FIFA 22 is a football simulation game, where you can play football virtually. This is as close as it gets without actually going to the field. The game is realistic enough that you can use the tactics of real-life players in the game and win. We’ll take you through the process of how to play like XAVI’s Barcelona Tiki Taka in FIFA 22.
How To Play Like XAVI’s Barcelona Tiki Taka in FIFA 22 | Tactics & Instructions
The tactic was created by the late Johan Cruyff, which made Barcelona one of the showrunners in the world of football. Even today, ten years after the strategy first gained popularity, people are still using it like one of the best tactics in football—and they’re not wrong. Here are all the things that you need to keep in mind to replicate the method exactly as Cruyff intended.
Squad Formation
The formation that you need to select is 4-3-3 Holding. This is a False 9 formation variant which creates a diamond shape with the CDM and the two CMs.
Custom Player instructions
These are some custom instructions that you want to choose for your players.
Goalkeeper – Set the savings on crosses to “Comes for Crosses” and saving outside box to “Sweeper Keeper”.
Defensive Mid. – Set the defensive behavior to “Cut Passing Lines”, attacking support to “Stay Back While Attacking” and interceptions to “Normal Interceptions”.
Centre Back – Set the left center backs to the default options of “Stay Back While Attacking” for attacking support, “Normal Interceptions” for interceptions, and “Stick To Position” for defensive position. This is the same for right center backs.
Full Back – For these players, set their attacking runs to “Join The Attack, interceptions to “Normal Interceptions”, run type to “Overlap”, and defensive position to “Stick To Position”.
Defensive Mid – Set the defensive behavior to “Cut Passing Lines”, attacking support to “Stay Back While Attacking”, interceptions to “Normal Interceptions”, defensive position to “Cover Center” and positioning freedom to “Stick to Position”.
Central Mid. (Left) – For the left CM, set the attacking support to “Get Forward”, support on crosses to “Balanced Crossing Runs”, interceptions to “Normal Interceptions”, positioning freedom to “Free Roam”, and defensive position to “Cover Wing”.
Central Mid. (Right) – For the right CM, set the attacking support to “Balanced Attack”, support on crosses to “Get Into The Box For Cross”, interceptions to “Normal Interceptions”, positioning freedom to “Stick to Position”, and defensive position to “Cover Wing”.
Winger – Set the defensive support for both wingers to “Come Back on Defence”, chance creation to “Cut Inside”, support runs to “Get in Behind”, support on crosses to “Get Into The Box For Cross”, and interceptions to “Normal Interceptions”.
Striker – Set the support runs to “Stay Central”, attacking runs to “Mixed Attack”, interceptions to “Normal Interceptions”, and defensive support to “Stay Forward”.
Tactics
Set the defensive Style to “Press After Possession Loss”, width 40 and Depth 80. As for Offense, select Slow Build Up with “Possession” for Chance Creation, width 40. Have three players in the box and two corners.
That’s all you need to replicate Barcelona’s Tiki Taka Tactic.
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