Roberto Mancini is a not a guy from vitrine. He was born in a city close to Ancona in Jesi.

He was playing football in the streets, he was smart, he had a sharp eye for life and was
always fire speaking and well educated. Despite he never carried his books in school, he
graduated as a good student and later on he passed his coaching qualifications with very
high grades. n Sundays he goes to the church as a devoted catholic in order to attend the
mass. He is married and has two children.
All of these are not popular for the British all tattooed punks who smoke marijuana and
drink tons of beer. I will write down here what it provokes, annoys and is controversial. I
will write down here exclusively for Italian-based coaches because simply I don't deal with
something less than the best in the world. The best coaching football school in your FM
screens.
In terms of tactical play here we have applied many tactical principles which are not seen
so often. You cannot speak for prototypes, but it's very interesting to apply tactical aimed
passing games into a tough and physical team. Our biggest handicap was the up tempo
game in the last third. That's why the team finished 8th last season and that's why in
Germany you have so many high scoring games. Lack of cohesion and lack of technical
quality married with good sense of tactical education.

I signed all these players because they were capable of dealing with every style of football.
Broad variety and mixed characteristics everywhere, even mentally. I avoided cardinal
aggressive game which dominates in Germany. By thinking practically I made a very
simple but crucial notice: by being aggressive and ferocious, you open up your midfield

and especially your DC. They push up to win the first header, they lose the first pass. That's
all, massive counter and a goal against you. Push up, missed passes, red card-last player
issue. At least I guarantee a very normal defensive unit. Every goal was a profit. No rush,
no stress, no fear. I am tighten up, I am balanced, I am rational, so I normally won the
league. Nothing too much, nothing less. No big words, no big philosophies.

Catholicism is the catholic view of the issues without neglecting facts and opinions, by
combining your analysis into real events. Voltaire was the predecessor of this theory. You
need to prove what you say otherwise you are not credible - Macchiavelli. You don't need
to prove your achievements, they speak on their own - Diogene, a cynical and beloved
philosopher.

Simple, easy football

Tactically I made very easy things, very simple things. See the team instructions and the
player instructions. Another proof that the easiest things are the most difficult to be
applied. I laugh because I played the "easiest" football in my FM career ever. It was my
easiest trophy. I am not racist when I speak for German coaches with phrases like "they
don't exist as a kind" or "where did you find them? in super market?".

Notice my full matches, I've included 5 of them in the zip file you'll get when downloading
this. 11 opposition players pushed me up. Yes, 11 because even GK was moving like an
extra DC. All of my opponents were running more. 95% of matches were like this: more
runs from the opponent, more tired opponent, more classic chances on my side, more
possession on my side, more injured players on opponent's side.

There is a myth which accuses the training regime for the injuries. The reality though is
much different. When our muscles increase and decrease speed rapidly, lactic acid is
increasing abnormally. As a result you can have muscular and regular meniscus injuries.
Your body moves from 150 km/h pressure into 25 in 3 seconds. Your tendons suffer a 90
minutes crash test. In my team, there's no way this happens. Everything goes progressively.
We run, we work hard, we try harder but no way to make crash tests. No push up, no
attacking play.

Rafa made the same but here everything is trickier. Less risk, higher efficiency. Allow your
opponent to rush and to attack massively. That's it, enjoy a comfortable 3-0. Make your
opponent to use 3 players in the side for overlaps. Awesome, penetrate him through
midfield with an elegant 4-3-1-2. Bundesliga is an endless parody. I won over Dortmund 40. They had double my shoots. All of them were in the hugs of Leverkusesn fans. Shoots
from 40 meters: 5! Shoots from 25-30 metters: 11. Just 4 shoots from the height of big area.
0 shoots from the small area. They don't need tactics in Germany, leave this job to me.
Anyway I can make it much better, don't you think?

4-2-3-1
POSESION
MAS PASES DIRECTOS PASES AL HUECO DESPEJAR A LAS BANDAS CENTROS
POTENTES- ENCARAR A LA DEFENSA DISPARAR CUNADO SE PUEDA
PENETRACION
EXPLOTAR LAS BANDAS
FORMAS
JUGAR MENOS ABIERTOS- BAJAR MAS- PERMITIR A LOS EXTREMOS CAMBIAR DE
BANDA
DEFENSA
AGOBIAR A LOS DEFENSAS- ENTRAR DURO- USAR MARCAJES MAS FERREOS
GENERAL
RITMO MAS ALTO- SER MAS DISCIPLINADOS