Me vs Mourinho, tanking or...how quality and everything don't matter!

[Tyltyl]

So, I'm one of those b******s that goes on tanking for seasons to help my association. This is my team, everyone of them has a SA, usually everything useful for defenders (wall or aerial), corner kick specialists, free kick specialists, shadow striker or one on one scorer.



I tried to beat Mourinho every season, several times since I started playing and I'm playing season 27, so make your calculation. My results: I still have to score a single goal!

Mourinho has this team



So, my team appears to be much higher quality than his, right? Yes, but still I can't beat him.



I'm not posting my formation for each match because I tried one of every kind. Every usual 3-5-2 counter formation plus every possible combination, with 3 defenders or 4, with a DMC or without, with 5 MF or less, with 1, 2 or 3 ST. Nothing ever worked.

I tried going all out attack, defending and counter attacking, using wingers or centrals, using short passes or long ones. None of this worked.
I tried going with a superb preparation, still nothing.
I tried using a win bonus, nothing.
Combination of all the above. NOTHING.



I can get up to 80% possession, get every shot on target, but still Mou can score a single goal in his ONE AND ONLY action in the whole game. Sometimes after scoring one goal, after the 80' minute he just score at every shot. My free kick specialists who usually score like machine guns can never center a freaking shot. I have more corner kick specialists that suddenly become useless. Short or long passes, and players keep doing the same s**t when in the penalty area. My ST was once alone against the keeper, and guess what? He passes back to the winger!
After playing a whole game on his side of the pitch, when I see him playing on attack I can bet my balls on it, he will score!

So, what actually is needed to beat this s.o.b?

And just to keep questioning the actual engine of this game, I've played with this team in associations too of course, with superb preparation, counter formation and everything, but still sometimes, just occasionally, I struggle against teams that I've beaten before that are much worse quality than me.

Does quality actually matters in the end? Does preparation actually matters? Does countering a formation actually does anything at all? Does a combination of all the above actually matters? Results seems so random everytime, in associations you win 6-0 in the first game and lost 1-0 in the second one.
Today I've been booted out of the cup after I lost 2-3 against a much weaker opponent and watching the game. Nothing really matters.

I don't mean to complain about not winning because I did it so much and I just want to go to platinum and keep playing whatever happens, I'm questioning about what this game uses to generate the results.
If Mourinho goes well beyond everthing conceived to get a positive result, why should this change if there's a human playing? All we do is just buying players and change tactics that we don't know if the engine is actually taking count of. You are just there and give an extra kick to the possession bar while the opponent scores.

[Gabez Teh]

had 160% team and still lost 0-4 easily against Mou(similar as yours)... Pure bullsh0t, don't bother you... forget him

[gamer5289]

I have defeated Mourinho...although only on penalties

[Gabez Teh]

I have defeated Mourinho...although only on penalties

lucky one

[Houzz]

I think now Mou always have a bug like 5-10lvl higher than us The counter attack is his breakfast menu. Before in old version he play 433 and i beat him 2 3 times.

[Tyltyl]

Nothing regarding Mou because I used him as an example, but today I had +20% difference against an association team. Won 2-0 the home game, +7% possession bonus, + 14% possession used, he still got more possession but I won.
In the second game he had +4% possession bonus, I used mine as well but got more possession than him and lost 2-1.

All this considering I'm close to be an 8* team against a 6* one, and still managed to struggle and lose against him.
If you choose to play down the flanks, you always play down the flanks and sometimes to the center. If you choose to go through the middle, you still go down the flanks and sometimes through the middle.
Whatever you do, nothing changes.

To me, this game engine is badly f****d up lately! And consider that Mou is a bot and does NOTHING more than a human player. If the computer can add that extra kick while generating the result, why shouldn't with any player?

How can you lose 0-6 in your home game with all the bonus and manage to draw 1-1 away? To me it gives a huge handicap in some cases while giving huge bonuses in others. A 6 goal difference is a huge gap that I saw getting filled only in Barca-PSG and still remains unique in football history.

[gamer5289]

@Tyltyl

I do agree with your observation, the results in associations do seem bugged.
Have been seeing this for some time now.

[gogs67]

This is the Mourinho squad in my game! WTF, five 8* players!!! Not even gonna try and play him!

[peteryeung]

You never score against him no matter how many shots you have, but when he takes one shot in a counter attack...

[James001]