My introduction to this was when Mourinho used it for Madrid back in the early 2010s. Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo and Arbeloa in front of Casillas, screened Khedira who ran box to box and Alonso who pulled the strings. Ozil as the 10 as Kaka was injured most of the time, Ronaldo and di Maria on the wings, and either Benzema or Higuain up front. Devastating team, especially on the counter.

@FootballMeta

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that team was insane. Prime Ozil was one of the most exciting players to watch. And having Ronaldo and Di Maria on the flanks was unstoppable

@BhlackBishop

2 жыл бұрын

omg same. Ronaldo, Di Maria (back then) and Benzema just absolutely shredding through the defense and Marcelo coming in to assist, good looooord it all just got me so fucking hard.

@augustlongpre64

2 жыл бұрын

Reading this and thinking about how blessed we were with those Madrid/Barcelona teams

@Skegfromcraigslist

Жыл бұрын

Best counter attacking team of all time

@nilc.8850

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they only won one Liga and one Copa del Rey in 4 years with Mourinho. 3 seaons with no titles for such a "devastating team".

I've learned more about soccer ("football") in 5 videos on this channel than in 3 years of watching ESPNFC

@jaker962

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha I'm sure you heard Alberto Moreno bitch and moan a million times in those three years though football coverage in America is a joke

@Theraiman616

Жыл бұрын

Or sky sports football

@fishysocks6959

Жыл бұрын

Football not soccer

@greatnesstv265

Жыл бұрын

It's football

@arimagiiik3214

Жыл бұрын

Because they have no idea what they're talking about in any sport

Finally got to the main weakness and I’d say there is at least one other.. First- if the 3 attacking mid forget their responsibilities the team will be chasing from behind (like you said). Younger teams that struggle with defensive responsibility can fall into this trap. The other clear weakness is up front. One striker assumes support which requires clarity on who will help and how much. For younger teams two fwds makes things more plain and clear. Otherwise you fall back into the above I issue. It is a good system but requires communication and higher understanding or you will be exposed

@paxundpeace9970

10 ай бұрын

Well said this is the biggest issue with the play of many teams that don't have the pro level players the are working and running up and down the pitch

I loved the explanation. I've always liked the 4-2-3-1 for the reason that, defensively, you have a numerical advantage with the two CDM's coming back to support the back 4, but also, when on the counter attack, you have the two pacey wingers and a ST up front with the CAM feeding the pass to the player in the best position to score. It can be a possessive or attacking formation without overarching changes needed. Then you can swap the #10 for a winger spot at will depending on the game flow and situation. Brilliant!

I enjoy watching football having never really played it because I concentrated on rugby when I was younger. I can't tell you how brilliant this is for people like me! I love knowing intricate little details about things I enjoy. Thank you.

Wow very in-depth, i did not expect the immense quality of this video when i first saw it on my newsfeeds, keep it going my man.

@FootballMeta

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@pankitjotsingh1781

3 жыл бұрын

@@FootballMeta loved it 😍

Nice job with the analysis of this formation. This is a good explanation, and you identified the weakness quite well (midfield challenges). I had my high level boys team using this formation this Spring because we had some boys who had excellent abilities in a few key areas. My biggest problem is getting them to identify weaknesses in the midfield during counter-attack. We're working on that right now and identifying some of those situations where we were beat by an overload or by through balls. This formation is very well balanced in attack and defense, but if you aren't paying attention in the midfield and being disciplined about your positioning, you can get beat rather quickly. It's also very very important that players understand their roles well, and know how to work together with the other positions to exploit the other team on the attack. One last thing, I've implemented a slight variation to help the midfield. We rotate or slide a wing back from the weaker side to cover one of the DM positions to provide more support. The DM can play at an angle to prevent through balls, and we have cleaned up that particular mess. Again, you must have the right players and the players must be very smart to understand the intricacies of such a formation. I've had the same boys for quite some time, so we have had time to work through a lot of messes together and have implemented portions of this style over time. This Spring was the first time we have used it full time. This isn't an instant gratification formation, and it will take time to get good at it.

