By colorado 
So why Pachuca New York RB? Let me lay it out simple.
Honestly, for ages, I just felt stuck. Stuck using the same old tactics, watching my strikers get nowhere near the goal. Every game felt like running headfirst into a brick wall. Seriously frustrating.
I was messing around in the tactics menu one night, staring at the screen feeling kinda lost, like usual. My main guys just weren’t clicking. I saw this “Pachuca” thing listed under the possible formations. New York Red Bulls uses some variation of it, right? So I thought, “Screw it, what’s the worst that could happen? Lose again?” Might as well click that button and see.
First thing I noticed? The attackers. Man, they were buzzing around the field like crazy. Not just standing there waiting. The whole front line looked chaotic, like they’d had three coffees too many. But it was chaos with a plan. They kept pulling defenders out of position, making these crazy little runs everywhere. Suddenly, spaces I couldn’t see before just appeared.
Setting it up wasn’t exactly plug-and-play magic though. Oh no. Here’s what I actually had to wrestle with:
- Your attackers need serious legs. Like, marathon-runner levels. If you put some plodding big guy up top expecting him to just wait for a cross… forget it. I learned that the hard way first match out. Gassed before halftime.
- Tweaking instructions is KEY. Just slapping the formation on isn’t enough. I spent ages figuring out exactly what triggers to pull. Do I tell the striker to press like a madman? Tell the wingers to cut inside every time? Took a ton of losing narrowly to find the sweet spot.
- Gegenpress is non-negotiable. Forget parking the bus. The second you lose the ball, you gotta smother them instantly. High energy, constant hassling. It’s tiring as hell, but holy crap is it effective when it clicks. Recover the ball right there in their faces.
After a bunch of tinkering – seriously, felt like forever – something just snapped into place. My speedy little winger gets the ball out wide after we win it high up. He cuts inside, the striker has dragged his marker wide… boom. Easy slot pass, simple finish. Didn’t have to try some impossible through ball. The system pulled their defense apart.
That became the pattern. We were creating real chances, consistently. Not just hopeful long shots. Breaking teams down because they couldn’t cope with all the moving parts. Sure, you leave yourself open sometimes at the back. It’s a risk. But winning the ball back high up means you’re attacking way more often.
So the real benefit? It ain’t fancy names or secret tactics. It’s chaos + pressure = goals. If your players can run all day and you can stomach the occasional counter attack slicing you open, this gets results. Turns constant losing into winning games without needing superstars. Just guts and lungs. That’s why I’m sticking with it. Simple as that.