mantorras77
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What a great World Cup overall so far! In the spirit of this World Cup fever i've decided to see if I could take a tactic plug it in to Portugal and see if I could take this squad that Paulo Bento assembled and lead them to glory in Brazil!
NOTE: This doesn't mean that any one tactic is better than the other. The goal here is to see if it was possible if I could lead Portugal with its original squad to a World Cup win using downloadable tactics. All tactics used were far from being fluid.
After spending the last week testing it wasn't until last night where I first plugged in the tactic 4-4-2 back to basic by andrichbrand and this tactic so far is the only tactic that allowed me to win all 3 group games and then took me to the Final beating Brazil in semis 2-0. It was heart break in the Final as I lost to Germany 2-0. They got their revenge after i beat them in the Group Stage. I had an unfit squad for that final which didn't help. C.Ronaldo finished runner-up for the Golden Boot.
The last tactic of the night I plugged in was Callamity. Now those who follwed my Tactics Testling League are very familiar with Callamity as his tactic was consistently good patch after patch after patch. It delievers once again becoming the first tactic to allow Portugal to win the World Cup beating Germany in the Final 2-0. Now was there luck along way , of course!!! You don't win witout luck.
View attachment 367950 Had some luck needing only one win to advance out of the Group Stage
View attachment 367949 Had some luck with the nations I was drawn against
Luck was on my side vs Nigeria and especially vs Italy
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but in the Final it was all Portugal!
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and all that mattered was this:
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Let me also add that the only tactic that allowed C.Ronaldo to win Golden Boot was RIKI-TIKI-TAKA.
July 8, 2014 UPDATE
Just finished testing Tylerbode Blitz tactic-14.3 (best) and happy to report that it becomes only the 2nd tactic to allow Portugal to win the World Cup beating Germany 2-0 in the Final.
I will mark it with an asterisk tho as it wasn't with the "original" squad as I "chose" to call-up Danny for the injured Vieirinha after the USA game and that proved a difference maker as Danny made a big impact. None the less this is not the first time i've done this in testing these tactics but never really made a difference.
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This is how I lined up: Nani started the first 2 games for me I then replaced him with Danny as I felt Danny better fit the role.
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Great individual stats from some of my players as you can see from the World Cup stats above.
Tactic | Eliminated |
Callamity | WIN ovr Germany |
TYLERBODE: BLITZ TACTIC 14.3* | WIN ovr Germany |
Fetish | Final to England |
4-4-2 back to basic by andrichbrand | Final to Germany |
Valentino | Final to Holland |
Bincia - VOLANTE | Semis to Italy |
ReadyGo14.3.0 | Semis to Spain |
RIKI-TIKI-TAKA | Semis to Italy in pks |
5-3-2 Crackdown | Qtrs to Nigeria |
Arturo SP II | Qtrs to France |
Danilo w/Diavolo1992 | Qtrs to Switzerland |
Juggs | Qtrs to Switzerland |
L 4-2-3-1 RSA | Qtrs to France |
Lokito - Strike Back (14.3.1) | Qtrs to France |
Mourinho Chelsea tenbaek counterattack tactics | Qtrs to France |
Mr L 7-2-1 Counter-Ninjas (14.3.1) | Qtrs to Argentina |
Shots Galore | Qtrs to Switzerland |
SoareleRasare Barcelona `09 v14.3.0 | Qtrs to Argentina |
Supreme Tottenham 4-2-3-1 - tweak | Qtrs to Bosnia & Herzegovina |
TFF_UNREAL_V4 | Qtrs to France |
van Gaal Beta | Qtrs to Argentina |
1.0 FdB - Tactical Genius - By Koen | 1st rd to Russia |
343 Killer by Veez v3 | 1st rd to Belgium |
Danilo | 1st rd to Belgium |
GengenV3 | 1st rd to Belgium |
Home (fm-korea) | 1st rd to Belgium |
