Just for the people arguing about the formation...

Nardi said afterwards he was asked to play just behind Ferenczi.

So 'technically' it was 4-4-1-1

 

Oh feckin hell, don't tell Sparty I'll never hear the last !!!!!

 

Yeah he was up front playing alongside seemed to spend quite a bit of the time coming from the left hand side of Ferenczi

 

Tactical formations depend on where you draw lines across the pitch.</p>

4-4-1-1 is just a variation of 4-4-2. </p>

Coaches divide the pitch into 3rds. A defensive 3rd, a middle 3rd and an attacking 3rd. Hence, 4 players in the defensive 3rd, 4 in midfield 3rd and two in the attacking 3rd is called 4-4-2. </p>

The media started to call 4-4-2 where a striker plays in the hole behind striker 4-4-1-1 to deferentiate it from where the two attackers play side by side. A coach would say one of the strikers played in the hole or that he played with a withdrawn striker. </p>

When a team play with a midfield diamond its some times called 4-1-2-1-2 or 4-1-2-1-1-1, when Brazil play with a box midfield box it gets called 4-2-2-2 or 4-2-2-1-1. But you still have a 4 man midfield. </p>

Formations are dynamic they change depending on if the team is attacking or defending. 4-5-1 or 4-3-3? Again it depends on what on what the team is doing. </p>

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So you are all correct IMHO.</p>

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