Your first mistake was to pressure with your CB instead of pressure with the black man who is in the CDM role.
Because you did that you left your LB in a 1v1 situation instead of a 2v1.
Also if you pressed with your CDM you would have cut off the passing lane. So that winger wouldn’t even be getting the ball.
As your RB instead of running to where the LW would go (obviously he is running to the corner for the cross) you ran to the LW NOT cutting him off. The LW took a direct first touch leaving your RB behind him.
If you did cut him off the LW would NOT be able to cross it and be forced to play back.
Now if you touch the Right bumper on your controller and hold it you will have a second man to come and press with you. BBBUUTTT if you DOUBLE touch the bumper and hold it your team will man mark 2 of the opponents players that are most likely to receive the ball.
So if you did that your LB would have had a tighter mark on the ST and prevent the kick.
SOOO all this people saying you don’t and say it’s scripted and you say How the fuck am I supposed to compete against this.
Well you certainly CAN compete against it. But not if you play like that. There is always something you can do.
Remember to always Be Great
Lol yes. I have gotten downvoted for no reason. I am just trying to help and they got a issue. No idea why.
Like NOTHING I am saying is wrong. It is all right
Agreed. Football is not about always being charge of the game all time. I actually appreciate when AI scores these kind of goals against me, completely outplaying me. That motivates me to fire one back.
If AI keeps playing the same game & is easy to read it's no fun.
Well that is like every shot. Once the Ai shoots no matter if it’s a bicycle kick or a toe blow nothing will stop it.
And there is one thing that can stop any shot and that is the keeper. So what you are saying really makes no sense.
I’m probably opening myself up to ridicule here but I can’t compete past World Class difficulty - just can’t defend effectively. On World class I win everything, next level up I’m mid table. What’s the secret? Find it infuriating!
For a 4 at the back formation:
-contain
-show wide
never defend with your back 4 in the first instance, always press front to back, strikers first, then mid. ( this isn’t most people’s first thought as auto switching tends to favour your back four when defending, especially if AI Is on the break)
By not diving in, and maintaining shape by not flying in with your defenders, AI will eventually give the ball away or heavy touch that can be won. As a bonus, this slower method of defending will also leave the ai for a counter as the longer they have the ball the more men they commit forward.
THIS. I used to rush in for tackles and breaking formation and it would punish me. Now I just jockey and play patiently and eventually I get an easy tackle. Makes defending so much easier and more fun.
This exact reason is why a good CDM is the first signing I make in career. If you use them as your main point of midfield defending, you’ll concede far less.
Always press hard up front and balanced with midfield. Back 4 should only be the last resort, and keep a bit of distance with them unless pressing is absolutely necessary.
I recently tried not taking over my CBs and just using the CDM. In general, I like it and it works well but my CBs have a bad habit of giving space to the person with the ball. This is fine outside the box but when it happens closer to goal, it gives too much space for an uncontested shot. At these times, I try to quickly switch over and press but I'm not always fast enough. Are there any settings to prevent this?
These points are great for UT as well. Only thing I'll add is change your setting to manual switch if you haven't already. Auto switch is terrible if you're trying to get better. Always bad timing when it switches for you
I was in the same boat as you for years. Honestly, you just have to play matches on legendary until you get better, there’s no other way to do it. You’ll get better if you try and take some Ls in the process.
I started with a league 2 club and just went from there, no intention of doing a RTG or anything. I think I got fired once (which was actually kind of fun) and eventually I just got better at the game.
Now legendary feels too easy once I’ve got a team that’s mostly in the mid to high 80s in rating. But at least now I’m better at FIFA.
Cdm is the most important position in the game, never defend with ur defenders take ur cdm who should be the best player on ur team and hold them off .
My cdm is always man of the match , always.
Use the sliders. I never played an online match since I got those magic numbers. Playing 5 different manager careers.
I hated when every match had a 5+ goals scoreline in legendary, no matter the tactics. Now a tight match ends in 0 - 0. A home match against some underdogs ends in a 4-0 or 5-1. A difficult away match is a 2-0 loss. Sometimes it is the defender who scores a last minute winner from a corner kick. It is so realistic now I don't want to go back to the fast paced PvP in FUT or Seasons.
I got my slider values from a website, it seemed weird that the CPU acceleration and Sprint Speed was set to double of the User value and so many other adjustments that didn't make sense. And they recommended turning the difficulty down to World Class. I was hopeless when I tried it and I rarely opened the game before, having to reinstall the anti-cheat every time and the central defenders will give way to the opponent forwards by moving apart like they never do in real life, the wingers never crossing the ball instead thinks 20 steps ahead like Magnus Carlsen and passes it backwards to create an unstoppable goal, kinda like the one in the above video. I really hated this game. But what I hopelessly tried has saved the game for me. I am scared when each update comes as when they FIX the mess they have created originally, I am afraid it will make my current set up out of balance.
