FM 24 ITA/ENG ROBERTO MARTINEZ'S PORTUGAL AT EURO '24 - TACTICS

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Introduction

They arrive at Euro 2024  as possible favorites at least until the semi-final given the uncertainty of the other national teams and the talent present in the Portugal team that seems to have reached the right maturity and a Cristiano Ronaldo at the last European Championship where with his mere appearance he broke yet another record.

The Portuguese arrive in Germany with a clean sheet, ten wins out of ten. Coach Roberto Martinez has already shown how to find a good balance in the team. Let's find out how in this tactical analysis  and recreation of the tactical emulation for Football Manager 24.

Tactical analysis

Basic system 1-3-4-3

Possession phase 1-3-1-3-3

Non-possession phase 1-5-4-1

CONSTRUCTION

In the build-up phase , Portugal  's defenders Ruben Dias and Nuno Mendes spread out very wide, almost to the touchline. Instead, the full-backs  move inside with Bruno Fernandes or Vitinha dropping into their own half or the defensive line to provide an extra option for possession and ball circulation; with the wingers  Leao and Bernardo Silva remaining wide on the touchline.

 

 

 

 

DEVELOPMENT

Portugal prefers to play on the wings , exploiting the characteristics of their fast and technically skilled players, especially in one-on-one situations, making movements without the ball so that they can create numerical superiority in attack and trying to free up spaces where the attackers or midfielders can move in.

 

FINISHING

In the final phase of possession, Portugal does not keep the ball much in the midfield but rather looks for the fast insertions of Bernardo Silva or Leao and tries filtered passes to enter the area or go to the byline. From there they try to cross or shoot on goal.

FINALIZATION

Portugal 's finishing occurs most of the time inside the area, looking, after a lateral pass or a one-on-one, for a cross towards Cristiano Ronaldo or a run to the penalty spot by the attacking midfielders or midfielders such as Vitinha , Bruno Fernandes or the opposite full-back.

 

NON-POSESSION PHASE

FIRST DEFENSIVE ACTION

When Portugal loses the ball, they try to double-mark the attackers, midfielders and wingers, if possible. If this action fails, then they start to move the side chains backwards and Martinez 's team tries to regroup towards their own half.

DEFENSIVE LINE LAYOUT

In conjunction with the movement of Martinez 's wingers , the defensive line drops to contain the opponents' advance, trying to keep the two lines, midfield and defence, compact enough without dropping too far towards their own goal, thus looking for the opponent's attacker to be offside or pushing him to play a high ball that will be easy prey for the Portuguese defence.

 

DEFENSIVE LATERALITY

The midfielders Joao Cancelo and Diogo Dalot drop into the line of three defenders with the same three defenders closing in on the centre to cover any high balls put into the centre by the opposing team creating a line of five and their places are taken by Martinez 's attacking wingers .

TRANSITIONS

OFFENSIVE

In the offensive transition, Portugal first looks for spaces on the wings through combinations between the outside and central midfielders. If this does not happen, they try to move the ball around, also making changes of field to make the defensive line move and pass towards the goal.

DEFENSIVE

In the defensive transition, Portugal goes into a retreat, especially on the sidelines, to establish a 5-man defence, while the central midfielders or attacking wingers try to put pressure on the ball carrier and slow down the opponent's offensive action.

Football Manager 24's tactical emulation of Martinez's Portugal at Euro'24

Martinez's Portugal Euro 24 tactical emulation for Football Manager 24 features a vertical Tiki-Taka tactical style with a positive mentality. The possession screen is quite narrow, trying to start the ball on the ground from the defense and focusing the game on the wings. The passes are shorter with a slightly slower pace and the aim is to get the ball into the penalty area, facing the defense with the ball at your feet with more creativity.

In the transaction screen, you press all over the pitch and once you have won the ball back, you go on the counterattack. In the non-possession screen, the defense line is higher with a high pressing line. The pressing is more frequent and you prevent the goalkeeper from passing short passes by going to the sides and staying high for offside.

The roles of the tactics for Football Manager 24 see a classic free goalkeeper, a central defender in coverage and two arms, the left attack and the right defense. The two full-backs are two inverted outside support while in midfield we have a deep-lying playmaker support and an advanced playmaker attack. The two high outsides are on the right and an advanced playmaker support and on the left an inverted area attack to which we ask him to play wide. The attacker is a center forward.

Football Manager 24 Tactical Emulation Results

As in all my tactical emulation for Football Manager I test it for you and in this case I tried to play Euro 24 with the official groups. I left the call-ups to the AI.

Portugal will win Euro '24  undefeated drawing only two games with Scotland and in the semi-final with Italy then won on penalties. They will finish the group in first place and then eliminate Turkey Scotland France and Italy and then thrash Austria in the final by 6-0.

He will close with the monstrous figure of 26 goals in 7 games and 4 clean sheets . 60% possession, 17.45 Xg and 44 chances created are just some of the great numbers recorded by this tactical emulation.

Cristiano Ronaldo will win the top scorer title with 7 goals and just below him Bruno Fernandes with 5. For assists Bernardo Silva will be the best of Euro 24 with six and just below Bruno Fernandes and J. Cancelo with three.

 

tactics explanation and result in the video

 

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