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i tryed the 4-1-4-1 tactic but.. nothing happened. I lost 3 : 0. I am playing in Champions League with Levski and the match i lost was with Chelsea (Chelsea 3:0 Levski).Give me an advice or something i need a draw to finish third in the group...
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Are you openly admitting reloading to get the result you want? I admire your chutzpah good sir

Or if you are saying you need a draw in your next match I withdraw that comment and apologise sincerely.
As for tactical advice I am the last person to accept it from (although I am more than willing to give it). It is probably more perception than anything but I have always felt that the game rewarded you more for taking an attacking stance.
The best defensively minded AI tactics I've come up against are the 4141 and the 4222 (2 DMs and 2 wingers). Essentially it has been these two tactics that have resulted in possession dominance for me and more shots than the AI team. But these shots are mostly from outside the area making it easy for the keeper.
This often resulted in the 'AI cheats' match statistics which pop up in threads from time to time.
What I would say from my experiences of 'trying' to be defensive is that setting the defensive line too deep is tantamount to suicide. It is best to watch the match on full and if you are attempting to restrict the AI to long shots then adjust the defensive line/closing down so that they are long shots from a 'safe' range. This safe range will depend on the quality of your keeper and also the long shots attributes of the opposition.
I found it was basically 'trial and error' and hope the AI didn't score before you found the sweet spot.
A good indication that you have gotten it right when playing on highlights mode is if the AI shot count is going up without you seeing highlights while anytime you have a chance it is a highlight worthy one i.e. more clear cut.
The type of player also has a huge impact on the effectiveness of a defensive-counter tactic and how you set up.
For instance if you have the 4222 with two DMs and a big man/little man combo you would be looking for passages of play where the DMs win back possession, hit it to the big man up front, who holds up while the wingers advance, distributes to the wingers who can then hit the pacey guy hanging on the opposition cb's shoulder with a quick cross from deep or a through ball. Or the DMs/defenders hitting direct through balls onto the strikers. With this one you can create two mirror image tactics and change in the quick tactic section so as not to get repetitive. And also because the AI will switch it's centre backs to put it's stronger guy on your lump up front. With the mirror tactics you can gain greater control over which side of the pitch you focus on as well.
To be honest alot of this is theory and my attempts to recreate it have failed (probably more to do with my lack of understanding of the sliders than anything). So maybe one of you slider geniuses can make my vision a reality. I'll dig up my attempt at the 4222 and post them.
If I remember correctly I had instructions as follows
FBs and CBs standard defensive instructions.
Two DMs
Zonal Marking, Tight, High Closing down, Mentality first notch of defensive, RWB mixed, FWR rarely, TTB often, cross ball rarely, HUB No.
Two wingers
Zonal marking, Not tight, closing down a few notches from normal, RWB mixed, FWR often, TTB mixed, cross ball mixed. cross from deep.
Target Man: usual settings + normal mentality
Pacey striker: usual settings + 2nd notch of attacking mentality
Team: a couple of notches below normal mentality, 2nd notch of narrow width, passing 2nd notch of direct, tempo 2nd notch of quick, creative freedom 2nd notch of little, time wasting rarely, target man, counter attack, focus passing mixed, defensive line 2nd notch of deep, tackling normal.
I had mixed results with this. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't and I could never really tell why but that's probably down to my inability to read the game. If you wanna give it try and see what happens but I would recommend saving your game in case it goes tits up and you come back here flaming me for getting you relegated/fired
I would say my biggest concern about playing defensive on FM 08 is the fact that the match confidence section seems to focus alot on how you won and it appears to do this by looking at shots to judge how many chances you created. It appears to be a balance between quality of chances and a decent number of chances (inability to convert...lack of chances created etc).