Double Volante: 4-4-2 Underdog Tactic

Created by Mats, he has dominated the Belgian league with Cercle Brugge and won the Champions League with the small Belgian club.

Tested with Everton, Villarreal, Atalanta and Inter, this won two league titles and all four teams qualified for the Champions League.

Both SV's protect the defence, but will get into the final third, looking to find the wingers out wide. With two Inverted Wing-Backs, they provide support in the midfield and kept the back line compact.

Upfront the AF plays off the Complete Forward. He will drop and become the central creative threat.

Video

The FM22 Tactic

Results

Training

This is so key to your team understanding this tactic.

Weekly Match prep, including teamwork and match tactics are needed to help the players understand what's going on, as well as Match Review after each fixture.

Do this early and throughout the season and you will see the benefits.

For the individual players, train them for the position they are going to play and the tactic will benefit.

Set Pieces

They are included in the tactic.