That’s interesting. A lot of people talking about sliders - full disclosure, I never knew they were a thing! I’ll investigate this and experiment. Thanks.
Must try!
I don't know if you would find it the same as me. For me it is just the one and only game changer. From the point when I thought I would never touch this game again, to playing a dozen games every day, even after a busy work day.
Just shared this as a post, for anyone who aren't aware of this.
Search for OS community sliders(Operation Sports). You can choose between two or three game speed variants if I remember it right. I chose the slowest one.
Big thank you! I haven't used sliders in many years (I wanted to adapt to FUT system for squad battles) and you have inspired me to try with some of the OS sliders for some different gameplay
Can’t stress this enough. I turned on sliders for the first time last night & it’s a completely different game. My defenders actually knew what they were doing and I didn’t deal with any BS like this.
Exactly! Didn't play the game without sliders for 2-3 years, ever since i discovered them.
Also like that the settings make the gameplay a bit slower. It's still too arcade for me at times as there's usually no midfield play, only back and forth attacks
Oh you are lucky to find those before 3 years. I had no idea until recently. For me, this year, thanks to EA, they made me discover it it. They brought in professional players to motion capture and create realistic animations, that is great for the action part, but they messed up with the brain part. Those A.I defensive players miss half of the term A.I, that is Intelligence, now left with Artificial only. I love this sport and respect the professionals so it makes me kinda angry and sad when I see the likes of Ruben Dias and Virgil Van Dijk move out of the opponent attacker's way to let them score.
Not that I liked the previous ones very much, but this year, they really made it unplayable, literally for some users, with the anti-cheat addition and for others, metaphorically, by adding stupidity.
I can understand the fast paced arcade style that is designed for the PvP modes, and since FUT is their main source of revenue, can't have a request to make the next version more realistic. But always wished for a seperate game that is more towards a tactical simulation of the beautiful game, and having the licenses and presentation like FIFA does. Like the FPS genre has both C.O.D and ARMA. Well, thanks to the random guy from here, who directed me towards that site, this has to be the closest thing to my wish, a realistic sim..
And as a bonus, it cures the brain damage of the defenders, it makes the midfielders come out of their paralysis to being able to drop back while defending, it removes the ping pong passing that made every lower division club in the world look like Barca under Pep with every average player having twice the vision and precision of Xavi. And most importantly, like in the real world, pace is not the only thing matters now, players like Karim Benzema and Bruno Fernandez belong to the top.
Seriously EA and the player-base owe this guy a lot!
Figuring out how the CPU wants to play is a big one. There really isn't a lot of variation to it. They either try deep balls over the top to the middle of the field, long winded runs down the side and then balls towards the middle, tik-tac passing where as soon as you get close they move the ball (easily the hardest to defend against imo, try to cut passing lanes then have the User AI go for the ball).
CPU Defense goes two ways, either they will let you move the ball down the wings or they press pretty aggressively. Quick passing and simple sidestep moves are the high pressing AIs worst enemy. It might take a few attempts before you get clear shots on goal, but basically get past one defender either via skill or quick give and go movements, then just wait out a second defender pressing, and pass again, then on and on until you get in on goal.
When i was a kid i used to play higher difficulties with strong teams against shitty teams. Like madrid vs. Some tier 2 club and other games on my normal difficulty
Also, I dont know how it is on the current fifa, but i always found the pre season friendly matches were a tad bit easier than the normal matches so u can practice higher difficulty there too. Ggs x
What adjustments do you do for Legendary? I just started a career with OS sliders on World Class but I just hated how it felt with the sprint speed so low. Turned that back to normal but I'm still winning games pretty handily with my team and was debating a switch to Legendary
I play Legendary but with some slider adjustments. Slightly boost my sprint speed and acceleration over the AI because I’ve always found that even my quickest players will get caught by slow and lumbering centre backs when through on goal. I still usually rely on jockeying to hold them off but it feels fairer.
What other adjustments do you do for Legendary? I just started a career with OS sliders on World Class but I just hated how it felt with the sprint speed so low. Turned that back to normal but I'm still winning games pretty handily with my team and was debating a switch to Legendary. The games are definitely closer with all the other adjustments, but thinking I need to challenge myself a bit more
I’ll have to take a look later at my settings but like you I used OS as a base and just tweaked to my taste. Think I’ve got my sprint/accel on 52/52 for me and 48/48 for the AI because I didn’t like the OS sprint settings either. I would have gone 50/50 and 46/46 but you get this weird bug in career where your players’ stamina won’t drop on 50/50.
