Tuesday, June 15, 2010

4-3-3 Formation

This formation is quite an attacking one.


The 4-3-3 system - that is four defenders, three midfielders and three attackers - allows you to have three attackers while still having a strong midfield.

The three midfielders will normally play quite closely together to give protection to the defence and so they cannot be passed around by the opposition.

The three strikers will split across the pitch to provide width to the attack.

Usually you would have a central attacker with one each side of him.

The 4-3-3 does not actually differ that much from the 4-5-1 formation

Very few teams actually start with this line-up as you need to have specialist attackers.

But if a manager needs a goal late on in a game then he may opt to move to three up front.

2 comments:

The Baron said...

If you want to watch something of inspiration, check out the Germany vs Australia game of 2010 World Cup. Germany has ultimate possession and strikes up the sides.

Unknown said...

Agreed .. I believe that this formation will work, we just need to stick to it ..and if we have enough subs, it would be better to have a sub per line ..so 1 sub for forwards, 1 mid, 1 defense .. this way we have players playing the position they want to play and know where they are playing, rather than mids playing defense (which I suck at) ..just my 2 cents