Best formation for a short pass play...

[manolete]

I will like to know if you have any special formation for that type of play..I mean a very elaborate short passing play...do you edit formation for that type of play? Any tip about that way of playing that you use will be very useful...

 

[stevieboy]

Well, Zyg once suggested (as a joke?!) using a formation of 2-2-2-2-2, all down the middle of the pitch.
I changed my 4-4-2 Master League team to this & won the next game quite well. I set the front 6 players attack arrows all forward, which basically meant a counter-attack straight down the centre of the field.
I found that quick, short passes to each-other, going forward, swamped the cpu opposition.
Give it a go. Here's the formation I used, by the way:

.......GK....... Carini
...CBT..CBT.. Baresi/Ayala
....SB...SB.... Santoz/Carlos
...DMF.DMF...Beckenbauer/Dunga
...OMF..OMF..Gullit/Maradona
....CF...CF.....Pelé/Eusebio

 

[Zygalski]

3-4-3 with diamond midfield may also work for short passing.

 

[bish1]

4-4-2 diamond similar to the default juventus formation is a joy to use

 

[wr50l]

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works well if you pass the ball from right to left.

 

[cykwong]

Mine is similar to Stevieboy. But I have put one more CF and one SB fewer.
3CF includes - Van Basten, Maradona, Pele,
2OMF - Zico/Di Stefano, Salvori (don't remember well the spelling, Italian classic, left leg)
RMF -Gullit, LMF- Overath
DMF - the classic Brazil team DMF
CBT - Rijkaard, Beckenbauer
GK - Chilavert