I am playing for almost 3 yrs and i confess i still not understand exactly what "Force CounterAttacks" does

In real football Niko is right, it means : "the meaning of counter attack is to play defense and low, let oppo players to come into your area and after gaining the ball, counter back."

In this game, hmm, i tend to agree more with Gizzmo : "counter attack means you play direct football and not defensive: you go straight to goal instead of building up your attacks with a passing-based style of play. It's good for fast players but has a bad impact on the pass completed %."

i've done lately a couple of friendlies with oponents 1 or 2 lvls above ( 10-30% above me ).
First half i played defensive, low press, force CA, offsaid off. I always had the possesion but i was loosing 1-0 and beeing dominated at shots.
Second half, switched to offensive, high press, no Ca, offsaid on. I won all the matches. It's a totally different story when i play much lower quality teams....

Mixing High press with force CA seems very ilogical but it's still a game...