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Month: July 2022

FM22 – Tactical Styles: Vertical Tiki Taka

FM22 – Tactical Styles: Vertical Tiki Taka

In this article, I discuss another tactical style available on Football Manager, Vertical Tika Taka, a style possibly best known as a tactical hallmark of everyone’s favourite chain-smoking Italian, Maurizio Sarri and his ‘Sarri-ball.’ How does Football Manager define Verticle Tiki Taka? “A quick passing style of possession and movement, with a narrower, more direct approach than the standard Tiki Taka.” Vertical tiki taka is a high pressing, possession-based style of play. The aim is to create vertical incisive passes, rather…

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Five Tips for International Management in FM22

Five Tips for International Management in FM22

Normally at this stage of the summer, we are knee deep in an International tournament and fantasy booking who will win the whole thing. Sadly, the 2022 World Cup has been switched to the winter due to the intense summer heat in Qatar, which means a lack of summer football (for a month or so). But what if you created your own international fun in Football Manager 2022, by taking on a nation to either win trophies or even just…

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#WeAreHSV – Hamburger SV in Football Manager (pt 6)

#WeAreHSV – Hamburger SV in Football Manager (pt 6)

In the last update, we’d reached the World Cup break in an impressive 10th position. Despite this, I wasn’t happy with the disjointed performance of either of the two formations I’d used. The 5-3-2 lacked penetration and capable runners from midfield. A switch to a 4-2-3-1 occurred which looked better, with more attacking variety, but still needed tweaks. The adjustments I made were: The AMC on his attacking duty wasn’t dropping deep to help out enough so I knocked it…

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