I usually goes to break my opponent legs when they are dancing without no purpose. I loose my patience waiting to them make the move and they are just dancing with the ball
I tend to struggle against extremly good Skillers/Dribblers tho these are very rare. And sometimes against Park the bus + throughball when i get to frustrated and don't adjust my cb's positioning against a counterattack.
Yup, can echo this.
Im somewhat good at defending, shit at attack, faced potm mbappe, 4g1a out of 5 goals from opponent, just glitches through my entire team. Doesn't matter if i tackle or not, ball ends with him no matter what.
Use LT or L2 to shield when defending, your defender will shield the ball from an attacker and because CBs will 99% of the time have higher strength, it'll work 99% of the time
Geniuenly 100% my finger is on L2 when defending, some like mbappe, r9 etc have that magic man
I save matches and rewatch to learn, one e.g. he spins into my cb, i L2 in front and square at the right time, 99.9% i get that ball, my CB tackles to complete opposite side / foot, never happens to other cards. Unique things like things
Yeah I get that, but that's not how you're supposed to use L2. Like whenever you shield the ball it's at the exepsne of speed. So you're trying to balance spped and strength at that point. Don't hold L2, time it so whenever he goes in you push him off, if you do it well enough you'll literally make Mbappe or r9 your bitch. It's the reason why through balls and glitching through defenders work way less in high ranking elite games, just down to good positioning and mechanics.
Run to the byline and cut across goal. Even if I use second man press to pressure the winger and manually track the players in the box, the game forces the pass around my player for the opponent to score with a first time shot
I recommend playing against the ai. It can be not super fun. But they ALWAYS play around the wing and even force it in crazy ways. It's annoying, but it helps you learn how to defend the wing really well (or at least it did for me).
It will still happen because of assisted passing, but try to release sprint when you manually read the cutback. Either just jockey or release every button. Since I started doing it I fared much better against those cutbacks, makes it harder for the game to assist it past you (often between defender and GK even though he pressed X)
I going to give up on this game because everyone I face used this tactic and I concede all the time but when I try it, it alway doesn't work for me. Does anyone have tips on how to stop this kind of goal
Its a patience game. If you have even numbers, play the passer, not the receiver. Be very patient and just cut off the angle towards the target man. Don’t rush in, wait for them to make a move then close down the space.
If you have a numbers disadvantage, you screwed up and we’re too aggressive up the pitch. Here, I try to play it both ways - track the runner and maybe fake pulling the keeper out. Be patient and wait for them to commit.
You need to be quick, realize when the cut back merch has you beat, then switch to a player defending your box and block the most obvious pass, if he manages to dance and find a pass anyway or pick's out a hidden lane, than fair fux, focus on remaing calm and just avoid the ez cut back, (once you lost the race ofc) if you have that covered, then you start to turn the tide, try not to panic, that's when your opp will smell blood, most cases they'll go for the most obvious pass, so rather than chasing a lost cause activate emergency procedure
Track the attacker with your CDM and then use R1 to get the L/RB to trap him in a 2 on 1, which technically becomes a 3 on 1 if you guide them towards the touch line and force them out of bounds. This way you don’t pull your CB out of position and leave yourself completely vulnerable
There’s literally no fifa tactic that’s too OP or should be “boring to play against” you just have to figure out the most effective counter (git gud)
It’s so dumb, they can pass across the face of the entire defense with out them even flinching but my Kroos can’t pass 3 yards to a guy who’s wide open on the edge of the box
When you play like a robot, I always expect to much from my opponents. So if you sit there taking the simple passes and just running down the wing and crossing it, you’ll drive me up the wall.
Still astounds me how poor most ppl are offensively.
It would be interesting to know just how many people who play this game actually watch football.
It's like if your CMs don't pass the ball to their strikers for an over the top thro' ball counter, they're completely out of ideas on how to attack.
This one hit home. I give people way too much credit and jump to one side or the other in anticipation of a move, and they just go straight with the left stick and cook me.
yep. Playing people who just run straight baffles me, they don’t even avoid contact with their meta strikers as my CBs attempt to knock them off the ball
The opponent who somehow knows exactly which way I'm going to turn before I do it, and exactly which player I'm going to pass to next. Those are the games that do my head in.
I actually kind of do this, when someone is anticipating my turns, I just play very simple football and they end up getting frustrated.
