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00:00Winning the Champions League with a club outside of the top 5 leagues is basically impossible in the modern era.
00:06The last time it happened, 20 years ago, with the help of a certain special one.
00:11But today, I'm attempting to recreate this feat by managing a non-top 5 league club.
00:15And the goal is to take them all the way to Champions League glory.
00:19But first, we gotta decide which team to do this with.
00:22Obviously, we can't pick any clubs from the top 5 leagues.
00:25But that does mean we can pick a club from the 6th best league in the world, Eredivisie.
00:29But here's another rule, we can't pick any clubs that have won the Champions League before.
00:34Oh man, I was really thinking we could do this challenge with Ajax.
00:37They've got such a good youth academy, so much talent.
00:39Probably the best club we could have done this challenge with outside of the top 5 leagues.
00:43We can't even do it with Feyenoord, because they've won the Champions League before too.
00:47I guess we then gotta go to the Portuguese League.
00:50Unfortunately, we can't pick Porto, because they're the team back in 2004 that won the Champions League with Mourinho.
00:56Maybe then we can pick Benfica?
00:58Heck no, even they've won the Champions League back in Eusebio's era.
01:01Maybe then Sporting might be the play.
01:03The club that created Cristiano Ronaldo, is also the club that have never won the Champions League.
01:09And so the decision has been made.
01:11I'm signing a contract to become the next Sporting manager.
01:14Can I win Sporting the Champions League and become the next special one?
01:18And okay guys, I wasn't expecting this good of a team.
01:21We've got the beast himself, Joaquin Esopto.
01:2482 rated CDM Hulman.
01:30Bro, I've taken a whole lot of worse teams to Champions League glory.
01:33I think we can easily make this happen.
01:35But hold up guys, you thought it was gonna be this easy?
01:38Come on man.
01:40There's a reason why the top 5 leagues are the most dominant in Europe.
01:44And it's basically because they've got the most money.
01:46And that's why in this challenge, every season, one offer that comes from a European giant, we have to accept.
01:53And of course guys, this just had to happen.
01:55The first offer we get from a big European club, it's for Joaquin Esopto.
01:59You guys seriously thought we'd have the privilege to use a player like Joaquin Esopto in this challenge?
02:03And well, every season something like this can happen.
02:06Big European clubs are gonna be coming poaching.
02:09It's our job to still figure out a way and build a proper squad.
02:12Oh, but there's still one more rule.
02:14Not another one?
02:16Since we're Sporting outside of the top 5 leagues, our pull for making signings is gonna be reduced.
02:21Which means we're only allowed to sign players with a max overall of 78.
02:25Now you can see why taking Sporting to Champions League Glory is gonna be so, so difficult.
02:29Alright guys, season 1 and I know life is gonna be harder without Joaquin Es.
02:34See what I did there?
02:35I am dead inside.
02:37But yes, I've got a plan.
02:39In fact, 3 strategies that I think we need to do if we wanna take Sporting to Champions League Glory.
02:44First, we need to focus on the existing talents we've got.
02:47Try and grow them as much as we can.
02:49I know in the end, just like Joaquin Es, some of these guys are gonna leave.
02:52Especially players like Goncalves, Inacio.
02:54They're gonna be high in demand once we grow them to a high overall.
02:57But maybe the likes of Hjulman, Diomande.
03:00If we keep growing them, they might end up staying and becoming Sporting legends.
03:04So to focus on growing our players, we've set up our coaching staff.
03:07And have assigned development plans to all our players.
03:09And also boys, I've actually come up with a good system that we're gonna use.
03:13A 4-3-3 with the CDM. I think it works with the players we've got.
03:16Would've worked a lot better if we had Joaquin Es up top.
03:19But it is what it is.
03:20And this leads me to the second thing we need to focus on.
03:23Getting our transfer policy right.
03:25When players eventually leave our club, we need to be ready to replace them with proper talent.
03:29I know we're only allowed to sign players with a max overall of 78.
03:33But I'm sure there are some quality hidden gems that we can find.
03:36Now for this first season, I am considering bringing in a replacement for Joaquin Es.
03:41But I'm kinda tempted here to give Conrad Harder a chance.
03:4419 year old, there's potential.
03:46But I 100% wanna sign a player for the left back spot.
03:49We've got Santos there who's 29.
03:51This is really a weird one. For once, money isn't gonna be an issue at all.
03:55We're gonna keep getting big money sales like Joaquin Es.
03:57But we are limited with the player we can sign.
04:00But I've already got a few good options like Jharrel Harto, 76 rated.
04:04We're eligible to sign him.
04:05But to be honest, this is a bit unrealistic.
