Greetings to all

Welcome to the 60th edition of the VFIFA CDM.

45 participants, record broken and we're adapting to the groups ^^

The groups :




Participants:

AFC + OFC 9
SOUTH KOREA: Mini Hulk ~CN~ Louve
INDIA: ATK Mohun Bagan Arkajyoti Paul (ENG)
JAPAN: Esprit Shōnen FC ~©~ maxence97300
KAZAKHSTAN Ohw Mon Bébé ♥♥♥ Aguado
LAOS - VFIFA - ລາວ LAOS #AFC Leguman
MALAYSIA: Chubby Bear FC-FVF Ranerl Tan (ENG)
NEW ZEALAND: Wolfpack ☆NWO☆ kiki-sainté
TAIWAN: B53 Carnegie’s °hVs° Bayle
VIET NAM: U.S.Groix #AFC enez Afro-Asian Cup Winner


CAF 4
ALGERIA: IRB❤ALMA❤ - The Fym- zico93
CAPE VERDE: Guerreiro Lusitano LFL*-* Nani the Kid
COTE D'IVOIRE : wb ~ Ivoire Académie ~ Le saint
SENEGAL : GFA|TAMBA FC Maguatte


CONCACAF + CONMEBOL 10
ARGENTINA: Argentina °hVs° -zed-
BRAZIL: LR ¤Seleção Brasil¤ junior
CHILE: PSG-Chili Academy P2eter
CUBA : LR ¤ Palmas Réales ¤ Busy Copa Americà winner
ECUADOR: LR ¤ Artifex lignarius ¤ zebounet
HONDURAS: Honduras FT °hVs° Taudecci
JAMAICA: FC Massilia ~©~ Fafa30
PERU: Osthoffen LFL *-* ben33
UNITED STATES: New-York City °hVs° belier07d
URUGUAY: Celeste Fútbol Selección Anactarion


UEFA 22+1
ALBANIA: FC GRIGNY COUMBA
GERMANY: les demons michbou
ANDORRA: G¤P FC Santa Coloma -H- Louick
ENGLAND: LR ¤ Liverpool FC ¤ Marcus Aurelius Euro winner
AUSTRIA: FC Bouzolles ☆NWO☆ gweltaz29
BELGIUM: Diables Rouges ®BEL® superior
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: Géants Athois ~©~ Rejul
CYPRUS: Le Pigeon Voyageur {IG} EL PIGEON
CROATIA: Mick3829 •hVs• mick3829
DENMARK: Jeg fik dig 🇩🇰 °L7C° Brutus IF NEEDED, TO MAKE THE NUMBER
SCOTLAND: Scots Guards ~©~ Aldo
SPAIN: oshen °hVs° d.vincent
FINLAND: Canard Ti Cho [ELU] k3vin59218
NORTHERN IRELAND: The Fym ~ Boyaux Rouges Tazz26
ICELAND: Marseille Olympik -=EvF=- corpus13
ITALY: Galacticowat ~©~ Galywat World Champion - JUVENTUS julien-pousin
NORTHERN MACEDONIA: AvenirSportifRimanxoisien Blagoje Vidinic
MONTENEGRO: FSavo Starovic² [ELU] shinchan2111
NORWAY: Béziers [34] Morten34
PORTUGAL: As Quinas *LFL* DiiDy
SERBIA: Ramsès¤LV¤ hades3105
SWITZERLAND: Les Snarfs FC {-BV-} Marsu


Random matches; DL to 29 March inclusive.

The top players in each group and the 7 best runners-up qualify, followed by the classic eighth-place play-offs.

Enjoy your matches.

