About zonal defence and personal defence

[Frenki_]

Hello guys, am not sure wich one is better, to have zonal defence or individual/personal?And if you have to change them when is zonal, when is personal?Thank you...

[Frenki_]

Any ideas or you got no clue too ?

[bobdylan]

If I have 3 defenders I play zonal , 4 defenders I play man on man simply as that makes sence to me , not sure if it works at all tho .

[aiureah]

It makes no difference whatsoever. Make sure you check the force counterattack to give yourself a chance.

[Frenki_]

Yeah I have the counterattack, and maybe bobdylan is right,4defenders man on man 3 def zonal.Any other suggestions?

[Maor23]

I always use zonal because I play offensively all the time I think man on man is more for defensive teams.. that's just me though.

[cosmin100]

PErsonnaly alwasy zonal and it works great for me

[Frenki_]

Thank you guys...

[Morgan O'Bree]

You use zonal when you need to cover up being in inferiority vs opponent's players. This way the ball holders will get double marked when entering the influence zone of another player (an AML gets double marked by DL and DMC, ei). Works good with whole pitch and attacking mentality as you are able to mark wide numbered midfields and pressure low numbered defenses.

You use man to man marking when:
-You want more steals from your team, hence hold the ball more and have more chanches.
-You play on par against his attackers, and you don't want to reduce your offense adding an extra player behind.
-Generally when your defenders/defensive mids are better than his offenders.
-You play on own half pressing and counter.

[Frenki_]

thanks mate...