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but so what, I also spent a lot of time with girls that doesn't mean I understand them either!!
Seriously, about saving penalties, well, I'm not even sure which key to use. Its either A or S (default PC). Press the direction you want the goalkeeper to dive and then try either A or S. And pray. During penalty shootout what I usually do is keep my GK rooted to the same place.
Amongst five opposition shooters at least there would be one who would shoot straight. Thats at least one definite save. I usually lose in penalty shootouts.
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DEFENSE: Always get the best defenders. All defenders need good TKL and SPD points. Nesta is by far my favourite defender. I'll place him above Roberto Carlos because of his height, it helps in some cases. i. Main job of the defense is to get the ball out of the danger zone.
If you are able to pass to one of your forwards with a perfect pass he might be open to the goal because most of your opposition players might be stuck in your half. ii. No question about it, when your defender has the ball and your half is covered with opposition players use the D key to get rid of the ball quickly. No time for a long shot. Don't take chances. iii. I find this rather amusing. Whenever you are close to the opposition ball carrier and you slide on the ground, press A key (aggresive tackle), even if you don't make contact the opposition player passes the ball prematurely. I do this a lot in the defense zone. This makes them shoot the ball wide. It actually works. But inside the box be careful. Do this if only you have no chance of making contact. Cause contact would mean a card and penalty shot against you. Even you are some distance away from the opposition ball carrier just slide, he'll either pass or shoot prematurely. It works all over the field - defense, midfield, offence. A premature pass has more chance of being intercepted by your players. But in the offensive zone take care cause here making contact might mean a shot at the goal but not making contact would mean that the opposition defense would pass the ball to the midfield. iv. I usually keep my defensive strategy as 'withdrawn'. This strategy keeps your defenders within your half and you are not open to breakaways. v. When you have a SW (Sweeper) take care, because if the opposition has a ST (Striker) then the opposition striker can be deep inside your half without being off-sided, not that FIFA 2002's off-side judgments are always perfect. Seems like the CPU always gets away with off-sides. vi. Sometimes you might have to sacrifice a player for the greater good of the team. Like when the opposition player is on a breakaway. Bringing him down is a sure red card but not bringing him down a sure goal against you, so what do you do? I say tackle him. Maybe from behind. Sacrifice your player (red carded, most of the time). Save a definite goal. But it would s--k if you get red carded and the opposition scores. Don't try this inside box. vii. When you have a fast defender and are chasing a player on a breakaway, try overtaking the player before you slide tackle (pressing A) him. Or when you are just adjacent to him slide forward.
This way you'll win the ball without being carded of giving away a free kick.
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OFFENCE:
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Midfielders: Midfielders need to pass the ball around. Not look for glory themselves. How do you think Zidane, Nedved made their names as playmakers - by setting up excelente goals. i. When the ball is with you midfielder and you need to pass to your forward, look for an opening and then send a ground pass (press S).
Don't lob unless the forward is on a run. But usually leave the lobbing to the defenders to pass the balls to the forwards. Ground passes are more prone to interception but they are faster and the reception is more definite. ii. Remembers your midfielders are there to set up your forwards with sweet passes but when the opportunity comes just score. Usually when the forward takes a hard shot from the front the goal keeper deflects to the right or left and falls down upon impact. This is the cue for your wing to rush in and send the ball home. iii. Try to intercept as many opposition passes as you can. Keep sliding along the ground in front of an opposition player just before he gears up for a pass or a shot. You might just win the ball.
