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Opposition Instructions Masterclass

Neutralising the opponents
Started on 13 July 2025 by Parisian
Latest Reply on 16 July 2025 by Parisian
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After watching thousands of videos on opps I have finally found a formula to stop some of football managers best teams and players.

Although I'm using Psg a team blessed with a fast back4. To stop some of the best sides my team had to have good levels of possession. For my player instructions on both wbs I have tackle harder on.
Bpd on default.
In my recent save I faced Arsenal, Bayern, Madrid and Barcelona.
It was in the 4 matches against Arsenal I learnt alot.
I lost twice to Arsenal because of Gabriel jesus, he played as a dlf and dropped really deep, on my opps I had him on tackle harder. He dragged my cbs out of position in both group stage matches.
After that match I decided not to put any apps on him except show on to left foot.

In the R16 my side came up against bayern 4231, with musiala in the centre, Coman on the left, Olise on the right and Kane up top.

To stop Coman I used Never tight mark, tackle normal and show on to left foot. To stop Musiala or any good Amc I use tight mark,close down and show to weaker foot no tackling instructions. To stop Olise who isn't that fast I just used tackle normal and show on to right foot. To stop kane I showed him to his weaker foot only,
Kane ended up with a 6.2 rating, Coman with a 6.1, Musiala with a 6.2 and Olise the same.

Against Mbappe and Vini I used tackle normal,show on to left foot And never marking. They both ended up with poor ratings same for Martinelli.

Against Saka I used tackle normal and show on to right foot because he doesn't use his pace often.
In the qtr final against Ars I ended up winning 3:0 on aggregate after losing 1 nil in both group games.

Against Barcelona's lewandowski I used only show on to left foot, because he also drops deep like Jésus.

Against both Raphinha and Yamal I used tackle normal show on to right foot and never tight mark.
I won both legs with a clean sheet. Since Barcelona use a 433 I tackle the dm hard and show on to the specific weak foot, I tackle one of the cms hard and show on to weaker foot.

So in summary against elite players be cautious in using tackle harder and closing down instructions.
Very funny. Basically, after "i'm using psg" you don't need to read further :D
Basically any team with a decent back 4, spurs, Liverpool,Chelsea, Madrid

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