Dark Moon Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Hi guys just wondering if any of you have had any luck creating a 5-3-2 sweeper ( Libero ) tactic similar to the German sides of the 1990 World Cup and Euro 96? This is something that I have decided to try and do, but as I normally download other peoples tactics this is going to be interesting so any help that you guys can offer will be appreciated greatly. The team I am going to test this with is Inter because they start the game with a natural sweeper ( Walter Samuel ). The first role I am going to concentrate on is the Libero because I see that role is the main focal point of this formation. I will keep this thread updated as I go through my journey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Odom Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 The libero in itself is tough to recreate, the ME doesn't allow him to step into the midfield as you'ld expect him to. I've build a lot of 532/352 tactics in lower leagues (Faroe Islands mostly) with great succes. Don't expect your wing backs to do a good job attacking either. So it would be a defensive tactic with 5 defensive players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjericho Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 The ME ruins the fun of a 3 CBs tactic. It can still be useful as it frees you of a midfielder with a purely defensive role. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert the Spud Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I didn't use a sweeper, but I had great success with Udinese using a 5-3-2 Wing Back system. With the original squad and no transfers I won the Scudetto in my first season. The WB's were fine and they gave sufficient width and attacking support. I also had a legendary defence, the meanest in the league. We conceded only 6 goals by February of 2012, and I believe 18 over the whole season(in Serie A- we had a dire European campaign). Our defence was infact the only reason we won the league, because I found it nearly impossible to get much fluidity from my attacks. We had many 1-0/0-0 results, which is stereotypically Italian I suppose. Di Natale took along time to start scoring but ended up with 18 league goals. Now, as I said, attacking-wise it as very lacking. But if you have the players to utilise counter attacks then it's a great tactic, the best of both worlds imo. I chose this tactic because at Udi we have some very good wing-backs, but no out and out wingers apart from Torje. And also, I did go the whole season with my original squad, which is not blessed with good enough forward players with pace, or creative midfielders. So I found there was some static between midfield and attack. I'm sure had I gone on into the second season and bought the required players(Dos Santos and Siggurdson were about to be bought) then this would have improved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinsFan86 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I've used a 5-3-2 Wingback formation in the past as well. I used B2B, AP attack, and BWM defend as the midfield and it works pretty well. If you've got the personnel a Complete Forward on support paired with a Poacher worked pretty well for me. If you don't have a forward capable of playing the Complete role, a DLF will also work quite well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Moon Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 I was not able to get this formation working the way I wanted it to. I managed to get the sweeper more advanced than the 2 CB's when we were in position, but the ME wouldn't allow me to get him as far forward as I wanted. He was making 40-50 passes a game and the wing backs were getting forward to support the attack, but the play in the final 3rd was non existent which meant games were always 1-0, 0-0 or 0-1 which is not what I had in my mind when I set out to create this tactic. If I was allowed 2 playmakers this formation I think would work but as you can only select 1 I could manage it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert the Spud Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I was not able to get this formation working the way I wanted it to. I managed to get the sweeper more advanced than the 2 CB's when we were in position, but the ME wouldn't allow me to get him as far forward as I wanted.He was making 40-50 passes a game and the wing backs were getting forward to support the attack, but the play in the final 3rd was non existent which meant games were always 1-0, 0-0 or 0-1 which is not what I had in my mind when I set out to create this tactic. If I was allowed 2 playmakers this formation I think would work but as you can only select 1 I could manage it. What do you mean you can only select one? You could try having a trequarista upfront, and a DLP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestroik Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 I thought they played a 3-4-1-2 in that tournament? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Moon Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 What do you mean you can only select one? You could try having a trequarista upfront, and a DLP. Not as in role, as in where you tick the box to say you are using a playmaker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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