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Diego Simeone's 4-4-2 Atletico Madrid
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The Rise of Atletico Madrid and Diego Simeone
Simeone's Major Honours with Atletico
La Liga (1): 2013–14
Copa del Rey (1): 2012–13
Supercopa de España (1): 2014
UEFA Europa League (1): 2011–12
UEFA Super Cup (1): 2012
UEFA Champions League Runner-up (2): 2013–14, 2015–16
I use a strikerless tactic because it's not possible to make strikers defend deep without making them mark a CM. The downside of playing strikerless is that the two most advanced players (my 'strikers') don't exactly behave like strikers when we're in possession. Even my SS acts too much as a playmaker. Here, you can see my tactic and the TI.
As you may see, I got my inspiration from Simeone too. My fullbacks are conservative though, they probably could play a bit more attacking, but