[b]A man named Nadav gets to know Hattrick[/b]

Nadav signed up to HT in September 2007. 9 Monthes after Hapoel Nahariya made hi

story and was the first non-suicide Masters winner. That trophy brings a lot of
media attention and publications - leading to a massive growth in HT Israel user
base.Nadav discovers HT after that growth. He's 25 years old accountant. He sign
s up after a friend tells him about the game and pressures him to try Hattrick.
Before he gets his team, he reads several guides to game and he knew he's going
to train Defending, although all those guides told to train goalkeeping. He

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

Nadav went on a roll, going up straight from div V to Ligat Ha'al (Div I). Every
season his traget is the first place, and so is this season. In the season pred
ictions thread, he says he'll win the championship. Most users said he'll be the
last one to stay in the cup from Ligat Ha'al, but the champions will be Migdal
HaMaim, the current champion.
The season starts with a 3-0 home victory followed by a 3-2 away loss. [b]Two da
ys before the third matchday, Nadav is rushed to the hospital. He says in the fo
rum it was because of a Pneumonia.[/b] He stays there for a [i]while[/i] and luc
kily, the lineup drawn earlier that week managed to win 2-0. After a 2-2 draw, t
he fifth matchday presents Nadav an away match with the current champions - Migd
al HaMaim. Nadav starts with 442 CA and draws another 2-2. The time moves and th
e team rematch, Nadav is the host. Nadav is third and Yishai (Migdal HaMaim's ma
nager) is second. Nadav goes all-out midfield with 2 WTM(!!) and blitzes a hattr
ick during the 24-28 minute mark. Yishai manages to score only 2 goals, and Nada
v replaces Yishai in the second place.
[b]A man named Nadav wins the cup for the first time[/b]
Nadav builds his squad with long-term vision. He cannot lose and in the 8th roun
d he matches up with Netania, from Ligat Ha'al. He decides to buy a player to st
renghten the squad. He wins 3-1 and decides to conitnue this habbit of buying pl
ayers before matches. He beats another Ligat Ha'al team and 3 other div II teams
before playing the author in the qurater-final of the cup. The community likes
the new underdog. Before the match, in an interview with loacl HP [ArticleID=132
19], 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 perso
n, 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. T
he opponent scores 2 early goals and Nadav thinks this game is over. But 9 minue
ts later, his team turn to the left wing, scoring 3 goals from there and going t
o the half time break with a 3-2 lead. [b]Nadav see this match with 39 (c) degre
es, at the end of June.[/b] The second half a is a one-sided show, Nadav wins 62 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 th
e top. Yishai also wins and goes up to the second place. Meanwhile, the cup reac
hes 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 wis
ely to win something. So after he fails to decide on which formation to go, he d
ecides 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 ear
lier 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 monthes 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 confidnece hit. He also switches his coach to a weak-solid
defensive coach, to strenghten 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 t
he 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 versatil
e against any move from Yishai. [b]Throughout the day of the final, Nadav pukes
twice, a thing happenned 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 playes MOTS and the match begin
s [matchid=498136334]. Game is close, according to the ratings, with a slight ed
ge 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 l
istens to his favorite music. At the 56th minute his team is up 3-1 but 2 minuet
s later Yishai scores and in the 71st minute it's a tied 3 game. The pressure is
reaching new levels:
[q][post=16682011.213]
Where's the CPS (Cardiac Patients Service)? I need it to park under my house[/q]
But then the predefined match orders came into action, and Nadav scores two goal
s in two minuets to win the cup for the third time. History. The first team in I
srael to accomplish such achivement.
[b]A Man named Nadav and the dark side of the ME[/b]
Nadav opens well his season in div IV and for his first Masters match he plays t
he Venezuelean 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 la
st goal. No more HM. He also loses in the league for the first time in 19 matche
s, but the cup run is still on it's way. In the 10th round he plays maccabi maim
on, from div II. The match ends with a tough 5-2 loss [matchid=347506096], after
which Nadav decides to rebuild his team.
[b]A man named Nadav dreams on a double[/b]
The victory in the cup final raises the expectations for Nadav. "I can win the d
ouble", he thinks. In the 13th round he hosts the Coachers, a good team fighting
their place in the top division. To hide his MOTS from the cup final, he one ag
ain choose MOTS. And it works, although wasted on a PIC+CA from the opponent. Na
dav wins 3-0 but the good news came from Yishai, who lost to asa BS on a late mi
nute 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 to one of his supporters.
[b]A man named Nadav does it again[/b]
Nadav goes underground and rebuilds. This team is once again based on passing tr
aining and it makes a good run up, when it's ready. Nadav promotes to div V in s
eason 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 dr
aw in the way).
Nadav is favorite for another cup victory, but this time, his run is contraversi
al 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 stron
g midfield and side attacks.
In the semis he faces an unknown team named hakovshim [matchid=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 confrence, but in the 8
7th 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, w

hich will end his 43 undefeated streak (A new Israeli record, the previous one w
as 39 by Hapoel Nahariya).
[b]A man named Nadav and the community[/b]
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) [link=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystic_fibrosi
s], 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 inhalat
ion each day, contains 4 different drugs. He reveals the real cause for his earl
ier visit to the hospital [link=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumothorax]. Nada
v is 1.92m long. He could be a great basketball player. Today he weighs about 60
kg and looks like that: [link=http://sizmedia.com/my.php?i=znznngg5yynl.jpg].
[q]Hattrick really made the time pass at the hospital, I always logged in with m
y Ipad. I don't know what would have I done without Hattrick. It was like a much
needed air at that difficult time[/q]
Nadav can barely walk 500m and sometimes even less.
The Israeli community gave Nadav a bear-hug. Some users even visited him at his
home.
[q]Hattrick is like a second home for me, so I was confident to tell you all tha
t[/q]
[b]A man named Nadav cannot believe[/b]
It's the final matchday in Ligat Ha'al. Nadav plays against Rehovot [matchid=48
4922496] - the team lead the league few weeks ago, and Yishai plays the Coachers
[matchid=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 pl
ays pressing Yishai and the Coachers goes to a huge midfield clash.
In the 16th minute Rehovot score a goal and immedietly moves to 532. Suddenly, N
adav 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! Unbelieveable. At that point, however, Nadav still has the lead (0-0 in Yi
shai's match). 3 minuets later, Yishai has the lead but within 7 minuets he conc
edes a hattrick. Halftime. Nadav has the lead. His voice is heard for the first
time:
[q]Unbelieveable 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[/q]
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 minu
te the Coachers goes up 4-3. Nadav can't handle the heat:
[q]I wanna puke because of all the stress here. Someone call an ambulance![/q]
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.
[b]A man named Nadav and the aftershock[/b]
Nadav is in total shock. His world collapsed on him. Although he said all the wa
y 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:
[q]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 porportions...[
/q]
The community tries to prevent him to act impulsively, but to no avail. His squa

d is for sale. Only then you see his players abilities and shocked. Only Superna
tural 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 pus
h in the Masters. He also tries to run for the U-20 coach, but the community say
s that so far, it's better for him to concentrate on other stuff.
[b]A man named Nadav - third time Ice Cream?[/b]
The season begun. Nadav looks good in the league. Also in the cup. Will he repea
t Hapoel Nahariya's achivement and bring the HM trophy to Israeal? How will the
next chapter in this story will end?
[b]THE END[/b]
[i]Note: This article was written with insperation from "A man named Ove" by Fre
drik Bekman. A Must read.[/i]