3-5-2 Explained

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The 3-5-2 formation is incredibly distinctive and can be incredibly effective. But why?
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@M4NA5 11 ай бұрын

Every formation has its merits and flaws. It’s upto the players’ ability to play a certain formation and the opposition tactics to dictate how a good manager would set up their team.

@IAMTHEGOOCHALMIGHTY 11 ай бұрын

cheers, Geoff

@dster345 11 ай бұрын

@@IAMTHEGOOCHALMIGHTY His comment is a tough cookie, I think he'll carry on.

@Club420 11 ай бұрын

I remember Atleti's 4-6-0 formation they did to beat Liverpool b4 the rona

@lastlonger1351 11 ай бұрын

@@Club420No attackers formation 💀💀

@M4NA5 11 ай бұрын

@@IAMTHEGOOCHALMIGHTY Staunch rear-guard action!

@resikin 11 ай бұрын

Lmao the example of the shaky defender looked like Maguire

@PerfectOxygen 11 ай бұрын

Bruh I thought of him too

@2507ully 11 ай бұрын

And he wore red and number 5 as well Tifo football😂,i see what you did

@uwaeholo3785 11 ай бұрын

Below the belt

@GuinessOriginal 11 ай бұрын

He’s not exactly unusually athletic

@diegoclark7697 11 ай бұрын

@@PerfectOxygenwhen it comes to shaky defending everyone thinks of him bro

@waterunderthebridge2291 11 ай бұрын

I studied football formation in the last 9 months and i'm in love with 3-5-2 but the simplicity of 4-4-2 is understandable.

@memememe908 11 ай бұрын

The 3-2-4-1 guardiola uses is brilliant because you have 4 or more central players, but you really need awesome defenders

@NFFFFFFFF 11 ай бұрын

But is vulnerable to the common AM

@nikolaitregouet 11 ай бұрын

@@memememe908in attack it becomes a 2-3-5 actually. Always so fun to watch the whole team attack like in basketball😄

@jacksonboyd02 11 ай бұрын

I love the 4231 it creates so many triangles you basically have the ability to play mini rondos around the opponents

@waterunderthebridge2291 11 ай бұрын

@@memememe908 This 3-2-4-1 Guardiola used is just next level. My bet is that it's not working if you used it defensively, so the squad is always on full attack high pressing with high d-line.

@azkancut8737 11 ай бұрын

Maguire at the end got me good. Red shirt, number 5, center back, "not very skillful", "lack athleticism" 🤣

@friendlyneighbourhoodstoner 11 ай бұрын

I saw that too 😂😂

@magic_averageenjoyer 11 ай бұрын

2-5-3 formation is underrated, its the formation of table football

@cemiwrz9288 10 ай бұрын

2 cbs wow

@sreenikuriakose-tr9nf 10 ай бұрын

Awful Just awful 🤕

@Akabeche 10 ай бұрын

The joke flew over both of the other commenters' head lol

@jameshamilton8720 10 ай бұрын

@@cemiwrz9288BRUH....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@A_Nice_Guy444 5 ай бұрын

what would a 2-5-3 be?? just being an offensive variation of course, but the goalkeeper would have to help get the ball out, like the 2-3-5 of guardiola?

@Dodlo32888 11 ай бұрын

This formation is very usefull in counter attacks. If you're wing-midfielder can give you a little bit defensive support and join the counter attack. Then you have solid 3 defenders in your box. But you surely awar for full-back area, which is easily use for crossing.

@tanaka5395 11 ай бұрын

Mourinho exposed a weakness in it by playing Lingard and Rashford upfront, 2 quick strikers can put a lot of pressure on the centre back

@Deathmare235 11 ай бұрын

Imagine an entire formation getting exposed by lingard and rashford 😂 let me guess the other attacker martial

@elfelipedlv6950 11 ай бұрын

Allegri tried the same with Chiesa and Di Maria in Coppa Italia and Juve got their 11th loss against Inzaghi 🤷🏼‍♂️

@professionalnoob1234 11 ай бұрын

@@elfelipedlv6950didnt know di maria is a quick striker

@goldenONX 10 ай бұрын

@@elfelipedlv6950Di Maria isn’t a striker and Chiesa isn’t as fast as Rashford and Lingard.

