Yes, it's the tactic he won everything with. I had many attempts at creating this, but now I think I finally got it right.
So here it is:
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I haven't got a clue at what his actual tactics were. I never watched a single Bayern match in that era. What I did was, follow basic football rules by reading all sorts of guides and texts on the net.
For example, I have learned that he played with offside trap. That means he either played attack or overload strategy, as those two position the players high enough for offside trap to be effective. That also means he used two same roles on defend duty as cd's. I have also learned that he played compact, which means he had to remove space between the lines, so I chose fluid philosophy. Fluid would also make his players help out defence, and with so many players in upper half, it is an obvious choice. I beleive he made his wingers help out his fullbacks, and reaped the rewards. Playing attack means I don't need a player in DM position. Or better put, he would be in the way there, as we would have to play a lower defensive line so he has space. And he was utilising pressing, which would tire out players, which is why he pushed up to make pitch smaller, and also played narrower. That way, he gave his central midfield duo very little space to operate, but made pressing very efficient. His flanks were inside forwards with support duty. That allowed him to exploit the middle and still keep them involved. Attacking strategy makes fullbacks overlap on a regular basis, so he used two attacking fullbacks, which combined perfectly with flanks. To make use of exploiting the middle, he used a treq in AMC area, as that is a role that will do the most damage when exploiting the middle and him being the centre of passing. Anyone using a treq should focus passing through the middle. He used a box to box to connect the lines, and bwmd in centre midfield, as 2 playmakers would be too much, and bwmd was very usefull in high pressing tactics. That leaves striker. Since he doesn't have two roles that run from deep often, stirker had to be either poacher or advanced forward. He opted for the latter to also help out his defence with work rate, and be a threat with good heading.
All in all, in theory, a perfect tactic. Well, maybe not perfect, let's just say flawless. He got great players for every single position with correct role and duty required, and he won. Everything! And todays Bayern players have a right not to trust Guardiolas ways, as he actually made a step back.
Now, this is all theory. I don't want to play with Bayern, I prefer weaker clubs. I just made this tactic because I love what Osram did with them, and how he won everything with it. If you have the necessary players, I think you will have great success with this, and if you don't, slightly less success. AI will have difficulties beating this in any case, as will human managers, if you play online.
Training, OI's, teamtalk and all else leave to assistant, unless you know what you are doing.
So here it is:
View attachment 366446
I haven't got a clue at what his actual tactics were. I never watched a single Bayern match in that era. What I did was, follow basic football rules by reading all sorts of guides and texts on the net.
For example, I have learned that he played with offside trap. That means he either played attack or overload strategy, as those two position the players high enough for offside trap to be effective. That also means he used two same roles on defend duty as cd's. I have also learned that he played compact, which means he had to remove space between the lines, so I chose fluid philosophy. Fluid would also make his players help out defence, and with so many players in upper half, it is an obvious choice. I beleive he made his wingers help out his fullbacks, and reaped the rewards. Playing attack means I don't need a player in DM position. Or better put, he would be in the way there, as we would have to play a lower defensive line so he has space. And he was utilising pressing, which would tire out players, which is why he pushed up to make pitch smaller, and also played narrower. That way, he gave his central midfield duo very little space to operate, but made pressing very efficient. His flanks were inside forwards with support duty. That allowed him to exploit the middle and still keep them involved. Attacking strategy makes fullbacks overlap on a regular basis, so he used two attacking fullbacks, which combined perfectly with flanks. To make use of exploiting the middle, he used a treq in AMC area, as that is a role that will do the most damage when exploiting the middle and him being the centre of passing. Anyone using a treq should focus passing through the middle. He used a box to box to connect the lines, and bwmd in centre midfield, as 2 playmakers would be too much, and bwmd was very usefull in high pressing tactics. That leaves striker. Since he doesn't have two roles that run from deep often, stirker had to be either poacher or advanced forward. He opted for the latter to also help out his defence with work rate, and be a threat with good heading.
All in all, in theory, a perfect tactic. Well, maybe not perfect, let's just say flawless. He got great players for every single position with correct role and duty required, and he won. Everything! And todays Bayern players have a right not to trust Guardiolas ways, as he actually made a step back.
Now, this is all theory. I don't want to play with Bayern, I prefer weaker clubs. I just made this tactic because I love what Osram did with them, and how he won everything with it. If you have the necessary players, I think you will have great success with this, and if you don't, slightly less success. AI will have difficulties beating this in any case, as will human managers, if you play online.
Training, OI's, teamtalk and all else leave to assistant, unless you know what you are doing.
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