Guardiola FM17 Tactic - Possession 70%

Continuing the "Control The World" tactical series with a possession based tactic inspired by Guardiola's philosophy that manages to achieve 70% possession.

Every thing starts with the ball and finishes with the ball; it's 11 versus 11 with the ball.

Pep Guardiola:

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"A lot of trainers say, 'Pass the ball and run', but what I say is the complete opposite."
"I say, 'Pass the ball and stay', 'Pass the ball and find the right pass', 'Pass the ball and be ready'."
"Don't spend too much energy running because if you have to run a lot you are more tired and if you are more tired you're more likely to lose the ball."

Don't beat yourself up, we've all been getting it wrong. To make sure you get it right, hit play and drink in Capellas' knowledge.


Thanks to Josep Guardiola who makes the game more beautiful every day pushing the borders of what we today think is impossible and devoting his time to make football even more interesting to watch. If football was science, you are the Albert Einstein of football – coming up with concepts and innovating the game to a level we won’t fully comprehend until years have gone by and you have conquered everything possible in football.

The FM17 Tactic - Training

One model to use is 2 weeks tactical, 1 week ball control and 1 week attacking per month.

But this comes down to analysis of your squad, periodic performance analysis of areas your team might struggle with, either its low goal scoring ratio, poor passing or lack of team movement and tactical understanding.