@shokpfeiffer623 9 ай бұрын

This is very true. ATM always give me a hard time with Griezmann and Cavani (Fifa tings 😅)

@dixoncider8372 11 ай бұрын

So you’re saying a 3 man CB line of Gvardiol-Halstenberg-St. Juste will be fast enough to counter this weakness?

@musaddiqmunirliman8267 11 ай бұрын

In fifa.. Why not

@surlywombat785 11 ай бұрын

You'd need experienced as well as fast players who can read the space like bastoni

@ZAKARIA-MH 10 ай бұрын

40 year old messi tore garvidol to shreds MF is overrated af

@carlosgarzonandaluz3966 10 ай бұрын

@@ZAKARIA-MHNah it’s just that Messi is still very good. Still the best in the world.

@lucanigotti2926 10 ай бұрын

Bastoni and Darmian are skilled centerbacks

@docc_ 9 ай бұрын

Yes, that's why its mostly used by italian teams, which form really good and technical defenders.

@Mukesh-ri4lt 11 ай бұрын

Bastoni is best defender for this formation

@mohsinmulla8576 11 ай бұрын

What a voice

@hassanaslam8487 11 ай бұрын

Nice voice innit lol

@cheangizzz 11 ай бұрын

I was in love with this voice until I got to know Joe

@MohamedDiinle 6 ай бұрын

@@cheangizzzWhat's he like ?

@rickysebastian6386 8 ай бұрын

Perfect example of 3-5-2 for me is prime AS Roma with Totti, Cafu, Candela, Montella, Emerson, Batistuta.

@frediiofficiel7401 10 ай бұрын

Don't forget that it allows you also to have superiority in the ennemy box conte during attacks phase has a 3-1-7 composition which create a lot of offensive actions

@chocolatemilk123 11 ай бұрын

Imagine your opponent is using a 5-2-3. 💀

@SoneNando 10 ай бұрын

That's basically just 3-4-3 but the RM and LM are replaced by WBs

@wuatdehel 10 ай бұрын

lack of midfield

@thenonreal 10 ай бұрын

@@SoneNandothis then drop a forward or deploy a false 9 and you have 3-5-2

@josafatmorales7488 Ай бұрын

@@wuatdehelthe 9 can just drop down to help or The wingers

@therevolution91 9 ай бұрын

When you have an animal as a center back then you will win. We tried this system. After 6 months (& some extra strength weight trainings combined with stamina training) we went from 10th place to the 4th place after winning almost every game after the winter. But you have to replace the backs after 45 mins and the left & right midfielders probably, too. (really intensive for the players on the wings both backs & midfielders)

@alienduce6755 11 ай бұрын

Created by Carlos Bilardo, Argentina's manager in the 80's and a legend of the club I love.

@federicob9103 11 ай бұрын

🦁🦁🦁

@tomiding6947 11 ай бұрын

With modern centerbacks a 3-5-2 is so effective. With skilled athletic fullbacks like koulibali, tomori, rudiger and many more it’s a big weapon

@nrlee0977 10 ай бұрын

There are many great formations. Personally I just love the simple classic 4-3-3

@magister3278 11 ай бұрын

Created by Carlos Bilardo, a Legend

@theportugueselegend 11 ай бұрын

This is the future/present of football. 3 at the back, with the 3 5 2 or a 3 4 3 will be the standard in a few years. After the number 10, I think wingers can become obsolete in the next years, because width can be done with the wing backs and two inside midfielders, for example

@matsschenck3688 7 ай бұрын

when you have centrebacks like bastioni and darmian its very usefull

@xdiq 9 ай бұрын

Its a very special formation, out of the ordinary

@dionysiokouros 11 ай бұрын

Can you keep on doing formations? This stuff is amazing and good to know. Maybe you will find "the best" formation. Love your content. Keep up the good work!