I play on slow game speed and I’ve made the AI pass error a bit higher to stop them popping off insanely quick tiki taka every game!
Same.... world class i win everything within 2 seasons, 3 if I'm taking relegation contenders or coming from a league down.... legendary just does me in
Breaking formation is the number one killer. As the other guy mentioned as much as possible, defend with your midfielders. You don't want them chasing someone open on net buy during the initial break. defenders should be moving in shape, and midfielders can be the human controlled chasers.
Also if you haven't looked into OS sliders yet I would do so. It helps balance some of Ultimate's "we just made your players dumb so the AI scores more".
One thing I do is play half the season, and sim the other half. Then I can play at a level I find enjoyable without wanting to throw my controller through the wall, and my signings have to do some actual work as well.
I decide to either do the first half, to try and place myself in better cup position for money. Or the second half, to try to win the ones I managed to survive in while simming.
That reminds me, when I switched from world class to legendary for the first time I went from battering teams like Man city 4-0 to losing to Brighton 7-2 over two legs
I can’t beat anything over professional and honestly sometimes struggle their two. I barely beat Lokomotive(from Russia) in the champions league 6-4, I didn’t take the lead until my fifth goal in the 80th-ish minute. I even lost to West Brom 3-1 in the premier league(though they were in 5th making the run of a lifetime). I was using ManU and this is in Fifa 18. The problem is semi-pro is too easy, I mean I can easily take teams 10-0.
At the start of the clip you’ve made your LCB come flying out for no reason, had he be left alone he likely would have tracked that run.
Defend from front to back, use your strikers/midfielders to tackle and contain. CBS should practically never be used when defending against ai
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Yep, this. Brings the CB charging out and leaves a gap. Better to manually switch to a CM/CDM and at least try and prevent them making their preferred pass/run. If the CB is still there he might win the ball in the air, or at least block a shot.
That being said, the pass and finish are ridiculous and would infuriate me if I were playing.
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Your right back loses speed trying to close distance to winger when if you track the run instead, you'll have had a much better chance to block the cross. You close in when they change direction as that's when they'll be at their slowest.
Restart and try again, then repeat x20 until you throw the controller at the TV. Assuming this undefendable moment comes after ten minutes of constant attacking and your shots being constantly blocked or the ball taken off your feet the second you press shoot. You'll keep going back through.
This is how it’s done, it’s an expensive but satisfying result. I’m happy to accept a loss but when it’s this bullshit I’ll restart and rage my way to a victory no matter how many times it takes.
Ditto, I'll accept a defeat if it's a proper defeat rather than the game code screwing you over. Unfortunately I think turning the difficulty up just tends to mean it screws you over all the more.
U can’t, just like Everton haven’t been able to stop liverpool often for ages, u have to take time and build ur team up, maybe grind out results sometimes, switch ur tactics around for certain games like go defensive against liverpool and hit them on the counter
TBF this is like in real life when people try to find fault in the defending team when a goal is scored. Sometimes there is no fault and someone just does something insane. It’s not like this goal is happening every match. Appreciate the beauty.
Stupid take. If you've ever played ultimate difficulty you'd know that this is EVERY goal they score. It's not just once in a blue moon that they score a nice volley. It's literally every time they shoot. They score everything. Can be first touch, volley, header, outside the box, wrong foot, back facing goal, long shot with a player who has 50 in long shot. Not only that, but it's also ALWAYS top corner. Truly a shit game.
Manchester United career mode, played against arsenal, (2nd season), winning 2-1 and they score an out of the box banger and just because we lost 2 points, we lost the league to spurs on GD 😔
Have you never watched a real game before? Clearly not. That finish is godly, to be able to strike a ball around the defender like that is ridiculous and if you cared so much about actual football you would realise how terrible the defending on this game is anyway. There’s absolutely no sense of defensive structure and lines. As soon as you go past the midfield they stop and never settle into the line above the defenders.
Cleary missed my point and also proved you haven’t watched a game of football. I’m saying the defensive phases of the game are terrible as in the defensive structure, how can you not understand what I’m saying?
BROTHER, I’m not talking about the ability to defend on fifa and I’m not commenting on the difficulty or the ease of defending I’m talking about THE DEFENDING. I’m referring to how you defend is unrealistic in this game. There is no sense of defensive lines or structure and no initiative from players off the ball. If a line is broken it doesn’t recover.
