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Tactics 3-2-3-2: The Anti-Catenaccio.(IMPORTANT UPDATE!)


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The Catenaccio(Wikipedia) is a footballing philosophy with a heavy emphasis on defending, with a key feature being the inclusion of an extra man in defence. 

Following that line of thought, what is the opposite of Catenaccio? 

A footballing philosophy with a heavy emphasis on attacking, with a key feature being the inclusion of an extra man in offence. 

At least that's just what I think... 

And with that I was inspired to make this tactic.

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The strikers and wingers are on full attacking duty, and 5 of them there ensures I'll be able to at least match up against any defence I come up against. 

The two BBM play a very important role, covering the entire midfield area and either making important tackles at one end of the pitch or scoring important goals at the other. 

The defenders will be pushed to their limits every game. But that is a good thing as they will be able to showcase their abilities. The BPDs need to make key passes to connect the defence to the rest of the team. While the sweeper plays a very vital role in preventing goals. 

One tip I would like to add is that all attacking players(7 players including the BBM) should be reverse footed. So left BBM is right footed, right striker is left footed etc... The reason for this is simply so that when they get the ball they are able to shoot with their strong foot. But that is just a minor tip, so don't stress too much if you can't find reverse footed players. 

Stats-wise this is a pretty attacking tactic that gets a decent amount of goals with a surprisingly solid defence. 

(disregard the below screenshots as they were take while using the older version of the tactic) 

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While I've only posted the results with Leipzeg, I've also used this tactic in about 4-5 saviour cometh challenges with SPAL, Southampton, Wolfsburg etc... And I managed to win the challenge everytime. (unfortunately I didn't take any screenshots back then) 

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Just some extra info, but here are some notable games I've had this season(best and worst games) 

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Overall I would say the tactic did superbly for just the first season, but unfortunately I don't have the time to see how it would perform in smaller teams or in world class teams. I will see if I'll be able to improve on this tactic, and if I do I'll update it. 

And with that, I'm handing this tactic over to Vibe. 

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Oh god, look, another 3-2-3...... oh wait not seen one of them before 😂😜

 

seriously though, nice looking tactic and nice write up. I’ll give it a little try out over the weekend 👍

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51 minutes ago, LenTheWelsh said:

Oh god, look, another 3-2-3...... oh wait not seen one of them before 😂😜

 

seriously though, nice looking tactic and nice write up. I’ll give it a little try out over the weekend 👍

Curiously, I took a look at the other 3-2-3-2s and a couple of them were surprisingly similar! Which I think is a bit of a bummer as I thought I managed to unlock some super secret formation :(

Do give us an update on how the tactic does once you get around to it.

 

 

 

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NOTICE! 

I would like to point out that I've made a change to the tactic.

Bring everything back down to balanced. The previous version where I went overload with a high defensive line proved to be far too leaky at the back. This new version where everything is balanced should be a much better tactic overall, but you will score very slightly less goals then if you went overload. 

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30 minutes ago, Aaron Thornton said:

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Safe to say it was amazing for me. It got me my first ever unbeaten league season and the goal numbers are amazing.

That looks incredible! You've done far better than what I've managed :)

If you don't mind, could you help get some screenshots of your best games? Oh and also screenshots of your team's match stats would be much appreciated. This is just so I'll be able to see if there's anything else I could do to make this tactic better. 

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3 hours ago, RPA123456 said:

That looks incredible! You've done far better than what I've managed :)

If you don't mind, could you help get some screenshots of your best games? Oh and also screenshots of your team's match stats would be much appreciated. This is just so I'll be able to see if there's anything else I could do to make this tactic better. 

Wil do 👍

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3 hours ago, RPA123456 said:

That looks incredible! You've done far better than what I've managed :)

If you don't mind, could you help get some screenshots of your best games? Oh and also screenshots of your team's match stats would be much appreciated. This is just so I'll be able to see if there's anything else I could do to make this tactic better. 

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Theres my instruction and roles, unfortunately I dont have match stats and results as i have continued into the next season 🙄 but anyway in matches I dont change a single thing whether im winning, drawing or losing and I had some crazy games 7-3 vs Lille and PSG, 6-0 vs Marseille. It was brilliant.

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4 hours ago, RPA123456 said:

That looks incredible! You've done far better than what I've managed :)

If you don't mind, could you help get some screenshots of your best games? Oh and also screenshots of your team's match stats would be much appreciated. This is just so I'll be able to see if there's anything else I could do to make this tactic better. 

There's my first match as Sunderland boss using it.693243853_Screenshot_20190403-163436_FM2019Mobile.thumb.jpg.c9f621abbce53caf3cf1863699b360fc.jpg

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Nice! 

Those tactical instructions were the exact same one I was just about to test! Great to see they work so well. 

I'm really glad to see that the tactic works so well, I can't wait to get back to my RB Leipzeg career!

 

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2 hours ago, RPA123456 said:

Nice! 

Those tactical instructions were the exact same one I was just about to test! Great to see they work so well. 

I'm really glad to see that the tactic works so well, I can't wait to get back to my RB Leipzeg career!

 

Gonna Use Crystal Palace next

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1 hour ago, Aaron Thornton said:

Gonna Use Crystal Palace next

Last time I used Crystal Palace I failed to introduce my guardiola-esque style and got relegated :)

Good luck! 

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Yep. Also, I would like to point out that the changes@Aaron Thorntonhas made are very good and I recommend them.

But I do advise switching down mentality to control/balanced and also switching down all the defensive instructions to balanced. Because like I've said before, going all out attack is very risky and may end up with you losing some games badly. But on the flip-side, all out attack is pretty fun and will net you more goals, so you do you and all :)

 

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