Bayern uses a 4-2-3-1 Deep formation. It's a reserved shape of classic 4-2-3-1, and offers greater pitch coverage. Bayern plays with a defensive forward whose role is to put pressure on opponents centre backs, so they can't organise an attack from deep. It is said Bayern plays counter attack, but if you know anything about football, then you know high defensive line and counter attack don't go well together. However, Bayern actually forces the opponent to attack them in a certain way, and then they beat them to the ball. A squeezed play, high defensive line, lot's of pressing on a narrow width in combination with this formation make the cream of the crop of football today. Two defensive midfielders in a support-defend roles, make the classic stopper centre backs not needed. One brakes up opposition attacks, and intercepts their passes, while the other is more creative and joins the attack himself (deep lying playmaker - support and anchor man). Two inside forwards duty is to dribble and cut inside and overload the box offering a surplus man, while the fullbacks are providing width. This formation utilizes an AMC, and his job is to unlock opposition defence, and help with defending aswell. Bayern, unlike Barcelona, controls space, not the ball.
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