Examples of use of 4-2-4
1. Football World Cup final, 1'66 – England beat West Germany 4–2 4.
2. "I needed us to not play balls down the middle from central positions, we went to a 4–2–4 to get balls from wide positions but the quality in the end was not quite good enough.
3. Queiroz, the United assistant manager, is on record as saying that 4–4–2 is no longer a valid system because it too often becomes 4–2–4 and his conservatism appears to jar against Fergusons positive instincts.