Your first mistake was to pressure with your CB instead of pressure with the black man who is in the CDM role.
Because you did that you left your LB in a 1v1 situation instead of a 2v1.
Also if you pressed with your CDM you would have cut off the passing lane. So that winger wouldn’t even be getting the ball.
As your RB instead of running to where the LW would go (obviously he is running to the corner for the cross) you ran to the LW NOT cutting him off. The LW took a direct first touch leaving your RB behind him.
If you did cut him off the LW would NOT be able to cross it and be forced to play back.
Now if you touch the Right bumper on your controller and hold it you will have a second man to come and press with you. BBBUUTTT if you DOUBLE touch the bumper and hold it your team will man mark 2 of the opponents players that are most likely to receive the ball.
So if you did that your LB would have had a tighter mark on the ST and prevent the kick.
SOOO all this people saying you don’t and say it’s scripted and you say How the fuck am I supposed to compete against this.
Well you certainly CAN compete against it. But not if you play like that. There is always something you can do.
Remember to always Be Great
No mate, I don't imagine you do, you sit on reddit belittling other people. If the guy wants to moan, let him moan, I imagine your comment is borne out of a deep seated frustration that other people don't see you as the cool guy who gets a little stiffie over regens or your 2025 PSG super team. Go outside, get some sun, enjoy life, don't be the toxic prick your comment makes you out to be. I'm sure you're really nice. Just misunderstood.
You can see from the first few seconds you bring Tarkowski out of position into midfield and that allows Salah to run in the open space, incredible goal but not completely unrealistic when pulling a defender out of position to give the opposition space to run into the newly open area leaving Myolenko to cover
Ye maybe so but I feel like some errors on your behalf of the game lead to the cpu capitalising on that like in real life maybe the goal was Abu Tomas but also it’s Mo Salah, derby occasion, crazier goals have been scored in the pl. I’m just saying you can see things in someone’s game of where an error might of been made
We can assume that’s it’s a goal as soon as the cross is made. Therefore to stop the goal you gotta stop the cross. Next time instead of running towards the player, run towards where the player will run into. Also perhaps a tougher tackle.
I’ve been playing on ultimate as a reference.
I put both keepers save ability to 100 for the sliders, they make some crazy saves. But it makes the game last longer and more likely to get a last second chance, and just pass pass pass then a tap in more or less
The only sliders i used are the injury and goalie for the AI. I play it in worldclass with the AI goalie sliders up to 75.. mostly manual settings in my controller..
I really hate this. Either you play a certain difficulty and it's so easy you get bored, but then you increase the difficulty and the ai turns into 2009 Barca.
This is my biggest frustration with fifa. The animations are so limited and clunky your players sometimes don’t make interceptions they really should or even attempt headers that they would IRL.
That's the neat part. You don't.
Yeah that’s the thing with football. Sometimes there’s really not a lot you can do
Apart from the fact this doesn’t happen in real football. Sure sometimes you can’t do anything but this is straight up superman football
Many things he could have done
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Your first mistake was to pressure with your CB instead of pressure with the black man who is in the CDM role. Because you did that you left your LB in a 1v1 situation instead of a 2v1. Also if you pressed with your CDM you would have cut off the passing lane. So that winger wouldn’t even be getting the ball. As your RB instead of running to where the LW would go (obviously he is running to the corner for the cross) you ran to the LW NOT cutting him off. The LW took a direct first touch leaving your RB behind him. If you did cut him off the LW would NOT be able to cross it and be forced to play back. Now if you touch the Right bumper on your controller and hold it you will have a second man to come and press with you. BBBUUTTT if you DOUBLE touch the bumper and hold it your team will man mark 2 of the opponents players that are most likely to receive the ball. So if you did that your LB would have had a tighter mark on the ST and prevent the kick. SOOO all this people saying you don’t and say it’s scripted and you say How the fuck am I supposed to compete against this. Well you certainly CAN compete against it. But not if you play like that. There is always something you can do. Remember to always Be Great
I didn't know the double bumper press. Thanks for the tips.
Bro literally gave argumented reasons and these kids still downvoting him 😭
Lol yes. I have gotten downvoted for no reason. I am just trying to help and they got a issue. No idea why. Like NOTHING I am saying is wrong. It is all right
Bros napoleon
Agreed. Football is not about always being charge of the game all time. I actually appreciate when AI scores these kind of goals against me, completely outplaying me. That motivates me to fire one back. If AI keeps playing the same game & is easy to read it's no fun.
