SPACE IS OUR STRIKER // 4-3-3 Strikerless Goals Machine

SPACE IS OUR STRIKER

Hi guys, this time, instead of emulating some manager's tactic in Football Manager 2024, I'll introduce to you my tactic experiment. This tactic is inspired by Guardiola's famous saying : "Space is our striker.
I decided to create a 4-3-3 strikerless tactic and to test it during more than one season and with a lower league team instead of a Top /Elite team in only one season as I do for manager's tactic emulation test.
I chose a club who lost its status, Lanerossi Vicenza, since 2000-2001 they weren't able to get promoted to Serie A anymore and recently they are in 3rd division (Serie C).
i gave myself only one goal: win serie C and Serie B and get promoted to Serie A in only 2 years and I not only achieved it but also dominated the opponents and played a beautiful football and most of all, I scored a lot despite not having any striker. And in Serie A, I managed to finish 3rd and qualify to next season Uefa Champions League, with the 2nd best attack and maybe conceeding a bit much in defense but I did not have great players. In fact, the club obviously did not give me much money to spend on player transfers, so I had to scout a lot of young players, use loans from other clubs during the first two seasons and also in Serie A, I tried to save money and created a great squad. In 3 seasons I scored 266 goals (99- 85-82) and conceeded 102 (27-30-45)

Tactic overview



Tactic in possession



Tactic in transition



Tactic out of possession



Here, if you don't want to concede too many goals , you can set the defensive line to higher instead of much higher, but this will not allow our team to restrict as much as possible the spaces between our lines

Stats

Season 2023-2024





Season 2024-2025





Season 2025-2026






I hope this tactic will work for you too
Thanks everyone