Lokito - Breaking Bad 14.3 (Reg) | 1st rd to Belgium |
Nezza's New World Order ( V.1 ) | 1st rd to Belgium |
Teen Titans | 1st rd to Algeria |
3-2-3-2 SP ED 3412 Vodu by cragswfc | group stage |
4-2-3-1 Balanced | group stage |
4-2-3-1 Art Arsenal LIF | group stage |
0 Emirates 14.3.1 | group stage |
3-5-2 HSV v12 | group stage |
4231 Benfica Capone | group stage |
4-2-3-1 crazy attack | group stage |
4-4-2 Capone Weird Transition | group stage |
Ancelottis Real Madrid (433) | group stage |
ART OF FOOTBALL v2 | group stage |
bagdadcowboy 2.0 | group stage |
Bumblebee 2014 | group stage |
Exterminators | group stage |
From Nothing To Something | group stage |
its a mariolicious xmas tree 3-4-2-1 | group stage |
Jespers 3-5-2 | group stage |
JP's Blitz tactic (overload) | group stage |
Locksmith MrH Tweak | group stage |
Magic Box by Artisan | group stage |
Mourinho | group stage |
NuevaDevi 4321W v1.1 | group stage |
PPP HOME 14.3.1 | group stage |
Steatons Donny Rovers | group stage |
Steatons Invincible 4-2-3-1 Marcello Tweak | group stage |
Steaton's Invincible 4-2-3-1 v2 | group stage |
Steatons Total Annihilation v2 | group stage |
Telsa | group stage |
TFF_Perfection _V2 | group stage |
The Man Utd Way by andrichbrand | group stage |
TheFinalCut Tweaked SP | group stage |
TIKI TAKA ALA PEP GUARDIOLA V2 | group stage |
Triple H's 4-2-3-1 Deep | group stage |
Wingers Paradise! | group stage |
NOTE: This doesn't mean that any one tactic is better than the other. The goal here is to see if it was possible if I could lead Portugal with its original squad to a World Cup win using downloadable tactics. All tactics used were far from being fluid.
After spending the last week testing it wasn't until last night where I first plugged in the tactic 4-4-2 back to basic by andrichbrand and this tactic so far is the only tactic that allowed me to win all 3 group games and then took me to the Final beating Brazil in semis 2-0. It was heart break in the Final as I lost to Germany 2-0. They got their revenge after i beat them in the Group Stage. I had an unfit squad for that final which didn't help. C.Ronaldo finished runner-up for the Golden Boot.
The last tactic of the night I plugged in was Callamity. Now those who follwed my Tactics Testling League are very familiar with Callamity as his tactic was consistently good patch after patch after patch. It delievers once again becoming the first tactic to allow Portugal to win the World Cup beating Germany in the Final 2-0. Now was there luck along way , of course!!! You don't win witout luck.
View attachment 367950 Had some luck needing only one win to advance out of the Group Stage
View attachment 367949 Had some luck with the nations I was drawn against
Luck was on my side vs Nigeria and especially vs Italy
View attachment 367948View attachment 367947View attachment 367946
but in the Final it was all Portugal!
View attachment 367945
and all that mattered was this:
View attachment 367944
Let me also add that the only tactic that allowed C.Ronaldo to win Golden Boot was RIKI-TIKI-TAKA.
July 8, 2014 UPDATE
Just finished testing Tylerbode Blitz tactic-14.3 (best) and happy to report that it becomes only the 2nd tactic to allow Portugal to win the World Cup beating Germany 2-0 in the Final.
I will mark it with an asterisk tho as it wasn't with the "original" squad as I "chose" to call-up Danny for the injured Vieirinha after the USA game and that proved a difference maker as Danny made a big impact. None the less this is not the first time i've done this in testing these tactics but never really made a difference.
View attachment 631857 View attachment 631860 View attachment 631865 View attachment 631868 View attachment 631870
This is how I lined up: Nani started the first 2 games for me I then replaced him with Danny as I felt Danny better fit the role.
View attachment 631866
Great individual stats from some of my players as you can see from the World Cup stats above.
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