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FM tactics

Ready-to-use Football Manager 2026 tactics — formation, roles, and team instructions included.

4-3-3 DM
Arteta — Arsenal 2024/25
Control Possession
- 4-3-3
- back-4
- high_press
- Control Possession
3-5-2
Conte — Inter 2020/21 (3-5-2, Scudetto)
Wing Play
- 3-5-2
- back-3
- mid_block
- Wing Play
3-4-3 DM AM Wide
Cruyff — Ajax Total Football (3-4-3)
Tiki-Taka
- 3-4-3
- back-3
- high_press
- Tiki-Taka
4-3-3 DM
Guardiola — Man City 2022/23 (Treble)
Tiki-Taka
- 4-3-3
- back-4
- high_press
- Tiki-Taka
4-3-3
Klopp — Liverpool 2019/20 (Champions)
Gegenpress
- 4-3-3
- back-4
- high_press
- Gegenpress
4-2-3-1 DM AM Wide
Mourinho — Real Madrid 2011/12 (La Liga, 100 pts)
Fluid Counter-Attack
- 4-2-3-1
- back-4
- mid_block
- Fluid Counter-Attack
4-4-2
Simeone — Atletico Madrid (4-4-2 low block)
Direct Counter-Attack
- 4-4-2
- back-4
- low_block
- Direct Counter-Attack