hello there everyone
it is Mitsu here and welcome back to a
new video on my channel as you guys
watered for the 43 on the previous video
of this series today we will be
explaining the strengths and weaknesses
of the 4-3-3 formation just like the
previous video I'll be explaining the
type of flares you need to perfectly
apply this formation and then I will
discuss its strengths and weaknesses
while displaying some in-game analysis
to get a better idea of the topic so
with that being said let's get right
into it so the 4-3-3 formation has
different types some I played with an
attacking midfielder some MyPlate with a
defensive midfielder and some I pledge
with a flat midfield line anyway
whatever way you choose it's better to
have three different types of players in
the midfield so you need to have a
defensive midfielder a box-to-box
midfielder and an attacking midfielder
back to the defensive line and just like
any back line in any formation it's
better to have one defender Hoka carry
the ball out on the pressure and the
other one who can play accurate long
passes in this formation you need all
your midfielders to have good ball
control all of them must be able to not
only play under pressure but they need
to be able to create and play good
passes to move the attack forward now to
the attacking line you would see some 43
formations with narrow forward lines and
the others with a wide one I prefer the
white one since it serves the purpose of
this formation more so you need to have
to pass a wingers with this formation
you don't need to have good defensive
awareness and cover it from your
wrinkles it's always better to have but
if it's not available you will still be
able to get the best out of this
formation and at the end you need a
normal number 9 so now let's move to the
strengths and weaknesses of this
formation
the first obvious trend of the 43 is its
triangular shape it creates a lot of
passing options and links between
literally all the players are on the
pitch which speeds up the pace of audio
text and allows your players to play
quick short passes to counter any type
of high pressure if used against your
team especially in the material if your
midfielders have good chemistry
they will boss the midfield another
thing about this formation is that it
allows your team to apply very good high
pressure as you can see because of how
the front three are positioned they will
be able to apply high pressure without
the need of moving away from positions
this is a very important point while
pressing as it keeps your team a little
bit safer if the opposition's break
through your pressure also you can see
how midfielders would support in this
person without leaving their positions
to this formation also allows you to
change your style depending on the
striker you have so if you have a tall
and less agile striker he would serve as
a station and your wingers might just
drift in a little bit get closer to him
and win second bulls also you would ask
him to get the opposition's attention
and leave spaces for other players such
as the attacking midfielder or a winger
if your striker is a target man and
stays inside the penalty area your team
would depend on crosses and through
passes from the attacking midfielder you
can also notice that this formation will
allow you to have many players in every
section of the pitch so for example if
you are playing against a team using
zonal system the width of this formation
would help you break the system I've
made a video explaining the zonal system
before you can watch that for more
details anyway you can work on
stretching the opposition's block and
then using your attacking midfielder to
get control inside the last strength
above this formation is the ability to
move smoothly between positions for many
players so while attacking you would
attack with up to four five six and even
seven players the attacking midfielder
would join one fullback or the two of
them and the box-to-box midfielder all
of those players can move forward and
get back to position smoothly to provide
the attacking support the same thing
happens during the defensive phase you
can ask the wingers to
backwards and all the midfield line if
needed you can quickly switch to the
four five one or four four one one
during the defensive face and quickly
return to the 43 after we got the ball
back now moving to the weaknesses of
this formation the main weakness of this
formation will appear if your midfield
lacks quality so if any of your three
midfielders lack ball control abilities
under pressure your side will
immediately lose control of the game the
main point of the three-man midfield is
to play quick short passes to get the
ball forward and then the attacking
midfielder or the box-to-box midfielder
will play the final touch to the forward
line now if one of your midfielders
loses position the counter-attack could
be very dangerous
another disadvantage of this formation
would appear if you don't assign special
instructions to the defensive midfielder
while applying high pressure so while
your team is applying high pressure in
numbers a defensive midfielder must stay
back
to get the second balls as you will
force the opposition to play a long wall
to get rid of this high pressure if you
did not intercept it as early as
possible your defensive midfielder
should get the second pot or work on
slowing the attack down also if you
don't assign defensive responsibilities
to the midfielders your full backs will
always be outnumbered if your ringers
don't provide the support needed you
will face a lot of trouble you need to
ask the midfielders to cover the full
backs if you want your wingers to step
forward
another disadvantage of this formation
is an attacking issue if you are
depending on an attacking midfielder and
he lacks quality this formation would be
really useless the 4:3 would stay out of
the match for the whole game as they
won't be able to get any good passes
also this formation requires a lot of
stamina so for example if you shift it
to the four five one during the last
minutes of a match your Wranglers might
not be able to go back to positions
quickly to perform a counter-attack
because of this stamina issue so you
need to keep that in mind also if your
players are somehow scared to attack and
push forward you will find difficulties
to attack efficiently with the Fonzi
only you need to ask your fullbacks to
do overlaps and under laps you also need
to ask your attacking midfielder to
provide the support needed and the
box-to-box midfielder provide shots from
outside the box if needed so I hope this
video was helpful if you have any
questions please leave them in the
comment section down below thanks for
watching