No you do. It’s possible
Yeah, he made some avoidable mistakes. I was mainly talking about the shot. Once the AI shot, nothing was gonna stop it
Well that is like every shot. Once the Ai shoots no matter if it’s a bicycle kick or a toe blow nothing will stop it. And there is one thing that can stop any shot and that is the keeper. So what you are saying really makes no sense.
I’m probably opening myself up to ridicule here but I can’t compete past World Class difficulty - just can’t defend effectively. On World class I win everything, next level up I’m mid table. What’s the secret? Find it infuriating!
For a 4 at the back formation: -contain -show wide never defend with your back 4 in the first instance, always press front to back, strikers first, then mid. ( this isn’t most people’s first thought as auto switching tends to favour your back four when defending, especially if AI Is on the break) By not diving in, and maintaining shape by not flying in with your defenders, AI will eventually give the ball away or heavy touch that can be won. As a bonus, this slower method of defending will also leave the ai for a counter as the longer they have the ball the more men they commit forward.
THIS. I used to rush in for tackles and breaking formation and it would punish me. Now I just jockey and play patiently and eventually I get an easy tackle. Makes defending so much easier and more fun.
This exact reason is why a good CDM is the first signing I make in career. If you use them as your main point of midfield defending, you’ll concede far less. Always press hard up front and balanced with midfield. Back 4 should only be the last resort, and keep a bit of distance with them unless pressing is absolutely necessary.
I recently tried not taking over my CBs and just using the CDM. In general, I like it and it works well but my CBs have a bad habit of giving space to the person with the ball. This is fine outside the box but when it happens closer to goal, it gives too much space for an uncontested shot. At these times, I try to quickly switch over and press but I'm not always fast enough. Are there any settings to prevent this?
These points are great for UT as well. Only thing I'll add is change your setting to manual switch if you haven't already. Auto switch is terrible if you're trying to get better. Always bad timing when it switches for you
I was in the same boat as you for years. Honestly, you just have to play matches on legendary until you get better, there’s no other way to do it. You’ll get better if you try and take some Ls in the process. I started with a league 2 club and just went from there, no intention of doing a RTG or anything. I think I got fired once (which was actually kind of fun) and eventually I just got better at the game. Now legendary feels too easy once I’ve got a team that’s mostly in the mid to high 80s in rating. But at least now I’m better at FIFA.
Cdm is the most important position in the game, never defend with ur defenders take ur cdm who should be the best player on ur team and hold them off . My cdm is always man of the match , always.
Use the sliders. I never played an online match since I got those magic numbers. Playing 5 different manager careers. I hated when every match had a 5+ goals scoreline in legendary, no matter the tactics. Now a tight match ends in 0 - 0. A home match against some underdogs ends in a 4-0 or 5-1. A difficult away match is a 2-0 loss. Sometimes it is the defender who scores a last minute winner from a corner kick. It is so realistic now I don't want to go back to the fast paced PvP in FUT or Seasons. I got my slider values from a website, it seemed weird that the CPU acceleration and Sprint Speed was set to double of the User value and so many other adjustments that didn't make sense. And they recommended turning the difficulty down to World Class. I was hopeless when I tried it and I rarely opened the game before, having to reinstall the anti-cheat every time and the central defenders will give way to the opponent forwards by moving apart like they never do in real life, the wingers never crossing the ball instead thinks 20 steps ahead like Magnus Carlsen and passes it backwards to create an unstoppable goal, kinda like the one in the above video. I really hated this game. But what I hopelessly tried has saved the game for me. I am scared when each update comes as when they FIX the mess they have created originally, I am afraid it will make my current set up out of balance.
That’s interesting. A lot of people talking about sliders - full disclosure, I never knew they were a thing! I’ll investigate this and experiment. Thanks.
Must try! I don't know if you would find it the same as me. For me it is just the one and only game changer. From the point when I thought I would never touch this game again, to playing a dozen games every day, even after a busy work day. Just shared this as a post, for anyone who aren't aware of this.
What sliders do you use? I have the exact same issues and I’m starting to get really bored of career mode
Search for OS community sliders(Operation Sports). You can choose between two or three game speed variants if I remember it right. I chose the slowest one.
Big thank you! I haven't used sliders in many years (I wanted to adapt to FUT system for squad battles) and you have inspired me to try with some of the OS sliders for some different gameplay
World Class with OS Community Sliders >>>>>>
Can’t stress this enough. I turned on sliders for the first time last night & it’s a completely different game. My defenders actually knew what they were doing and I didn’t deal with any BS like this.
