Quote Originally Posted by Gert Funck View Post
three central defenders against two attacking wingers is really a risky tactic, even if you are the better team
The problem don't lies on that.
The problem is a single DMC at the center is hard countered by a pair of AML+AMR. 5 rating is horrific, but it's not so much as the DMC's fault, but the formation is being countered with your weakness exposed but the opposing has none.

You need to be a bit lucky to win when your formation is hard-countered like that.
However, even with this matching you can still use man-to-man marking to prevent your DMC from being sandwiched. The result could have been very different.