Given that the groups' images are so long, and that they are cropped by the game, that they are difficult to read on a computer-phone ... Here are the groups with contact links:

GROUPE
FINLAND : Canard Ti Cho [ELU] k3vin59218
VIÊT NAM: U.S.Groix #AFC enez Winner Afro-Asian Cup* (in French)
MONTENEGRO: FSavo Starovic² [ELU] shinchan2111
ARGENTINA: Argentina °hVs° -zed-
ALGERIA: IRB❤ALMA❤ - The Fym- zico93

GROUPE
DENMARK: Jeg fik dig 🇩🇰 °L7C° Brutus
ICELAND: Marseille Olympik -=EvF=- corpus13
BRAZIL: LR ¤Seleção Brasil¤ junior
INDIA: ATK Mohun Bagan Arkajyoti Paul (ENG)
AUSTRIA: FC Bouzolles ☆NWO☆ gweltaz29

GROUPE
CYPRUS: Le Pigeon Voyageur {IG} EL PIGEON
JAMAICA: FC Massilia ~©~ Fafa30
TAIWAN: B53 Carnegie’s °hVs° Bayle
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: Géants Athois ~©~ Rejul
ANDORRA: G¤P FC Santa Coloma -H- Louick

GROUPE
NORWAY: Béziers [34] Morten34
CROATIA: Mick3829 •hVs• mick3829
PERU: Osthoffen LFL *-* ben33
GERMANY: les demons michbou
KAZAKHSTAN Ohw Mon Bébé ♥♥♥ Aguado

GROUPE
NORTHERN IRELAND: The Fym ~ Boyaux Rouges Tazz26
HONDURAS: Honduras FT °hVs° Taudecci
SERBIA: Ramsès¤LV¤ hades3105
UNITED STATES: New-York City °hVs° belier07d
LAOS - VFIFA - ລາວ LAOS #AFC Leguman

GROUPE
SCOTLAND: Scots Guards ~©~ Aldo
SWITZERLAND: Les Snarfs FC {-BV-} Marsu
JAPAN: Esprit Shōnen FC ~©~ maxence97300
CHILE : PSG-Chili Academy P2eter
COTE D'IVOIRE : wb ~ Ivoire Académie ~ Le saint

GROUPE
NORTHERN MACEDONIA: AvenirSportifRimanxoisien Blagoje Vidinic
ECUADOR: LR ¤ Artifex lignarius ¤ zebounet
ITALY: Galacticowat ~©~ Galywat World Champion - JUVENTUS julien-pousin
NEW ZEALAND: Wolfpack ☆NWO☆ kiki-sainté
SENEGAL : GFA|TAMBA FC Maguatte

GROUPE
CUBA: LR ¤ Palmas Réales ¤ Busy Copa Americà Winner
BELGIUM: Diables Rouges ®BEL® superior
PORTUGAL: As Quinas *LFL* DiiDy
SOUTH KOREA: Mini Hulk ~CN~ Louve
CAPE VERDE: Guerreiro Lusitano LFL*-* Nani the Kid

GROUPE
ENGLAND: LR ¤ Liverpool FC ¤ Marcus Aurelius Euro Winner
URUGUAY: Celeste Fútbol Selección Anactarion
SPAIN: oshen °hVs° d.vincent
ALBANIA: FC GRIGNY COUMBA
MALAYSIA: Chubby Bear FC-FVF Ranerl Tan (ENG)


deadline 29 Mars
Thank you for posting your match results.

A few days ago, I was hanging out on our old VFIFA forum ... and I can't believe it, I've been harping on this old record for 10 years now!

Frankly, you can be proud of taking part in this 60th CDM VFIFA, we're going down in history ... all together

Sure, there were 38 of us registered for the last Continental Cups, so beating 36 in the CDM was doable ... but 45, that's FORTY-FIVE of us!

With 9 groups of 5, that's 90 VFIFA matches for this first round

Yes, the level is high ...
And, yes, with 2 qualifiers (or even 1 for 2 groups: we take the top 9 and the 7 best 2nd-placed teams), there will be a lot of eliminated players in this first round ... for the rest of the competition to run smoothly.
But don't be disappointed, be proud to represent your nation!
And 4 matches minimum is a great way to enjoy yourself and gain international experience.