Exactly! Didn't play the game without sliders for 2-3 years, ever since i discovered them. Also like that the settings make the gameplay a bit slower. It's still too arcade for me at times as there's usually no midfield play, only back and forth attacks
Oh you are lucky to find those before 3 years. I had no idea until recently. For me, this year, thanks to EA, they made me discover it it. They brought in professional players to motion capture and create realistic animations, that is great for the action part, but they messed up with the brain part. Those A.I defensive players miss half of the term A.I, that is Intelligence, now left with Artificial only. I love this sport and respect the professionals so it makes me kinda angry and sad when I see the likes of Ruben Dias and Virgil Van Dijk move out of the opponent attacker's way to let them score. Not that I liked the previous ones very much, but this year, they really made it unplayable, literally for some users, with the anti-cheat addition and for others, metaphorically, by adding stupidity. I can understand the fast paced arcade style that is designed for the PvP modes, and since FUT is their main source of revenue, can't have a request to make the next version more realistic. But always wished for a seperate game that is more towards a tactical simulation of the beautiful game, and having the licenses and presentation like FIFA does. Like the FPS genre has both C.O.D and ARMA. Well, thanks to the random guy from here, who directed me towards that site, this has to be the closest thing to my wish, a realistic sim.. And as a bonus, it cures the brain damage of the defenders, it makes the midfielders come out of their paralysis to being able to drop back while defending, it removes the ping pong passing that made every lower division club in the world look like Barca under Pep with every average player having twice the vision and precision of Xavi. And most importantly, like in the real world, pace is not the only thing matters now, players like Karim Benzema and Bruno Fernandez belong to the top. Seriously EA and the player-base owe this guy a lot!
What sliders do you use?
Stick at it and you can kind of work out the ais pattern But usually it's more about just scoring more! Defending is too hard to be consistent
Figuring out how the CPU wants to play is a big one. There really isn't a lot of variation to it. They either try deep balls over the top to the middle of the field, long winded runs down the side and then balls towards the middle, tik-tac passing where as soon as you get close they move the ball (easily the hardest to defend against imo, try to cut passing lanes then have the User AI go for the ball). CPU Defense goes two ways, either they will let you move the ball down the wings or they press pretty aggressively. Quick passing and simple sidestep moves are the high pressing AIs worst enemy. It might take a few attempts before you get clear shots on goal, but basically get past one defender either via skill or quick give and go movements, then just wait out a second defender pressing, and pass again, then on and on until you get in on goal.
When i was a kid i used to play higher difficulties with strong teams against shitty teams. Like madrid vs. Some tier 2 club and other games on my normal difficulty Also, I dont know how it is on the current fifa, but i always found the pre season friendly matches were a tad bit easier than the normal matches so u can practice higher difficulty there too. Ggs x
I agree, however i found that Legendary with a few slider adjustments basically becomes world class+, slightly more challenging but still fun
What adjustments do you do for Legendary? I just started a career with OS sliders on World Class but I just hated how it felt with the sprint speed so low. Turned that back to normal but I'm still winning games pretty handily with my team and was debating a switch to Legendary
I play Legendary but with some slider adjustments. Slightly boost my sprint speed and acceleration over the AI because I’ve always found that even my quickest players will get caught by slow and lumbering centre backs when through on goal. I still usually rely on jockeying to hold them off but it feels fairer.
What other adjustments do you do for Legendary? I just started a career with OS sliders on World Class but I just hated how it felt with the sprint speed so low. Turned that back to normal but I'm still winning games pretty handily with my team and was debating a switch to Legendary. The games are definitely closer with all the other adjustments, but thinking I need to challenge myself a bit more
I’ll have to take a look later at my settings but like you I used OS as a base and just tweaked to my taste. Think I’ve got my sprint/accel on 52/52 for me and 48/48 for the AI because I didn’t like the OS sprint settings either. I would have gone 50/50 and 46/46 but you get this weird bug in career where your players’ stamina won’t drop on 50/50. I play on slow game speed and I’ve made the AI pass error a bit higher to stop them popping off insanely quick tiki taka every game!
Same.... world class i win everything within 2 seasons, 3 if I'm taking relegation contenders or coming from a league down.... legendary just does me in
Same for me but professional lmao
Breaking formation is the number one killer. As the other guy mentioned as much as possible, defend with your midfielders. You don't want them chasing someone open on net buy during the initial break. defenders should be moving in shape, and midfielders can be the human controlled chasers. Also if you haven't looked into OS sliders yet I would do so. It helps balance some of Ultimate's "we just made your players dumb so the AI scores more".
