Quote Originally Posted by Mr Mercury View Post
The rule is 80-20% possession in favour of the legal formation. But possession doesn't guarantee a victory.

edit What happens when two illegal formations play each other? Someone must have tested this in a friendly. July?
Hehe have never seen that before during my 10 seasons.

As others have mentioned possesion doesn't mean that you will be guaranteed to win. He actually has your two attackers well marked by one CB and one DML/DMR. Luckily he at least didn't play down your flanks because you could have lost.