@Abdullah-Ansari-786 11 ай бұрын

I am using this formation in fifa right now it's amazing I concede sometimes more than once but it's amazing

@jackmathieson1903 11 ай бұрын

Having just wide players doing all the running allows for a midfield three along with 2 strikers but it gives the widemen a lot of work.

@tcharipapa6971 10 ай бұрын

The 2 midfielders in between the wingers and the central mid can come back and patch the holes in the defense and fix the lack of fullback

@jorgearria5973 8 ай бұрын

Fore, the 352 works brilliantly for triangles. In otherwords, if done right, you can create an evolution of tikitaka

@dionysiokouros 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for doing more formations, Tifo. I now know why I am vulnerable on the counter-attack using a 4-3-3 thanks to you. You have really captivated my interest in the different formation styles.

@mohamedhisham4534 11 ай бұрын

Please make more of these

@athosgomesfonseca 21 күн бұрын

This has been the secret sauce of each of our five World Cup wins however, only our 1994 and 2002 squads played static wingers since our forwards were also static but the 1958, 1962 and 1970 played a quasi-Total Football with the forwards coming back to link play essentially creating a two-man overload out wide.

@HistoryEditsyt 11 ай бұрын

This is my favourite formation

@jasson9262 11 ай бұрын

The best formation right now it’s the 4-2-3-1 4 defenders 2 centre defenders , 1 attack midfielder RM , and LM , and 1 striker If the opponent team try’s to push you , you were always be in save because there’s 2 CDM which’s they can carry out the ball between them and they can pass easily unlike the one CDM in this formation u can control the match u can park the bus too if u want that the attack midfielder can help the striker in the box and he can be ss too

@Jacob-bx7cs 11 ай бұрын

Ye, that or 4-3-3

@prdigy2655 11 ай бұрын

it's easy to say one formation is the best but any formation with the right personnel and the right tactic for each position can easily destroy any other formation, each one has a merit and a flaw, if you can find solutions for your flaws and capitalize on your opponent's flaws, you're good to go. That's the whole point of tactics

@changziyang6550 11 ай бұрын

@@Jacob-bx7csI'll say that 4232,433,4141 are all very similar

@miscellaneous69420 11 ай бұрын

4-2-1-3 is my all time favourite one

@90PaMa 11 ай бұрын

So basically we are back at late 00's. Waiting for the great 4-4-2 revival

@TheFinalSummonFFX 11 ай бұрын

Yes! More formation shorts!

@TheOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 9 ай бұрын

Juventus and the Italian national teams of the past were probably best possible back line using 3 at the back.

@handfullofsean 11 ай бұрын

Dorking Wanderer’s play the best iteration of this system. A lovely mix of attacking football bombing down the flanks with virtuosic center backs covering behind 😊

@jamanoorabuukhalid3311 11 ай бұрын

The new thing in town is the 3 box 3 formation that pep used this season I have a feeling that we'll see a few managers adapt to it

@uscbeckham 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful variation of the old WM formation. Pep uses it masterfully to get past the midfield and create overloads elsewhere.

