Mmandras replied to Really struggling to defend online on November 5, 2019 8:48PM
Power shot at near post also works great.
All you really need is fast (manual) jockey to take away the ball with the same R2 + L2 you are using for sprint jockey. I rarely use standing tackle, use it only when you are 100% you will get the ball.
Also it is really important to mix it up with second man press, it is nerfed but you need second man to cover passing lanes also.
As for the tactics, I'm using pressure after posession loss. on 8 bar depth right now, I get countered all the same when on 2 bar depth.
Other than that, there are no generic advices and it all comes down to how much your opponent plays predictable and make mistakes when passing the ball or dribbling. It's just a mind game. You will often find opportunities around sidelines, usually near your own corner flag that's the main choking point of opponent offense and that's where you need to perform perfect jockeying. If he cuts in the penalty box there is high chance you will conciede a goal by poaching.
If you expect AI to do all by itself, it just doesn't work that way. The reason it works for opponent is that we don't understand how second man press works - defenders are always close but harmless, if you don't panic or try risky pass.
Yes you need to set up manual jockey and get gud with predicting opponent movements. You have to play good manual defense, that's the key. No high pressure and team pressure will save you if you don't know how to play extremly good 1-on-1 defense.
Incorrect.
I'm very good at manually defending, just like you explain yet I suffer the same problems as the OP suffers. Players are able to play right through my defenders, my defenders won't attempt to make a block or perform the inspector gadget leg routine that I see over and over again.
People are able to pass the ball in and around my box at will, despite me blocking the lanes and smashing **** out of the tackle button they are able to sail right through my team. Shield doesn't work at all.
Try passing it in their box and it is impossible as it will be auto intercepted.
All you really need is fast (manual) jockey to take away the ball with the same R2 + L2 you are using for sprint jockey. I rarely use standing tackle, use it only when you are 100% you will get the ball.
Also it is really important to mix it up with second man press, it is nerfed but you need second man to cover passing lanes also.
As for the tactics, I'm using pressure after posession loss. on 8 bar depth right now, I get countered all the same when on 2 bar depth.
Other than that, there are no generic advices and it all comes down to how much your opponent plays predictable and make mistakes when passing the ball or dribbling. It's just a mind game. You will often find opportunities around sidelines, usually near your own corner flag that's the main choking point of opponent offense and that's where you need to perform perfect jockeying. If he cuts in the penalty box there is high chance you will conciede a goal by poaching.
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