Good luck to everyone once again ... and especially to my fellow Asians

Ivory Coast vs Chile 07 March at 8pm

[Aguado]... blah, blah, blah... The first point in history against the immense Germany!
...
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What not to read.

> **Blagoje Vidinic**:

Aguado : ... premier point de l'histoire face à l'immense Allemagne!
> ...
>

>
> Qu'est-ce qu'il faut pas lire.

It's to give him confidence

> **belier07d**: Laos 1-1 États-Unis
> https://www.virtuafoot.com/fr/match?mid=6711070
>
> Un match sous dominance laotienne.
> USA marque contre le cours du jeu. Et Laos, refait son retour en fin de match.
> Match très tactique des 2 managers. Bravo à eux.

D-2
The draw for this historic World Cup has been made.
To give ourselves the best possible chance, my staff and I are starting to watch DVDs of our opponents to study the tactics we should adopt.
But to really put all the odds on our side, we go to the pagoda , make offerings and burn incense...
We then go to meet a bonze ... "He's a numerologist in his spare time, and communicates with the stars.
[5 !!![/b], I see a 5 !!![/i], he tells us ...
Uh yes ... We're in group 5, it's written on the programme ...
[And 5 opponents you have ... it can't be a coincidence !!! ... It's a very good omen, the stars agree with me ... [he said, his eyes half-revulsed.
Soutsakhone Phonepaseuth, my assistant coach https://www.virtuafoot.com/#staff?sid=115749, nudges me and whispers, "That means we're going to win all our games 5-0 ... lol ... "
I giggle and almost lose my seriousness: pff, you're silly Sout'... aha ... we've never scored 5 goals ... even if you add up all the group games in the CDM ...

As I was thinking about what this famous 5 could bring us, Soutsakhone said to me with a smile: "to put all the chances on our side, we could eat a rabbit's foot stew, and make the players wear horseshoes instead of studs ... "
Yeah, Aha ... You're aware that we're playing a World Cup broadcast on mondovision throughout the VF World ... Don't you have work to do tomorrow, by the way!

D-1
I meet up with Soutsakhone and the players from the VFIFA squad in the weight room for a physical preparation course.
As soon as I enter, the captain calls out to me: Léguman, what's wrong with you? We've already got heavy legs, we played a League Cup match with our respective clubs the day before, why are we lifting weights today?
But I can't help it! Didn't you see the poster on the door? ... The hall was flooded, they cleaned up the mud that had been inside for a week ... We've only had access to it since today!

The players pout, pull out their smartphones to make shorts on TokTok, or stories on Amstramgram, and take photos of the traces of the flood.
I can even see Soutsakhone doing choreography with some of them who think they're stars.
Gosh, that's no way to win, I say to myself
... Well, at least the atmosphere is good ...

D 0
It's the big day! Tonight we welcome our counterpart, bélier07d, and his USA team.
See you at the national stadium:
"OK lads, a quiet collective training session: a few laps of the pitch, and a short 10-minute match".
During the challenge, I see our goalkeeper dive, land badly and suddenly shout: AHHHHHHHH!!!!
He's holding his wrist, writhing in pain...
The medical staff come running, the physio grimaces.
S. Vorrabout is brought in for a wrist scan ...
The verdict is in:

The only goalkeeper I selected is injured a few hours before the match!

NOOOOONN !!! NO ... NO ... NO !!! Why!!!
Medical report: 5 tendon micro-lesions.
Oh yeah, 5, that's good luck, and patati et patata ... Pu&@"# de M3@è%*$ !!!!

I look at my experienced 33-year-old libero, P. Khunsamnarn, the one who's already been through several VFIFA caps.
"I tap him on the shoulder and hand him the gloves.
Naturally, the other players have their smartphones out and the news is all over the country.
So we improvise a press conference on the pitch:

[I'll give everything, I'll die for Team Xat if I have to ...[/i]
It's OK, it's OK ... Khun, don't overdo it ... it's still a game of foot ball ... Of course, you'll be starting in goal when you were supposed to be on the bench ... you must be excited, but ... I could have done without it ...

