Getafe Jose Bordalas tactics

[pats]

Has anyone able to recreate Jose Bordalas' Getafe tactics in FM20? Basically his tactics has these elements:

 

Defending:

- Always 4-4-2 shape.

- Extremely narrow and compact shape (both horizontally and vertically) while defending and attacking both. They just never lose their shape. 

- Ball oriented pressing.

- Not allowing opponents to play their game.  Disrupting the flow at every opportunity by applying constant pressure on the ball (not the men).

- Keep opponent away from their 18 yard box as much as possible.

- Lots of fouls. Due to extremely aggressive pressing.

- Very disciplined. Carry out Bordalas' instructions blindly.

 

Attacking:

- As mentioned above, extremely narrow shape. Always 4-4-2.

- As soon as they win the ball back, look for a vertical pass. Preferably to their 2 center forwards.

- Cross at every opportunity.

- Very disciplined. Carry out Bordalas' instructions blindly.

 

Some facts:

- Conceded least number of shots on target in the whole of top 5 European leagues last season. Man City were the second best.

- Most number of fouls and cards in La Liga last season.

- Bottom 5 in possession stats in La Liga last season.

 

[Guest]

Without knowing the player roles he has irl it sounds like out of the box gegenpress presets whilst setting the defensive width narrower and using the get stuck in ti as well as setting the pi to cross often.

[Jean0987654321]

Heres a bit of help

 

 

I think the Get Stuck In TI may be crucial here

[Big Yellow]

Guido has done a pretty good interpretation with his strikerless version!

https://strikerless.com/2020/03/30/fight-club-football-a-bordalas-inspired-tactic/

 

[pats]

Thanks for all the responses so far. One more observation regarding their tactics- they foul a lot but they don't go to ground while making tackles, so definitely no 'Get stuck in' instruction required. It simply means they apply intense pressure on the ball and get really tight while doing so, hence high amount of fouls. In FM terms this means very high intensity pressing TI. Basically their style is to use pressing as a defensive strategy rather than wanting to win the ball back to play their game.

Edited May 28, 2020 by pats

[Jean0987654321]

11 hours ago, pats said:

Thanks for all the responses so far. One more observation regarding their tactics- they foul a lot but they don't go to ground while making tackles, so definitely no 'Get stuck in' instruction required. It simply means they apply intense pressure on the ball and get really tight while doing so, hence high amount of fouls. In FM terms this means very high intensity pressing TI. Basically their style is to use pressing as a defensive strategy rather than wanting to win the ball back to play their game.

Ehh...not really. They lead the league in cards shown and in fouls (professional and unprofessional). So yes, "Get Stuck In" in this game is probably one of the TIs I would consider