Guide to Reach Excellence., Part 2

Now you have chose your tactics As we discussed in part one. Now here is the guide to set up your players' missions and tasks to do on the pitch.

But First Lets Talk about The Sliders In the Player and Team Instruction.

A: Team Instruction Guide

Now i will just go quickly through the team instruction explaining each slider then there will be more details in player instruction guide.

(1) Mentality

The picture shows Level One Of each Mentality attacking and defensive. When u go above normal and reach attacking this is called Level 1 Attacking. Also when u go below normal to reach defensive this is called Level 1 Defensive

The Overall team mentality is determined by the Personality of your squad, Ambitious and determined Squad play attacking ball very well.

Playing attacking football is nice. but it might keep your defense open, However when you increase or decrease the team mentality you sometimes don't affect the players cause they r set to have their own mentality. i.e. if your set your striker to full attack manually and u wanted your team to defend all your team will defend except your striker.
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(2) Creative Freedom

Same As Attacking We now have defined what's meant by Level 1 for much and Little.

Creativity in general is something needed in football, As your players need it to get out of certain situations, But too much creativity will Ruin your Football and will Surely cause you some damage, Meanwhile Too little creativity will cause your players to act stupid and the ball will be taken easily from them cause they have no right to think or create.

Also This can be applied to each player separately so we will discuss it more in player instructions.
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(3) Passing

Passing Is related to many things actually. It's related to tempo, Weather and your style of play.

When you choose your passing style you got to put in mind how do u wanna play.. Short Simple passing with one twos and flowing football must be played when u play slow attacking football.

Fast Direct passing is required when you play fast tempo with counter attacks.

Also when the weather is bas and it's raining you have to play direct passing cause short will cause lots of wrong passing.

Also This can be applied to each player separately so we will discuss it more in player instructions.
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(4) Tempo

Tempo is the speed of your game. The speed of the players passing the ball.
Possession Required slow football, Counter attack requires fast tempo, Also Tempo is linked to weather playing fast tempo in bad weather is hard and Generally your tempo is decided according to your tactical formation and the way you want to perform.
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(5) Width

Game Width is one of the most important team instructions made.. because it depends on many things and it really affect your game.
it depends on: Pitch Size, Your Passing Focus, Your Team Abilities, Your tactical Form

Playing on Short Side Pitches: Here you have to go WIDE and extreme wide.. The midfield is crowded so your only way out of this is the Flanks.. And you have to focus passing on the flanks to give your wingers the ability to start your attacks from there.

Narrow Game. is more suitable for attacking from the middle at Huge pitches cause there will be enough space for your AM to play through balls to your Strikers and play one twos with your wingers and DMC.

However you got to see what's best for your squad's abilities and choose it.. also during the game you will have to change that as your scout is supposed to tell what's best for the coming game...
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(6) Closing Down

Thanks to FM team They fixed that Bug and it's working good now.. Closing down is vital in success as it gives you the lead and the upper hands against your opponents.

But Remember closing down requires high work rate players or they will lose their fitness very soon in the game.
Also This can be applied to each player separately so we will discuss it more in player instructions.
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(7) Time Wasting

Time wasting is also very important factor in your success.. it's used in many ways.. Here is the keys.
In my tactics i always use level 1 rare time wasting because of the following.

Using extreme low time wasting is gonna make your players lose their concentration and get rid of the ball very soon Also using Extreme high time wasting will kill your game pace and may cause your players to lose the ball easily due to keeping it long in their feet.

Use Extreme rare time wasting when you are losing.. Also Extreme often time wasting in hard games against rivals and only use it ONLY in the last 10 minutes of the game.
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(8) Defensive Line

This is also considered very important vital factor for your success. For me i always use level 1 deep but i can change this according to many during the game.

Sometimes you are pressured back by an easy team.. Or even Big teams who play one striker.. then you can use level 1 push up to relief the pressure but your defenders must be fast and have good decisions as they can be left out in the way by a smart pass from your opponent.

Defend Extreme Deep when you feel the opponent team is pushing up his defense this will give you some space to move the ball behind his defensive line and your midfield will have more space to move.

If you understand these two key factors above i am sure that during the game you will use the defensive line more wisely now and it will give you more tactical flexability.
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(9) Tackling

Well this is all your.. but i recommend normal tackling cause hard will cause you many bookings and affect your squad consistancey and quantum.
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(10) Focus Passing

As i said above this is related to pitch size and also your squad abilities.
If you have good wingers and full backs Go [Down Both Flanks] but let's say your opponent has an injured right defender or they r down to 1 and they are playing with one of their full backs is not a full back.. Focus passing down his flank will give you the advantage on his side.

Having good Mid fielders with tendency to play one twos and long shots and through ball.. Through the middle is your key to success and if your opponent doesn't have good DCs this is gonna be a good place to attack.
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(11) Marking

Zonal marking is way better than man marking when playing against BIG teams. as their players are always kinda fast and will skip man marking easily and cause problems in your half.

Actually it makes no difference IMO.. but it's all yours to decide what type of marking you would like.
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(12) Target man Supply

This setting depends on your type of striker.

*If he is fast and can go past his man run onto ball is your best option
**If He is not fast and can have good positions in the area passing to feet is your best options.. also some strikers love ball played into feet.. so that's an indicator on how to give him the ball.
*** Tall and good heading ability striker should have the ball played to head so he can place goals

IMO i use two kind of strikers.. speedy and tall and set them both to be my target man and set this option to mixed so i get the best out of it.
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(13) Tight Marking

Ticking this option on will lead your squad to tight mark the nearest man to them and try to cut out balls coming to him.. It's used when you have a squad able to do this. Cause imagine a ball played to your opponents winger and your full back tries to cut the pass coming to his man and he fails.. your flank is now open wide for attack and the winger will apply the cross easily.

This is also can be used in player instruction and I always tick it on for my DMC.. and it works well with him.
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(14) Use Target Man

Tick it on when you want your players to play for the target man... leaving it off will lead your players to play the crosses and through balls to the strikers or anybody in the area.

Better use it as it leads all your balls to be to the striker who is always in the area.
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(15) Use Play Maker

Play Makers are best used when you play through the middle.. A play make is one with Good anticipation, Passing, Long Shots and Team work..

Ticking that on will lead your field players to seek this guy in every pass and try to find him.. If you choose a good player as a play maker. he will take the ball. controls the tempo and try to slice your opponent defense with through balls to your strikers or spread the ball to a free winger.
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(16)Play Offside

Use this option when only you play push up defensive line.. Cause playing offside trap with your defense line deep will cause one of your DCs to do something wrong leaving your opponent striker in one on one situation and we surely don't want that to happen.

You can use it against extreme fast strikers or weak team with extreme slow and strikers with low intelligence.
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(17)Counter Attack

Well you can use counter attack along with fast tempo and defensive mentality. Using counter attack with slow tempo and attacking mentality will make a conflict to your squad and you will be wondering why they can't play well.
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(20)Throw in

Use Long throw ins but make sure you have players able to do that.. Using long throw ins is very useful if u r under pressure or if you are on the attacking side to play the ball into your opponents area trying to make a chance from it.