Yes, the same goes for the Attacking version.
Btw, it isn't a new finding for me I just decided to bring more attention to this and show people how important it might be. Heh, I've been saying it for very long time already :
DCL should be left footed or he should have at least "Fairly Strong" rating for the left foot
DCR should be right footed or he should have at least "Fairly Strong" rating for the right foot
DL should be left footed
DR should be right footed
The striker should have "Fairly Strong" rating for the weak foot
and so on...
Mate, testing tactics in the lower leagues it's like scoring a goal when you play football with your friends for fun and then thinking that now you are ready to join Barcelona or Real Madrid.
It's possible to smash the lower leagues with any default tactics from the game because in the lower leagues AI managers are so poor and players are so poor that they aren't able to exploit any weakness in your tactic so they are like whipping boys that don't fight back.
If you really want to test any tactic then I suggest that you pick the weakest team in the strongest league in the game such as LIGA BBVA or English Premier League and try to win these leagues 2 times in a row(of course, without re-playing any match and of course you can buy players to strengthen your team) because if you win it only one time then it might be just luck so to be sure you need win it 2 times in a row and when you achieve that believe me only then you'll get knowledge about the strength of the tactic.