04:07Cause why would Harto move sideways from Ajax?
04:10We're a similar club.
04:11In that case, going for Maxim Derkuiper.
04:1477 overall, playing for Club Bruges.
04:16Definitely moving from the Belgian League to the Portuguese League will be an upgrade.
04:21And there you go, we're making our first signing of this sporting project.
04:24Derkuiper is coming through.
04:26I think guys, this challenge will be a lot more rewarding if we stick to signing players outside of the top 5 leagues.
04:32So there you go, I'm adding that onto the rules.
04:36Now that we've got the left back spot sorted, I think we need some depth in the midfield.
04:40We've literally got faceless players as backup midfielders.
04:43And that's why I think signing someone like Arnie Engels playing for Celtic.
04:47Again, the Scottish League is outside the top 5 leagues, so we can sign him.
04:50And there you go, we've got another young talent locked in at Sporting.
04:54I think so far we've done a decent job with our transfers.
04:57And hence now the third thing I want to focus with this sporting project.
05:00The Youth Academy.
05:02If we can somehow scout the next Cristiano Ronaldo, it could change this club forever.
05:07And that's what I want to do, boys.
05:08I'm only hunting for the next Ronaldo.
05:10We're going to be sending a scout to Portugal.
05:12This dude has only one goal, man.
05:14Finding the next Ronaldo.
05:16Alright, but for the first season, I think this is how our team's going to look like.
05:20Yes, it's going to be tough without Jockerez.
05:22But I think our goal for now is going to be just to qualify for the Champions League.
05:26Just being in there every season.
05:28We'll figure out a way how to win it later on.
05:30For now, let's just focus on qualifying.
05:32End of the season and we do end up finishing second in the league.
05:35I don't know if that's good or bad.
05:37Because if we're aiming to become Champions League winners, the least we should be doing is winning our local league.
05:42I think Benfica right now is the best team in the country.
05:45The good news though is that there's a lot of growth in this team.
05:48Look at Hillman at an 85 overall.
05:50Ignacio 82.
05:51Goncalves up to an 84.
05:53The Creeper who we signed growing pretty well.
05:55Even Engels on the bench is up to a 78.
05:58I think he can now be a starter over Morita.
06:00This isn't too bad, guys. We're building something.
06:02But oh boy, Benfica are really owning us right now.
06:05They've even beaten us in the cup final.
06:07Now, Sporting were in the Champions League this year.
06:09But not for long because we ended up finishing 27th outside of the top 24.
06:14Do you know what?
06:15For season one, I think we've done all what we can.
06:17The team has grown well.
06:18We're going to be in the Champions League next year.
06:20But there is still one problem that we're going to have.
06:23One of our players is going to get stolen by a European giant.
06:26Season two and offers have started to flow in.
06:29But it's not any of the big European clubs.
06:31So far, we don't have to accept anything.
06:33But yeah, guys, I do feel like this season we're going to be saying goodbye to either Hulmund or maybe even Goncalves.
06:39The problem is we can't even build our squad further without finding out which player will be leaving.
06:44And okay, there's an offer for Braganza, our centre mid.
06:46But I don't think Nice is a European giant.
06:48We don't have to accept this.
06:50Surprisingly, this season, none of the big clubs have approached us.
06:53But well, I spoke too soon because we've got an offer from Chelsea and it's for Francisco Trincao.
06:58I actually didn't expect him to be the one to go, but we've got to accept this.
07:02Last year, it was Kyokures. This year, it's Trincao.
07:05To be fair, losing Trincao doesn't hurt as much because we do have this Katamo guy in that right wing position.
07:10He's actually 80 rated, 24 years old.
07:13Can somebody tell me which nation is that?
07:15Because I've got no idea where he's from.
07:17One good thing about Katamo is that he's 80 rated.
07:19So we're not going to really need a replacement.
07:21No point signing a 78 rated winger.
07:24I think for this season, our squad is pretty much covered.
07:26Trincao's seal doesn't really affect much.
07:28We could sign a new striker, but this Harder guy is getting better.
07:31Let's keep trusting him.
07:33Defense is looking super good.
07:34But wait a minute.
07:35I remember we had Rui Silva in goal, 81 rated.
07:38I think he's gone back to his parent club.
07:40He was only on loan.
07:41And that means we're going to be on the hunt for a goalkeeper who is max 78 rated.
07:46Someone like Luis Jr. would be good, but no, he's gone up to a 79.
07:50He did start off at a 77 overall, I think.
07:53Also, he plays in La Liga and we're not trying to sign players from top five leagues.
07:57It's actually going to be tough to find a goalkeeper, man.
