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Surviving in division III.

Written by ATATABI

My first season in division III.

A mini-guide to survive against strong teams.

This was my first season in division III.
I was lucky enough to secure the 4th position having one more game left.

I will try to explain tactics, because many new players might find it helpful.

First and most important: Realize your power and your opponent's power. This can be done by seeing average ratings of opponents teams. After that you have to decide which games must definately win, which games may win easily, which games have possibility to win and which games you will probably have to lose. This is done in order to determine PIC and MOTS games. MOTS will improve a lot your ratings.

Play cup games as PIC: Realize that Emperor's cup is only a far dream for a team of division III. This will help you in league games.

Be flexible: Try different tactics and formations. Adjust your way of play to your opponent each time. If your team is new, try to some counter attacks with solid defence. Realize that losing with 1-0 or 2-0 against a team with 3triple or more badget is not always a bad result, especially if it was a useful PIC match.

Make transfers: If you see that your team is not good, buy new players. Money is to be used.

Learn from your mistakes: The best way to learn something is by your own mistake. Try to find out why you lose and change it. Making mistake is inevitable, but if this becomes a lesson it is very useful.

Use forum: Ask other users. Most users are very kind and ready to reply to any question. Avoiding mistakes made by others is a great way to success.

Always keep training players: Never lose trainings. Having a youth team is also very useful and of course fun to raise your own players. (And much cheaper)

And finally, pray: Yes, you need luck. A good rival team can became a bot, an opponent may forget to send correct orders, your rivals may lose against inferior teams. Always be cool, do not despair if you lose many games.
I think I was very lucky because with only 18 points I secured a nice 4th position. This was the highest target of the team at the start of season.
I am sure that there are many teams better than mine struggling for a 6th position in division III. But I can not say that all of my success was because of luck.

Football is always open to surprises. A big surprise is difficult to achieve, but a well prepaired mini-surprise may also be pleasing.

Always enjoy the game!