Important Cup Match against Stronger Team, need help ASAP!

[Krishna Sadhana]

Didn't worked out. The guy deployed a 4-4-2 classic right into the dying minutes before the game, so I decided to bring out my 4-4-2 killer - 4-1-3w-1-1. DAMN GUY CHANGED HIS FORMATION INTO A 4-3W-2-1 CHRISTMAS THREE IN THE LAST MINUTE. Thankfully my AMC's out so I used an MC to cover for him and was able to switch to a 4-1-4-1 during the match. GUESS WHAT HAPPENED? The Italian dandy with his smile turned out for the match! I managed to kept him at bay for 44 minutes, until the curse that is the double corner got me. 1-0 down, I changed my formation into a 3-5-2 V, and the guy saw through it and changed into 4-4-1-1, and scored again, forcing me to transform my formation into a narrow diamond. That didn't worked out, and I was forced to deploy 5-3-2. I scored (eventually) but it's too late. Lost 2-1, out of the cup 3-2 on aggregate. EXACT MIRROR of my defeat in the QF last season - against a level 3 Italian team FILLED WITH SCOUTS. Pissed off that I lost, but nevertheless the cup isn't my goal anyway. CL can give me the added revenue that I needed.

PS: I followed pcmacdaniel's advice and maxed out everything, win bonus, morale, condition. Didn't work.







Can anyone tell me what went wrong?