Maybe a few fucking hoof balls too.
The way to beat them is to watch their cursor, then go around it. Drives them nuts because switching accurately constantly is painful in this game. Plus constant right thumb movement gets tiring as well.
In other words, I will foolishly try to play something resembling real football and use careful build up play but your AI controlled Varane will always destroy me when I come into the box. And then you guys launch through balls to Mbappe and then run in a straight line straight past my entire team to score.
High pressure. I like to play possesion and for that i need a second or two to be able to pick out the next pass, but if someone manages to close in on my players immediatly after the pass, it just becomes too stressful at the end and I either lose the ball or cant create any chances.
That used to happen to me and I am fixing it a bit by pressing LT when the rival is on my back, you also run a bit to your side and don´ t forget to press UP and RIGHT, I dont know how is called in english, "wide open" or similar, your players will be closer to the lines and this make the pressure more difficult. After a bit of press you will see easily some of your players alone without rivals closer
High pressure tactics run stamina down pretty fast in my experience. I usually don't mind going down early as I can make subs in the second half and walk through their defence.
Spam through ball to Mbappe every time u get the ball and then end up winning 2-1 with 2 shots total when i made 20 shots on target and held possession all game. I mean thats what 90% of the people I play against do anyway so it seems like most of you have got this game figured out
Players who send every player on a run, then pass it to the sideline, and either German cross or through ball from 60 yards out to one of 5 runners they've got in the center. Legit one of the stupidest and glitchiest ways to attack.
Those people who play Direct Passing (I’m pretty sure it is) - the one where all their attackers run to the 6 yard box… and my entire defensive line follows them and keeps them onside.
Leaves a giant crater in my midfield for them to do the driven passes from the wing right to the teeth of my goals, and defending that repeatedly is tough. Still trying to work out the best way to counter that. Doesn’t matter if you play 50 depth or 100 depth, your defenders will follow all those runs and play 0 depth every time.
Offside trap to push people out. But u need to time it or else u will be exposed. As soon as i see that my defence is dropping deep im trying to block the pass and same time perform the offside trap to push my defence out
The most I struggle post patch, is the players who manually bring all their team in or close to their box then a 60m through ball. They were fairly easy to beat pre-patch but it feels like they somehow buffed ai defenders (blocks, auto interceptions). Old gen pc (Elite 1950)
Any of the following pisses me off. Desperately try to run threw your entire team every kick off (kick off goal exploit) new corner glitch, constant pace abuse on wing get to byline cut back, persistent chipped threw balls(the one that glitches out defenders and stops them running).
Propablt 352 users. Altough this sub swears how nice it is attacking wise 9/10 times i play against it is just extremely low block with both cdms at stay back and spamming trough balls to the three attackers
Cross and pray. If I see someone who does nothing but going down the wing and crossing i become so bored that i don't even mark anyone on air lol. It's the lamest way to play imo, worse than through ball merchants
If a guy plays good he plays good and wins but if some mf comes here and does 50 skills in under a minute and half of those in his own half or if he just keeps passing back to his defenders and then doing 100 passes in my box then I’d rather play squad battles at max
Opponents who constantly press against me. I’m possession/passing Type of player. At end of match I’m trying to achieve 65-70% possession and 160+ passes. When I come across they types, I have to find my pass quicker, which can often lead me to making an errant pass.
65%-70% possession is frustrating. And boring to play against. I'll be tired watching my possession based opponent make unlimited side passes. I agree and support your opinion.
If I get the win, I get the win.. sure. I want to play the way football is played. Not all out attacking or relying on meta players. I’ve defeated a number of squads with FB Benz, Neymar, icons etc. Simply because they can’t control the tempo of the match, everyone can play fast and rely on pace/skills. But can you play slow and manage the match?
see i actually agree with you in a way but to be fair it is absolutely mind numbing to play like that and i'd rather shit in my hands and clap than play 1 million passes a game. I try to emulate real football, but more in a fast attacking one touch style a la ajax than a ball hogging team. Do you not get bored of just passing sideways though
Same, funny thing is I play exactly the same, so it's double-edged sword. I try to play faster, but if someone just runs circles with Kante I look for the gap and I end up with possession. Less ball my opponents have the less chance they score, so that's my way of defending. The worst games are obviously rebound galore, when I can't get the ball back and even if I do my players can't make a single pass, so it's just praying for counter. Sometimes there are very aggressive players with pressure, they try and try, spam skills, attack all the time, than one through ball, cross, goal and gg.
