Mourinho's Red Devils
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Having recreated Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool, Antonio Conte's Chelsea & Mauricio Pochettino's Spurs successfully this year, a common request was Jose Mourinho's Manchester United. Yes, they've had a shaky season at times, but as always, I've managed to recreate a strong resemblance to great success. If you haven't seem them other recreations, just search for them somewhere in the long lost abyss of fm-base tactic pages!
Emphasis on counter attacking with pace & utilising crosses in to the box. On the ball, the formation becomes a 4-2-3-1. In reality, Mourinho loves to chop & change depending on the players he has at his disposal & opposition weakness, but this is the core of his approach. An inside forward on the left which can accommodate Martial, Mata, Lingard or Rashford and a deeper playmaker role out on the right which comes inside to assist the midfield and creates room for the overlapping Valencia out wide. Defenders have a simple job and play short passes to your Herrera/Carrick whilst the fluid midfield are always willing to come deep, help defend but also create plenty of passing triangles. The midfield can then launch direct passes in to the final third using diagonal balls out wide to the wings which provides ammunition in the form of crosses for Ibrahimovic. The front players apply a lot of pressure and the wing backs often come central to apply pressure and try to win the ball back as well.
My test was basically plug & play once I finalised the tactic after tweaking a few saves, then just put the games on full speed & only commentary to get them out of the way. Went on holiday between matches, upset players, ruined morale etc, so if you actually manage your team you can probably do even better than the results below. Or try and orchestrate more draws to make the tactic more unique
THE TEAM INSTRUCTIONS
No need to over complicate things with too many instructions, just a true representation of how Manchester United set up in real life. Due to the high level of quality of players, I've left the decision making up to them in the final third.
THE PLAYER INSTRUCTIONS
GK - More Direct Passes, Take Long Kicks, Distribute to Target Man
WB - Tackle Harder, Mark Tighter, Cross Aim Target Man, Close Down Much More
CB - Pass It Shorter
DLP - Dribble Less, Tackle Harder, Mark Tighter, More Direct Passes
AP - Close Down More, Mark Tighter, Get Further Forward
BBM - Shoot More Often (Pogba has 18 long shots), Close Down More, Tackle Harder, Mark Tighter, Get Further Forward, Move Into Channels
WP - Mark Tighter, Get Further Forward, Close Down Much More
IF - Close Down More, Mark Tighter, Roam From Position
CF - Tackle Harder, Move Into Channels
THE OPPOSITION INSTRUCTIONS
None
THE TRAINING REGIME
Match Tactics until 100% familiarity, then Defensive Positioning (typical park the bus Mourinho, eh?)
THE RESULTS
As usual, you get a few dodgy results until you hit 100% familiarity. But from that point on wards, it's all guns blazin'
Goals Galore with only 12 conceded...
THE DOWNLOAD
MIRROR 1: DOWNLOADhttps://ufile.io/h6pqe
[video=youtube;tdfZ62Q9_U8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdfZ62Q9_U8[/video]
Having recreated Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool, Antonio Conte's Chelsea & Mauricio Pochettino's Spurs successfully this year, a common request was Jose Mourinho's Manchester United. Yes, they've had a shaky season at times, but as always, I've managed to recreate a strong resemblance to great success. If you haven't seem them other recreations, just search for them somewhere in the long lost abyss of fm-base tactic pages!
Emphasis on counter attacking with pace & utilising crosses in to the box. On the ball, the formation becomes a 4-2-3-1. In reality, Mourinho loves to chop & change depending on the players he has at his disposal & opposition weakness, but this is the core of his approach. An inside forward on the left which can accommodate Martial, Mata, Lingard or Rashford and a deeper playmaker role out on the right which comes inside to assist the midfield and creates room for the overlapping Valencia out wide. Defenders have a simple job and play short passes to your Herrera/Carrick whilst the fluid midfield are always willing to come deep, help defend but also create plenty of passing triangles. The midfield can then launch direct passes in to the final third using diagonal balls out wide to the wings which provides ammunition in the form of crosses for Ibrahimovic. The front players apply a lot of pressure and the wing backs often come central to apply pressure and try to win the ball back as well.
My test was basically plug & play once I finalised the tactic after tweaking a few saves, then just put the games on full speed & only commentary to get them out of the way. Went on holiday between matches, upset players, ruined morale etc, so if you actually manage your team you can probably do even better than the results below. Or try and orchestrate more draws to make the tactic more unique
THE TEAM INSTRUCTIONS
No need to over complicate things with too many instructions, just a true representation of how Manchester United set up in real life. Due to the high level of quality of players, I've left the decision making up to them in the final third.
THE PLAYER INSTRUCTIONS
GK - More Direct Passes, Take Long Kicks, Distribute to Target Man
WB - Tackle Harder, Mark Tighter, Cross Aim Target Man, Close Down Much More
CB - Pass It Shorter
DLP - Dribble Less, Tackle Harder, Mark Tighter, More Direct Passes
AP - Close Down More, Mark Tighter, Get Further Forward
BBM - Shoot More Often (Pogba has 18 long shots), Close Down More, Tackle Harder, Mark Tighter, Get Further Forward, Move Into Channels
WP - Mark Tighter, Get Further Forward, Close Down Much More
IF - Close Down More, Mark Tighter, Roam From Position
CF - Tackle Harder, Move Into Channels
THE OPPOSITION INSTRUCTIONS
None
THE TRAINING REGIME
Match Tactics until 100% familiarity, then Defensive Positioning (typical park the bus Mourinho, eh?)
THE RESULTS
As usual, you get a few dodgy results until you hit 100% familiarity. But from that point on wards, it's all guns blazin'
Goals Galore with only 12 conceded...
THE DOWNLOAD
MIRROR 1: DOWNLOADhttps://ufile.io/h6pqe
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