@FootballMeta

3 жыл бұрын

I'm happy you found the video useful.. I think you said it spot on, it's not a formation that will bring instant success, but with the right players, once the team truly understand how to attack and defend it can be one of the hardest formations to break down.. I think the idea of having one of the full backs join the midfield is also a good idea to help balance out the centre. I'm actually a performance analyst for a local club, and this weekend we're facing a team that plays a super aggressive 4-2-3-1 which becomes a 4-2-4 in possession, and I think our best chance of breaking them down will be attacking down the flanks, specifically creating overloads in the wide midfield

This is a variation on the classic 4-5-1. Thank you for the exposition on this formation.

As a first year boys soccer coach I have learned so much from watching your videos and I have shared your videos with my players so they can understand their responsibilities. I am actually going to be running this formation this Friday.

The best team used this formation are : 1. Bayern (2012-2013) 2. Chelsea (2011-2012) 3. Liverpool (2008-2009) 4. Bayern (2019 - now ) The key player is position number 10, Bayern have muller, Chelsea have lampard and liverpool have gerrard

@barnboyforpresident3250

3 жыл бұрын

Real Madrid 2016-2018?

@lillihamer_75lespuy98

2 жыл бұрын

Hey bro you forgot Dortmund 2012/13

@tapasmishra3737

2 жыл бұрын

@@lillihamer_75lespuy98 he said famous bro . Dortmund is nothing without Haaland

@danieldonald3321

2 жыл бұрын

@@tapasmishra3737 Dortmund reached the Champions League final in the 2012/13 season and won the Bundesliga in the previous season.

@jbcf4490

2 жыл бұрын

Man United 92/93 season used this were quality

this is a rly great introduction and detailed description with examples! enjoyed it. it'd be great if actual video clips of this formation in action can be in the video. it'll be a lot more visual and easier to appreciate!

I have a key game next weekend and will be using this formation to get a positive result. Many thanks, great tactical information 👍

Great vid...really glad someone spends time on this

Best explanation I have seen for the best formation in football. Well done and keep up the good content.

Great vid! I'm new to football, and your discussion is perfect-- easy-to-understand while tackling a complex topic. 👏🏼 Subscribed. 👍🏼

I love this channel... Thank you KZread for recommending this to me

This guy really know is stuff, great analysis keep up the great work

Amazing stuff! Thank you! Keep up the good work! All the best from Croatia

@FootballMeta

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man 🙌🏻

High quality content here ! 👏🏽

Awesome video, the team must have great players, to effectively produce

i like your videos and your explanations are clear, if its possible can you make videos on positional play/movement with different formations also more vids on formation principles like 442 vs 433 or 352 vs 424 etc... thanks again for your channel very helpful more vids please haha

Great video! This is going to help out my team.

if you look closely 4-2-3-1 , 4-3-3 - or the olda AC Milan Diamond is te same formation with little variation. The type of players you say is also true for all formation. Nice video!

I love this videos they fill me up with football tactics knowledge

Nice video! Now I can apply this formation with my team in FIFA Pro Clubs.

I’m so sick of using this formation but it’s just so effective and versatile that I can’t not use it 😄. Nice vid 👍🏻

@captainmalone3217

2 жыл бұрын

02:00 head talking inverted full backs

Great explanation on the 4-2-3-1 formation. This is a revised Christmas tree formation 4-3-2-1 to better support the attack. I particularly like the 3-2-3-2 as an attacking formation with the two power forwards up and keeping the defense occupied. With the team taking with long range shots, medium range shots, and short range shots. When needed the 3-2-3-2 transforms into a 5-4-1-0, to defend the heart of the goal, the triangle formed by the two corner spots and the center of the pitch. This formation is ideal for solid defending, strong marking, anticipation, unity, and intelligent ball recovery, and for fast counter attacks.

Brutal video, subscribed instantly, good shit mate :D

@FootballMeta

3 жыл бұрын

haha thanks man!

This popped up when I searched about learning more on football strategy. I'm a 27 year old American in my second year following Association Football, so I wanted to learn more about the strategy of the game so I could appreciate what I was watching more. Definitely what I was looking for. I'll be binging this channel!

@FootballMeta

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man I appreciate it 🙌🏻

The 4231 is the best formation for me. Having 2 playmakers in the team who will create attacking Chances, a b2b midfielder who will provide the support to the deep lying playmaker so that he can dictate the play, bombarding fullbacks, pacey wide players who will provide crosses to a clinical finisher/targetman or cut inside. No team can perform against a well drilled, connected 4231 team. Best example Bayern 2019-20 .