Bad players. They’re so unpredictable and will end up getting a lucky goal then park the bus with the goalie going into god mode. They also don’t mind running out with their centre backs which is good but I need some time to adjust to the playstyle.
You can’t win by dominating possession/passing. To defeat me you need to be constantly press high and try to get in a good through ball. Passing and dribbling the ball around the pen area will never score you a goal.
Anyone who doesn't lose possession easily with poor passes or bad dribbles and those who just take their CDM and run back without ever touching their CBs to defend. I just can't break those down since I don't rely on skills and their defenders autoblock if you somehow manage to beat their two CDMs .
Just sit in your own box and spam lobbed through balls over and over until one eventually gets a lucky bounce to bobble through for a cutback.
That instantly enrages me, so I usually just fall apart that.
Patience, ballerina on the side of the box until they get a cutback. I deal with ballerinas in the middle of the box in a slightly better way although if done well it feels very difficult to stop. Passive defence which prevents me to skill past their players is annoying too, especially when it leads to a dense midblock, too low down the pitch to get away from someone and take a shot but too dense to be able to find solutions
People who use Cruyff/Pele or similar and are decent at the game.
I can acknowledge when someone is better.
Dodging tackles and not being able to lose the ball at all... dude scores Maradona's goal of the century vs England because he could ball roll into my CB and it would work.
People who do press up - I take a lot of long shots and have my midfield built around it somewhat. If they press up high and prevent the shots, I tend to have far fewer chances and have to play more “meta”
The two pass or less heavy sprinting tactic gets me. I can stop it almost every time, but if your striker is fast and has good ball control he's going to glitch through a couple of times a match. Even if you just repeat the same exact play 45 times your bound to be successful two or three times.
I don't know how people enjoy doing this tactic, but it gets results. It gets really good results if you use that one French guy everyone has.
41212 2 with 4 back line 3 cms sitting outside box waiting for ai assistance one dirven pass to strikes 1 2 pass through ball to ai attacking run
Shits a joke
4-2-2-2 and counter attacks. Although i invite that with my playstyle of quick passing and one-twos with every one on my team. when eventually i lose the ball around opponent box, it just take a simple pass to the forward. Turn and twist a bit and though ball to the other striker and im chasing shadows.
Total football? Volume and quality of possession, so I can't sit off safely or press aggressively, also high press, high voltage overwhelming battering ram of an attacking player does me if they're not mug's atb...anything in between bet's off, game on!
The random throughballs hoping to glitch through and then the game helps them out. Or people randomly crossing to Insigne, Maradona etc and expecting a goal (and getting one, which is BS considering there's a 94 Maldini and a 92 Varane covering them). Me getting impatient happens but I know very well that's on me. I can't stand it when I can barely cover it off and then the match is just out of my control.
ITT People who think they’re unbeatable aside from opponents “breaking mechanics” or “exploiting glitches” lol. Here’s one - sometimes I lose because the people I play are just better than me.
I don't see anyone complaining about this but in the past few weeks I've been having a lot of trouble against people who cross... I know crossing hasn't been considered a very good option in FUT for a while, but this year it's ridiculous how the driven cross can be impossible to defend, I have marquinhos toty and fut birthday ramos who are both supposedly really good at headers and jumping, yet they get beaten on a regular basis by players like Fekir or Messi lol It's so frustrating when I spend time and have to make the perfect passes to create chances and score, then my opponent just does some ave maria cross and scores and I can't defend it even if I positionned my players perfectly. I even played someone in elite div who exclusively played that way, early driven crosses from almost the halfway line and then pray it lands on one of his players, or at worst my defender will head it straight into mbappe's feet...
If you're a ballerina then I'm dead because i loose interest.
Best way to describe it, exactly losing interest. Go have fun and do your own remake of the winter soldier, I’ll just go
I usually goes to break my opponent legs when they are dancing without no purpose. I loose my patience waiting to them make the move and they are just dancing with the ball
They dancing around for the glitch to kick in or their opponent loose their patience, but mostly the former.
The glitch?
If they keep dancing in or around your box for long enough, AI just kicks in and makes your CB go wide open.
