Denmark had made their way to the European Championships of 2032 after just about edging their way through the qualifying group. And the entire nation was on edge awaiting our draw for the big tournament.
Our first full season in Sardinia had seen us nicely improve Cagliari's fortunes to finish in 8th place, just 3 points away from qualifying for Europe. This blog will look back on our key performers in the 2031/32 Serie A season.
Heading into 2032, Cagliari Calcio were being well and truly carried into the top half of Serie A by the goals of star striker Thomas De Lucia. The Italian, our newly appointed vice-captain, had scored more than half of our goals.
I'd just enjoyed a summer of soaking up the rays in the beautiful surroundings of my new home in Sardinia. But there was plenty of work to be done in the summer of 2031 to rebuild a Cagliari side lacking quality and, importantly, money.
Life in idyllic Sardinia had gotten off to a pretty solid start with 4 points from our opening two games as manager of Cagliari. That had us sitting safe in 10th position and with an outside chance of challenging for European places.
Denmark were feeling quietly confident about appearing at Euro 2032 after being handed a qualification group alongside Scotland, Poland, Kosovo, Malta and the Faroe Islands.
A new start is upon us and assembled journalists were quick to point out that the new manager was "quite the coup" for Cagliari and "appeared to be a good fit for the club's current vision."
I'm the kind of Football Manager player that usually starts with a club and sticks with it in an attempt to build it into the world's greatest. But after six seasons in Portugal and five in Spain, I was reeling from being given the sack by Valencia and down the job centre.
Last time out, we'd taken the USA to the World Cup quarter-finals and only narrowly missed out to hosts Italy with a 1-0 defeat. But now, having taken the States as far as I thought we could realistically take them, a new opportunity had arrived with Denmark.
The United States of America were heading to World Cup 2030 having cruised into the Finals by dismissing the soccer powerhouses of Panama, Dominican Republic and Curacao.
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