Lionel was a big feature in Barcelona’s Champions League campaign that ended in goal difference defeat in a second group stage containing Juventus and Borussia Dortmund.
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Remember, due to the age difference not being a factor, this almost acts as Lionel Messi’s 2003/04 season.Ĭristiano netted 12 in 39 matches, with Messi putting three more in the net but over more games. Cristiano Ronaldo made the transition into the Sporting Lisbon first team as did Lionel Messi at Barcelona.
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So, annoying myself in the process, I’ve decided to compare them.ġst, 39/12 (0/0), PC 5th, 47/15 (0/0) Championship Managerīoth players enjoyed fruitful seasons at such a young age. Why can’t we just enjoy them both play football? In fact, due to their constant nine-year duel at Spain’s two biggest clubs, the hype of a personal rivalry has hit such a boring heights that there’s a new school of thought: Swap the names around and all could be quotes from Madridistas or Barca fans. Since the emergence of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi at their peak around 2007 or 2008, they have been compared endlessly and with no definitive answer. This means that both Ronaldo and Messi are the same age (16). There at least his career was usually memorable, as he could be guaranteed to be cheap, or even free, and be a building block of a trophy winning team.N.B.: The Championship Manager 01/02 editor has a little kink where it reverts any created player with an age below 16 to aged 20 when you load the game. Lunden returned to GAIS as Sporting Director a year later, until the club relegated him to a part-time role in 2015 due to financial troubles besetting the club.Īn altogether unremarkable career for a man that will forever be better remembered for an unreal life on a video game. A move to Elfsborg followed, where he was converted to play on the wing or at full-back.Īfter five seasons with Elfsborg he made a move to GAIS, where he played out his career until his retirement from playing five years later in 2011. Lunden was not quite the golden prospect that he seemed to be in the game, though he was highly rated enough to win one Sweden cap in 2001, the highlight of his career, where Zlatan also made his national debut. In real life Lunden was born in Borlange, Sweden in 1980 and began his career as a forward at IK Brage before a move to IFK Gothenburg, where he was playing when this version was released. One of those players was Jonas Lunden, a forward in the game, who would develop into a world class performer and guarantee you goals. Either that or Sweden, in particular, had a whole 'golden generation' that got lost on the way, as you could easily build a team for peanuts from Swedish youngsters that would sweep all before it. The game had just added Scandinavian leagues to its database and clearly the scouting was not being done properly.
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All you had were numbers on a screen until you got to the match with its flashing text. It must be said that the improved scouting of the modern game, added to all the little 'improvements' they have made, has made it lose its charm and become less of a game.īack when 01/02 was released, none of that mattered.
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In the days when Champ Man was the most addictive spreadsheet ever made, when marriages foundered on the rocks of flashing text in place of animated matches, the scouting left a bit to be desired but the game itself was all the better for those little nuggets you could unearth. Jonas Lunden Championship Manager 01/02 Edition