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| Dance123 |
Hi,
Any football (soccer) fans here who know a bit about tactics?
Here's my question: how does a team playing 4-4-2 formation defend against an opponent playing 4-3-3?
The main problem is that if you play 4-4-2 then your opponent has an extra player on center midfield cause they have 3 midfielders when they play 4-3-3 where you only have 2 center midfielders.
Which of your players is normally supposed to defend on that extra player your opponent has on center midfield? Is there a standard rule about this? |
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| Dance123 |
Some will say that if you play 4-4-2 against a 4-3-3 then YOU have an extra midfielder cause people will say you have 4 and they only 3.. however it doesn't work that way.. if you play 4-4-2 then you really have only 2 midfielders IN THE CENTER!!
The other 2 midfielders are your wing midfielders and they are supposed to defend against the wing backs of your opponent, am I right?
So which of your players is supposed to defend on the extra player your opponent has on center midfield?! |
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| shaw |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dance123
So which of your players is supposed to defend on the extra player your opponent has on center midfield?! |
The free safety |
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| Dance123 |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaw
The free safety |
What does that mean?? |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
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| lievez |
you play with 1 sweeper and 1 centre back.
the left and right backs take the attacking wingers, and your centre back looks after their striker
-------G------
------SW------
-RB---CB----LB
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-W--CM--CM--W-
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----S----S----
or something like that :) |
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| Dance123 |
| quote: | Originally posted by lievez
you play with 1 sweeper and 1 centre back.
the left and right backs take the attacking wingers, and your centre back looks after their striker
-------G------
------SW------
-RB---CB----LB
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-W--CM--CM--W-
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----S----S----
or something like that :) |
That's all true.. but which of your players takes the extra player your opponent has on center midfield?! That's what i would like to know. Read my original post above please.
Cheers, Mike. |
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| lievez |
Your wingers could handle their 2 outside playing midfielders when they are attacking (wingers).
Then 1 midfielder can take on their midfielder, then you still have 1 extra midfielder for defensive and attacking support.
But you better have a strong physical wingers then :p |
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