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Matias Almeyda (River Plate legend and former Lazio and Inter player) is using kinda this formation and idea on his game. But he is using man-mark at his defensive part for AEK Athens. They was on the group of death in Europa League with European giants like Marseille,Ajax and Brighton and lost the third place on the last game. At the moment they are the double champions in Greece and currently sitting first place at +1 from PAOK and +3 from Panathinaikos that is coached by Galatasaray legend (Fatih Terim. You should look them up. They look really exciting and have the most xG and xP in Greece atm.

Problem with this is that it doesn't play even near the Guardiola setup. Inverted Wingbacks doesnt even cut in to make the 3-2 atb. Maybe its possible to defend in a 4-4-2 if u put OI?

So i have been trying to emulate the Pep 3-2-4-1. This is what i came up with. Any ideas how to solve the defensive problems? It plays a really good football but the problem is that it doesnt defend as a 4-4-2 like Guardiola likes to defend on.