Hey.
I wanted to knock something up that matched the 4-1-4-1 often used by Germany and Bayern. I didn't really make it (mainly because getting one advanced midfielder to drop back is impossible) but what I DID come up with proved pretty effective.
It's a possession based tactic, but not at the expense of attacking. So no tiki-taka borefest, the team will attack quickly and keep the ball if nothing is on.
A couple of notes - You'll need a lunatic goalie to do the Neuer part so make sure your GK has all the right attributes for a sweeper-keeper.
The full backs are only set to support as they will have plenty of room to get forward anyway so anything more than support makes them into wingers.
The tactic has a very high line so the centre backs are set to cover. For the tactic to work, your CBs must have high acceleration and high anticipation even at the expense of other normal CB attributes - good jumping reach helps too. If you have a couple of carthorses at the back, this won't work.
Everything else is pretty obvious.
I don't use anything fancy in set pieces so try what you want. And before anyone asks, training is irrelevant to this exercise so use what you like
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I wanted to knock something up that matched the 4-1-4-1 often used by Germany and Bayern. I didn't really make it (mainly because getting one advanced midfielder to drop back is impossible) but what I DID come up with proved pretty effective.
It's a possession based tactic, but not at the expense of attacking. So no tiki-taka borefest, the team will attack quickly and keep the ball if nothing is on.
A couple of notes - You'll need a lunatic goalie to do the Neuer part so make sure your GK has all the right attributes for a sweeper-keeper.
The full backs are only set to support as they will have plenty of room to get forward anyway so anything more than support makes them into wingers.
The tactic has a very high line so the centre backs are set to cover. For the tactic to work, your CBs must have high acceleration and high anticipation even at the expense of other normal CB attributes - good jumping reach helps too. If you have a couple of carthorses at the back, this won't work.
Everything else is pretty obvious.
I don't use anything fancy in set pieces so try what you want. And before anyone asks, training is irrelevant to this exercise so use what you like
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