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Forwards: This is where your 80% of goals are going to come from
(16% from midfielders and 4% from defenders). When the midfielder passes on the ball don't wait, take a well timed shot. i. I wrote in the formation section to read this section about a trick with 4-3-3 and 3-4-3 formations. To tell the truth this is also possible with other formations only you need to have a CAM in your team, I think. Okay, lets concentrate on 4-3-3 and 3-4-3. With this two formations along with the kick takers in the center circle you'll have another player (two incase of 3-4-3) on the central line. As soon as you kick off the ball pass it to this player (or one of the two player on either side). If you passed the player to the left side of the field, go ahead and a bit right trying to be parallel to the goal post closest to you. With the right player go a bit left. From here take a shot at the goal. Yes! this is possible. And its my most favourite scoring habit. This will take practice. First you'll shoot over the crossbar, into the goalkeeper's hand, but know that you are on the right path when the keeper punches the ball away for a corner kick. Soon you'll be scoring masterpieces.
You'll have to time the ball just right with just the perfect power for it to into the goal over the keeper's head. The keeper can only make an eye save. The goal scored is spectacular. This way if a goal is scored against you, you can have your sweet revenge just as soon as kick off takes place to restart the game.
To score in this way the ball has to be shot with just the perfect trajectory. The ball rises, attains greatest height and the starts its descent. And for you to score the ball has to descent over the
GK's head and into the net.
You can also shoot the ball diagonally aiming for the far post of the net. This too will fly over the GK's head if shot perfectly.
This happened to me only twice but sometimes when you don't power the shot enough it bounces just in front of the keeper and through under the keeper's legs end up at the back of the net. Both times it happened to me the opposition goalkeeper was Seaman.
Taking this shot is really great cause you'll be creating a scoring opportunity within the first five mins of the game. In a real game this has a devastating effect on the opposition morale. Good luck!! ii. I should have included this in the midfielders section but I wanted you to read the above portion first. You can have a midfielder take a shot at the goal from the between the center line and the goal line and perfectly timed it will be a goal. Just don't try this from straight front but from the left or right fields. I have created this midfielder (height 170 cm and weight 70 kgs) who scores from outside
30 yards midfield. I think his height has much to do with this. iii. When you're on a breakaway run parallel to the goal post closest to you, just enter the 18 yard box and then shoot hard. Very hard. Just not too hard. The keeper is never able to save this goal. The diagram shows the path you take with your left forward:
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Seriously, about saving penalties, well, I'm not even sure which key to use. Its either A or S (default PC). Press the direction you want the goalkeeper to dive and then try either A or S. And pray. During penalty shootout what I usually do is keep my GK rooted to the same place.
Amongst five opposition shooters at least there would be one who would shoot straight. Thats at least one definite save. I usually lose in penalty shootouts.
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DEFENSE: Always get the best defenders. All defenders need good TKL and SPD points. Nesta is by far my favourite defender. I'll place him above Roberto Carlos because of his height, it helps in some cases. i. Main job of the defense is to get the ball out of the danger zone.
If you are able to pass to one of your forwards with a perfect pass he might be open to the goal because most of your opposition players might be stuck in your half. ii. No question about it, when your defender has the ball and your half is covered with opposition players use the D key to get rid of the ball quickly. No time for a long shot. Don't take chances. iii. I find this rather amusing. Whenever you are close to the opposition ball carrier and you slide on the ground, press A key (aggresive tackle), even if you don't make contact the opposition player passes the ball prematurely. I do this a lot in the defense zone. This makes them shoot the ball wide. It actually works. But inside the box be careful. Do this if only you have no chance of making contact. Cause contact would mean a card and penalty shot against you. Even you are some distance away from the opposition ball carrier just slide, he'll either pass or shoot prematurely. It works all over the field - defense, midfield, offence. A premature pass has more chance of being intercepted by your players. But in the offensive zone take care cause here making contact might mean a shot at the goal but not making contact would mean that the opposition defense would pass the ball to the midfield. iv. I usually keep my defensive strategy as 'withdrawn'. This strategy keeps your defenders within your half and you are not open to breakaways. v. When you have a SW (Sweeper) take care, because if the opposition has a ST (Striker) then the opposition striker can be deep inside your half without being off-sided, not that FIFA 2002's off-side judgments are always perfect. Seems like the CPU always gets away with off-sides. vi. Sometimes you might have to sacrifice a player for the greater good of the team. Like when the opposition player is on a breakaway. Bringing him down is a sure red card but not bringing him down a sure goal against you, so what do you do? I say tackle him. Maybe from behind. Sacrifice your player (red carded, most of the time). Save a definite goal. But it would s--k if you get red carded and the opposition scores. Don't try this inside box. vii. When you have a fast defender and are chasing a player on a breakaway, try overtaking the player before you slide tackle (pressing A) him. Or when you are just adjacent to him slide forward.
