# Simeone — Atletico Madrid (4-4-2 low block)

- **Style:** Direct Counter-Attack
- **Mentality:** Cautious
- **Formation (in possession):** 4-4-2
- **Formation (out of possession):** 4-4-2

## Players

| Position | In-possession role | Out-of-possession role |
|---|---|---|
| GK | Goalkeeper | Goalkeeper |
| DR | Full-Back | Full-Back |
| DCR | No-Nonsense Centre-Back | Stopping Centre-Back |
| DCL | Centre-Back | Covering Centre-Back |
| DL | Full-Back | Full-Back |
| MR | Wide Midfielder | Wide Midfielder |
| MCR | Central Midfielder | Central Midfielder |
| MCL | Central Midfielder | Screening CM |
| ML | Winger | Tracking Wide Midfielder |
| STCR | Poacher | Centre Forward |
| STCL | Deep-Lying Forward | Tracking Centre Forward |

## Team instructions — In possession

- **Passing Directness:** More Direct
- **Tempo:** Higher
- **Attacking Transition:** Counter-Attack
- **Patience:** Standard
- **Build-Up Strategy:** Bypass Press
- **Goal Kicks:** Long

## Team instructions — Out of possession

- **Line of Engagement:** Low Block
- **Defensive Line:** Lower
- **Defensive Transition:** Regroup
- **Cross Engagement:** Stop Crosses