Football Manager 5 (merge) (6 Viewers)
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I'm having a go with Atletico Madrid atm and they have a pretty good squad. No real big names apart from Fernando Torres but Ariel Ibagaza, Alvaro Novo, Kiki Musampa and Salva are all very good players. I only signed two players; Igor Biscan (2m) and Carlos Tevez (11m). Though his stats suggest otherwise Luis Perea is a good defender, and then there's Pablo Ibanez. I'm spoilt for choice as far as the defensive midfield position is concerned with Diego Simeone, Marcelo Sosa, Gonzalo Colsa and Peter Luccin all capable of starting.
I had to win the Intertoto Cup (Euro Vase) to qualify for the Uefa Cup and I won all of my games. Actually I didn't concede a goal until the second leg of the final against Nice.
I'm going to rotate Salva and Tevez upfront as Salva had a superb pre-season while Tevez was at the Olympics with Argentina. He's played two games for me, scoring three goals and setting up one. Torres is amazing, he has nine goals and seven assists in seven games. The tricky thing is that I'm only allowed to have 3 non EU players in my squad for La Liga games so I can't have Perea, Biscan, Sosa, Paunovic and Tevez in the team at the same time.
My starting XI:
Leo Franco
Velasco - Biscan - Pablo - Sergi
Colsa/Sosa
Novo - Ibagaza - Musampa
Torres - Tevez/Salva
I had to win the Intertoto Cup (Euro Vase) to qualify for the Uefa Cup and I won all of my games. Actually I didn't concede a goal until the second leg of the final against Nice.
I'm going to rotate Salva and Tevez upfront as Salva had a superb pre-season while Tevez was at the Olympics with Argentina. He's played two games for me, scoring three goals and setting up one. Torres is amazing, he has nine goals and seven assists in seven games. The tricky thing is that I'm only allowed to have 3 non EU players in my squad for La Liga games so I can't have Perea, Biscan, Sosa, Paunovic and Tevez in the team at the same time.
My starting XI:
Leo Franco
Velasco - Biscan - Pablo - Sergi
Colsa/Sosa
Novo - Ibagaza - Musampa
Torres - Tevez/Salva
I've been fixing up a new 4-4-2 diamond tactic and it's working wonders in my Atletico Madrid game. In the league I've played six games, won all six, scored 28 and conceded only 3. I beat Barcelona 4-0 in the Nou Camp and then thrashed Sevilla 7-1 at home. My team also had a 100% record in the Intertoto Cup and we won our first round tie in the Uefa Cup 11-0 on aggregate.
Tevez has 14 goals in 8 games and Torres has 17 in 14. The entire team is playing wonderfully well actually.
Tevez has 14 goals in 8 games and Torres has 17 in 14. The entire team is playing wonderfully well actually.
Don't worry about it.. 
Try playing a 4312 or any other tactic which has a player behind two strikers.. put tevez behind them (since he's FC) and the other two strikers up front, one striker on the bench.. alternatively, you could play with a straight 4-3-3, with the striker with the best passing in the middle, between the other two strikers, with an arrow pointing down, and a lot of creative freedom.. he'll score a lot and provide wonderful assists!
Try playing a 4312 or any other tactic which has a player behind two strikers.. put tevez behind them (since he's FC) and the other two strikers up front, one striker on the bench.. alternatively, you could play with a straight 4-3-3, with the striker with the best passing in the middle, between the other two strikers, with an arrow pointing down, and a lot of creative freedom.. he'll score a lot and provide wonderful assists!