Thank you very much! Great explanation! 👌🏻😘

Great Tactical video👍 Subbed to your channel

This is really well made and interesting content, keep at it

Great video. Keep them coming.

Great work, keep it up! 👍

Incredibly helpful video👍

thx for sharing. 4. 2 3 1. it's great to use when you have the proper players. for sure

Shared this to my high school team for homework on our formation.

@FootballMeta

Жыл бұрын

Hope It pays off 💪🏻

Exceptional video 💪 thanks alot

Thank you now I understand these formation very well

Great video. Thanks for sharing

Excellent analysis, thank you😎

Amazing Channel...I watch a lot of Football on KZread, but this was the first time you were in my recommendation list. Hidden Gem! Keep putting in the work^^

@FootballMeta

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, really appreciate it 💪🏻

YES! Been using it since 2010! Lol. Great channel btw I’m trying to spread the word as well. Wonderful job mate.

@FootballMeta

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate 🙌🏻

Thank you bro,really informative

Just awesome, well explained

It's an excellent analysis.pls let's know more about each weak points

Thanks a lot for all your help

Best channel i am subscribing to

My soccer team uses these great videos!

70% sounds improbably high but I'm all for being schooled in what is a brilliantly balanced formation, if not necessarily the most glamorously dynamic or, um, aggressive. (I almost feel dirty for liking a system that has two CDMs.) This is a great analysis.

Great video bro!

@FootballMeta

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm happy you enjoyed it

This channel is goldddddd

Obrigado pela informação!

I feel like this is formation is so common because it can get results with mostly average or mediocre players. Back 6 is hard to break down and then you can send your 4 best attackers up with freedom to interchange and hope they pull something off. It's not the ONLY way it's used but it's pretty common (looking at YOU Ole...)

superb information 👍

One of the most versatile formations to line up, especially for GenGen Pressing teams. Easily becomes an inverted attacking cattenacio, a 433 attack, and 451 midfield strength

Great explanation! Suggestion foe future similar videos: use more colorful chips. When you move multiple of them around, it gets harder to remember where they came from

@FootballMeta

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip, I think I've improved on this in my more recent videos but still working on a clearer way of showing it

Good enough to share... People around still kick ball out area... ARAB CUP

Awesome video :) simple way to say 4_2_3_1 is effective: it allows to play in between the lines, half spaces, direct attack, playing across width. So having these many possibilities enables teams to play in counter, pick a pass by subtle layoff, crossing from sides - To open up low block sides.

@beatty1229

2 жыл бұрын

And yet, Manchester United biggest problem was breaking down low blocks 😭

@ananthapadmanabhanss4553

2 жыл бұрын

@@beatty1229 yes as they don't have players attacking in width. It's mainly from left side attack stems. Now with Sancho u can see more penetrating play going forward. 👍 Adding a deep line playmaker would even more give balance.

@pedropierre9594

2 жыл бұрын

@@ananthapadmanabhanss4553 the thing is if you add a playmaker in the premier league, they almost always get pressed and targeted, that is why Pogba seems to gas out because his passing lines and the tempo at which the game is played makes low blocks very effective against this formation in the premier league

@ananthapadmanabhanss4553

2 жыл бұрын

@@pedropierre9594 Correct. It depends on players being aggressive in retaining the ball when not in possession. That's the key!

Very sofisticated technique

Quite great video

Amazing videos, you gave an excellent explanation, but I suggest that you be more specific in the paragraph about the appropriate players for the plan, such as remembering that the left central defender should be a player who plays with his left foot well, to improve the quality of forward passes, and so on

@FootballMeta

2 жыл бұрын

That's a great tip, thank you 👍🏻

Great video

@FootballMeta

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@maximilianorey6918

3 жыл бұрын

pro tip : you can watch series at Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching all kinds of movies recently.

@hezekiahpedro6596

3 жыл бұрын

@Maximiliano Rey definitely, I've been watching on flixzone} for months myself :D

@jasonfrank4991

3 жыл бұрын

@Maximiliano Rey yup, I have been watching on Flixzone} for since november myself :)

Thanks coach

I learn from this channel

Such a solid formation. However, if you are not used to having two holding mids, it can take some time to get used to.

Arsenal are just 2-3 players away to execute this formation perfectly, right now they have a disconnect in the midfield and attack and also lack a physical striker for this formation to work. Arteta is slowly getting his players to execute this formation perfectly.

