then this is the friendly game againts siena, the result is just 1-0 but you can see we dominate the game...

1. Select a formation that u desire for the whole season. (check your team).
2. Don't regularly change the formation in a season, choose at most 2 formation. (Its hard for the player to adjust).
3. Evaluate your team, and evaluate your opponent. (this is the most important thing to get a highest probability of positive result u desire).
4. If your opponent is better than yours, use the Defensive tactic of your choosen formation.
5. If your opponent is equally to your team, use the Standard tactic of your choosen formation.
6. If your opponent is lower than yours, use the Attacking tactic of your choosen formation.
7. Have fun.

1. Mentality
Here, we're looking at what the team instructions sliders do so we can move away from the finer points
of how each individual setting can make a difference. We are given three basic clues to what mentality
asks of our players. We can attack, we can defend or we can play somewhere in between (with all-out attack
and defend as our last ditch options). What exactly is "defend" and what is "attack". The answer probably
seems very obvious, but if you don't properly understand the difference then you could be using the other sliders
ineffectuallly.

A defensive team looks to primarily keep the ball out of their own net. They will not look to take many risks in their
own half, will hang back a little deeper in normal play, try to put their men behind the ball and generally do what is
necessary to avoid shots on goal. There are implications for this in the way your team will play. Obviously, the aim is
to concede as few goals as possible. But how will this make your players behave? From my observations, we can expect a
team playing defensive mentality to do the following:

a) Be more prone to hoofing the ball out of defence than look for the passing option
b) Look more for sideways and backwards passes when trying to hold possession than go for penetrative ball forward
c) Attempt to get more men behind the ball... And therefore play a little deeper
d) Will be more likely to sit in their positions and not close down those on the ball so as not to be dragged out of shape

It is also clear, then, that some of our other tools will counteract these effects. Some may be desirable, others counter productive. Which ones will cause what? Passing will help us counteract the "hoofing" which may lead to a loss of possession. Shorter passing may encourage the player to use the options around him, perhaps encouraging a pass sideways. Or, on the other hand, longer passing may give the player more options, particularly on the wings where a pass may be less dangerous than to a central player. Passing will also help to counteract the sideways and backwards balls. Shorter passing may re-enforce this style of play, perfect for a side in the lead or a quality side looking to hold possession and tire out the opposition (the Barcelona style). Longer passing on the other hand may encourage more forward balls to help get attacks moving yet still retain the defensive "shape" required. Linked to this we have the "try through balls", "run with ball" and "cross ball" options in the individual instructions, where rarely on each will re-enforce the possession play, wheras often will encourage more penetration. Tempo is another important tool. This was another slider that I thought had no defensive implications, yet I've found it invaluable in holding leads and breaking down teams playing possession football. A higher tempo encourages the players to find the ball and do something with it. Therefore the players are likely to close down the opposition more and perhaps sacrifice a little of their shape, but hopefully rush them into a mistake. A lower tempo can make it more clear to your players that you want them to hold firm. This should most obviously be used in conjunction with Closing Down. Then we have the more evident use of a quicker tempo. Those sideways and backwards balls we talked about can be encouraged by a slower tempo, or a more cavalier attitude can be sought with a quicker tempo. Be aware though that a quick tempo is likely to leave a player with fewer options and less time to play the ball.

sometimes i change the position of the cm according to the opponent.. 2-dm, 1-dm& 1-cm@am
other position remain the same.

for the tactic, i normally change the mentality to normal when playing with big teams and change the tempo to normal.