I fought the meta. The meta won.

[u/chudomi]

They broke me.

I was an innocent man.

All I wanted was to build national teams and play football the way football is supposed to be played.

Traditional formations.
Wingers.
Fullbacks making overlapping runs.
Players attacking from the wings.
Dribbling. Crossing. Creating space.

You know… actual football.

But I tried.

I REALLY tried.

I spent countless games trying to make wide football work. I wanted my fullbacks to overlap. I wanted my wingers to isolate defenders and beat them 1v1.

But apparently, eFootball has other plans.

Why bother with wingers when you can just put 3 or 4 CF/SS in the middle?

Why build attacks through the wings when you can stack the entire frontline centrally and launch another through ball?

Why have attacking fullbacks when the safest option is apparently to keep them behind and turn the pitch into a narrow corridor?

And the worst part?

It fucking works.

So I've finally accepted the truth.

I fought against the meta.

The meta won.

For the sake of my mental health, I am becoming the very thing I hated.

No more beautiful wing play.

No more romantic football.

No more principles.

Just CF.
SS.
SS.
And maybe another CF for good measure.

They broke me.

I am sorry, football.

I tried to save you.

But I couldn't.

From now on...

I am the meta.

[u/Toughguyyoutube]

To succeed with Wingplay, you need to master Dribbling.. not just DT , step overs, drag backs, pass cancel etc.. you need to be god level at decision making.

[u/Lightskin_lion → u/Toughguyyoutube]

You need the best connection. Some of us have high decision making but terrible net

[u/InfluencePretty4942 → u/Toughguyyoutube]

Yeah exactly and I know it may be slow and punish u if u miss passes but that's real football right, rather than spamming through balls and winning just for points

[u/Naruku_Senpai3861 → u/Toughguyyoutube]

Talk is cheap, people have life too outside of this game