Must give Conte props for persisting with the 3-5-2 formation no matter the situation. He clearly wanted a settled formation where every player knows his specific role within the system and feels comfortable; there is no doubt that he has certainly created that feeling this season.
We saw on Tuesday just how aggressive the formation can be when Licht and Asa are playing high up the field. In Conte I trust.
We saw on Tuesday just how aggressive the formation can be when Licht and Asa are playing high up the field. In Conte I trust.

Very well said. Formations are just numbers at the end of the day, the most important thing is having the right personnel to play a certain formation (which we clearly do) and drilling a certain system and philosphy (in our case ultra attacking) into our players heads. That's why I always hated when people would call for the 4-3-3 after we had a poor game. If memory serves me correctly, when we went on our epic 8 or 9 win in a row run last season, we were playing the 3-5-2. I'm glad Conte stuck with his ideas, our players are now extremely tactically flexible.