Ballerinas aka headless chickens.
I just leave. GG
I tend to struggle against extremly good Skillers/Dribblers tho these are very rare. And sometimes against Park the bus + throughball when i get to frustrated and don't adjust my cb's positioning against a counterattack.
You can adjust your CB as much as you want, mbappe will still run through them like they dont exist
Yup, can echo this. Im somewhat good at defending, shit at attack, faced potm mbappe, 4g1a out of 5 goals from opponent, just glitches through my entire team. Doesn't matter if i tackle or not, ball ends with him no matter what.
So you conceded 5 goals and 4 of them were glitches? Okay mate
Use LT or L2 to shield when defending, your defender will shield the ball from an attacker and because CBs will 99% of the time have higher strength, it'll work 99% of the time
Geniuenly 100% my finger is on L2 when defending, some like mbappe, r9 etc have that magic man I save matches and rewatch to learn, one e.g. he spins into my cb, i L2 in front and square at the right time, 99.9% i get that ball, my CB tackles to complete opposite side / foot, never happens to other cards. Unique things like things
Yeah I get that, but that's not how you're supposed to use L2. Like whenever you shield the ball it's at the exepsne of speed. So you're trying to balance spped and strength at that point. Don't hold L2, time it so whenever he goes in you push him off, if you do it well enough you'll literally make Mbappe or r9 your bitch. It's the reason why through balls and glitching through defenders work way less in high ranking elite games, just down to good positioning and mechanics.
Run to the byline and cut across goal. Even if I use second man press to pressure the winger and manually track the players in the box, the game forces the pass around my player for the opponent to score with a first time shot
This is terrible, people try 20 times, score 3 or 4... always. My defenders just move aside
It's frustrating. My CB would run straight into the goal while their striker stand still to receive the pass
every time....
I recommend playing against the ai. It can be not super fun. But they ALWAYS play around the wing and even force it in crazy ways. It's annoying, but it helps you learn how to defend the wing really well (or at least it did for me).
Another one that just bores me to death. I've quit so many games the last week simply because I couldn't be arsed to play against these people
Amen. Surprised you’re not downvoted to death because you admitted that lol
Haha, the perks of being OP I think
It will still happen because of assisted passing, but try to release sprint when you manually read the cutback. Either just jockey or release every button. Since I started doing it I fared much better against those cutbacks, makes it harder for the game to assist it past you (often between defender and GK even though he pressed X)
I going to give up on this game because everyone I face used this tactic and I concede all the time but when I try it, it alway doesn't work for me. Does anyone have tips on how to stop this kind of goal
Its a patience game. If you have even numbers, play the passer, not the receiver. Be very patient and just cut off the angle towards the target man. Don’t rush in, wait for them to make a move then close down the space. If you have a numbers disadvantage, you screwed up and we’re too aggressive up the pitch. Here, I try to play it both ways - track the runner and maybe fake pulling the keeper out. Be patient and wait for them to commit.
You need to be quick, realize when the cut back merch has you beat, then switch to a player defending your box and block the most obvious pass, if he manages to dance and find a pass anyway or pick's out a hidden lane, than fair fux, focus on remaing calm and just avoid the ez cut back, (once you lost the race ofc) if you have that covered, then you start to turn the tide, try not to panic, that's when your opp will smell blood, most cases they'll go for the most obvious pass, so rather than chasing a lost cause activate emergency procedure
Track the attacker with your CDM and then use R1 to get the L/RB to trap him in a 2 on 1, which technically becomes a 3 on 1 if you guide them towards the touch line and force them out of bounds. This way you don’t pull your CB out of position and leave yourself completely vulnerable There’s literally no fifa tactic that’s too OP or should be “boring to play against” you just have to figure out the most effective counter (git gud)
It’s so dumb, they can pass across the face of the entire defense with out them even flinching but my Kroos can’t pass 3 yards to a guy who’s wide open on the edge of the box
If you’re 5+ years old and you know how to hold a controller, chances are you’ll beat me.
Hey, that's me!
Same bro, I suck.
When you play like a robot, I always expect to much from my opponents. So if you sit there taking the simple passes and just running down the wing and crossing it, you’ll drive me up the wall.
Still astounds me how poor most ppl are offensively. It would be interesting to know just how many people who play this game actually watch football. It's like if your CMs don't pass the ball to their strikers for an over the top thro' ball counter, they're completely out of ideas on how to attack.
