Counter against 4-1-2-1-2 narrow diamond

[Patrick Muijderman]

Best tactic is to let you offense occupy the empy field spaces of you opponents defense and match your defense with your opponents offense.

So in a 4-1-2-1-2 diamond, occupy the red stripes:

----ST-----ST----
-------AMC-------
----MC-----MC----
-------DMC-------
DL--DC-----DC--DR

Your formation should look some thing like:

--------ST--------
---AMC----AMC---
--------MC--------
DML----DMC----DMR
----DC--DC--DC---

Red-arrowing your DML and DMR

Or

--------ST--------
---AMC----AMC---
ML-----MC-----MR
-------DMC-------
----DC--DC--DC---

[Hélder Gonzaga]

Thats so a fail information.. then you get lucky or u was stronger,... 4-1-2-1-2 is normal the best formation against 4-4-2 classic...

real sucide information...

i won with 4-4-2 Classic!!!

[t11_fan]

@Helder You had luck.

I wanted to use 3n1411 but I had a lot of injured players so used AMR instead of MR. Use red arrows if you use ML/R, no arrows if AML/R. mixed passing, focus gameplay through wings, maybe offside trap

[Fawkes]

Hi, as you can see I was down 1-0 Half time, and I switched from 4 1 3w 2 - to 3 5 1 V - Attacking , Both Flanks, Hard .

that or my team had a very good pep talk from the trainer on half time

[barracus79]

any new updates on counters vs. ND?

[Go Ahead Eagles]

352 v style. Defensive,down both flanks,counter attack,own half,mixed,normal.

[Bill Shankly]

Well, 4-5-1 V style worked for me : I won 3-1 against a slightly stronger opponent, with defensive, down both flanks, hard tackling and force counter.

[Bielkiers]

I lost in cup first leg to a much weaker team Narow Diamond, with me playing 3N-1-3w-1-2. Now I will have 3 games in a row against ND, 2 with weaker teams, including decisive cup second leg, but 1 with a slight stronger one. Pls advise me about 3-5-2V considering my team. Thanks very much!

[Kylos]

I lost in cup first leg to a much weaker team Narow Diamond, with me playing 3N-1-3w-1-2. Now I will have 3 games in a row against ND, 2 with weaker teams, including decisive cup second leg, but 1 with a slight stronger one. Pls advise me about 3-5-2V considering my team. Thanks very much!

Attack down the flanks, short passing, own half pressing, hard tackling, zonal marking. Counter off, offside off. Red arrows on AML/R, blue arrow on DMC.

[Bielkiers]

Attack down the flanks, short passing, own half pressing, hard tackling, zonal marking. Counter off, offside off. Red arrows on AML/R, blue arrow on DMC.

Thanks! From your experience, it will work better after a few games with this tactic? I lost 0-1 to a 3-5-2 team, about 4 point weaker and I didn't quite mattered in the game. Not enough shots and really uninspired strikers. No moral or condition issues.