@CFCEDITS24 10 ай бұрын

My team has been playing this formation and it’s just starting to work although we play it with 2 cdms and 1 cam instead of 3 cms

@pineapplewatch41 10 ай бұрын

I use 3 defenders ,2 central defenders , 2 Wingers , 1 CAM , 2 strikers (3-5-2)

@swarnimzanwar1869 Ай бұрын

The CAM can play SS with less defensive role whereas one wing back will be more attacking and the other defensive with two Good CDMs, My team uses this 👍

@HeWhoLaughs007 11 ай бұрын

Tifo explains everything so well

@aymaanskhan5194 6 ай бұрын

Simeone now uses it to perfection

@jauadoglah7744 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful content and I love the animation/design

@scavengerrx1906 2 ай бұрын

Hopefully this goes well for Peru since we got a new coach, Fossati who will use this format but is not well know by Peruvians since Peru is good at 4-4-2

@bigrandomun9267 5 ай бұрын

Also you don’t need tall and physical defenders as the wide-centre backs. You could actually get away with playing defensive midfielders or fullbacks in those positions because their role is to help cover the wingbacks when they go forward so they will usually match up with the wingers if they stay up. You can get away with 5’9/5’10 players as long as they know when to press the winger if they are 1v1 and where to play the ball to in transition. Players like Eric Garcia and Ezri Konsa would suit this role more than they would a usual CB role because they have the skillset needed and their wingbacks/fullbacks usually make overlapping runs so they can utilise the space.

@mxsthxted 4 ай бұрын

Correct. Defensive fullbacks are perfect for this role. They are better in 1v1 situations but they have that technical edge to progress the ball in a 3 man backline.

@Hafris33 11 ай бұрын

I used 3-5-2 using Inter Milan in FIFA and eFootball and it works fine. Used Brozovic as DMF to backup the 3 centre backs when getting counter. Other 2 midfield must be agile and good with passing vision like Barella and Calhanoglu.

@SanusiAdewale 11 ай бұрын

Excatly, people don't get this about the midfield, they have to be agile and really good with the ball in other to assist the 2 man strikers in front

@hakki368 11 ай бұрын

You should also feature the unique Napoli formation.

@coelholukas 11 ай бұрын

São Paulo, iBrazilian) won 3 consecutive league titles with that formation. Something that had never happened and hasn't happened again.

@footydocs 11 ай бұрын

santos did before sao paulo.

@coelholukas 11 ай бұрын

@@footydocs Taça Brasil. The league now is a different format, and basically different competition.

@muhammadsyukurmuslim 11 ай бұрын

I remember when Pep was trying to do this in 17-18 season. I think that was the reason why they gone for Walker and Mendy as FB targets because they have a lot of energy to go up and down. Unfortunately Mendy went injured and Pep opted for the inverted fullback with Delph.

@lugold8766 2 ай бұрын

I think thats why Bastoni is so critical for inter. He fills out the left CB position extremely nice so that Gosens or Dimarco can go forward a lot while Dumfries on the right always stays a little behind.

@BJABALLER 9 ай бұрын

You should do a short on the 4-1-4-1 formation

@adamproductions4529 10 ай бұрын

Those 3 defenders will need to be absolute beasts to carry the defense

@bruh-dq3ze 10 ай бұрын

Acerbi darmian and bastoni are no absolute beasts but they performed very well

@mohanshyam2395 11 ай бұрын

i will try it

@yigo310 11 ай бұрын

The ideal formation for an offensive minded team has always been 4-3-3. Good wing players and a strong and tall striker is lethal in that formation.

@whufc-essex 11 ай бұрын

I wish we would do this, Aguerd and kehrer with zouma in the middle

@therealMeastro 11 ай бұрын

A 352 with timber on the right and martinez on the left would be amazing

@Japauro 9 ай бұрын

there are many benefits. fmany defenses are not used anymore to face 2 centre forwards, the 3 defenders are perfect to cover the middle spaces. In systems very fluid the thirds can do internal overlapping very complex to absorb

@MrAhmed-dx5hw 10 ай бұрын

3-5-2 is my go to structure in fifa.