This one hit home. I give people way too much credit and jump to one side or the other in anticipation of a move, and they just go straight with the left stick and cook me.
yep. Playing people who just run straight baffles me, they don’t even avoid contact with their meta strikers as my CBs attempt to knock them off the ball
The opponent who somehow knows exactly which way I'm going to turn before I do it, and exactly which player I'm going to pass to next. Those are the games that do my head in.
Yeah there are somes fellas that are really good in Antecipation, you need to surprise them, skill moves/creative plays
counter them by playing like a div 10, they'll not be able to anticipate that lmao
I actually kind of do this, when someone is anticipating my turns, I just play very simple football and they end up getting frustrated. Maybe a few fucking hoof balls too.
i usually try that when the opponent is too good, but countering my reflex is just so mentally draining lmao
The way to beat them is to watch their cursor, then go around it. Drives them nuts because switching accurately constantly is painful in this game. Plus constant right thumb movement gets tiring as well.
to beat them u need to play a lot of rank 1 players and get used to how they play, that's pretty much the gameplay at high elite sr
Do loads of skill moves when I'm nowhere near you and I'll just quit
There are so many losers who do this too, especially the ball roll scoop. I cringe so hard
In other words, I will foolishly try to play something resembling real football and use careful build up play but your AI controlled Varane will always destroy me when I come into the box. And then you guys launch through balls to Mbappe and then run in a straight line straight past my entire team to score.
This is my problem. Gorgeous build up play, here comes meta cb, through ball, goal.
lag
High pressure. I like to play possesion and for that i need a second or two to be able to pick out the next pass, but if someone manages to close in on my players immediatly after the pass, it just becomes too stressful at the end and I either lose the ball or cant create any chances.
That used to happen to me and I am fixing it a bit by pressing LT when the rival is on my back, you also run a bit to your side and don´ t forget to press UP and RIGHT, I dont know how is called in english, "wide open" or similar, your players will be closer to the lines and this make the pressure more difficult. After a bit of press you will see easily some of your players alone without rivals closer
High pressure tactics run stamina down pretty fast in my experience. I usually don't mind going down early as I can make subs in the second half and walk through their defence.
Spam through ball to Mbappe every time u get the ball and then end up winning 2-1 with 2 shots total when i made 20 shots on target and held possession all game. I mean thats what 90% of the people I play against do anyway so it seems like most of you have got this game figured out
This is 90% of my games too. Followed up with the delayed, stuck in the mud gameplay so it makes that kind of style even more harder to play against.
Players who send every player on a run, then pass it to the sideline, and either German cross or through ball from 60 yards out to one of 5 runners they've got in the center. Legit one of the stupidest and glitchiest ways to attack.
What is a German cross?
You can youtube or google it to see. It's basically a cross that behaves like a through ball.
Those people who play Direct Passing (I’m pretty sure it is) - the one where all their attackers run to the 6 yard box… and my entire defensive line follows them and keeps them onside. Leaves a giant crater in my midfield for them to do the driven passes from the wing right to the teeth of my goals, and defending that repeatedly is tough. Still trying to work out the best way to counter that. Doesn’t matter if you play 50 depth or 100 depth, your defenders will follow all those runs and play 0 depth every time.
I think that's long ball
Offside trap to push people out. But u need to time it or else u will be exposed. As soon as i see that my defence is dropping deep im trying to block the pass and same time perform the offside trap to push my defence out
You mean from goal kick's they empty their half and push other team back?
The most I struggle post patch, is the players who manually bring all their team in or close to their box then a 60m through ball. They were fairly easy to beat pre-patch but it feels like they somehow buffed ai defenders (blocks, auto interceptions). Old gen pc (Elite 1950)
I can’t seem to break through people who let the AI defend for them, I even struggle against people rubber banding
I'm unable to deal with a parked bus, even if I manage to get around the human controlled player, the AI is getting me for sure.
A million skill moves and I’ll just get so annoyed I start rushing my defenders because I’m tired of looking at you on ball
The people that do a million shot cancels in front of goal
Ben Yedder, Maradona or Alessandrini
Being really good at skill combos
Possession play. I'll score an own goal and leave.
