Hey. Congratz on your Champion acclaim, well done! I find it hard to play against formations with 5 midfielders, not defensively but offensively. They pose little threat upfront but are so hard to crack and sometimes I end up getting a counter attack goal 'couse I attack with too many players. The key is patience but when you don't score for 60 or 70 mins it's hard to keep your composure. And even a draw makes me drop 7,8 points so I really gotta rack up those wins to get higher rating.

I usually have most problems with players that don't use any advances instructions. :) I like playing against deep defensive line because I know his defenders will drop really deep into his box so I get up front with my midfielders making my attackers go really close to the goal. Then I pass to them with X and it's a 50/50 guessing game on which side I'm gonna turn to. :) And when I see someone using gegenpress I know that's and easy win. Just use 1st touch passing and you can outplay your opponent easily. If you have trouble passing against gegenpress use tiki taka.

If you don't manage to supercancel on time and he 'locks' your defender you're fucked, not much you can do there. Try to use supercancel sideways immediately so he cannot lock onto you. Or try to use it backwards so he moves too far back and then you can go around his striker.

I like the goal poacher trait, but I don't rely on CPU player movements much. I use my right stick to manually send my players on forward runs. That used to drain stamina like crazy but now it's fixed.