Is narrow diamond effective against 4-4-2?

[tziortz]

Hey dv8r, i get your thinking, but unfortunatley i dont have AML, what do you think about putting the rest of the fomration and insted of an AML a ML with red arrow? thank you

[dv8r]

You could even play an ML in an AML position. It's only 1 spot away from his normal position so you won't be penalised. Just don't make it a habit though...

You shouldn't play DML and ML, dunno why but it just doesn't seem right stacked up like that on the wing, prevents the free flowing football from where an AML should be so he can attack the area

[tziortz]

Really thank you mate, and one last thing please, cause i never used butterfly again, attack through the wings?

[tziortz]

i am gonna try both formations guys so to answer more questions later ;p Results at 17:00

[Rob8]

narrow diamond yields mixed results against 4-4-2. If you have better players, go 3-5-2 or 3-4-1(amc)-2, hard attacking, play through the middle. 4-4-2 lends to breezy counter attacking football down the flanks, wide midfielders stop counters at source and having a man over through the middle hits 4-4-2's soft spot going forward. I tend to hammer anyone who uses 4-4-2, even teams with slightly higher rating.

[shwanko07]

narrow diamond yields mixed results against 4-4-2. If you have better players, go 3-5-2 or 3-4-1(amc)-2, hard attacking, play through the middle. 4-4-2 lends to breezy counter attacking football down the flanks, wide midfielders stop counters at source and having a man over through the middle hits 4-4-2's soft spot going forward. I tend to hammer anyone who uses 4-4-2, even teams with slightly higher rating.

what do you use then facing as good teams or slightly better?

[Rob8]

if the opponent is far too good, say you're 40 something and he's 50 something, go for 3 centre-halves, 2 wing backs, 2 central midfielders, a central attacking midfielder and 2 strikers. normal/defensive mentality(i never go defensive, mind you), through the middle, mark zonally because he'll beat your defenders in one-on-one situations. you could also overlap through the middle with your central centre-half and have a man over in attacks.

[tziortz]

Hello guys again, since i had a better look at his players, i noticed that his wings mid and backs had no assist at all, so i figured out that he is playing through the middle, so i started the match with narrow diamond, normal,through the middle,own half,mixed passing,hard tackling,zonal marking with counter attacks. I scored 2 goals in the first 15 minutes and dominated possesion 60-40, he then score from a penalty kick 2-1, i scored another one at 32 making it 3-1, at 36 3-2 and at 73 4-2 final score and qualification to next round. Thank you for your suggestions.