What made so many managers change to the 3 central defenders system?

Goals

So you can match them up I suppose, plus they are all hacks following memes

>>77740880
this

using standard wingers is retarded
so you need wingbacks
which means you need more cover behind

>>77740865
because it's easier to control the center of the field.

Easier to pass out from the back
Fullbacks are pushing up really far anyway
"Wingers" are playing so far inside they're basically strikers

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>>77740865

>>77741479
hair really stands out from the rest of the image. doesn't look right, as if it was just glued there

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>>77741479

Why do people use 3 at the back when Zidane is winning all these trophies by playing 4 at the back?

>>77740865
I started using it in Fifa 08, but thanks to my protection net they didn't find out until now

>>77741518
so, exactly how conte's hair looks in real life?

>>77741869
Because they lack the fourth player, the referee

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>>77741906
nice job spain

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>>77741906
Hello Aultismo

counter-attack meta

There are less and less elite tier defenders being developed and more higher level midfield players.

>>77741886
well congratulations

>>77741833
Not smug enough

>>77741833

Checked

Chelsea/Conte

It's fun to watch and you can't lose if you score more than you concede

For me, it's the 4-2-3-1.

there isn't much of a difference between playing three at the back and two wingbacks and a a back four with two attacking fullbacks and a central midfielder dropping back when in attack isn't that big

>>77745871
Simply this.

>>77741869
4-3-1-2 is pretty similar to 3 at the back because you only have two players on the flanks (the two fullbacks).

Oh great, Germaby gazumped me.

FM gods showed them the way

gonde :DDDDDDDDDDD

>>77741934
Hello chicano

>>77740865
Fear... fear to the BBC.

>>77745804

t. Joe Munroe

Thanks to advances in performance enhancing drugs, you can rely on a single player to cover a whole flank these days

>>77741869
because no one but zidane has the players to score with literally 99% of all counters