@jaamieeeex

Жыл бұрын

This aged very well

Sae mas, maturnuwun🙏

I love your channel. ...it is so informative. ......we need video about the pre season training about a club....defending free kicks and corner kicks

@FootballMeta

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you & great suggestion

@milesjunior7155

2 жыл бұрын

Like your PP hahaha

So informative

The best part about this formation is that you can use very varied tactics, you can park the bus comfortably and also do some possession play or high pressing

Thank Video

Good channel

I like it 👍

Great video! When will u make 3-2-3-2 (3-5-2) formation?

I like this channel

Ottimo modulo e il calcio moderno

Subscribed

This formation is so sick, this is what I'm using to win in PES 5 Master League

Perfect video

@FootballMeta

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙌

Best explanation and directly to the point thanks dude

thanks so much ! can you make a viideo about insides forward, please!

Rangers play 4231 also and have been dominant this season.

Very good video

@FootballMeta

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Heynckes playing the 4-2-3-1 back then when most teams where playing 4-3-3

@FootballMeta

3 жыл бұрын

True, Bayern Munich absolutely dominated with this formation before it was popular

@zickosaurusrex

3 жыл бұрын

@@FootballMeta One thing that's often overlook about Heynckes's Bayern (2013 treble) is their strong pivot. Schweinsteiger and Martinez (when healthy) provide defensive stability that can frustrate even the craftiest midfield. You can see that during their encounter with Juventus and Barcelona. Bayern don't have much possession but when they do they are very threatening. What's more amazing about their encounter against Barcelona is despite only have 36%(?) ball possession they didn't rushed their attack by playing long ball into their wingers but still build up slowly.

@markusz4447

3 жыл бұрын

@@zickosaurusrex Barca had a lot of possession but was not dangerous at all against Bayern. Martinez was a Beast that year! They should have won the champions the year before as well. Chelsea did nothing for 120 minutes.

@taftybufty

3 жыл бұрын

Tbh it was Van Gaal who introduced the 4231 at Bayern as well as in German football, he laid the foundation of a successful Bayern, Heynckes perfected it, Guardiola continued the legacy and so is Flick doing it by overachieving with it. It was also the reason why Germany were so successful in the early 2010s too.

@fredrickmiya7433

3 жыл бұрын

@@taftybufty True, even players such as Ribery and Robben attributed Bayern's tactical nous during that period to Van Gaal. But still, it takes a great manager to see the potential of a system and improve an already great product.

super tactic analysi. the tactical board you have? is possible to know where to buy

Do you think dropping back and letting them play in the back to ensure you can keep your shape compact would be better than pressing high up?

Do a video on the "centre forward back to goal" playing style

One question. What advantage is there for the CDM, who switched places with the winger? I mean how would the CDM be effective on the flank?

Currently eng using 4-2-3-1 in eu ro as Philip and rice as a holding mid fielder

Man Utd practically played that formation in 93/94 with Cantona as a number 10, giggs and Kanchelskis on the wings and Ince and Keane in midfield.

Germany won the WC in 2014 using this formation

Great video! I've been using the 4-3-3 with my team for a couple seasons now and wanted to try something similar, but different in certain ways. How do you think "automatisms" would work with this formation? I want to try something that is more narrow, direct, and vertical as opposed to the wide horizontal play that I've been having my team use.

Spurs 4231 under Poch was probably my favourite. Moussa Dembele being able to glide through a teams press was phenomenal

@alexsayshi6782

Жыл бұрын

he never played for spurs

@Shad_Jr7

Жыл бұрын

The Belgian midfielder, that's the Moussa Dembele I'm referring to. Played for Spurs from 2012 to 2019

@swaggster_9000

Жыл бұрын

@@Shad_Jr7 bro never watch football in his life

My preferred formation

4-3-3 is the most successful formet in football, sometime it modified into 3-4-3 acts as more crucial also.

My favourite formation in fifa 13 and 14, alongside 3-5-2

1-9-1 is d most underrated formation used by Master class Allegri AKA Juventus manager. 0 shot in a match and still won. Epic masterclass

I know little about soccer and I was still able to understand this video. Very clear presentation with spot on visuals. Well done indeed.

@zaloreyes830

2 жыл бұрын

football, lad.

@coryCuc

Жыл бұрын

@@zaloreyes830 It's soccer dude. Pick up a dictionary, lad.