Quote Originally Posted by Maxtax View Post
Let me give a try, there is no difference as an absolute rule, It depends on both teams players. If you have skilled MC/AMC's and the opp. uses only 1 or 2 MC's ,by conjesting middlefield its better to attack through middle. If you have skilled and fast wingers and there is only one opp. player on each side its better to attack from sides. I know i didn't said anything briliant and these are common sence but sometimes we are all missing the obvius.
Precisely. I never lost against the mighty 4-5-1 v style . When i played against this formation ive always used 4-3-1-2 with short passing through the middle , pressing style whole pitch and counter attacks and it worked just fine for me . for ex last season in the Cl semi finals i won against 4-5-1 v style with a crashing 4-0 ,2 at home 2 away. Like maxtax said above it depends on your players skills and special atributes.