Quote Originally Posted by Wraga View Post
Thank you for your time and tips, I do appreciate.

I was wondering how would it be possible to be effective against this setup and I thought maybe forcing the play on the wings would help but as you mentioned the enemy team has stronger players, thus it takes more people from my side to keep them controlled. With these circumstances I see zero chance to get back from 0-5, however your opinion and suggestions would be helpful to be more effective in the future.

I would like to also thank you for your effort and showing me the example of the mentioned setup.

Right now I am thinking between the mentioned formation and the 4231 formation what I used to use against stronger enemies usually. The "problem" is that enemy team has a 5 goal advantage thus I cannot focus on defense because it wouldnt make sense in this situation.

In case I would have ask this question before the first match, I would definitely go with your setup, however at the moment I have to risk if I dont want to end my cup presence here.
You are more than welcome!

To win by 5 net goals against a superior opponent obviously is extremely difficult, regardless of team setup and tactics which are mostly catered for a win of around 3 goals against similar strength teams (well, everyone has their own opinion. I would only conclude that my setup is effective with a win of no less than 3 goals against same-quality opponents on a consistent basis). Need some luck and players in form to win by 5 or more.

A defensive setup with counter on plus mixed passing (short cannot create chance & long is way too prone to superior opponent’s counter) can easily win by 5 goals too when ST & AMC are on fire. Focus power training onto the best 2 young attackers first would yield the best results with the least resources.

4-2-3-1 is fine in trying to chasing goals under the circumstances as well, as there is nothing to loss and everything to gain. Good luck there!