Man-on-Man Marking In This Game

[Tactician]

By the way, the order forcing counter-attacks means that your players won't press the incoming attackers moving forward in the other half. They will be allowed to come into your half more easily (without much resistance). Once in your half, most probably deeper in your half, this where they will likely to be pressed so that the ball may be recovered and a counter-attack launched.This is why it is called forcing counter-attacks; your players will force the event of counter-attacking to occur. Forcing counter-attacks may be said to be a passive attacking strategy; it will likely to work only if the opponent is attacking; some of its defenders have to leave their marking roles or defensive positions. Else, the counter-attack will likely not result to a goal. Also, you must have enough players to mark and press all those attackers that were able to enter your half (including those incoming defenders from the opposing half), so that one of your players may recover the ball and launch a counter-attacking pass. If you can't recover the ball, then it is called a failed strategy.

So, your players are defensively much less active in the opponent's half, but they are much more active defensively in your own half. This is why using full pitch pressing and forcing counter-attacks may likely not to be a good combination of orders. Those 2 orders may be said to be antagonist to each other.

So, briefly, someone should not use or do things 'blindly, that is' without knowing what they mean and what they are likely to do. This applies in real life situations too, and in fact, is very important in real life.