Tactics aren’t working. Things get very one-dimensional. Both Vlahovic and Weah are never involved in the game, Koopmeiners seems very out of place and isn’t a true AM. He needs to be involved way more. Thuram doesn’t have the finesse to play in/around the opponents goal, Yildiz works hard but remains inconsistent at this age, as a result we lean a lot on Cambiaso and Conceicao.
Would change to a normal 433, get Koopmeiners involved a bit more. Him between the lines with either situations where he’s with his back to the goal, or almost on the same line as our ST is a waste of his qualities. I’d go for a plain 3-man midfield, use Loca/Thuram as DM, flanked by Fagioli and Koopmeiners. I want to see Koopmeiners with his face towards the goal a lot more, instead of semi-dictating the play as a AM.
Also during the game Yildiz and Conceicao should change positions sometimes. Plus I miss simple things, a early cross when one of our backs is in a good position, for example.