Add an option for us to press zones or areas of the pitch rather than just pressing specific players

[lckyby]

Can we please get an option in the tactics screen for the press to be triggered when opposition players have the ball in certain zones/areas of the pitch? Instead of the opposition instructions to trigger the press when X, Y or Z player has the ball?

So if a player has the ball in his own half by the touchline we can press them no matter which player it is – maybe a centre back is stuck out there. Would be more realistic and accurate for us to be able to use this.

 

Here is an example from the man in my avatar, Zdenek Zeman, who presses players when they are trapped by the sideline. A Palermo player is on the wing and so he has 50% of the pitch taken away as an option to pass, so Lecce players then swarm him in the press. We see similar things in more modern football, too, like with Klopp's Liverpool – he tells his players to trigger the press in certain scenarios as well, rather than just saying 'gegenpress + high line of engaement + press X, Y, Z player when they are on the ball'.

Edited November 29, 2021 by lckyby

[Abdullah Patel]

Thanks for the request, we appreciate the feedback. This request may yet be rejected or with some further development make it into a future version of FM.