07:59We're going to have to hunt in obscure leagues.
08:01But okay, after a bit of hunting in the Belgian league, I found Sean Lemens.
08:0523 years old, 76 rated.
08:08We're signing him up now.
08:09And I've got a feeling Lemens might be the keeper to bring us Champions League glory.
08:13Unless, of course, a big club sees his talent and signs him in a few seasons.
08:17That's the only thing that's got me worried right now.
08:19Because as we keep developing our players,
08:21hope starts to come in that maybe we can win the Champions League.
08:24One of the big boys is going to come and steal one of our players.
08:27It's happened with Jokeres, Trincao.
08:29And you just know at some point it's going to happen with Goncalves or Heulmund.
08:33Now in this challenge, there is one way we can stop that from happening.
08:37At any point, if we manage to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League,
08:41that rule goes away.
08:42Other clubs cannot sign our players.
08:44We can then focus on building the best possible sporting team to conquer Europe.
08:48Okay, but wait a minute.
08:49Did we just get knocked out in the Champions League playoffs?
08:52I think we did.
08:53Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute.
08:56Heulmund sold?
08:57When did this happen?
08:58There was no rule about us needing to sell two players.
09:01How on earth did this go through?
09:02I think he had a release clause, boys.
09:04This is completely on me.
09:06I didn't check.
09:07Oh my days.
09:08We had no reason to sell Heulmund this season.
09:10But he's still gone because of negligence on my part.
09:14To be fair, this is kind of what happens when you're a club outside of the top five leagues.
09:17The big clubs try and talk to your players behind your back.
09:20And that's basically what's happened here.
09:22I guess all we can do right now is sign a replacement for Heulmund.
09:25Now to find that CDM, I searched through a lot of the leagues.
09:28But I just couldn't find somebody that fit the bill.
09:30I just found Arden Jashari.
09:32Oh, but he's gone up to a 79 as well.
09:35Wait a minute.
09:36At the club itself, we've got this Zino De Bosque from Belgium.
09:39It says that he can play CDM.
09:41Anyway, this guy isn't going to get game time in the center back position
09:44because we've got Inacio and Diomondi.
09:47And yup, it should take only a couple of weeks to make him a CDM.
09:50Well, at least we've got Heulmund's replacement.
09:52But it does feel like every season our squad just gets worse.
09:55But wait, guys.
09:56What about the youth academy?
09:57Last season, we invested a lot in projects to find the next Cristiano Ronaldo.
10:01But it turns out this was a complete disaster.
10:04Our scout couldn't find even one good Portuguese talent.
10:07I guess Ronaldo is truly one of a kind.
10:09Inshallah.
10:12End of this season, though, and we again finish behind Benfica.
10:15As I said, if we can't win our league,
10:17how are we going to try and win the Champions League?
10:19But wait a minute.
10:20This season, we were in the Europa League.
10:22And we surprisingly did well enough to make it to the semis.
10:25Okay, we did get destroyed by Newcastle then.
10:27But at least that gives me hope that this team can compete in knockout competitions.
10:31And looking at the overalls, we've almost got a full 80-plus rated team.
10:35My boy Harder is going hard again.
10:3724 goals.
10:38But we're now in season three.
10:40And of course, we're going to start off by awaiting an offer for one of our players.
10:44I just know it's going to be Goncalves, man.
10:46Just bring it to me. Crush me.
10:48Daddy, chill.
10:49I've already seen enough.
10:50Seen Jokeres leave.
10:52Trincao as well.
10:53Who is it next?
10:54But wait a minute.
10:55I'm surprised.
10:56It's Katamo.
10:57Interestingly enough, we did not get a single offer for Goncalves.
11:00For some reason, we're getting to keep him.
11:02Unfortunately, not the same for Geni Katamo.
11:05Man City have come in for him.
11:06And we've got no choice but to let one more of our talents join a European powerhouse.
11:11And you guys know the only way we can make this stop is by making it to the Champions League quarters.
11:16But you know what?
11:17I don't even want to focus on that.
11:18I feel like right now we should be focusing on becoming Portuguese League champions.
11:22Only once we're the best in our country can we even attempt to reach the quarters or beyond.
11:27So the question now is what can we do to this side to make it champions?
11:31Of course, we're still limited by only signing a max 78 rated player.
11:35But I do think with Katamo Gon, we need to bring in another right winger.
11:39Because yeah, Marcus Edwards isn't going to really grow all that much.
11:42He's 27.
11:43And I think I found a really interesting player.
11:46Tyler Dibling.
11:47Plays for Southampton in real life.
11:49And he is a baller.
11:50He's 78 rated.
