Roster for World Cup 66
KITS
ESSENTIAL BACKGROUND:
Ossidiacqua is a nation coming blinking into the light of the international community. In what seems like mere years ago for most nations, as Oasirica, they sent a team to the Baptism of Fire. Meanwhile, at home, with a terrible disease name la Plaga ravaging the country, the academics of the nation prepared to put up a time wall around the central hospital that would allow medics and scientists on the inside to spend months developing a cure or vaccine for la Plaga, whilst only days passed outside the time wall, allowing the maximum population to be saved. However, it went wrong, and the time wall surrounded the entire nation, cutting off the Baptism of Fire squad. Months passed outside the wall, whilst centuries passed inside it. La Plaga decimated the native population, leaving Djocorangan refugees in the nation untouched and ensuring they became the primary caregivers and nation re-builders. This also means that today, 99.9% of all Acquans are black in skin tone.
The time wall eventually dissipated after 270 years, labelled 'The Pause Time' by those inside the wall, revealing the nation of Ossidiacqua to the world for the first time. It was a much changed place, the weather, land, and cities had all changed, and the genetic heritage of the population had shifted from 99% Oasirican and 1% Other, to 97% Djocorangan and 3% Old Oasirican, and the paragraphs below the roster go some way to explaining some of what has happened as a consequence. You are also encouraged to read the series of RPs written during Oasirica's BoF, as they will provide a lot of back story that informs this complicated nation:
Cabinets
Cabinet One
Cabinet Two
Cabinet Three
Cabinet Four
Cabinet Five
Cabinet Six
Cabinet Seven
Cabinet Eight
Cabinet Nine
Cabinet Ten
ROSTER AND TACTICS:
So, here is the squad, nicknamed la Renaissance, as put together by manager Yoann Vega ever since the tragic and entirely accidental death of former manager Alessio Cardinale. Vega is assisted by Cardinale's old assistant, Gregorio Di Falco. Last time around, Vega's men achieved what no other Acquan side has ever done, and reached the finals of the World Cup against all odds. Highly unfancied, they scored five goals but failed to win a single point. Despite this huge leap in progress, that side was old, and many have since retired. This new roster therefore contains many players that are making their debuts on the international scene, many from the current golden generation of CA Conquistadores' all conquering club side (and indeed, eight players from the giant Sant'Elia club make up the twenty three, including three in the starting line-up). Despite Conquistadores reaching what is a record high international club ranking, the influx of new players into this squad means the Acquans are not tipped to make a second appearance in the finals.
Number - Name - Age - Position - Club - (Record)
1 - Luca Fausti - 33 - GK - Qolo-Qolo - (60 Caps)
2 - Sergio Montemayor - 29 - DR - FC1. Surtsey Island Gulls (PIS) - (40 Caps, 11 Assists, 4 Goal)
3 - Yves Pantani - 23 - DC - CA Conquistadores - (13 Caps, 1 Assist)
4 - Aiyegbeni Fisichella - 31 - DC - FC Torshavn (PIS) - (76 Caps, 2 Assists, 9 Goals)
5 - Cassiano Polanco - 30 - DL - Turoki Tide (VIL) - (57 Caps, 6 Assists, 6 Goals)
6 - Ezekiel Fibonacci - 32 - MC - Northbrook Diamonds FK (PIS) - (98 Caps, 42 Assists, 18 Goals)
7 - Oscar Olivarez - 23 - MR - CA Conquistadores - (Uncapped)
8 - Emmanuel Velasquez - 22 - MC - CA Conquistadores - CAPTAIN - (Uncapped)
9 - Alessandro Finiguerra - 26 - ST - Northbrook Diamonds FK (PIS) - (82 Caps, 9 Assists, 55 Goals)
10 - Angel Capobianco - 29 - ST - Lac-Drouin St-Pierre (SCT) - (85 Caps, 14 Assists, 43 Goals)
11 - Nicolo Gardella - 23 - ML - Clube Cobreloa - (7 Caps, 3 Assists)
~ Substitutes ~
12 - Joao Merizzi - 29 - GK - AS Débardeurs Nationale - (16 Caps)
13 - Fabrice Cappelletti - 25 - GK - CA Conquistadores - (Uncapped)
14 - Francis Betancourt - 26 - MC - CA Conquistadores - (Uncapped)
15 - Eduardo Nunez - 27 - MR - Condensadores CD - (36 Caps, 3 Assists)
16 - Atem Villareal - 24 - ML - CA Conquistadores - (Uncapped)
17 - Nuno Fonseca - 29 - DR - Internazionale - (75 Caps, 6 Assists, 1 Goal)
18 - Corrado Barragan - 28 - DL - CA Conquistadores - (38 Caps, 3 Assists)
