Originally Posted by
SSDD
Well, your formation looks OK. He's got a stronger squad so you should be looking to counter-attack. In this case don't worry too much about possession. You should use defensive mentality, passing down both flanks, long passes, pressing- own half, normal tackling and zonal marking. Force counter- yes, offside trap- no.
In case he scores and you don't manage to return the goal in the nehx 20-25 minutes, you should change the formation to
2-2(DMl/r)-3(N)-2(AML/R)-1, attacking mentality, mixed passes, mixed passing, pressing the whole pitch, no counter, no offside trap.
GL!