HELP! Title-deciding final clash with rival tonight.

Hello guys,

This evening i'm playing against the team who is 1st in the league and i'm second with only 3 points behind. I have better goal difference (6 goals more than his), so if i win i will be the champion. I already lost the cup final this season and this is my second season (i have not won a trophy yet), so i really must beat him. His team is slightly weaker than mine.

His formation is 3-4-1-2. His defenders are 3 DC's, right and left wing defending midfielders. In front of them are two MC's (one of them is a Dribbler and the other is a Free kick Taker). His attack consists of two strikers (one Goalscorer) and an attacking midfielder.

My default formation is 4-1-3-2 with which i get results like 9-0, 10-0, 8-0 and 6-1 most of the time.

I have four defenders (one of them is a Blocking/Defensive Wall). In front of them are 1 MC and one ML. Then there are my AMR (Free Kick Taker), who is the leading goalscorer and my best player (26 rating). So in the attack i have two strikers, AMC and AMR.

What do you guys think i should do to win this match? I have all kinds of players and enough tokens and coins for two more good players :)

The match is in 5 and a 1/2 hours so i really need to figure out the best strategy and will be grateful if you guys help me :)

so his formation is 3N-2W-2-1-2 ??? if so the counter is 4-1-2-1-2 (Narrow Diamond) to that, but others who know better will let you know.

Did you beat him in the first half of the season?

No, he beat me 1:2 but back then my team was weaker than his. I was playing with only one striker and my defenders were not that good.

Leddy is right go with narrow diamond or even 4-4-2 classic

Can i use my AMR/MR, 26 rating, 20 year old, Free Kick Taker, who scores many goals as my right MC or should i use a 22/23 rating MC player?

And where should i put my better striker (he is right footed) - left or right? I'm talking about 4-1-2-1-2 :)

Playing a player OOP (out of position) is a last resort, using the MC in his natural position will strengthen the midfield whatever quality he is. Good luck

Thank you guys! :)

I think you're good to go tbh.

There's no one formation, IMHO, that is best to counter another, because we don't know what orders are given in the background.

I never use AMR/AML or DML/DMR

I usually play 4-1-3-2 or 4-3-1-2 or even just plain 4-4-2 I find works against strong teams.

Its interesting that peeps have different thoughts on things..I played a player out of position in CL final and in the semi to great effect, but its down to your own thoughts really....good luck and let us all know as to pip them at the post at the final hurdle is sweet, i did that in season one...kept pegging away, had advice from Cracicot and won the title on the last game of the season, ok it was half bot teams in the league but it felt good.

Ok, for now i'm thinking of playing 4-1-2-1-2 and won't use this player OOP.
My tactics for now are Attacking mentality, mixed passes, whole field pressure, rough challenges and personal cover. :)
Should i change them?

Your Focus passing should be through the middle this is more important.

Oh ok, thanks man! :)

Oh and one last thing guys :) With the formation 4-1-2-1-2 which players should have red or blue arrows?

Thank you all for the tips! I am really grateful :) After the match i will post the results here :o I hope everything goes well for me.

I lost the match 5-3.....
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HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE????

1.He wasn't even watching the game.
2.I had 2 friends to come and watch my game and i had 65% possession...
3.His team's rating is 19.6 and mine is 21.0
4.Whatever i did had ABSOLUTELY NO EFFECT on the game.
5.My team is almost the same average age as his.
6.My team is worth 3mil more than his.


WTF guys?!?!? Is this made on purpose by the game?? HOW CAN I LOSE TWO FINALS FROM PEOPLE WHO AREN'T EVEN WATCHING THE GAME AND WITH A WEAKER TEAM THAN MINE?!?!?!?
Two arab guys who aren't even into the game and who didn't watch half of their matches and won their trophies and i'm left with two 2nd places.... I put so much effort all season to win the Double and won almost every match with scores like 10-0, 9-0, 6-1 and 5-0 and then some weaker team comes and beats me.

In my league there is only 1 Bot team and i didn't play against any bots in the cup and there are people who have like 6 or 7 bots in their league with super-weak teams and win the league easily.
No words left.

Sorry to here you lost:(, don't be disappointed next season will be a better season hopefully:).

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Originally Posted by Ivaylo Antonov

I lost the match 5-3.....
....
......
.........

HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE????

1.He wasn't even watching the game.
2.I had 2 friends to come and watch my game and i had 65% possession...
3.His team's rating is 19.6 and mine is 21.0
4.Whatever i did had ABSOLUTELY NO EFFECT on the game.
5.My team is almost the same average age as his.
6.My team is worth 3mil more than his.


WTF guys?!?!? Is this made on purpose by the game?? HOW CAN I LOSE TWO FINALS FROM PEOPLE WHO AREN'T EVEN WATCHING THE GAME AND WITH A WEAKER TEAM THAN MINE?!?!?!?
Two arab guys who aren't even into the game and who didn't watch half of their matches won trophies and i'm left with two 2nd places.... I put so much effort all season to win the Double and won almost every match with scores like 10-0, 9-0, 6-1 and 5-0 and then some weaker team comes and beats me.

In my league there is only 1 Bot team and i didn't play against any bots in the cup and there are people who have like 6 or 7 bots in their league with super-weak teams and win the league easily.
No words left.

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I am guessing a large part to do with attack mentality. I dunno I only used attack against teams much weaker than me but if about the same quality, no way. Did you change it when you let in goals?

Yes, i did after the first goal which was in like 20min.. :( :( I put it to normal.

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Originally Posted by Ivaylo Antonov

Yes, i did after the first goal which was in like 20min.. :( :( I put it to normal.

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:eek:

I don't like attacking mentality.
I only conceded 8 goals in league this season and 2 were to a very weak team which I played attacking!!

I won my first CL league after deciding not to change formation and use my best formation with my best players. Other team was playing counter but I was unstopable!

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Originally Posted by Ivaylo Antonov

Yes, i did after the first goal which was in like 20min.. :( :( I put it to normal.

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in an important match, never do this, Attack, attack and all out attack at the end.

The second half i put it to Ultra Attacking and put in two beast players OOP :)