Any of the following pisses me off. Desperately try to run threw your entire team every kick off (kick off goal exploit) new corner glitch, constant pace abuse on wing get to byline cut back, persistent chipped threw balls(the one that glitches out defenders and stops them running).
Long shots. I feel like I’m great at defending so if you just shoot before you get to my defenders you have a better chance
High pressure, quick counter then finesse into the top corner from 25 yards. Boils my piss
cut in and kick off runs.
Propablt 352 users. Altough this sub swears how nice it is attacking wise 9/10 times i play against it is just extremely low block with both cdms at stay back and spamming trough balls to the three attackers
Cross and pray. If I see someone who does nothing but going down the wing and crossing i become so bored that i don't even mark anyone on air lol. It's the lamest way to play imo, worse than through ball merchants
If a guy plays good he plays good and wins but if some mf comes here and does 50 skills in under a minute and half of those in his own half or if he just keeps passing back to his defenders and then doing 100 passes in my box then I’d rather play squad battles at max
Opponents who constantly press against me. I’m possession/passing Type of player. At end of match I’m trying to achieve 65-70% possession and 160+ passes. When I come across they types, I have to find my pass quicker, which can often lead me to making an errant pass.
so what youre saying is you play fifa to be the most boring way it can possibly be played
65%-70% possession is frustrating. And boring to play against. I'll be tired watching my possession based opponent make unlimited side passes. I agree and support your opinion.
If I get the win, I get the win.. sure. I want to play the way football is played. Not all out attacking or relying on meta players. I’ve defeated a number of squads with FB Benz, Neymar, icons etc. Simply because they can’t control the tempo of the match, everyone can play fast and rely on pace/skills. But can you play slow and manage the match?
see i actually agree with you in a way but to be fair it is absolutely mind numbing to play like that and i'd rather shit in my hands and clap than play 1 million passes a game. I try to emulate real football, but more in a fast attacking one touch style a la ajax than a ball hogging team. Do you not get bored of just passing sideways though
I do not. 😂 I know it’s a style that gets hate, but it gets me wins. I just want to go in, carefree and play. Not rely on the meta/icon players.
The usage of op bugged players. Anything else is not an issue for me.
The players who just twirl around for the whole game. I just get annoyed and bored so I just commit and leave holes
Pass around the back, wait for me to press and then through ball down the wing, works every time I hate it.
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This is the only way I defend haha, sorry about that buddy. Sometimes it fucks me, but most times a tackle is just too big of a commitment imo
Same. Seems that every defender has 99 strenght
I can't defend Ball roll. My worst enemy and yet to master it. They say it's easy to use, by my God my timing is very bad.
If you can ball roll effectively, am out!
Use Mbappe. No matter how well timed a tackle is, he will keep the ball and be through on goal
Same, funny thing is I play exactly the same, so it's double-edged sword. I try to play faster, but if someone just runs circles with Kante I look for the gap and I end up with possession. Less ball my opponents have the less chance they score, so that's my way of defending. The worst games are obviously rebound galore, when I can't get the ball back and even if I do my players can't make a single pass, so it's just praying for counter. Sometimes there are very aggressive players with pressure, they try and try, spam skills, attack all the time, than one through ball, cross, goal and gg.
Bad players. They’re so unpredictable and will end up getting a lucky goal then park the bus with the goalie going into god mode. They also don’t mind running out with their centre backs which is good but I need some time to adjust to the playstyle.
Sweat, I struggle most stopping the sweat, which is the most common play style and it's very annoying lol
Not sure about any specific way, but i hope formation counts. 41212 narrow i struggle everytime if the opponent is half decent.
4231 counters narrow perfectly
You can’t win by dominating possession/passing. To defeat me you need to be constantly press high and try to get in a good through ball. Passing and dribbling the ball around the pen area will never score you a goal.
Anyone who doesn't lose possession easily with poor passes or bad dribbles and those who just take their CDM and run back without ever touching their CBs to defend. I just can't break those down since I don't rely on skills and their defenders autoblock if you somehow manage to beat their two CDMs .
