--------------------------------------- CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER ITALIA '95 PLAYING GUIDE --------------------------------------- C.A.T./PYRAMID & GALAXY --------------------------------------- -------------- PICKING A TEAM -------------- It's important to pick a good Squad. They should have some good Players, 1M+ Account, 26- Players, some old, experienced Players, and also some young ones. You should try: 1. Milan 2. Parma 3. Juventus 4. Inter 5. Fiorentina 6. Sampdoria ----------- STARTING UP ----------- Look through Your Staff, and if You've got some whose Rating is below Very Good then sack him. Also, if some of Your Players is unhappy with some of Your Coaches, sack those too. ------------------- PICKING THE PLAYERS ------------------- Quite simply pick the best Players! However make sure not to use Rebellious and Withdrawn Players. Also don't use Players with Influence 6-. ---------- THE TACTIC ---------- Make sure Your Tactic suits Your Players best possible. Also make sure that EACH Player actual- ly plays in a Position, he can. Other- wise would make him play badly. Try this 4-3-3 1 Keeper 2 Left Back (Forward) 3 Right Back (Forward) 4 Center Back 5 Center Back 6 Center Mid (Backward) 7 Center Mid 8 Center Mid 9 Center Forward (Forward) 10 Center Forward 11 Center Forward Or this 3-4-1-2 1 Keeper 2 Center Back 3 Center Back 4 Sweeper 5 Left Wing (Forward) 6 Right Wing (Forward) 7 Center Mid 8 Center Mid 9 Support 10 Center Forward 11 Center Forward --------- THE STYLE --------- It is hard to say which Style is the best. I normally use Continental/Pass to Feet. Long Ball can be useful in a few Games, and Counter Attack is al- ways bad. ----------- THE CAPTAIN ----------- The Captain of Your Team should be: 25+ Years old Responsible/Thoughful 18+ Influence Never use a Rebellious/Withdrawn Player for Captain. --------- CONTRACTS --------- Since the Players Value depends on the Lenght of the Contract, always try to get it as long as possible. If one of Your younger (-27) Players' Contract expire, and he only wants a 1-2 year Deal, just refuse it, and he've probably changed his Mind the next Week. Always remember; the Player decides what to do, after the 3rd Bid (or was it 4th) -------------- BUYING PLAYERS -------------- Always buy younger (-26) Players, and only those with high Stats. Try not to buy Players on the National- Team, and only those of poorer Clubs and with short Contracts. This Way, You'll get the Player much cheaper. You can't use more then 3 Foreigners, so go for the Italian Players. Those will also increase Value a lot, if they enters the National-Team. Also don't buy Rebellious/Withdrawn Players and those with 6- Influence. You should only buy one big-name Player for each Position. If You've got two identical Players, one of them won't play and therefore get unhappy. An example is Savicevic (Right Forward) and Simone (also Right Forward) from Milan. Make sure to get rid of one of them. --------------- SELLING PLAYERS --------------- Always sell the Players You're not in- tending to use anymore. Unless You transfer-list a Player at the end of the Season, other Clubs won't get interrested in him. If another Club approaches You, with an offer always ask for +25% of theit bids, until the 3rd Bid. Here You accept the Bid, if it is higher than the Player Value. ------------- END OF SEASON ------------- At the end of a Season pick the Players, (ie. give them a Shirt Number) You want to use the following Year. If You've got some 30+ old Players, You don't want to use anymore, insure him, and make sure he've got no shirt no. Then he'll probably retire, and You'll get a lot of Insurance-Money. Also this is the Moment to transfer-list those Players You'ld like to get rid of. ---------- NEW SEASON ---------- In the beginning of each Season click through all your Players. Increase their Wages if they demand it, and always re- new their Contract. Also look through ALL new Players on all Clubs, and check for new Talents. If found, buy them immediately. At his Sta- ge, they're very cheap. This is the best Way to earn Money. Buy the Players cheap, raise them, and sell them expensively to the big Clubs. ---------------- FRIENDLY MATCHES ---------------- Play 3+ Matches against Italian Teams, in the beginning of each Season. This is a good Moment for Experiments with young/new Players. -------- THE GAME -------- In the halftime Break, substitue the Players which Rating is 2+ below the the average of Your Team. If You had Troubles in the first Half, try to substitute some players and/or change Your Tactic/Style. Sometimes the Long Ball-Style can be very good. If You're leading 2+ Goals in the 70th+ minute substitute Your 2 best Players, with 2 young Talents. In this way, You won't injury Your good Players, and Your young Players will get some experience. ---------------------- THE PLAYERS TO GO FOR! ---------------------- Foreign Players in foreign Clubs: Florin Raducioiu....Spain MA RLC 4.0M Enzo Scifo..........France M LC 2.5M Ryan Giggs..........England A RLC 5.0M Nii Lamptey.........England A C 2.0M Darren Anderton.....England MA RL 2.5M Nick Barmby.........England MA C 2.0M Vinnie Samways......England M C 2.0M Martin Dahlin.......Germany A C 4.0M Matthias Sammer.....Germany M C 4.0M Brian Laudrup.......Scotland MA RC 4.0M Go for Giggs! Foreign Players in Italian Clubs: Gabriel Batistuta...Fiorent. A C 7.0M Wim Jonk............Inter M C 4.0M Ruben Sosa..........Inter MA L 4.5M Didier Deschamps....Juventus M RC 4.0M Alen Boksic.........Lazio A C 6.5M Aron Winther........Lazio M C 4.5M Marcel Desailly.....Milan DM C 6.0M Faustino Asprilla...Parma MA L 5.0M Daniel Fonseca......Roma A LC 6.0M Italian Players: Fransesco Baiano....Fiorent. MA R 4.0M Gianluca Pagliuca...Inter G 4.0M Ciro Ferrera........Juventus D RC 3.0M Roberto Baggio......Juventus MA C 8.0M Fabrizio Ravanelli..Juventus A C 4.5M Angelo Peruzzi......Juventus G 3.0M Diego Fuser.........Lazio M RC 3.0M Giuseppe Signori....Lazio MA L 5.0M Demetrio Albertini..Milan M C 5.0M A. Costacurta.......Milan D C 3.0M Paolo Maldini.......Milan D LC 6.0M Alessandro Melli....Milan A C 4.0M Christian Panucci...Milan D RC 3.0M Gianluigi Lentini...Milan MA R 4.0M Antonio Bennarivo...Parma D RL 5.0M Dino Baggio.........Parma M C 4.0M Lorenzo Minotti.....Parma DM C 3.0M Gianfranco Zola.....Parma MA C 6.0M Marco Branca........Parma A C 2.5M Luca Bucci..........Parma G 2.5M Daniele Moretti.....Piacenza M C 1.0M Gianpietro Piovani..Piacenza MA R 1.0M Davide Dioniggi.....Reggiana A C 2.0M Attilo Lombardo.....Sampdor. MA R 2.5M ------------- ULTIMATE TEAM ------------- 1. Gianluca Pagliuca.....G 2. Antonio Bennarivo.....D R (Forward) 3. Paolo Maldini.........D L (Forward) 4. Demetrio Albertini....M C 5. Marcel Desailly.......D C 6. Giuseppe Signori......M L (Forward) 7. Gianluigi Lentini.....M R (Forward) 8. Gianfranco Zola.......M C (Forward) 9. Alessandro Melli......A C 10. Roberto Baggio........Support 11. Ryan Giggs............A C ------- BYE BYE ------- Enjoy Championship Manager Italy '95 and look forward to Championship Manager 2 (September). C.A.T. 08/07/95