The 3 -5-2 and 3 -4-3 bold tactical approaches were suddenly transformed into a flat and bland 5 -4-1 formation purely based on quick, but often unsynchronized, counter-attacks.
Pavlov has privileged a bold 3 -5-2 tacticalapproach that was easily transformed in a 3 -4-3 attacking driven formation (which happens to be his all - time favourite formation) with Oleg Vlasov working as the liaison between the midfield and the forward lines.