Team Himann ............................................. Team Bepo
TEAM HIMANN
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Tactics:
This team is structurally set up a little similar to how City are set up when they play a similar formation (particularly during the 20/21 season).
De Bruyne played in a free role behind the main striker and sometimes played further forward or dropped deep to create. The wing forwards generally cut in and one of the midfielders in the double pivot attacked more (usually Gundogan), while one of the full backs (usually Cancelo) tucked in and joined the midfield to compensate. Some common features are a pacy defence to deal with counters and strength in the middle to ensure that avenues for opposition attacks are mostly away from the central areas.
Having said all that, a big aspect of the tactic is also getting the ball forward quickly to the front 4 so they can exploit spaces on the counter.
Attacking phase:
I rely on my attackers to take on the opposition. All of them are capable of beating their man, which is a key aspect to my attack, but what I also expect is interplay between them, laying it off for each other and then receiving it back when they are in space. Picking out the runs of Batistuta (and sometimes Pele) up front.
The following is an all-touch video of Simonsen vs a very good Lobanovsky side. He drops deep at times and is quick to turn defence into attack. He'll run at opposition players, but also lay it off when he needs to.
Magic from Dinho in this one plus it showcases his creativity here:
O Rei through the middle. What a majestic footballer he was - so complete, so powerful, and so very good on the biggest stages. He can play alongside absolutely anyone and just about do anything in an attacking position.
The rest of the team come in and support the front 4 mostly if they are thwarted in a quick counter. Robson is the more adventurous of the double pivot and Dunga generally shields the defence but also starts off attacks from deeper. Passarella helps play it out from the back and the fullbacks either bomb forward or operate more centrally if the opposition is mostly behind the ball.
Defensive setup:
The back line of four will defend as a compact unit. The full-backs tuck in, and will defend against wide players in one-on-one situations. The central defenders will mark the opposition’s strikers. The double pivot provides protection ahead of the centre-backs, covering the spaces between the lines. The attacking midfield three and centre-forward will narrow, screening the central spaces and the team will generally be in a mid block.
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TEAM BEPO
Tactics: 433, fairly balanced style leaning more towards counter-attacking
Team around Pirlo and Fenomeno, my very own rat pack.
Andrea Pirlo
Two absolutely gorgeous footballers and while Fenomeno fits almost any team, princess Andrea needs a bit of a pampering.
What he needs is runners as its hard to spring in heels so in front we have a technical duracell bunny in Ossie Ardiles, proving himself at highest level as a great supporting actor as well as Angel Di Maria who apart from his United stint never shied away of putting a team first, that being Real Madrid or his national team Argentina. In addition to that we have Thomas Muller and Wayne Rooney in front and whatever i said for the argie duo, applies to those two as well, just probably multiplied by ten. Also, lets not forget insanely good back 5 behind Pirlo.
So the princess is in place to run the game, not only does he have runners both on and off the ball, they are all pretty damn good on the ball.
Il Fenomeno
He doesnt need pampering but still, decided to give the glorious alien as much of the help as i could. Two selfless attackers in every sense of that word. Rooney who is individually stronger but should fit perfectly with Fenomeno as he is great whenever you put him on the football pitch and i believe Fenomeno is much better with freedom to move whenever he wants rather then when he leads alone which usually happens in draft.
Muller is a teammate from heaven, his movement creates space for both him and his teammates and the guy is unsolvable enigma for more then the decade. Goalscoring and assist machine.
Angel Di Maria
King of the Rat Pack. The only version i liked is the midfield one, surprise surprise not a fan of the brainless winger version( @Physiocrat ). Cant really remember who it was that moved him centrally, was it Carlo or Jose but it was a masterstroke. On the wing he was pretty one dimensional so when you open a pitch a bit more for him he flourished as all of the sudden he had more options, his decision making went up because of it and his dribbling improved as it was much harder to close him on an open pitch.
TEAM HIMANN
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Tactics:
This team is structurally set up a little similar to how City are set up when they play a similar formation (particularly during the 20/21 season).
De Bruyne played in a free role behind the main striker and sometimes played further forward or dropped deep to create. The wing forwards generally cut in and one of the midfielders in the double pivot attacked more (usually Gundogan), while one of the full backs (usually Cancelo) tucked in and joined the midfield to compensate. Some common features are a pacy defence to deal with counters and strength in the middle to ensure that avenues for opposition attacks are mostly away from the central areas.
Having said all that, a big aspect of the tactic is also getting the ball forward quickly to the front 4 so they can exploit spaces on the counter.
Attacking phase:
I rely on my attackers to take on the opposition. All of them are capable of beating their man, which is a key aspect to my attack, but what I also expect is interplay between them, laying it off for each other and then receiving it back when they are in space. Picking out the runs of Batistuta (and sometimes Pele) up front.
The following is an all-touch video of Simonsen vs a very good Lobanovsky side. He drops deep at times and is quick to turn defence into attack. He'll run at opposition players, but also lay it off when he needs to.
Magic from Dinho in this one plus it showcases his creativity here:
O Rei through the middle. What a majestic footballer he was - so complete, so powerful, and so very good on the biggest stages. He can play alongside absolutely anyone and just about do anything in an attacking position.
The rest of the team come in and support the front 4 mostly if they are thwarted in a quick counter. Robson is the more adventurous of the double pivot and Dunga generally shields the defence but also starts off attacks from deeper. Passarella helps play it out from the back and the fullbacks either bomb forward or operate more centrally if the opposition is mostly behind the ball.
Defensive setup:
The back line of four will defend as a compact unit. The full-backs tuck in, and will defend against wide players in one-on-one situations. The central defenders will mark the opposition’s strikers. The double pivot provides protection ahead of the centre-backs, covering the spaces between the lines. The attacking midfield three and centre-forward will narrow, screening the central spaces and the team will generally be in a mid block.
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TEAM BEPO
Tactics: 433, fairly balanced style leaning more towards counter-attacking
Team around Pirlo and Fenomeno, my very own rat pack.
Andrea Pirlo
Two absolutely gorgeous footballers and while Fenomeno fits almost any team, princess Andrea needs a bit of a pampering.
What he needs is runners as its hard to spring in heels so in front we have a technical duracell bunny in Ossie Ardiles, proving himself at highest level as a great supporting actor as well as Angel Di Maria who apart from his United stint never shied away of putting a team first, that being Real Madrid or his national team Argentina. In addition to that we have Thomas Muller and Wayne Rooney in front and whatever i said for the argie duo, applies to those two as well, just probably multiplied by ten. Also, lets not forget insanely good back 5 behind Pirlo.
So the princess is in place to run the game, not only does he have runners both on and off the ball, they are all pretty damn good on the ball.
Il Fenomeno
He doesnt need pampering but still, decided to give the glorious alien as much of the help as i could. Two selfless attackers in every sense of that word. Rooney who is individually stronger but should fit perfectly with Fenomeno as he is great whenever you put him on the football pitch and i believe Fenomeno is much better with freedom to move whenever he wants rather then when he leads alone which usually happens in draft.
Muller is a teammate from heaven, his movement creates space for both him and his teammates and the guy is unsolvable enigma for more then the decade. Goalscoring and assist machine.
Angel Di Maria
King of the Rat Pack. The only version i liked is the midfield one, surprise surprise not a fan of the brainless winger version( @Physiocrat ). Cant really remember who it was that moved him centrally, was it Carlo or Jose but it was a masterstroke. On the wing he was pretty one dimensional so when you open a pitch a bit more for him he flourished as all of the sudden he had more options, his decision making went up because of it and his dribbling improved as it was much harder to close him on an open pitch.
what a sight that would have been.
