Quote Originally Posted by OgtheDim View Post
Still not sure why we have to play 3-4-3 when a 3-5-2 is just sitting there but ok.
Because only one of our four central midfielders, Flores, is particularly quick.

We'd just end up clogging the midfield with none of them keeping up with the forwards. So he lines it up as a 3421 and that way we've basically got one of either Oso or Fede, hopefully, between the lines during buildup, and we don't have to worry about midfielders covering all thirds of the pitch constantly.