how to beat that 4-2-2-1-1?

[Sura]

What he is doing is playing from the back. He is playing defensive and probably with counter attacks by absorbing your pressure with 6 defenders and then hits you on the counter. What I would do(especially with a stronger player) is fight fire with fire. I would play with a very defensive formation and hit him on the counter. Otherwise you probably have no chance if you attack.
Something like this..

DR- DC- DC -DL
--DMC- -DMC
-------MC
-AMR--------AML
-------ST

Red arrows on AML and ANR
Blue on both DMC
defensive
flanks
own half
mixxed or long passing

GOOD LUCK!!
P.S. let me know what you played and what the result was.