Monconduit - Midfielder from FC Lorient . Monconduit played for Auxerre when he was younger.

Mbia Stéphane - A veteran center back with European experience. Signed him from Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada in Spain.

Birama Touré left the club and moved to Basaksehir in Turkey.

16/01/2022

My next team to play on Fifa career mode will be from France and played a big role in the history of the French game.

AJ Auxerre

Auxerre is a team from Burgundy, sitting close to the middle of France. The city of Auxerre got a population of around 35 000 people.

The club was founded in 1905 but the era of success started in the 1980 when Auxerre got promoted to the Division 1, today the Ligue 1 and qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in 1984.

Golden years came in the 1990s when AJ Auxerre had several great players like Laurent Blanc, Enzo Scifo, Alain Roche, Sabri Lamouchi and others. They also produced talent or became a breakthrough club for players like Basile Boli or Eric Cantona.

Auxerre won it's first trophy, the Coupe de France in 1994. Two years later came the greatest year in club history with the Ligue 1 title and another Coupe de France. After the 1995/96 season, AJ Auxerre should win two more Coupe de France in 2003 and 2005.

The father of the success was coach Guy Roux who coached Auxerre for more than 40 years. His longest period with Auxerre was between 1964 and 2000. Longer than any other coach in soccer history, for example Sir Alex Ferguson or Arsene Wenger.

The club was in decline since the 2000s, the last highlight in the history of Auxerre was their 2010/11 Season where they played in the UEFA Champions League for the last time.

Auxerre had been relegated to Ligue 2 in 2012 and play in second division ever since.

In this season, Auxerre sit in fourth place and is in the promotion race.

The photo shows Guy Roux together with Eric Cantona who should become a legend for Manchester United in the 1990s.

My goal is to bring back Auxerre to Ligue 1 and to restore the glory of the 90s.