![]() ![]() And we’ve certainly utilised the transfer market to this effect. But this flexibility means we need a number of different options. Or sometimes the opposition played without a CAM which would present the opportunity for using a Regista and allowing them to run the game. Sometimes it was necessary for the deepest midfielder to be a ‘destroyer’, in which case I’d use a BWM-D. Tailoring our approach evidently paid off, and I feel it’s one of the reasons we were able to get so close to an unbeaten season. But throughout the season we used a huge number of combinations depending on the form of our players and the qualities & weaknesses of the opposition. My preferred system when the going got tough was DLP-D, BBM-S and CM-A. With the 4-1-4-1, there’s incredible versatility in the midfield trio you can use. I think I’m addicted to buying central midfielders. We hardly ever concede, but the man on the edge of the area (whoever is your smallest, quickest, trickiest player) makes you a great counter-attacking threat with another quick small guy left up front. However, this has slightly improved lately, and I consider us more of a threat from opposition corners than they are of me. No matter how good the players involved, counter-attacking was largely impotent, a far cry from the poweful, purposeful fast transitions we see from the likes of Real Madrid in real life. ![]() On previous editions of the ME, counter attacking from one end of the pitch to the other was almost non-existent. So I’ve packed our team with them, told them to ‘Run at Defense’, and it’s worked.Īnother happy side-effect of this is how much better we are at countering from opposition corners. This is largely because I’ve found the Match Engine really does love those guys when setting up a plan to halt the opposition, we always find those players the hardest to deal with. But as the team is packed with excellent dribblers (Tielemans: 16 dribbling, 17 acceleration, 16 flair Odegaard: 16 dribbling, 15 acceleration, 17 flair Brendel: 16 dribbling, 16 acceleration, 13 flair Kagawa: 15 dribbling, 14 acceleration, 18 flair etc. I’ve left the ‘Higher Tempo’ TI unticked as I want us to be patient if the opposition defense is solid, as we have plenty of creativity in the team. The main focus of the 4-1-4-1 is to have quick attacks with lots of dribbling. This was what it looked like most of the time. Our overachievement largely stemmed from the success of the 4-1-4-1. At Wolves on FM13, I won plenty more trophies, but this Dortmund squad has no right to dominate the league to the extent they did, or to be favourites in a Champions League final. This is despite having probably my best ever season on FM, based on relative squad quality. Gutted.ĭespite losing only one game in ninety minutes all year, I was still pretty disappointed. With our penalty takers having an average Penalty Taking stat of just over 10, we were always going to struggle, and we did, as Joachim Low’s Arsenal walked it. ![]() After 120 minutes they had indeed kept a clean sheet, and despite not scoring themselves, were favourites in the penalty shootouts. Unfortunately that was even more frustrating as Arsenal came to park the bus and play for the 0-0. The only thing that would’ve made me feel slightly better about missing out on the unbeaten season would’ve been a Champions League win. With an average of +2 Goal Difference *per match*, it’s fair to say we destroyed the German league. We went on to win the league very comfortably, as well as adding the DFB-Pokal to the trophy cabinet. Then came a loss against Conte’s Bayern (who we’d battered 6-0 and 4-1 earlier in the season). Until mid-March, we remained unbeaten in all competitions and I was getting pretty excited at our chance. In all my years of playing Football Manager, I’ve never achieved a completely unbeaten league season.
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