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[BeckStar]

I read your guide and very usefully , I have question why Marking style : man-to-man ? defensive 4-5-1 V usefully ?

I have actually some optimizations on the 4-5-1 V style Defensive as i've used it last few seasons on the new version.

4-5-1 V Style- GK-DL DC DC DR- DMC-MC MC-ALM AMR-ST:
Team Mentality: Defensive
Focus Passing: Down both Flanks
Force Counter-Attacks: Yes
Pressing Style: Low (Own half )
Tackling Style: Normal
Passing Style: Mixed
Marking Style: Man-To-Man

Needless to say that Man To Man works better with defensive mentality as your defenders will mark any player that gets in your half and not just cover their zone even if it's empty.

Pressing own half works better on defensive tactics since the new update.

Using mixed passing instead of Long.. i can't see much difference but it's defenetlly increasing the possession on the ball so i changed that too.

Blue arrows on all defenders keeps them on defending side and would avoid situations when you'r defensive line goes high and some of the DC believes he's an attackers... then u'r not covered when the opponent counter attacks.

Training bonus on Defence with 4-5-1 Defensive works good. i usually use Defensive bonus 1st half and Posession bonus on 2nd half



Those are the settings on my team. Usually building balanced team with same average quality on Defence, mid and attack.

[blackwhite]

(y) Nice tactic , I did it. ACCEPT FB İNVİTE

[Besmir Rossoneri]

When is the best time to play a counter attack? Is it against the Weaker/Stronger teams?

ofc against strogner team and you can also try this tac 4-2-3-1 dl dc dc dr - dmc dmc- mc mc mc- ST defensive,midle,low,normal,long,zonal.CounterAtack

[babarkhurshid]

This would defenetlly be an attacking formation with red arrows on AML/AMC/AMR and 2 blue arrows on central Defenders
GK DL DC DC DR MC MC AML AMC AMR ST

I personally use this sometimes when i have to score, simply sub my DMC with an AMC and my defensive 4-5-1V style goes attacking 4-2-3-1 This formation is almost equal to the 4-2-2-2 attacking but some settings would be different.

Team Mentality: Attacking
Focus Passing: Mixed
Force Counter-Attacks: No
Pressing Style: High (Whole pitch)
Tackling Style: Normal
Passing Style: Short (Sometimes you could use mixed but i prefer short as MC AMC and ST are in close to eachother.
Marking Style: Zonal

One last thing.. use this formation in a safe way.Would work good against weak opponents as it's very attacking but may go wrong against some stronger teams. Goodluck

Can we use this formation as Defensive?

[gemini]

I made some mistake，in the next floor.

[gemini]

I have actually some optimizations on the 4-5-1 V style Defensive as i've used it last few seasons on the new version.

4-5-1 V Style- GK-DL DC DC DR- DMC-MC MC-ALM AMR-ST:
Team Mentality: Defensive
Focus Passing: Down both Flanks
Force Counter-Attacks: Yes
Pressing Style: Low (Own half )
Tackling Style: Normal
Passing Style: Mixed
Marking Style: Man-To-Man

Needless to say that Man To Man works better with defensive mentality as your defenders will mark any player that gets in your half and not just cover their zone even if it's empty.

Pressing own half works better on defensive tactics since the new update.

Using mixed passing instead of Long.. i can't see much difference but it's defenetlly increasing the possession on the ball so i changed that too.

Blue arrows on all defenders keeps them on defending side and would avoid situations when you'r defensive line goes high and some of the DC believes he's an attackers... then u'r not covered when the opponent counter attacks.

Training bonus on Defence with 4-5-1 Defensive works good. i usually use Defensive bonus 1st half and Posession bonus on 2nd half



Those are the settings on my team. Usually building balanced team with same average quality on Defence, mid and attack.

Hi～Beck，glad to see you.
I wonder know is that right to use offside trap with defensive mentality？I see you set that.As you know，normally we just set offside trap with attacking or hard attacking mentality.
And in your previous post you mentioned that avoiding using offside trap with Man To Man marking，so，is that ture？
thanks for your reply.

[BeckStar]

Hi～Beck，glad to see you.
I wonder know is that right to use offside trap with defensive mentality？I see you set that.As you know，normally we just set offside trap with attacking or hard attacking mentality.
And in your previous post you mentioned that avoiding using offside trap with Man To Man marking，so，is that ture？
thanks for your reply.

Hey Gemini, i see you read the posts carefully

Offside trap is defensive tactics, it should be totally fine to use with defensive mentality.
I just leave it on most of the time with 4-5-1 unless opponent has really fast attacking line, offside trap would work better if it was zonal marking indeed.
in the previouse post i was talking abou 4-3-3 Attacking mentality formation, it's a bit different when it comes to Defending tactics as i would use Offside ON with any kind of defensive formation.
-It makes little to no difference tho.. as i've seen offside for opponent team even when my offside trap is off. it's just a little booster in defensive tactics.

[BeckStar]

Can we use this formation as Defensive?

Hey, i don't think that a GK DL DC DC DR MC MC AML AMC AMR ST can be defensive.
You can use it as defensive and win most of the times but attacking would bring better results.

[BeckStar]

1st page post updated:
-ADDED KEY PLAYERS for every single formation.
The key players are those who made most impact in the team while using that kind of formation in my personal experiance.
For examplle, the 4-5-1 V style needs a good DMC possible with Playmaker ability cause most of the counter attacks start there.. he's the core of the team. Also AML/AMR with Shadow strikers manage to score alot of goals from distance as we know.

In the defensive 3-2-3-2 GK - DC DC DC - DML DMR - MC MC MC - ST ST: Defensive wall and Aerial Defenders did great job as we use this formation to counter any team that has attacking down both flang team and and any DC with defensive wall would block the long distance shots better, any DC with Aerial Defender ability would stop most of the crosses and so on..
If you got any questions don't hesitate to ask.

p.s: Every player is important but there are some that count more i would sugest to always build equal and balanced team and not just concentrating on attacking group.. as 90% of my friends do.

[Chunk Lagoon]

Right now i am using 3-1-2-3-1: GK - DC DC DC - DMC- MC MC - AML-AMC-AMR - ST

& Tactics is :

Team Mentality: Attacking
Focus Passing: Mixed
Force Counter-Attacks: No
Offside Trap: Yes
Pressing Style: High (Whole pitch)
Tackling Style: Normal
Passing Style: Mixed
Marking Style: Zonal
KEY PLAYERS: AML PlayMaker, AMC & AMR Free Cick Specialist, DC in the middle is Aerial Defender. (Slightly Weeker Dribbler AMR/MR in the Bench)


Suggest me, negatives, positives &/or anything....