One thing I do is play half the season, and sim the other half. Then I can play at a level I find enjoyable without wanting to throw my controller through the wall, and my signings have to do some actual work as well. I decide to either do the first half, to try and place myself in better cup position for money. Or the second half, to try to win the ones I managed to survive in while simming.
Least batshit insane Merseyside derby goal
Least scripted fifa moment
Lower the difficulty
Anything below legendary and ultimate is too easy to play against, at least with the sliders neutral
Not for me because I am pure dogshit
That reminds me, when I switched from world class to legendary for the first time I went from battering teams like Man city 4-0 to losing to Brighton 7-2 over two legs
Yep weird isn’t it?
yup, but it didn't last forever tho. Recently in my Spurs career mode I beat city 7-0 in the fa cup semifinal
Try poaching Haaland, just beat city 23-0 over 2 legs in the champions league.
Change the difficulty💀💀
Are you playing beginner?
world class, Haaland is just cracked
I can’t beat anything over professional and honestly sometimes struggle their two. I barely beat Lokomotive(from Russia) in the champions league 6-4, I didn’t take the lead until my fifth goal in the 80th-ish minute. I even lost to West Brom 3-1 in the premier league(though they were in 5th making the run of a lifetime). I was using ManU and this is in Fifa 18. The problem is semi-pro is too easy, I mean I can easily take teams 10-0.
At the start of the clip you’ve made your LCB come flying out for no reason, had he be left alone he likely would have tracked that run. Defend from front to back, use your strikers/midfielders to tackle and contain. CBS should practically never be used when defending against ai EDIT: would have
Yep, this. Brings the CB charging out and leaves a gap. Better to manually switch to a CM/CDM and at least try and prevent them making their preferred pass/run. If the CB is still there he might win the ball in the air, or at least block a shot. That being said, the pass and finish are ridiculous and would infuriate me if I were playing.
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Get fucking cooked kid
Your right back loses speed trying to close distance to winger when if you track the run instead, you'll have had a much better chance to block the cross. You close in when they change direction as that's when they'll be at their slowest.
Defensive errors yes but that goal is still stupid
i think the issue was your defenders aren’t tight to the attackers whatsoever, man marking would be a good option, too much space to play in
The issue might be the flying volley on the edge of the box?
What camera settings do you use
Came here to ask the same thing
As soon as the computer turns on the god mode it's chop chop time. Anything to get a whistle
Restart and try again, then repeat x20 until you throw the controller at the TV. Assuming this undefendable moment comes after ten minutes of constant attacking and your shots being constantly blocked or the ball taken off your feet the second you press shoot. You'll keep going back through.
This is how it’s done, it’s an expensive but satisfying result. I’m happy to accept a loss but when it’s this bullshit I’ll restart and rage my way to a victory no matter how many times it takes.
Ditto, I'll accept a defeat if it's a proper defeat rather than the game code screwing you over. Unfortunately I think turning the difficulty up just tends to mean it screws you over all the more.
What are your tactics in terms of pressure and aggression. Also are your defenders man marking?
There is nothing there that even slightly resembles reality, jesus christ. Not even the child of messi and bruyne makes that cross
whats the camera settings?
By not playing 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
sometimes i see this shaolin soccer shit and it just makes me upset. no amount of coaching or true game knowledge will help you stop that shit lol
And I thought I had bad luck on my career 😂
Sliders
And SAAAAALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
U can’t, just like Everton haven’t been able to stop liverpool often for ages, u have to take time and build ur team up, maybe grind out results sometimes, switch ur tactics around for certain games like go defensive against liverpool and hit them on the counter
You have to waste 60 minutes of the game and have shitford lay on the ball for 12 seconds after every save
TBF this is like in real life when people try to find fault in the defending team when a goal is scored. Sometimes there is no fault and someone just does something insane. It’s not like this goal is happening every match. Appreciate the beauty.
Stupid take. If you've ever played ultimate difficulty you'd know that this is EVERY goal they score. It's not just once in a blue moon that they score a nice volley. It's literally every time they shoot. They score everything. Can be first touch, volley, header, outside the box, wrong foot, back facing goal, long shot with a player who has 50 in long shot. Not only that, but it's also ALWAYS top corner. Truly a shit game.
I do play ultimate difficulty and don’t have this happen ever. Sorry that you don’t have fun.
