
Originally Posted by
HeavensAAA
Indeed defensive teams are the hardest to break down, and so should they (that’s the exact reason some managers set their teams up this way, especially with a quality disadvantage and they still want a draw).
To win against tightly-packed defence, the key is either being more defensive than them (hard defending, so they will push up and leave space behind) or use a few attackers to push defenders back and win by quality advantage in midfielders (normal via flanks, with wide forwards placed behind fullbacks, so midfielders have AML+C+R areas to fire long shots), or simply overload AMC area (attacking via middle, AMC at default position plus AML & AMR placed aligned with AMC with both close to AMC region, plus 1 ST placed close to GK to pull defenders away - let him go offside and winning is by him attracting defenders).
See if it works for you?