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Firstly, thanks for your time with this! It’s obvious you know your stuff. My striker position is usually rotated with Piccoli & Abel Ruiz (who is more suited to the CF role). But I will keep that in mind and change the role to suit Piccoli when he’s being used. I have since changed the outside WCB to a BPD and the central CB to a normal CD. This has changed my fortunes dramatically to say the least. Good point on using Kossounou as the central CB too. I am going to also aim to replace my keeper soon, he’s very hot and cold albeit good with his feet. It’s actually funny you mention a 3412. I created one earlier to have as a backup when both Piccoli & Ruiz are fit and it’s been immense so far. I aim far post to Piccoli with crosses and he’s scoring a goal or more a game. The formation been a great addition to my arsenal. I’m going to use all I learned from this thread for the next time I face Barca! Hopefully it changed my fortunes. thanks for this again!

My idea behind that was avoiding having two playmakers on the one side!

I didn't consider the OI's on the GK and CB's affecting my pressing and marking negatively, good point! I trapped them outside numerous times but Balde was a nightmare to defend I am going to try the OI stuff and play fairly wide with width. Thanks for the suggestions

Thanks for the reply! See I considered the less pressing and sitting off. They have a lot of players that can play killer balls and hurt us though, I felt giving them less time on the ball was a good idea. I will try your suggestions though!

I tried moving the AM's to the AML & AMR slots, but I felt like they were not marking the DM's well enough to be worth the extra width. I also feel like having 2 Mezzala's and 2 DM's behind (with no wingers) could make us very blunt in attack. I will definitely try this next time I meet them though, thank you for your reply.

Hi everyone, I am both a long-time lurker & an avid fan of the tactical side of football, I was hoping to challenge you all to think of ideas whilst helping me overcome my biggest rival in my save! I am managing Real Sociedad, it's been a very enjoyable save so far. However, Marco Rose took over from Xavi (Barcelona) in the first year of the save, and he's been haunting me ever since. He has built a young and exciting squad (except Lewa) and sets them up in a 4222 system. The one he used at Leipzig. I have attached the lineup and tactics he employs below. With the recent success of Xabi Alonso, Glasner, and Amorim at their respective clubs, I looked into their ideas and built my new tactic taking inspiration from each. But also, trying to combine it with an idea of a system that would match up well with Barcelona's. My idea was to match their box midfield with 4 midfielders of my own. My wingbacks would mark their full-backs, my DM's mark their 10's, and my 10's mark their DM's. It has not been as easy as that, unfortunately. I still give up numerous chances a game playing them. I have trapped them outside and put their only advancing full back (Balde) to his weak foot and pressed him any chance I get, he still dominates his flank (maybe he's just too good). I have considered playing more direct to bypass their press, I have considered floating crosses to my big 9 (Piccoli) as they have Kounde (5'10) in defence. I have tried it all. They remain both a thorn in my side and a reason I have beef with Marco Rose. I would be delighted if this opens a discussion on other people's ideas. Perhaps even involve Daljit (BusttheNet) as I am a huge fan of his too. Thank you!!

Could you provide TI's or the tactic? Impressive!!

I will check it out today! Thanks again.

Thanks for the reply! Long time watcher of your videos/streams, love your work. I have rather slow centre backs so I didn't want to play the defensive line too high. I will look to recruit faster ones. My hope was to have defensive wingers that could have a good enough engine to both press high on opp. full backs but get back enough in time to prevent any potential danger. I now realize, that's both probably unwise and impossible in the M.E. I will slowly switch to a back 4 formation. Thank you!

Thanks for your reply! I am currently using opposition instructions to mark the wing backs tight, I am also using an individual man-mark player instruction. I really want to have an aggressive press, but I don't think it's possible unless my defensive winger is in the AMR/AML strata.

Hey guys, Long time lurker here. I've recently taken over Heidenheim in the Bundesliga, I am trying to employ a 3412 with defensive wingers pressing high on the opposition fullbacks/wingbacks. I have attached a screenshot of the tactic below. The tactic has worked extremely well so far. The only issue I have is that my defensive wingers aren't aggressive enough. I have also attached a screenshot of an opposition goal kick, ideally, I'd want my right defensive winger (No. 23) to be up on top of the opposition left back. In order to force them inside (Where my ballwinners are). Anyone have any suggestions? Happy to discuss this!