I did something completely wrong?
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I did something completely wrong?
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No, you used a recognised counter to that formation. But, it is further evidence that 4W defences are no longer as effective against a narrow attacking formation as they once were. I tend to use 3N-1-4-2 or 3N-1-5-1 (depending on opponent strengths) against 4-2-1-3 and get better results even against stronger teams.
It looks like nowadays if you're faced with a narrow xMC-AMC-xST formation then better results are obtained by using a 3N-DMC-2/3MC defence, and putting wide midfielders (ML/MR or AML/AMR) in to counter any wide defenders the opponent has. If the opponent is narrow in attack but has wide midfielders then the wide defenders (DL/DR or DML/DMR) are still needed. That is my current thinking based on experience with my own team and analysis of results for the rest of the matches in the League.
As talisman said 4 defenders even with 1 dmc seem not to work fine with narrow-middle formations.
Try the suggestions and check if it works better.
For me it really does the difference (and I am a fan of 451v as well ;))
I counter above formation with 3dc-1-2mc-3w-1 to take advantage the lack of oppo's dm
Ok,useful tips with those narrow/wide 3 defenders. I could understand the loss but c'mon, he didn't deserve so many 5.x rates. Not with these tactics.
More evidence from today's Cup Semi-Final match just finished - in previous seasons I would have gone straight for 4-5-1V against 4-3N-3. If I had today, then I would have had a 101% team, against the opponents 108%. Going for 3N-1-3N-2AMW-1 reduced my overall Quality but gave me players in vital positions to counter the opponent.
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I think the latter is THE ultimate counter ever: can't remember losing to 4-3-3 with this.
What did your AM said ? It was not your day ??