@mashuraakhterruma7224 10 ай бұрын

3-4-3 my favorite

@killercaos123 8 ай бұрын

It brings me much pleasure to see how trendy the 3-5-2 has come back into the spotlight. Gone are the days of boring stale formations that kids play after school. Now my football teams youth team is repping a 3-4-3. It’s so exciting to watch

@raidzldn8873 8 ай бұрын

We play a 3-5-2 at my team and it works bc our wing backs track back and our cb’s (I’m one of them) our quite athletic compared to others on the team

@viallyyakbar113 11 ай бұрын

Tbh, I agree with this explanation, and in FM23 my 3-4-1-2 formation can be really effective. 😁

@daipayanhore3726 11 ай бұрын

did the goat dirty

@AlexDerLoewe 10 ай бұрын

Useful

@Hyperman416 9 ай бұрын

We use 4-4-2 and now we reach semi final in our tourny we will play in this monday

@Il_Demone872 5 ай бұрын

That s why inter is so strong, bastoni is the most technical central defender right now

@paulakpeti6142 11 ай бұрын

Please do other formation shorts like this most especially 4-3-3, 4-5-1 and 4-2-4

@Putin264 10 ай бұрын

4-2-4 is just a 442 which is bad

@trimusentertainment 11 ай бұрын

nice!

@user-zd1sz8py7g 7 ай бұрын

So in theory very fast and highly skilled fullbacks like Theo Hernandez and Kyle Walker would be perfect for this?

@blueskyalchemist623 10 ай бұрын

3-5-2 can be flexible in the way that it can be 5-3-2 when played defensively. Basically, if you are playing a counter-attacking playstyle, you have 5 defenders and 3 midfielders at disposal. The drawback is ofc, lacking offensive presence, but if you are playing against a stronger team, this formation works much better. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer used this tactics when he won against Paris Saint Germain in the first leg of UCL 2020-2021. However, he lost against the same opponent 0-2 on Old Trafford with a 4-4-2 formation, which was dominated by PSG' 4 midfielders (PSG played 3-4-2-1). It was even worse when Fred received a red card and sent out.

@LucaWatts 8 ай бұрын

Pioli taking notes

@stuartpenman6387 11 ай бұрын

my problem with the 3 5 2 is teams play only 1 up front these days

@LameTuber420 10 ай бұрын

Did you make a video on 4-2-4 formation if not please do it😊

@jaydenthemaster7886 11 ай бұрын

Can you explain the 4-2-3-1 please

@slenderman2697 11 ай бұрын

the 442 is very simple even cave man can understand it

@aminerkin9844 11 ай бұрын

the new formations congest the middle because although 4-4-2 divides the pitch evenly. Areas in the middle are much more important due to goal threat for both attack and defense hence why modern systems have inverted full backs and usually only use 2 traditational wings. Also, If you pack the midifield, you force the oppostion to run into space from wings diagonally into the box which allows your defenders to catch up.

@fuzon9895 11 ай бұрын

But, Ferguson once won the treble with it

@IAMSOUND99 11 ай бұрын

@@fuzon9895 in a weak era! (just kidding i don't know sht)

@Avnish787 11 ай бұрын

Federico dimarco's role was soo important for inter

@dragoslavrandjelovic6421 11 ай бұрын

I have always thought that this formation would have been perfect for 2002-2006 England and their players. 3 center becks in Rio, Terry and Campbell left Cole , central Lampard, Gerard and Scholes/Becks with only questionable right full beck and Rooney and Owen up front.

@sheikhrashid3055 10 ай бұрын

4-3-3 is my fav

@aboudi1562 9 ай бұрын

In a defending format I feel like players like camavinga or marcus alonso or kounde would thrive in formations like 3-5-2 as wing backs

@SimoNemo7 11 ай бұрын

Italy circa 2012 3-5-2 was pretty badass with Buffon, Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini, Maggio, De Rossi, PIRLO, Marchisio, Giaccherini, Balotelli, Cassano…we just couldn’t beat Spain lol

@sweigar 11 ай бұрын

i love 4-5-1

@elpetemujica244 11 ай бұрын

Also in 1986 argentina won the world cup with this formation

@kakalimandal9351 10 ай бұрын

Can you make a video on 5-2-1-2 Formation?

