SpeedKatMcNasty

Thanks for all the advice everyone! Super useful!

Does putting them on rest recover condition faster than only having rests on the training schedule? I had 2 days of full rest before this match, without even a match preview on the training calendar.

Wow, great job! Yes, holding them to 1-1 was quite the accomplishment. I will try that formation there and see if it works on my end.

My last match was 2 days before this one, so my regular starters are all tired, but Lazio's schedule was no easier. Even so, Lazio often scores on me in the first 2 minutes, in fact the game I just ran they scored on my in the first 12 seconds...

I have a nagging suspicion that this match is rigged by the engine for me to lose. This is the second game of a UEFA Europa league match, BvB (me) vs Lazio. I won the first match 2-0, which means that Lazio has to win this second match by at least 3 goals to advance, a seemingly daunting task. However, after rerolling this match about a dozen times, I have never done better than losing by 6 goals. I've used the original tactics I beat them 2-0 with, changed my tactics a bunch of times, tried different players, tried using supposedly broken tactics from the internet, but I've never lost by less than 6 goals. If anyone could lose this match by fewer than 6 goals I would be amazed, much less loose by fewer than 3 so I could actually advance. Here is the save on my google drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KmTxqwlzTzIfWyg-3f7Ti7CMZNRzU-U2/view?usp=share_link