As he is very defence minded you must attack with strengh and numbers to try and break his defencive barrage! you need to take the game to him and control possession. 3-4-3 or 4-3w-3. red arrows on all midfield and strikers, play attacking to start then change to hard attacking at HT!, play mixed passing, close down own half, hard tackling( you want to win the ball back quickly), mixed passing style, zonal marking, play offsides. dont use force counter attacks but if your chasing the game or want to gamble and go for it then select that on at HT.