Lower League to Top Flight - FM17 Tactics

So this is the tactic I used the most, it's very efficient defensive but if you have fast wingers and/or fast wing backers (I hope that's how it's said in English xD) you can score a lot from counter atacks. You can adapt it depending on the level of your players, low level defenders are not that good with the offside trap (in my opinion) or low level atackers are not that good in passing alone through the enemy defense.



This one I used when I was starting to have bad results with the first one and, for some reason, after I played 1 or 2 games with this one I would start to Win again. It adds some possession, but has practically the same philosophies.



Finally, this is the tactic I used in games when I was ahead by 1/2 goals and I knew the enemy team could cause problems to my defenders, so yeah it's basically a super defensive tactic.

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2nd Season (promoted to 2nd Division):





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4th Season (2nd Division Champions & League Cup Champions):





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8th Season (Portuguese Champions):