How to beat 4-1-1-2-2 narrow?

[erez_lrn]

Hi,

I am playing against an opponent who plays:

-----st---st------
----amc-amc-----
-------mc--------
------dmc--------
dl---dc---dc---dr


How can I beat this formation? What is the best tactics?

Thanks

[Charlie Swb]

Hi,

I am playing against an opponent who plays:

-----st---st------
----amc-amc-----
-------mc--------
------dmc--------
dl---dc---dc---dr


How can I beat this formation? What is the best tactics?

Thanks

-----------st------------
-aml----------------amr-
-------mc--mc--mc-------
-----------dmc----------
------dc---dc---dc------

or change the middle MC to more ST


PS. please show me the result after using this so I can suggest this to other people next time

[erez_lrn]

Thanks, it worked great!

I won 2-0.

(His team is a little beat better than mine).

[Disturbed70]

What tactics did you follow?mixed pass and down both flanks? Red arrow on the aml and amr?

[t11_fan]

What tactics did you follow?mixed pass and down both flanks? Red arrow on the aml and amr?

Although he used 3N-1-3N-2W-1, there are few more choices for counter, all with 3DC defence:
-offensive (with 2ST): 3142, 352V, 352 flat if you don't have DMC
-defensive (1ST): 3151, 3-1-3N-2W-1 (formation which was suggested by Charlie Swb

Tactics should include passing through flanks, zonal marking and depends of quallity: normal/hard tackling, normal/attacking mentality.
Lenght of passes should be determined during match. Eg. if you notice that with mixed passing your team has under 80% completed passes, then switch to short etc.
If you choose AML/R formation, you don't need red arrows on AML/R, but red arrows could be useful ond MLR