Set up as if taking a 16. Animation is example from left field (defensive pov).
Pass to free players.
Keep hold of the ball, pass between back 4 players. Tire out the attackers and then send it for your own attack.
Key is to hold possetion until create an opening to send the ball forward. In theory the press moves to follow the ball, but here the focus is on the transfer, so the press is passive.
The only way you can score is if you have the ball, so keeping it is priority.
Sending up the middle of the pitch is a sure-fire way to give the ball away as the opposition will be flooding this part of the pitch.
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