First Defeat Of The Season

[kebess]

Yep, it had to happen... I'm only just a bit disappointed though, as my opponent had a better team, and I simply don't know what else I could have done to better things for me. Some screens :



I know there's this theory going on that 4-3-3 is a good counter to 4-5-1V, but I really don't like 4-3-3 : ( (mainly because I only have 2 STs, and I find using a third one on the pitch quite useless), so I simply went for my favorite formation 4-5-1, as it's also the one that suits the most my players, quality-wise.

I dominated the entire first half, with more shots, corners, possession. Then in the second half, he made 2 subs, replacing better players with worse ones... but guess what? He still managed to score couple minutes later... Don't ask me why, : )
(And yes, my players were very high on condition)
Then without changing anything to his formation, he somehow started dominating, with more possession, more shots, etc...

In the end, I went all in (by switching to Hard Attacking, then pushing my two ML/MR onto the AML/AMR position, and the central MC onto the AMC one, with a quick sub, ofc). I started seeing a bit more shots, but I guess it was already too late to hope for a miracle goal at this point.

I'll try a more offensive approach on the second match. Feel free to let me know what you'd do if you were in my shoes right now,

Thanks for reading.