
Although, realistically, anything can happen. In conclusion, the tips displayed above can help you win any Cup Final, including big matches you find yourself in. This will boost the team’s confidence and spirit to fight until the last whistle. Whether the team is losing the game or not, always talk to them assertively or aggressively from the touchline. But, as a manager who really wants that trophy, continuously instructing the squad from the side-line proves effective. Tip 5: Keep the Team Spirit High on the Pitch Giovanni Tedesco instructing from the touchline during West Ham Vs Birkrikara matchĪlthough it’s okay to sit back and watch them play. So, it’s better to access and analyse the opponent first and just take them as another team that will put up a fight to take the glory. This can also make you select the squad carelessly. Moreover, underestimating your opponent can influence you to select an all round attacking formation and tactics without considering your defence line. On a Neutral Ground is where the match takes place, not on the opponent’s Ground. With the thought of overestimating the opponent, decisions like changing the tactics to a “defense mentality” is a bad idea. But you have to prepare and fire up your squad to put up a huge fight. It’s true that meeting a big team in final is like an impossible battle to triumph in Football Manager. This will lead you to make unthoughtful decisions and selections in formation, squad, and tactics. Which ever way you feel can be a problem. Sometimes you may have a mind-set that your team is big enough to trample the opponent in the final, or have that low confidence that your team is so small to win. An example of a starting eleven squad with high morale Tip 4: Never Overestimate nor Underestimate the Opponent Select players with at least a “very good” status tagged on their morale prior playing the Cup Final. When the team’s morale is low, the team’s spirit shuts down, the players lose focus, inviting unnecessary mistakes during the game. The player’s morale is a very important quality to consider in Football Manager. Tip 3: Consider Players with High MoraleĪs been generally observed, soldiers with good morale will charge into a hail of bullets without hesitation. Players (No matter how important the players may be) that just returned from injury or in partial injury should be avoided. But, if you must play them in the match, introduce or remove some of them in second half. This is to reduce fatigue or injury possibilities. However, in order to achieve this (in case the period given before the final isn’t sufficient), rest your key players in the match before the Cup Final. Consider a player’s Match Fitness of at least 90%, with a “Shapeness” of 100%. It’s very important to put the best players in perfect condition on your starting eleven. Tip 2: Select the Players in Perfect Physical Condition The long duration between the preseason and the finale will help the team train and blend properly to those tactics. In order to avoid this situation, it’s best to set at least 3 different suitable tactics during preseason. Though, such change might not affect the “Bigger Teams” because managing such teams is not much of a headache. The team will struggle to adapt the new pattern, influencing the players to make lots of mistakes during the match.

The sudden introduction of a new tactics before the match will affect the team shape negatively in most cases. You might somehow, out of curiosity, want to introduce a new tactics before the match.

Beginning of Arsenal vs Sevilla | Source Tip 1: Stick with the Formations or Tactics the Team Blended with But in this article, out of experience, am going to provide the more effective tips that will help you get your team all set to win a Cup finale. Preparing your team for a Cup Final in Football Manager, FM16 or FM18 for example, can be tricky anything can happen along the line.

This level of confidence can be upgraded or degraded depending on how you prepare the team before the match, and the quality of communication you display with your squad during the match. But in Football Manager, the important thing to focus on is the level of confidence. However, in live football, there are a lot of factors associated which can make a team lose the silverware the human factor being the most effective. In FM, as a manager, finding your team in the same situation triggers the same disappointing feeling. Or, can you imagine the bizarre feeling Argentines felt when they got defeated by Chile in the 2016 Copa America finale after having a mesmerising campaign? Think of how devastating it was for Atletico Madrid when they lost the 2015/2016 Champions League final to Real Madrid for the second time in 3 years. Nothing can be more displeasing than seeing your team lose a Cup Final after an amazing and sophisticated campaign.
