What to do on a bad day? Discussion

[Toxcatl]

What Spartan117 said is right. Except for the part about morale, condition and bonuses. All of them have impact, especially obligatory training sessions; you know those "you have to do 2 more trainings" messages? Don't you dare to ignore them =]

Beginning of the game is very important. If you see your opponent has more SoT than you after ~15', then change the formation (without subs if possible) and orders. Change the whole tactics. If you played offensive, then go, for example, for possession with short passes to control midfield; if you played defensive with counter-attacks, go for attack. If you tried to control midfield, go for defense and counter-attacks. This is just examples, I'm not saying "do exactly that" (I know nothing), but you have to do something. There is no guarantee changes will help, but the situation definitely won't resolve by itself. If you just keep watching and clutching at your chest, you are simply going to lose. Do one radical change and wait for at least 15-20 minutes to see the outcome. Don't rush mindlessly from one tactics to another. Be patient and use your brain.
Think before the game what can you change and how to do it. It will save some precious time during the match.

Shots and SoT are the most important parameters that show you how the game is going more accurate than anything else. And if you see you have more SoT and generally doing well, don't change anything! Many times I thought: "Ok, I am attacking, statistics is good, but now I don't need to score more, I just have to hold for the last 15 minutes, so I'm going to play defensively", and it ended with a disaster.

P.S. Going to Home screen and then immediately back to the match refreshes the statistics. Do it often.