Out of all the games to play 4-3-1-2, it was not this one. This was a tailor made counter attacking game. Alex Sandro and Cuadrado would have cut this team to pieces and they barely played!
Shocking stuff from Allegri I have to say. The tactics wrote themselves here and he goes for some sort of possession formation with 2 #9s. I don't understand.
We don't have a SS right now but in this game we had the luxury of knowing Lyon has to attack us. It's like a gift to know the other team has only one option. So you have the chance to play a 4-3-3 without the need for a SS but you still can't do it..