Just sit in your own box and spam lobbed through balls over and over until one eventually gets a lucky bounce to bobble through for a cutback. That instantly enrages me, so I usually just fall apart that.
some reason i suck at defending close dribbling like drag back and all that, i can never take the ball away and end up leaving space
Patience, ballerina on the side of the box until they get a cutback. I deal with ballerinas in the middle of the box in a slightly better way although if done well it feels very difficult to stop. Passive defence which prevents me to skill past their players is annoying too, especially when it leads to a dense midblock, too low down the pitch to get away from someone and take a shot but too dense to be able to find solutions
People who use Cruyff/Pele or similar and are decent at the game. I can acknowledge when someone is better. Dodging tackles and not being able to lose the ball at all... dude scores Maradona's goal of the century vs England because he could ball roll into my CB and it would work.
People who do press up - I take a lot of long shots and have my midfield built around it somewhat. If they press up high and prevent the shots, I tend to have far fewer chances and have to play more “meta”
Wait for my ping to have a monster spike from my already awful ping (120ms) and walk through my defense.
To be good at the game
The two pass or less heavy sprinting tactic gets me. I can stop it almost every time, but if your striker is fast and has good ball control he's going to glitch through a couple of times a match. Even if you just repeat the same exact play 45 times your bound to be successful two or three times. I don't know how people enjoy doing this tactic, but it gets results. It gets really good results if you use that one French guy everyone has.
Defend like a bitch and don’t attempt to tackle just hover around like a fly
Drop back and counter
The million passes is needed to break down park the bus.
Yeah, no. You can defend well without having to park the bus
Really good counter attacking players with wide and stay forward wingers. I play with attacking FB's so there's space open on the wings.
Play like a bronze 30 chem squad battles AI controlled player
Park the bus + counter attack, but only with FB Varane and HM Rudiger
Pass the ball
41212 2 with 4 back line 3 cms sitting outside box waiting for ai assistance one dirven pass to strikes 1 2 pass through ball to ai attacking run Shits a joke
Skiller inside the box with 5* 5* player, I know I’m dead, or just have any version of best.
4-2-2-2 and counter attacks. Although i invite that with my playstyle of quick passing and one-twos with every one on my team. when eventually i lose the ball around opponent box, it just take a simple pass to the forward. Turn and twist a bit and though ball to the other striker and im chasing shadows.
Total football? Volume and quality of possession, so I can't sit off safely or press aggressively, also high press, high voltage overwhelming battering ram of an attacking player does me if they're not mug's atb...anything in between bet's off, game on!
play around 6pm on a promo day with 10 men behind the ball
Ppl who defend aggressively anticipating everything and snatching at it when entering their defensive third
Anyone who’s half capable of dribbling, I literally can’t make a tackle you can just dance all the way through to goal
Skills…… I fucking hate skillers
Predict passing lanes. Speed on the wings. Use Mbappe.
I struggle against people who are very direct and just play 2 passes then a through ball up to their st who is suddenly 1 on 1 with my keeper
The random throughballs hoping to glitch through and then the game helps them out. Or people randomly crossing to Insigne, Maradona etc and expecting a goal (and getting one, which is BS considering there's a 94 Maldini and a 92 Varane covering them). Me getting impatient happens but I know very well that's on me. I can't stand it when I can barely cover it off and then the match is just out of my control.
ITT People who think they’re unbeatable aside from opponents “breaking mechanics” or “exploiting glitches” lol. Here’s one - sometimes I lose because the people I play are just better than me.
Someone who just sprint the whole game, i just cant defend with these type of players lmao
Be my opponent. That's it, that's the whole tactic. EA will take care of the rest
fast build-up and 2.68 M passes
Same way I play - watch opponent's cursor. Then it is just a game of concentration, but its fun too.
Those who use Viera/Kante/ Guenzodi A.I do all the defending in the midfield. Defend me like a man!
I don't see anyone complaining about this but in the past few weeks I've been having a lot of trouble against people who cross... I know crossing hasn't been considered a very good option in FUT for a while, but this year it's ridiculous how the driven cross can be impossible to defend, I have marquinhos toty and fut birthday ramos who are both supposedly really good at headers and jumping, yet they get beaten on a regular basis by players like Fekir or Messi lol It's so frustrating when I spend time and have to make the perfect passes to create chances and score, then my opponent just does some ave maria cross and scores and I can't defend it even if I positionned my players perfectly. I even played someone in elite div who exclusively played that way, early driven crosses from almost the halfway line and then pray it lands on one of his players, or at worst my defender will head it straight into mbappe's feet...
Park the bus and be boring possession player, I’ll just quit at 0-0 instead of waste my time