OP Attacking Gasperini 3-4-3 / Goals Galore in Serie A

Hello guys, welcome to my new tactic emulation.

This time I try to emulate Giampiero Gasperini's 3-4-3 at Genoa from 2013 to 2016, before taking over as the manager of Atalanta.

In the three years from 2013 to 2016, Gasperini achieved a 13th place, a 6th place, and an 11th place. In the 2014-15 season, even though he finished sixth, he couldn't participate in the Europa League of the following season because Genoa was not granted the license.

Gasperini used a 3-4-3 formation with a trio of forwards which in Football Manager 2023 can be replicated in this way.

First of all, we have a sweeper-keeper on defend with the instruction to take fewer risks.

In the defensive trio: we have 2 ball playing-defenders with defensive task and with the same instruction to dribble more and a libero on support with the instructions to dribble less, hold position and tackle harder.

On the two sides we have two wing-backs on support, both with the instruction to stay wider.

Then, as central midfielders, we have 2 segundo volantes, this is how I tried to replicate Gasperini's two CM. Both of them are set on support and have same instructions: pass it shorter, take more risks, get further forward, mark tighter, shoot less often.

Finally, the forward trio, we have 2 advanced forwards set on attack with the instructions to shoot less often and take more risks, and a poacher on the centre with the only instruction to shoot more often.

The mentality is positive with a fairly wide attacking width.

The instructions in possession are the following: much shorter passing, higher tempo, focus play down left and right and overlap left and right, pass into space, low crosses and run at defence.

In transition: counter-press, counter, distribute to center backs and take short kicks.

Out of possession: high pressing, standard defensive line, trigger press much more often, prevent short gk distribution.

I tested this tactic the first season with Genoa, in the database Retegui is already at Genoa, and he scored 22 goals in Serie A, with also 14 assists, while the poacher, Flavio Junior Bianchi, a Genoa wonderkid, scored 20 goals even if he did not play a lot of games in the first part of the season. The third forward on the left, Mattia Aramu scored 9 goals with 6 assists.

Another player who really played well in this season is Aaron, the left wing-back, he did 21 assists in 37 apps and was the top assistman in Serie A. On the right side, Sabelli (24 apps, 7 assists) and Hefti (23-2) alternated as wing-back.

With this tactic Genoa won the Italian Cup and in Serie A finished 5th, only 1 point behind AC Milan. It was a great season, and this tactic works very well and allows me to score a lot of goals but is a bit weak in defense (it could be also because I tested it with Genoa, a team which according to the season preview predictions, was expected to finish 13th).