A Man Named Nadav

A man named Nadav gets to know Hattrick
Nadav signed up to HT in September 2007. 9 months previously, Hapoel Nahariya had made history in becoming the first non-suicide Masters winner. That trophy brought plenty of local media attention and publicity in Israel - which in turn led to a substantial increase in active managers in HT Israel. Nadav discovered hattrick not long after this. He was a 25 yr old accountant who signed up after a friend told him about the game, persuading him give Hattrick a try. Whilst waiting for his his team, he read several guides to the game and had decided he wanted to train Defending, despite the guidance advice having suggested goalkeeping as a good training regime for any new manager. Nadav reckoned that defence training would be more profitable. Over the next 4 years, training defending throughout, he promoted from VI to IV. Then, with an almost inexplicable inevitability, at the end of the 28th season in Israel (44th season global), he decided to switch to passing training. The rest, as they say, is his story...

[b]A man named Nadav in his first season in Ligat Ha'al[/b]

Nadav promoted through back to back seasons, going up straight from div V to Ligat Ha'al (Div I). Every season his target is to finish top, which has continued through to this season, but in Israel National season predictions thread, most users said that the Ligat Ha'al champions will be Migdal HaMaim.

The season started with a 3-0 home victory followed by a 3-2 away loss. Two days before the third match day, he was rushed to hospital. He explained in the forums that he'd been diagnosed with Pneumonia. He remained an in-patient whilst managing a 2-0 win that week. After a 2-2 draw, week 5 saw Nadav prepare for an away match with the current champions Migdal HaMaim. Nadav opted for a 442 CA and drew 2-2 again. They would not meet again until week 10, Nadav now third and Yishai (Migdal HaMaim's manager) second. Nadav opted to flood midfield with 2 WTM and blitzed a hattrick during the 24-28 minute mark. Yishai could only score 2 goals in reply, helping Nadav to replace Yishai in second spot on the table.

[b]A man named Nadav wins the cup for the first time[/b]
Nadav built his squad with a long-term plan. He cannot lose and in the 8th round he faced Netania, from Ligat Ha'al. He decides to buy a player to strengthen the squad. He wins 3-1 and decides to continue this habit of buying players before matches. He beats another Ligat Ha'al team and 3 other div II teams before playing the author in the quarter-final of the cup. The community likes the new underdog. Before the match, in an interview with local HP (13219), he says he's not a one-and-done team and he's here for the long run and he has a 600k salary cap which he will not pass. He also says he's a composed person, and you'll probably won't see him act like crazy after a win. He defeats me 8-0 and advances to the semis and on to the finals, against another div V team. The opponent scores 2 early goals and Nadav thinks this game is over. But 9 minuets later, his team turn to the left wing, scoring 3 goals from there and going to the half time break with a 3-2 lead. [b]Nadav see this match with 39 (c) degrees, at the end of June.[/b] The second half a is a one-sided show, Nadav wins 6-2 overall and wins his first cup. He also promotes to div IV.

[b]A man named Nadav makes history[/b]
After the win over Yishai, Nadav wins the first place 4-2 and replaces him at the top. Yishai also wins and goes up to the second place. Meanwhile, the cup reaches the semi-finals. Yishai plays a div II team and Nadav plays asa BS, a Ligat Ha'al team. He's in a good position for a double, so he must choose his acts wisely to win something. So after he fails to decide on which formation to go, he decides to flip a coin: one side is for the cup, the other is for the league. The coin rolls under his closet and stays there. Nadav chooses to stay with his earlier thought. The opponent goes MOTS+CA, but loses 5-1 to Nadav, who advances to the final against Yishai. In the cup winner poll, Nadav in the favorite. One of his supporters offers him a 3 months Platinum Supporter if he wins the cup. To his next league match, Nadav comes with 2 goals: 1) Play PIC and 2) Minimize as much as possible the confidence hit. He also switches his coach to a weak-solid defensive coach, to strengthen his defense.
When he looks on his history, he notices that he won 8-0 in the quarter-final in both of his cup wins. He also won this season's QF 8-0 (and even the same team from last time!). He thinks he'll win it again. He wants the double, but hopes the trophies will split between Yishai and himself. "That would be fair" he says.
He loses 4-2 and Yishai wins 1-0 to replace Nadav at the leader. Right after the loss he decides to switch his coach to weak-neutral coach - to be more versatile against any move from Yishai. [b]Throughout the day of the final, Nadav pukes twice, a thing happened quite a lot during the last few weeks. People urge him to go the hospital, but he refuses. "It's not a matter of life and death".
Nadav decides he wins the cup no matter what. He plays MOTS and the match begins (498136334). Game is close, according to the ratings, with a slight edge to Yishai. Nadav goes up to 1-0 and then Yishai's winger gets a red card. Now Nadav has the slight edge. He has the lead at the break (2-1). He is calm and listens to his favorite music. At the 56th minute his team is up 3-1 but 2 minuets later Yishai scores and in the 71st minute it's a tied 3 game. The pressure is reaching new levels:

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Where's the CPS (Cardiac Patients Service)? I need it to park under my house

But then the predefined match orders came into action, and Nadav scores two goals in two minuets to win the cup for the third time. History. The first team in Israel to accomplish such achievement.

A Man named Nadav and the dark side of the ME
Nadav opens well his season in div IV and for his first Masters match he plays the Venezuelan cup holder. He scores the first goal, but concedes two before the half time. In the second half he concedes another 4 goals before scoring the last goal. No more HM. He also loses in the league for the first time in 19 matches, but the cup run is still on it's way. In the 10th round he plays maccabi maimon, from div II. The match ends with a tough 5-2 loss (347506096), after which Nadav decides to rebuild his team.

