So had the first QF leg (away) in the cup against the strong opposition I described earlier. It didn't go crap but it didn't go amazing either.
My players were very wasteful of numerous free kicks and corners, but the final score was 2-2. Fingers crossed for the home leg then.
The tactics I described about targeting his DML/DMR seemed to work since even though his team dominates in quality, I won the possession battle?
In the leg, I had a tight win over 7th(8th now). No surprises there. He got a goal in the 1st min, ended up being his only shot on goal. But my players ended up throwing away chances, going into the half 0-1 down. In the 2nd half we stepped it up and got the two goals needed, even though I feel a 4-0 type scoreline would of reflected the game better. 2nd place faced our tanking team in the league and so I suspected I was going to lose 1st place on GD. However he only won 2-0 and so now it's even tighter a the top.
Question for everyone: Has anyone ever had a playoff at a neutral venue to determine who wins the league or the 4th CL position a the end of the season? It must be a rare occurrence.