11:52Nothing stopping us from signing him.
11:54And actually, I think with his potential, he'll be well past 82 or 83 come end of this season.
11:59Well, we don't really have a money issue, boys.
12:01I'm just going to slap in 30 million for him.
12:03Of course, we're cash rich because we're supplying talent to the best teams in Europe.
12:07But there you go, boys.
12:08We're bringing Dibling to Portugal.
12:10And I've got a sneaky feeling that Tyler Dibling is going to be the key to everything.
12:13Wait a minute.
12:14We've somehow made it to the UCL's league phase?
12:17I'm surprised because we actually finished second last year in the league.
12:20Very interesting.
12:21But of course, I'm not going to complain.
12:23If we can somehow finish in the top 24, get into the playoffs and just see where things go.
12:28Maybe just maybe we can make it to the quarters.
12:31And this nonsense of having our players leave will completely go.
12:34But of course, I'm still prioritizing the league this year.
12:36We need to become Portuguese League champions before we can even dream about the Champions League.
12:41End of the season and look at Harder, man.
12:4435 goals.
12:45Dude is quickly turning out to being the MVP of this challenge.
12:49But it's not just him.
12:50There's solid growth all around in this team.
12:52And yes, that has led to us winning the Liga Portugal.
12:55Sporting are the best team in the country now.
12:58But don't forget our main goal is to get Sporting to win the Champions League.
13:01Do what the special one did back with Porto.
13:04And okay, yes, we've crossed our first hurdle finishing 11th in the league phases.
13:08Bro, that means for the first time in this challenge, we're going to be experiencing the knockouts.
13:12And oh my days, we've just knocked out Dortmund in the playoffs.
13:15That is crazy, bro.
13:16Because if in the round of 16, we can make it through and get to the quarters.
13:20The big European giants won't be able to sign our players.
13:23And we can focus on developing a Champions League winning team.
13:26But oh no, in the round of 16, we drew Barcelona.
13:30And we even took the game to penalties.
13:32But in the end, we lost.
13:34Do you know what? I'm not disheartened though.
13:36This team has shown that it can even compete with teams like Barcelona.
13:39And we're close guys, at least to making it to the Champions League quarters.
13:43That's our next goal now.
13:44Maybe next season we can pull it off.
13:46Season 4 and I'm actually confident that this team is good enough to get us to the Champions League quarters.
13:51The problem is though that we're not going to really get to keep this team.
13:54One of our players is going to be leaving.
13:56It could be Tyler Dibbling, who we just signed.
13:59Goncalves, that would be brutal boys.
14:01Because we ain't getting an 89 rated player anytime soon.
14:04But honestly, anybody we lose, it's going to be a really hard hit.
14:07And okay, we've got a couple of offers.
14:09This one's from Monaco.
14:10They are not a European giant.
14:12We don't have to accept this.
14:13Same for Quaresma.
14:14Leverkusen and Newcastle both don't count as European giants.
14:17And okay guys, Juventus is just coming with an offer for Quaresma.
14:21He's by the way, our backup center back.
14:23Bro, we might have just got an incredibly lucky.
14:26Because of course I'm accepting this.
14:27Juve is a European giant.
14:29Nah guys, that is the kind of luck we needed.
14:31Because we're pretty much retaining our entire team.
14:34Even for the center back spot, we've got Depthwiths and Juiced.
14:37I don't think any signing is going to help us.
14:39We just need to believe in this team.
14:41And the question is if we can make it to the Champions League quarters.
14:44And alright guys, we've managed to make it past the first hurdle.
14:47Finishing 13th in the league phase.
14:49And we got a relatively easy draw in the playoffs.
14:51Knocking out Stade Rennes.
14:53But the round of 16 is where we got knocked out by Barca last time.
14:56This time we're facing City but we knocked them out.
14:59Yo, we have made it to the quarterfinals.
15:02In fact, we're going beyond the quarterfinals.
15:04We've knocked out Leverkusen.
15:05No way could it beat this season.
15:07Oh, of course not.
15:09PSG knock us out.
15:10But you know what?
15:11We've taken sporting to the Champions League semifinals now.
15:15And you know what that means?
15:16Other clubs cannot steal any of our players.
15:18Gonçalves who's now up to a 91.
15:20Guess what?
15:21He's going to be here until we finish the job.
15:23The likes of Tyler Dibbling.
15:25Harder.
15:26And honestly, with a bit more growth for the rest of the team.
15:28I reckon we can win the Champions League.
15:30Also this season we managed to crush the Portuguese League.
15:33Winning by over 12 points.
15:35We're now in season 5 and it feels so good that we don't have to accept any offers for our players.