A man named Nadav dreams of a double
The victory in the cup final raises the expectations for Nadav. "I can win the double", he thinks. In the 13th round he hosts the Coachers. To hide his MOTS from the cup final, he one again choose MOTS. And it works, although wasted on a PIC+CA from the opponent. Nadav wins 3-0 but the good news came from Yishai, who lost on a late minute goal.
Before the last match of the season, Nadav has the lead with 1 point over Yishai. He also has 4 goals advantage in Goal difference. Nadav refuses to accept the Supporter donation, and instead, he donates it.

A man named Nadav does it again
Nadav goes underground and rebuilds. This team is once again based on passing training and it makes a good run up, when it's ready. Nadav promotes to div V in season 35 and somehow manages to blow another promotion. However, he does start a nice Undefeated streak, which would span from season 35 to 37 (with only one draw in the way).
Nadav is favorite for another cup victory, but this time, his run is controversial and the community isn't supporting him.
In that HP interview, btw, Nadav said that the thing he likes the most about the game is tactics. Might be weird if you're looking into his games - mostly strong midfield and side attacks.
In the semis he faces an unknown team named hakovshim (439561603). Nadav goes up 2-0 in the 34th minute, but the opponents come back and tie the game in the 78th minute! the sensation smell spreads across the conference, but in the 87th minute his international Scottish DTF scores and sends him to the finals. He wins the cup and also promotes to div IV, which ignites a promotions spree that would only stop in Ligat Ha'al.
In HM he has a better run, and he wins twice before losing in the third round, which will end his 43 undefeated streak (A new Israeli record, the previous one was 39 by Hapoel Nahariya).

A man named Nadav and the community
Nadav is an active community member. With time he acquired some friends from the site, mostly virtual.
In 15/09/2014, Nadav opens a thread named "A confession about my life".
Nadav has Cystic Fibrosis (CF) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystic_fibrosis), a disease which it's average life expectance is about 35 years old. Nadav is 32 years old. To eat, he has to take 10 pills a meal. He has 3 hours of inhalation each day, contains 4 different drugs. He reveals the real cause for his earlier visit to the hospital (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumothorax). Nadav is 1.92m tall. He could be a great basketball player. Today he weighs about 60kg and looks like that: (http://sizmedia.com/my.php?i=znznngg5yynl.jpg).

Hattrick really made the time pass at the hospital, I always logged in with my Ipad. I don't know what would have I done without Hattrick. It was like a much needed air at that difficult time

Nadav can barely walk 500m and sometimes even less.
The Israeli community gave Nadav a warm hug. Some users even visited him at his home.

Hattrick is like a second home for me, so I was confident to tell you all that

A man named Nadav cannot believe
It's the final match day in Ligat Ha'al. Nadav plays against Rehovot (484922496) - the team lead the league few weeks ago, and Yishai plays the Coachers (484922499).
After 2 MOTS in a row, Nadav doesn't have enough TS to fight over the midfield. He goes 442 CA and hopes for the best. His opponent goes for 442 as well, but plays pressing Yishai and the Coachers goes to a huge midfield clash.

In the 16th minute Rehovot score a goal and immediately moves to 532. Suddenly, Nadav has a big chance to win this game. In the 23th minute Rehovot scores again and 5 minutes later it's an amazing 3-0 and a pullback. 2 minuets later and it's 4-0! Unbelievable. At that point, however, Nadav still has the lead (0-0 in Yishai's match). 3 minuets later, Yishai has the lead but within 7 minuets he concedes a hattrick. Halftime. Nadav has the lead. His voice is heard for the first time:

Unbelievable I can win a championship without winning away. I don't know if it ever happened before. But nothing's over yet. Anyways, next year's team gonna be much stronger, so I won't need those stupid CAs to win matches

Second half. Yishai scores a goal in the 50th minute and 2 minutes later Rehovot scores a penalty! 5-0 against Nadav!
In the 61st minute Yishai ties his game, and captures the lead. In the 79th minute the Coachers goes up 4-3. Nadav can't handle the heat:

I wanna puke because of all the stress here. Someone call an ambulance!

In the 83rd minute a corner kick results in a goal to Yishai, who ties the game to 4-4! If Nadav or the Coachers scores a goal, Nadav wins the championship, but it doesn't happen. Migdal HaMaim are the champions.

A man named Nadav and the aftershock
Nadav is in total shock. His world collapsed on him. Although he said all the way that it would be fair for the trophies to split, he wanted that double badly. That would have been a great finish to his streak.
Few minutes after the final whistle, he announces his retirement:

It was good as long as it lasted. I'm taking this game too hard and it hurts my health, which is not good in my condition. I cannot play this game anymore.
I'm a perfectionist and and can't take situations in their right proportions...

The community tries to prevent him to act impulsively, but to no avail. His squad is for sale. Only then you see his players abilities and shocked. Only Supernatural Playmaking! And that's the team with the best ratings (551) in Israel last season!
The many voices finally does their trick, and Nadav decides to give one last push in the Masters. He also tries to run for the U-20 coach, but the community says that so far, it's better for him to concentrate on other stuff.

A man named Nadav - third time Ice Cream?
The season begun. Nadav looks good in the league. Also in the cup. He is hospitalized after week 1 stays there for 10 days. Will he repeat Hapoel Nahariya's achievement and bring the HM trophy to Israel? How will the next chapter in this story will end?

THE END
Note: This article was written with insperation from "A man called Ove" by Fredrik Beckman. A Must read.

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