[Roma under Don Fabio Capello]

On 7/13/2017 at 15:30, duca015 said:

If I remember correctly, and I think I do, Emerson was starter, wasn't he?

 

I think Delvecchio and Zanneti were rotating in and out of first team, and it would change the way Roma played. 

Emerson was regista, someone who had free role to move, even to come in opponents box and finish moves, but not always. Zanneti (when he played) was BWM positioned on left side when he played, and during attack, he would move centrally and free up space for Candela to move in. When he played, Roma usually fielded in 3-1-4-1-1 formation. Tomassi sometimes acted like siting midfielder, and sometimes he was running from deep to finish off the moves. When Delvecchio played, this would become 4-4-1-1, where Tomassi and Emerson would be much more cautious to move forward comparing to previous version. In both formation, however, they defended in 4-4-1-1 shape. Delveccio was striker, but in this system, he played more like winger then striker.

Also, when they would chase results, they would change formation to 3-4-1-2, buy inserting Montela as second striker, and changing Totti with Nakata, who was more defensively active player then Totti was, and at the same time, he still provided enough creativity in attack. 

Also, worth mentioning is that Samuel was not always playing as sweeper, but in some modifications of system, they used him as central back.

I agree that this is impossible to implement all in one tactic, as there is so many variations of system they played in.  Even with three tactical slots, it is hard to cover all systems they played in during this period of time...

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That was, sort of, what I was hoping for. I love using all three slots. But for now, I decided to make one and tweak it depending on the opposition and the squad I have available to me for the next match.

[Roma under Don Fabio Capello]

Ok, after few days of trying and failing, I think I'm on the right track. 

I changed formation to something like this.

Some of the roles are custom for some players.  For example, the role of the left holding midfielder is different when I use more creative player (for example Pirlo type player, or Franco Sensi - Pirlo for the poor).

For the role of the left striker or Delvecchio role, I decided to use Target man with some PI, but if you don't have the right player for the role, you can use dlf s. I alternate between those roles depending on the player I use.

 

These are the player instructions:

GK - Distribute to centre backs

Centre backs (Left and right ) - Mark tighter

Centre back (Center) - No instructions. But, if you have someone who is good with the ball, suitable for bpd role, great. I have one player on my team who can easily play libero, bpd, dm, cm, so when I play him, which is almost every game, he is a bpd on cover duty.

Right wingback - complete wingback attack with no additional instructions

Left wingback is on support duty with stay wider instruction. I want my wingbacks to stretch the pitch so that my holding mids, and especially trequartista can have enough space.

CM d - /

Bwm - / (this is for Zanetti role. if you play "Emerson" or have someone capable of playing dlp successfully you may want to give him more freedom, for example, more risky passes or something like that, but that is optional)

Treq - lol, if you have to assign any pi to your trequartista, I'm afraid you don't have a trequartista.

Target man or Delvecchio role - Close down more, Tackle harder, Move into channels.  I'm even thinking of maybe giving him the instruction to mark opponent fullback/wingback and maybe even roam from position, but I'm not sure.

Batistuta role - Still not sure whether I should use advanced forward or poacher.   I decided to go with a poacher for now. Player instruction - Move into channels.

 

That is all for now. This isn't by any means the final version of the tactic. I'm still using two other tactics, and I have only played half of the season using this one, so I'll post some results when I properly test it. For now, the results are Roma like in 2001. I don't concede too many goals, but I rarely score a lot as well. Except, of course, when my players go crazy, then I win 3 or 4:0.

 

 

[Johan Cruyff's 3-4-3 Diamond (Very Fluid)]

I used Bazoer or Sensi as a dlp. He doesn't get as many assists as wingers or some other players do, but he is a crucial passing option. I had some luck after few seasons with transfers. I managed to sell Klaasen to Bayern after one season for 34 mil euros, and get him back after season and a half for just 10. I also got Coric from Dinamo Zagreb and Odergaard and sold them together for around 70 million. I got Sergej MIlinkovic-Savic from Lazio, Franco Sensi from Sassuolo. Oh, yeah, I also got Rajkovic from Maccabi Tel Aviv and sold him to Milan for some big money and got Cilesen back to Ajax from Barca and an ideal player for this style of play Sommer. He's great with ball in his feet and awesome when it comes to rushing out.

[Johan Cruyff's 3-4-3 Diamond (Very Fluid)]

I used this system for 5 seasons with Ajax and eventually won everything. Awesome, mate. Even though at first glance when I saw the formation itself, I was a bit skeptical, you proved me wrong and it felt so good.

After that, I tried using your Wales tactic as I wanted something completely different, a switch from more fluid to more structured and it worked out well too. Looking forward to some new thread in the future.

[Roma under Don Fabio Capello]

Exactly. The only problem is I have no idea how to make them play like that. For example, how to make a player on Delvecchio role to cover wide areas and sit so deep while defending? Maybe giving him PI to mark oppositions fullback/wingback or something, but I'm not sure.

[Roma under Don Fabio Capello]

I know. I read it weeks ago and then again a few days ago, but I didn't quite found the answers I was looking for. I hope it's okay to leave this thread so we can find some other opinions? 

[Roma under Don Fabio Capello]

Okay, so I'm playing some legends patch and I decided to recreate Don Fabio's tactic under his Roma spell back in the early 2000's or die trying. The latest try is doing so so, but I feel it can be more productive and better.

Here are some screenshots of the tactic. I won't post results, as they are not that relevant because this is not the only tactic I use and also because I tried some minor (?) tweaks along the way.
 

Okay, so, the goalkeeper role was pretty plain and simple. Nothing fancy.

Back three: I contemplated between classic back three (Defend - Cover - Defend) and the sweeper role. I decided to use the sweeper and so far I don't have any specific concerns about that role.

Defenders are acting as stoppers as wingbacks go further forward.

Now the juicy part. Midfield. I decided to use Dm Dlp on defend duty as I felt Emerson was exactly that. Stable, but more creative of the two in the midfield. Another one is BWM.

And the three in the attack, Trequartista Totti was the obvious choice. Batistuta I felt acted as a poacher (or maybe advanced forward?), and I had no idea what was Delvecchio role. Maybe target man, maybe dlf , maybe defensive forward, I really really don't know.

Here are team instructions.  


Deep or normal defensive line, the question was then. I decided to use normal . Closing down left on sometimes. 

There are no specific player instructions.

I used this and some other games I found on yt as a guide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0TVy3eVgNU

So, do you have any advice? How can I make this tactic more efficient but solid?