@michaelchandra9069 11 ай бұрын

Tifo please make video about new offside rule that been tested i wanna know how tifo think about the new rule and if possible also give suggestion on how could offside rule be more fair for attacker and defender

@kephas-media 11 ай бұрын

Please go back to this format, I miss your formation and tactics videos

@udeanbambang1703 11 ай бұрын

bring back full video tactical analysis with animation like this, im tired watching people with modern board explaining it with less visualization

@merlinbotha363 10 ай бұрын

Next do the 3-6-1 used by Lampard at the tail end of last season

@dhrupadkumarmalakar5580 10 ай бұрын

Dude Italy been using this since before I was born.

@nose1999-co8ir 6 ай бұрын

3-5-2 also have a variation with a CAM,that was used by inter in 2010 ucl

@felixmagath1471 5 ай бұрын

Inter played 4-2-3-1 in 2010

@bouzianeamine1475 11 ай бұрын

More of this

@krissblade5330 11 ай бұрын

Put Mandzukic and Perisic at the wings and you have 5-3-2, 3-5-2 and 3-3-4 at the same time

@davidshoppe4121 11 ай бұрын

3-5-2 with that W shape with middlefield kills offensive and defensive teams

@mobo204 11 ай бұрын

To me this is still the best formation for chelsea with Cowill, forfana and silva at the back

@romanempire8529 11 ай бұрын

I like how pep uses it puts a cb into midfield that can fall back to 4 at back on a counter

@memememe908 11 ай бұрын

Also just a single striker and 2 10s with 2 cdms

@jamie9063 11 ай бұрын

This formation truly is the backbone of *calcio* isn't it

@yuraskaTheGuydoesstopmotiom 11 ай бұрын

my idea is 4-1-4-2 an 4 defender. 1 defending midfielder 4 attacking midfielder and 2 attackers. (the attacking midfielder 2 players can go to defending to make and 7 defending people, it can stop 4-4-2, 4-3-3, and lastly 3-5-2 and other good line ups.

@remove7618 5 ай бұрын

Thats 12 players not 11

@yuraskaTheGuydoesstopmotiom 5 ай бұрын

@@remove7618 well remove the defender from 4 defenders then

@zealandia5668 10 ай бұрын

4-3-2-1 (the Pyramid Formation) is the best football formation.

@yomismo8499 Ай бұрын

Ancelotti - Milan ❤

@johnbenedictthan755 11 ай бұрын

Can you do a video on what is the best formation in football

@marshallandrzejewski 11 ай бұрын

The best formation depends on what players you have.

@cheangizzz 11 ай бұрын

Currently? It's the box midfield formation, but the meta changes all the time, used to be 442, then 433, now 4 midfieldes is the fashion again, important to note is that the fourth midfielder is usually a false defender (zinchenko, stones, trent) or a false winger (valverde or gavi)

@IntrusiveThoughtz1234 11 ай бұрын

Personally, I like using a 5-3-2. Mostly because I like having 2 strikers, I hate one because if im getting heavily defended, I have nowhere to pass forward with one striker, with 2 I can pass forward and possibly score, and having 5 defenders just gives me a stronger defense.

@mohcinebelaid7096 6 ай бұрын

The best formation in the world

@suspro1real 10 ай бұрын

Please do 5-4-1 diamond

@iSPELLinAMERICAN 10 ай бұрын

I use the two outside mids almost like an abusive relationship. I have them play the left or right full back on defense and a left or right wing to cross the ball on attack. They run a lot but in my youth league i have unlimited subs and sugar cracked kids so it's fine. I also interchange the three central mids as a pyramid. With 2 CDM or 1 defensive mid to come be the sweeper. So at any given moment i either have 6/7 defenders when on defense and then 5 mids during the transition and I'll have 5/6 on the attack. It completely confuses these other teams because they are just kids and no one knows how to defend it