My children... sit down. 😑
We need to talk about the match Virtuafoot served me up today. I warn you, even the village spirits don't understand what happened. 👹

I'm playing against a team fielding zero midfielders. An MOC
is attack/defence
And he chooses... short passes to of course play to his midfield or it's the Sahara desert. 👀
I had to clean my glasses myself.
Start of the match, my players are dancing it's the Rio carnival, it's 40/60 at the 30 th for me in possession. The stats are good and I'm on the counter-attack.
I say to myself, "Ha, we're going to cook someone today. 💪🏻

Then boom, injury. 🥴
I replace my player. I bring in another better player, I bring out the artillery.
And then, my brothers and sisters... the match changes as if I'd insulted a game developer. 💀

All of a sudden, his midfield-less team starts holding possession like Barcelona 2011, he slams in 1 goal.
The stats become balanced as if nothing had happened.
The VF engine must have put in a patch while I was watching.

I dominated the attack at the end of the match but nothing helped.
Normally, it's a foretold robbery, an avalanche of chances.
But no! I had 3 chances in the match
VF looked me in the eye and said: "Not today".
And what about him?
A full house, three goals, the precision of an uncle cutting a Yule log.

In the end: 3-0.
My team was strong on paper, but weak at the heart of the engine. So I ask:
Who in the VF offices decided that a team without a midfield can play short passes and become prime Manchester City as soon as you make an injury replacement? 😆

Anyway, congratulations to my opponent, I just wanted to highlight these nuggets from VF, which remind us that the engine can choose to calibrate right on your opponent to punish your style of play.

Opposing team :

Stats before injury :

Stat after :

Unfortunately, VF is still based on stats.
Your stats were more or less equal from the start.
After the injury, his midfield rating was higher than yours (mainly due to the midfield stats of the 3 CSAs). And as he was slightly dominating you in attack too, that opened the door to goal-scoring opportunities. After that, scoring 3 goals depends on chance and your keeper's stats. The fact that you didn't create any chances (few chances = 0 goals) comes from his slight domination in midfield and his stronger defence.

Moshi: Mes enfants… asseyez-vous. 😑
Il faut qu’on parle du match que Virtuafoot m’a servi aujourd’hui. Je vous préviens, même les esprits du village ne comprennent pas ce qui s’est passé. 👹

Je joue contre une équipe qui aligne zéro milieu. Un MOC
c’est de l’attaque/défense
Et il choisit… passes courtes pour bien sûr jouer sur son milieu ou c’est le désert du Sahara. 👀
Moi-même j’ai dû nettoyer mes lunettes.
Début de match, mes joueurs dansent c’est le carnaval de Rio, ça fait du 40/60 à la 30 e...

Welcome to VF!

Let's just say you're better at handling the French language than you are at handling Vefian tactics :) :)
A double piece of advice:

1. keep writing such well-written posts on the forum
2. on the other hand, stop trying to transpose to your VF team what you would do if you were the coach of a real football team.

Jallow: Bienvenue sur VF !

No better

myforsans: On va dire que tu es meilleur pour manier la langue française que pour manier la tactique véfienne :) :)
Un double conseil :

1. continue de rédiger sur le forum des messages aussi bien rédigés
2. en revanche, arrête de vouloir transposer à ton équipe VF ce que tu ferais si tu étais coach d'une vraie équipe de foot.

Thanks for the compliment, mate, but it's supposed to be a football simulation game, so logically the midfield is used to connect the defence to the attack, which is part of the construction logic, or else you have to add the "long ball" tactic. Usually you do that at the 80-minute mark when there's nothing left to hope for, but here it's lasted a whole match without conceding a single goal, even though my stats were even better. That's not true SummerTime, those ASCs can't replace midfielders and he should never have got that mark in that sector because his team mark in midfield didn't give you much.

Well ... it's not a tragedy if it's a misunderstanding, it can go away as they say, it's just annoying because you don't know how to coach the team any more. On that note, happy Friday to everyone! 🙆🏻‍♂️

The style of play can compensate for the reduced number of players in a sector: some people can score over 500 points in attack by fielding a single striker, so why shouldn't it be possible in midfield?

Blagoje Vidinic: Le style de jeu permet de compenser le nombre réduit de joueurs dans un secteur : certains peuvent avoir plus de 500 points en attaque en alignant un seul attaquant, pourquoi ce ne serait pas possible au milieu ?

Hi Vidinic, I'd have imagined that to use a tactic you'd need at least some players in the chosen sector, but I have to admit that you're teaching me that it boosts the sector in general, so it's understandable why you're giving it such a high score.
So if we follow the logic, I can play with one or two defenders in the offside trap and my opponent risks breaking his teeth on my Iron Defence.

Thanks for the info!

Moshi: Salut Vidinic, J’aurai imaginer que pour utiliser une tactique fallait au moins des joueurs dans le secteur choisi, je t’avoue que tu m’apprends que ca booster le secteur en général.. du coup cela se comprend pour sa note.
Donc si on suit la logique je peux jouer avec un ou deux défenseur en piège du hors jeu et mon adversaire risque de se casser les dents sur ma Défense de fer.

Merci pour l’info !

That's what I was doing in the VF Masters: 2-5-3 with over 400 defensive stats.

Moshi: Salut Vidinic, J’aurai imaginer que pour utiliser une tactique fallait au moins des joueurs dans le secteur choisi, je t’avoue que tu m’apprends que ca booster le secteur en général.. du coup cela se comprend pour sa note.
Donc si on suit la logique je peux jouer avec un ou deux défenseur en piège du hors jeu et mon adversaire risque de se casser les dents sur ma Défense de fer.

Merci pour l’info !

It can be done. However, you need to have players who are trained accordingly. For the example given, players who will give you a bonus in the offside trap strategy, i.e. players who have unused points when calculating their score for the "placement" skill.