lemme just start by saying am fairly clueless to the tactic part , not completely tho.
Here's my question , is it smarter or the best way to go to start off a match especially Away matches with a slow tempo completely devoted only to retaining possession , even in ur defensive line if that's what it takes, rather than go in a match with ur normal plan as if u are playing against 7 year olds ?
For e.g , if u normally use a quick tempo possession tactic , u start with another tactic(and formation) that just focuses on keeping possession in lets say first 10 or 15 minutes then take on a quicker tempo game and a more attacking mentality as game progresses.
Reason i ask this is because when i watch barcelona when playing against a pressuring team like madrid (or probably any other team that doesnt have that very strong defensive approach), they start off by trying to keep possession without even looking to attack , just pass it around midfield and defensive line , keep it simple . At first it is hard but then the more possession they keep as game progresses , u find them going further up the pitch and looking for the CCC's and the killer passes .
Btw ,i am not playing with barcelona, so it is extremely hard for smaller teams to simply keep possession in this game , especially those hard away games .
This is definitely true in real games but in fm , if this is also true, how could u make a basic possession game even in ur own midfield so that it could be ur starting plan?
thx in advance
Here's my question , is it smarter or the best way to go to start off a match especially Away matches with a slow tempo completely devoted only to retaining possession , even in ur defensive line if that's what it takes, rather than go in a match with ur normal plan as if u are playing against 7 year olds ?
For e.g , if u normally use a quick tempo possession tactic , u start with another tactic(and formation) that just focuses on keeping possession in lets say first 10 or 15 minutes then take on a quicker tempo game and a more attacking mentality as game progresses.
Reason i ask this is because when i watch barcelona when playing against a pressuring team like madrid (or probably any other team that doesnt have that very strong defensive approach), they start off by trying to keep possession without even looking to attack , just pass it around midfield and defensive line , keep it simple . At first it is hard but then the more possession they keep as game progresses , u find them going further up the pitch and looking for the CCC's and the killer passes .
Btw ,i am not playing with barcelona, so it is extremely hard for smaller teams to simply keep possession in this game , especially those hard away games .
This is definitely true in real games but in fm , if this is also true, how could u make a basic possession game even in ur own midfield so that it could be ur starting plan?
thx in advance
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