Scary guy

I am almost on my way to the Cup Final - the semis should be an easy contest. My coast to the cup has been relatively easy so far, with my biggest achievement a 7-0 victory over a team only 6% less than me.

However, there is an Indonesian team in the other bracket that is around the same quality as me - yet has won every game in his league and cup WITH an 'illegal' formation.

I can't give you a screenshot now, but I might post it down later - he has only one DC, with a DL and DR. He's got a HUGE midfield with two strikers and a lot of AMC's/wingers, and he's won convincingly against opponents his size.

What do I do?

Don't watch the match.
Let the game troll him :p

One DC with a DL and DR has never been an illegal formation...

There aren't 'illegal formations' nowadays.

Of course there are illegal formations. Formation with 3 amc is illegal

Just give the screenshot... 😎

doesn't sound very illegal to me lol. obviously that is why he won't give us a screenshot

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Originally Posted by tomu741

Of course there are illegal formations. Formation with 3 amc is illegal

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Those formation are just illegal for Nordeus, i never followed that, just follow your ideas. I already played with 3 amc's and won matches without problems.

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Originally Posted by IImaestroII

Those formation are just illegal for Nordeus, i never followed that, just follow your ideas. I already played with 3 amc's and won matches without problems.

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my last and 6th cup won starting without st, 3ams +aml amr,,,,,

Well maybe its your true that is only illegal by nordeus. This for example is real football formation 4-2-3-1 narrow but somehow it is with red exclamation. Attachment 113494

Tactically, it is sound to play 2 STs against 1 DC. The DL and DR will have a hard time catching up, they are usually more effective against AML/Rs.

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looking back it's not really an 'illegal' formation, but I don't really know how to counter it.

by the way the guy recently lost 1 nil to a team 14% less quality than him in the cup, other team used a normal 4 at the back formation

also thanks for advice

Yugoslavia in Halloween event was more illegal, with only two DC's.
I played 4-5-1V, Def, counters, long balls and won them. The third time :p

I know this was a week ago and the match is probably already over and whatever but if I were you he seems to rely on his heavy attack options and trust his midfield and DC players to stop the rare chances you will make after you get past the offensive cloud he uses. If I were you I would exploit the gap in his right field, there is a huge player body missing in the AMR/MR position. I would attack that opportunistically. For the home feature, I would focus on making sure he scores no aggregate goals at all and essentially park the bus. He will get frustrated and try to go for a hard attack this will leave him open for a counter and your well rested attackers charge in for 1-0 win. Now at his house I would no risk parking the bus as he has a home advantage, in fact, I would be more attacking and focus passing down the right flank, long passes to get passed his AMC/AMR/AML pseudo defensive line, and play with an attacking mentality. With this you should win 1-0 or draw 1-1 and that is good enough for you to advance to the finals. If you meet him in the finals I have no tactics other than to try to keep possession to bait his team into committing fouls and giving you free-kick and corner opportunities.