Don't put Red arrows on your ST's.....Red arrow on your AMC-DL/DC-DC/DR Blue Arrow-DMC The rest no arrows.

if your opponent is much stronger than you or has an attacking formation....you go defensive.

Tactics:

Team mentality: Defensive
Focus Passing: Through the middle
Pressing style: Own half
Tackling style: Normal or Hard tackling (optional)
Passing style: Long
Marking style: Zonal

Force counterattacks: Yes(if you are playing defensive), NO-(if you are playing attacking mentality) because that is nonsense to force your team to go counterattacking when they are on attacking mode already.
Play offside traps: No