"V formation seems appropriate or a solid 4-1-4-1 for that extra midfield control."
I can do both because I have MR/AMR and ML/AML (also DC/DR,DC/DL and DC/DMC)
As I can guess from his games in 1st round (he won 7-0, 9-0) and from his profile , he 'll start attacking, so I would think playing 4-1-4-1 def, wings, long pass, counter, with red arrows in MR,ML . What would you say pal ?