After dinner, everyone has a siesta and we meet again in the evening for the big match!

D 0: the evening, the match
Pre-match talk: << Guys ... solid in defence ... we give everything ... we protect the Khun in goal, eh ... >>
I shake hands with bélier07d, and wish him good luck.
The anthems ring out, the players are proud, the group is united:


And here we go, the whistle blows.
5th minute, S. Phomthisene tackles like a butcher without playing the ball and gets a yellow.
Brilliant! you're out...
The match is tense, a battle in midfield.
37th minute, US incursion, C. Siviengxay elbows a winger in the jaw who was making an appeal ... and bam ... a yellow card ...
Great ... you're out too ...

It's half-time:
<< Guys, I said solid in defence, but you know I'd like us to finish the match with 11 men? ... Eh, you know? ... So, we have confidence in our keeper for the day. We're moving forward, there are gaps to exploit ... We believe! >>

The match resumes ...
45th Great Laotian incursion, but Bounporn B. Xaysongkham shoots straight at the keeper.
I clap my hands and cheer them on...
49th S. Khanethavong has a chance, but shoots 4m wide.
60th After some good ball movement, B. Xaysongkham receives the ball in the box ... the shot is crossed ... but it goes 1m wide of the post.
We push, we push...
Bélier07d, the American coach, makes 3 changes, with fresher, faster players who will try to play on the counter-attack ...

64th minute: Cox wins the ball back, moves up the pitch, breaks free of Khanethavong... the Team USA team block projects itself... He looks up, sees Thongken coming into contact... Cox shifts to the right wing and passes the ball to Flores... Flores passes back to Flennell, the defensive midfielder... Flenell breaks down the left wing ... Danny D. Golding, the support striker on the left wing, hooked the ball past his opposite number and unleashed a mule-like shot from an impossible angle... Phongsavanth Khunsamnarn relaxes, but falls back just as quickly as a big bag of rice... goalkeeping is a job ...
GOAL !!! For Team USA !!!

0 - 1


68th We take out a defender, and bring in our number 10: Samnieng Champamaninivong.
The American coach makes his last 2 changes.

The clock is ticking ... I'm stamping my feet on the bench, I'm stamping my feet ... we're not going to start with a defeat, after all .... Come on, we're going all out, 78th minute, we make the last 2 substitutions, we're playing 4-3-3 with a very attacking approach, we don't care if we get a second one, there's ten minutes left. We've got to give it everything we've got! I'm waving my arms from the bench.

88th minute: Champamanivong brings the ball up the middle of the pitch, between 2 American players, he finds Petnakhorn on the right wing ... who sees Rowe coming back at him, he passes the ball in the centre of the pitch to Bootkeopaseuth who has come on to provide the extra man ... Sisavath, an attacking midfielder on the left, receives the ball... He was caught out by Miller and Myers ... but Vilayout V. Sysavath managed to deliver a wonderful cross ... Bounporn B. Xaysongkham controls the ball perfectly in the box and unleashes a low shot... The USA goalkeeper made no move as he was covered by his defender ... BUTTT !!!!!!
The nets are shaking ... !!!! equalises in the 88th minute !!!!

1 - 1
I celebrate and hug my staff.


The large crowd celebrates the equaliser.

The referee blows his whistle... It's the end of the match!


I clench my fist and smile : a draw that tastes like victory, such was our difficulty in finding the net.
Once in the dressing room: " Well done lads, good game, great reaction ..."
My assistant coach, Soutsakhone Phonepaseuth, stares at me and says with a smile: "You saw, we scored once we made the 5 changes ... that's a sign ... hihi ... "
Pfff .... no comment ...

Group 7:

Northern Macedonia - Senegal: 3-0