This way you'll win the ball without being carded of giving away a free kick.
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~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~
OFFENCE:
---------
Midfielders: Midfielders need to pass the ball around. Not look for glory themselves. How do you think Zidane, Nedved made their names as playmakers - by setting up excelente goals. i. When the ball is with you midfielder and you need to pass to your forward, look for an opening and then send a ground pass (press S).
Don't lob unless the forward is on a run. But usually leave the lobbing to the defenders to pass the balls to the forwards. Ground passes are more prone to interception but they are faster and the reception is more definite. ii. Remembers your midfielders are there to set up your forwards with sweet passes but when the opportunity comes just score. Usually when the forward takes a hard shot from the front the goal keeper deflects to the right or left and falls down upon impact. This is the cue for your wing to rush in and send the ball home. iii. Try to intercept as many opposition passes as you can. Keep sliding along the ground in front of an opposition player just before he gears up for a pass or a shot. You might just win the ball.
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~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~
Forwards: This is where your 80% of goals are going to come from
(16% from midfielders and 4% from defenders). When the midfielder passes on the ball don't wait, take a well timed shot. i. I wrote in the formation section to read this section about a trick with 4-3-3 and 3-4-3 formations. To tell the truth this is also possible with other formations only you need to have a CAM in your team, I think. Okay, lets concentrate on 4-3-3 and 3-4-3. With this two formations along with the kick takers in the center circle you'll have another player (two incase of 3-4-3) on the central line. As soon as you kick off the ball pass it to this player (or one of the two player on either side). If you passed the player to the left side of the field, go ahead and a bit right trying to be parallel to the goal post closest to you. With the right player go a bit left. From here take a shot at the goal. Yes! this is possible. And its my most favourite scoring habit. This will take practice. First you'll shoot over the crossbar, into the goalkeeper's hand, but know that you are on the right path when the keeper punches the ball away for a corner kick. Soon you'll be scoring masterpieces.
You'll have to time the ball just right with just the perfect power for it to into the goal over the keeper's head. The keeper can only make an eye save. The goal scored is spectacular. This way if a goal is scored against you, you can have your sweet revenge just as soon as kick off takes place to restart the game.
To score in this way the ball has to be shot with just the perfect trajectory. The ball rises, attains greatest height and the starts its descent. And for you to score the ball has to descent over the
GK's head and into the net.
You can also shoot the ball diagonally aiming for the far post of the net. This too will fly over the GK's head if shot perfectly.
This happened to me only twice but sometimes when you don't power the shot enough it bounces just in front of the keeper and through under the keeper's legs end up at the back of the net. Both times it happened to me the opposition goalkeeper was Seaman.
Taking this shot is really great cause you'll be creating a scoring opportunity within the first five mins of the game. In a real game this has a devastating effect on the opposition morale. Good luck!! ii. I should have included this in the midfielders section but I wanted you to read the above portion first. You can have a midfielder take a shot at the goal from the between the center line and the goal line and perfectly timed it will be a goal. Just don't try this from straight front but from the left or right fields. I have created this midfielder (height 170 cm and weight 70 kgs) who scores from outside
30 yards midfield. I think his height has much to do with this. iii. When you're on a breakaway run parallel to the goal post closest to you, just enter the 18 yard box and then shoot hard. Very hard. Just not too hard. The keeper is never able to save this goal. The diagram shows the path you take with your left forward:
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