15:40And honestly, now that we've reached the Champions League semifinals once.
15:43I don't see why we can't aim to go beyond that and make it to at least the final.
15:47Because this team is good.
15:49And it's only going to get better through the season.
15:51The only thing is that we really can't improve the team with any sort of signings.
15:54Because we can still only sign 78 rated players.
15:57And they're not really going to have an impact on this side.
15:59The one regret I have in this challenge is that we couldn't find the next Ronaldo.
16:03I mean a high potential striker would have really made things easier.
16:07But I guess we've got harder.
16:09That's what she said.
16:11Or he said.
16:12And so far he's doing a great job.
16:14I mean look at his stats.
16:15He's got 99 finishing now.
16:17Maybe he's the next Ronaldo for sporting.
16:20But yeah, it's time to see how far we can go now with the sporting side.
16:24And okay guys, we're not off to a good start.
16:2619th in the league phases does not give me confidence.
16:29But we have knocked out Marseille.
16:31And Borussia Dortmund in the round of 16.
16:33Bro, we're getting so lucky quarterfinals and we've drawn Ajax.
16:37Of course we knocked them out.
16:38But I think the luck ends here boys.
16:40To get through to the Champions League final.
16:42We're going to have to knock out PSG.
16:44To be fair guys.
16:45I don't think it's a fluke that we've made it this far.
16:47Just look at this team.
16:48Since we didn't have to sell any of our players.
16:51The team has been just growing constantly.
16:53LeMans is 87.
16:54Ignacio 86.
16:56Goncalves 92.
16:58I think we're now good enough to make it to the final.
17:00Let's first see what happens in the first leg against PSG.
17:03And we do get a 2-0 win.
17:04It's all about harder man.
17:06We couldn't find the next Cristiano.
17:08But maybe harder is that guy.
17:10The moment of truth boys.
17:11The second leg against PSG.
17:13Can we do what Jose Mourinho did back in 2004?
17:16Taking Porto to the Champions League final.
17:18And yes!
17:19We've pulled it off.
17:20Harder with the brace again.
17:22And we're now facing Atletico Madrid in the final.
17:25I'm actually happy with this.
17:26If it was a club like Real Madrid or Barca.
17:28It would be really tough to win.
17:29But Atletico are known to bottle in the Champions League.
17:32Well let's be nice.
17:33We don't have to go there.
17:35I mean you're not wrong.
17:37This is it guys.
17:38My opportunity to become the special one.
17:40Just like Jose Mourinho.
17:42And I'm actually really excited to try out these sporting players.
17:45Because we've spent five seasons building this squad.
17:48It's such a unique team.
17:49And of course the player I want to really test out is Harder.
17:52This guy's got 99 finishing.
17:54Let's see what he's all about.
17:56Gets in behind.
17:57Shoots and bang!
17:58Harder with his first chance to put us into the lead.
18:01Okay this is not going to be that easy is it?
18:03Marmouche for Atletico has scored.
18:05Okay let's not lose our composure just yet.
18:07I believe we've got the team to win this.
18:09And yes Harder again.
18:10He's opened up more space.
18:11Shoots and scores.
18:13Harder might be the best striker I've used on the game.
18:15Every shot is a goal.
18:17I can feel Atletico Madrid crumble already.
18:19We get one more goal.
18:20I think it's job done.
18:22Saying that if we do let Atleti score it is going to be a problem.
18:25We are defending well.
18:26Uh oh this is bad.
18:27This is really bad.
18:28We get chipped.
18:29Oh my days.
18:30It's Marmouche again.
18:31Well we're the underdogs in the Champions League.
18:33It was never going to be easy for us to win.
18:35But all I think we need to do is get the ball to Harder.
18:38Or maybe Tyler Dibbling could do something himself.
18:40No he puts it wide.
18:42Harder's got the ball in the box.
18:43And you know what he does next?
18:44No the keeper saved it.
18:46We're going to have to deal with extra time if we want to make sporting European champions.
18:51Oh Harder again.
18:52Harder again.
18:53This time he scores.
18:54Let's go.
18:55Handshake for Harder.
18:57I think that goal was enough boys.
18:58We've done it.
18:59Sporting are Champions League winners.
19:01I can now call myself the special one.
19:03Because I've taken a non top 5 league to Champions League glory.
19:07And we did it in such an awesome way man.
19:09Signing unique players.
19:11Developing them.
19:12Who do you think was the MVP of this challenge?
19:14Let me know in the comments.
19:16I think it can only be one guy.
19:17Mr. Harder himself.
19:19But hey if you enjoyed this video.
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19:23And try and get the Hammers some glory.
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