19 - Jeferson Botticelli - 31 - ST - Canalave Dragons (VLD) - (37 Caps, 6 Assists, 15 Goals)
20 - Alessandro Delvecchio - 27 - ST - Issington FC (APX) - (35 Caps, 5 Assists, 9 Goals)
21 - Cassiano Aulenti - 24 - MC - Franz Josef Young Boys (PIS) - (8 Caps, 2 Assists, 1 Goal)
22 - Okechukwu Pasquetto - 20 - DC - CA Conquistadores - (Uncapped)
23 - Luciano Garlaschelli - 22 - DC - AS Débardeurs Nationale - (7 Caps)
Manager - Yoann Vega - 50
Assistant - Stefano Di Falco - 71
The Acquan game was cut off from the rest of the multiverse for 270 years, and as such developed a unique flavour and style of its own. Short passes, keeping possession, and running are the key to the majority of play, with Acquan teams keen to instil a sense of duty in their players that leads to any of them being able to play or deputise in any other position during the course of a match. The players are very capable with the ball, and have developed tricks and flicks enough to bamboozle any opponent - way, way ahead of their time as far as the rest of the multiverse is looking at it. However, they have much to learn about the way the rest of the footballing community plays the game, and with the Acquan game developing a far higher tolerance for rough and tumble, even the silkiest of attacking forwards (and in this squad there are four outstanding interchangeable strikers) can find themselves sent off for an illegal tackle that would have been perfectly legal in the Acquan leagues. Therefore, it would be of great help to me if you could RP my team as technically gifted, but tactically naive, and as far as international standards go, incredibly violent. Thank you.
Starting Formation: 4-4-2
Modifier: +3
-------------------------------- Fausti --------------------------------
---- Montemayor ---- Pantani ---- Fisichella ------ Polanco ------
--------------------- Velasquez ------ Fibonacci ---------------------
--- Olivarez --------------------------------------------- Gardella ---
---------------------- Finiguerra -- Capobianco ----------------------
Home Stadium: An archaic stone construction in the centre of Sant'Elia, Il Colosseo. Lit by oil lamps and featuring vast walls of stained glass, it seats 103,450 and is a treasured landmark, being one of the first building built by Acquans following the eradication of la Plaga, as the nation began to reinvent itself during the Pause Time.
Supporters: True to form for a nation whose people are generally scared witless of technology, the Acquans traditionally don't travel in huge numbers. However, that is all to change, and nations preparing themselves to face La Renaissance on the football pitch must now also prepare themselves for the arrival of a fleet of poorly maintained airships that contain scores of rabid Acquan supporters. Airships not being the fastest method of transport however, they may sometimes arrive a bit late. Like, weeks...
Assassins: After he resigned as the Magisterium's mole in the footballing administration to focus on just coaching, then-assistant Yoann Vega was trailed by a score of assassins during WC62 Qualifying on the orders of His Excellency Grand High Cardinal Giocomo Re. Several botched attempts and many dead assassins later, the manager of the national team Alessio Cardinale was tragically killed by an errant crossbow bolt that was intended for Vega, causing a minor scandal in New Montreal States in the process. Now manager of the team, Yoann Vega is likely to continue being a target of the Magisterium and Giocomo Re.
Velasquez: There must always be a Velasquez captaining the national side. It's best not to ask why, its just a thing that has to happen. Having fathered a son aged just twenty, the last captain, Ricardo Velasquez, has finally retired and handed the armband over to his eldest, Emmanuel, already a father himself at the age of just twenty-two.
THE OPPONENT CAN
Choose my goalscorers? Yes
Godmod scoring events? Yes
RP injuries to my players? Yes, within reason, and I reserve the right to change the severity in a follow-up RP
Godmod injuries to my players? Yes, as above
Hand out yellow cards to my players? Yes, it is encouraged in fact. See formation for details.
Hand out red cards to my players? Yes, it is encouraged in fact. See formation for details. Just never Velasquez.
Godmod other events? Yes, no deaths without TG contact first though.