Could anyone tell me whats the best way to counter this??

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-----------MC-------MC-------MC------------

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Last game i played 3-4-1-2 with Short passing through the middle and normal mentality and lost 2-1...

Just bad luck? Should i try it again, or any other ideas?? I have a better team than him... I average 39 quality with almost all players having special abilities and he is using 33 average quality... and 3 of them are with a special ability...