No problem , I could talk about that team for hours on end DI don ' t really remember a huge difference between how the counterattacks looked if anything , it was just the team adapting to the strengths of the personnel , meaning that Mourinho was more dependent on Ozil killer balls and for Ancelotti , Bale ' s immense pace 4 m 37 s could win games on its own that whole video , as well as its linked Cristiano equivalent , is quite fun to watch . You ' ll have to take a look at or any number of other Mourinho counterattack compilations and let me know if you see any other real difference . But it was definitely true that the front 34 were very fluid , popping up all over the place , in both systems . Ronaldo would often start on the left and go inside , but in the end he was the furthest forward at least as often as Benzema was . Benzema usually read Ronaldo ' s movements very well and could adapt accordingly . And in defence he functions to press with Ronaldo or at least be a spacesquatter to keep opposing CBs in constant check yeah ? Mourinho was known for his pressing system especially in big games , but I ' d say Ancelotti was less tactically reliant on a strong press . But in big games they all worked hard and tracked back . I tried watching Ancelotti ' s Bayern do something similar and I only saw the counterintuitive part for sureTo be fair to him , it took him a while to find the right system for Madrid , which was part of what lost the league there was also that bizarre few weeks at the end when all of the three contenders were dropping points like crazy and couldn ' t capitalize on each other ' s mistakes . But he certainly has his work cut out for him at Bayern . I think it made much , much more sense for him to replace Mourinho and establish stability and happiness while repairing the damage , even as he used Mourinho ' s tactical framework , than Guardiola ' s famous micromanagement , which had left the players used to receiving extremely detailed tactical instructions in a welldefined system . Given the workrates of that midfield , how often did RM build an attack from the back when attacks weren ' t exactly working ? I ' d say the team ' s most obvious tactical weaknesses were dealing with midfield pressure and breaking deepsitting defenses . Of course , both of these things are some of the toughest things to do in football in general , but Xabi had lost a step , and with it a significant amount of his pressresistant capabilities , and of course the front three is best suited for running into space . Naturally Simeone was particularly good at giving Madrid problems with this approach . Building from the back through Modric ' s playmaking and the threat of many good shooters from distance were the main ways the team dealt with these problems I guess .