QUICK FACTS ON PLAYER SENDING OFF
When a player is sent off, his team mates will try covering his duties on areas he used to control. That will hurt the team and team will most likely start performing worse with now 10 men. That is because aggressive play is punished by red cards more often than before, and having one or more men less than the opponent will make it harder to win or maintain lead.
offensive TACTICS
DEFENSIVE TACTICS
You have a number of individual instructions to give to each player to fine tune your tactics.
Play position will make player have a very rigid positioning and he will not roam around but try remaining at that position as much as possible
Go Forward will instruct player that he can leave his position to go forward two steps* and run one step up with the ball
Go Forward Left, can move up two steps, left 2 steps, forward run 1 step, left run 1 step
Go Forward Right, can move up two steps, right 2 steps, forward run 1 step, right run 1 step
Go Back, can move down 2 steps and run back with ball one step
Go Back Left, down 2 steps, left 2 steps, backward and left run 1 steps each
Go Back Right, down 2 steps, right 2 steps, backward and right run 1 steps each
So let's analyse this offensive tactic.
Nr 2. Wilmotz
- will mark right wide zone, meaning he will cover his area plus the area to the right and run with the ball to the right as well.
Nr 3. Kuehn & 4, Grant
- mark wide zones, so they cover each other zones, plus the side zones
nr 6. Collier & 9. Charno
- go forward max 2 steps and can move with ball 1 step closer to forwards, having speed and control plus dribble will make him more suitable and effective doing that.
nr 10. Azkargorta & 11. Becerra
- play position, they stay up front to be ready to receive any ball coming their way
Mark Striker, mark striker at that position
Mark Zone, mark zone at that position
Mark Wide Zone, mark zone at position plus 1 zone to the left and one to the right
Mark Left Zone, mark zone at position, plus 1 to the left, run left 1 step
Mark Left Wide Zone, mark zone at position, plus 2 to the left, 1 to the right, run 1 left
Mark Right Zone, mark zone at position, plus 1 to the right, run right 1 step
Mark Right Wide Zone, mark zone at position, plus 1 to the left, 2 to right, run 1 right
Go Back & Mark Zone, mark zone at position, plus 1 step down, run down 1 step
Go Back & Mark Wide Zone, mark zone at position, plus 1 step down, left, right run 1 down
Go Forward & Mark Zone, mark zone at position, plus 1 step up, run up 1 step
Go Forward & Mark Wide Zone, mark zone at pos, plus 1 step up, left, right, run up 1 step
Free Role, can move up, down, left, right 6 steps, run with ball forward 2 steps
So let's analyse this defensive tactic.
- pretty much like the offensive one, so most players will not need to move around too much. This works well with direct ball, passing and longball.
- nr 7. Arizmendi & 8.Balbo are on free role orders because they are very good, fast players with generally good all-round attributes, I want them to roam around and create more options for their teammates.