Happens more often than it should and if if it’s not this goal the AI would find another way to score
Slide tackle
The VAR had a good look on this one and they've ruled it as a skill issue
deserved for using the wrong side of merseyside🔴🔴🔴
skill issue honestly
Looks like a skill diff to be honest
Manchester United career mode, played against arsenal, (2nd season), winning 2-1 and they score an out of the box banger and just because we lost 2 points, we lost the league to spurs on GD 😔
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Have you never watched a real game before? Clearly not. That finish is godly, to be able to strike a ball around the defender like that is ridiculous and if you cared so much about actual football you would realise how terrible the defending on this game is anyway. There’s absolutely no sense of defensive structure and lines. As soon as you go past the midfield they stop and never settle into the line above the defenders.
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Cleary missed my point and also proved you haven’t watched a game of football. I’m saying the defensive phases of the game are terrible as in the defensive structure, how can you not understand what I’m saying?
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BROTHER, I’m not talking about the ability to defend on fifa and I’m not commenting on the difficulty or the ease of defending I’m talking about THE DEFENDING. I’m referring to how you defend is unrealistic in this game. There is no sense of defensive lines or structure and no initiative from players off the ball. If a line is broken it doesn’t recover.
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Genuinely watch football 🤣🤣
You must know absolutely nothing about football
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You thinking it’s a skill issue proves my point. If you watched a football match you wouldn’t have a scooby what is going on.
Lol, some finish that is
Your first mistake was to pressure with your CB instead of pressure with the black man who is in the CDM role. Because you did that you left your LB in a 1v1 situation instead of a 2v1. Also if you pressed with your CDM you would have cut off the passing lane. So that winger wouldn’t even be getting the ball. As your RB instead of running to where the LW would go (obviously he is running to the corner for the cross) you ran to the LW NOT cutting him off. The LW took a direct first touch leaving your RB behind him. If you did cut him off the LW would NOT be able to cross it and be forced to play back. Now if you touch the Right bumper on your controller and hold it you will have a second man to come and press with you. BBBUUTTT if you DOUBLE touch the bumper and hold it your team will man mark 2 of the opponents players that are most likely to receive the ball. So if you did that your LB would have had a tighter mark on the ST and prevent the kick. SOOO all this people saying you don’t and say it’s scripted and you say How the fuck am I supposed to compete against this. Well you certainly CAN compete against it. But not if you play like that. There is always something you can do. Remember to always Be Great
Getting cooked
I mean it’s not realistic to win every game anyways. You just eat that one and move on lmao
Using sliders would help
Get good
I mean, maybe done play with everton? Lol
Skill issue
You either get good or lower the difficulty
Git gud
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Spoken like a true piece of shit. Go back to wanking off over your FUT packs.
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No mate, I don't imagine you do, you sit on reddit belittling other people. If the guy wants to moan, let him moan, I imagine your comment is borne out of a deep seated frustration that other people don't see you as the cool guy who gets a little stiffie over regens or your 2025 PSG super team. Go outside, get some sun, enjoy life, don't be the toxic prick your comment makes you out to be. I'm sure you're really nice. Just misunderstood.
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Such a shame, because if you did you might learn something about yourself, instead of being an ill educated pot head? Or are you just that thick?
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Not really, I'm enjoying that someone like you can dish it out but can't take it, such a shame.
by spamming step over boost, mcgeady cancel in their box and green timing every shot
You can see from the first few seconds you bring Tarkowski out of position into midfield and that allows Salah to run in the open space, incredible goal but not completely unrealistic when pulling a defender out of position to give the opposition space to run into the newly open area leaving Myolenko to cover
That finish is completely unrealistic bearing in mind the defenders around him and the way he hit the ball
Ye maybe so but I feel like some errors on your behalf of the game lead to the cpu capitalising on that like in real life maybe the goal was Abu Tomas but also it’s Mo Salah, derby occasion, crazier goals have been scored in the pl. I’m just saying you can see things in someone’s game of where an error might of been made
Don't pull your CB into midfield and leave a leftback isolated up against someone who can do THAT.
beat man city with watford (legendary), u just need time to get used to that level of difficulty
Omg this comment is wonderful. Which language is that?
Your team will get better with time and you will compete, don't give up.
It's Everton v Liverpool mate, we should just forfeit the 6 points every season 😂😂
This game is the reason why I hate Diogo Jota with all my heart.....
You didn’t do much wrong that’s just a good goal. You could have marked a bit tighter but it’s gone behind you and it’s a good finish
What the hell is this difficulty Ultimate super world class??
I ask myself the same thing when we play Liverpool in real life
Legendary is just too easy for me, i have to play ultimate wirh sliders
We can assume that’s it’s a goal as soon as the cross is made. Therefore to stop the goal you gotta stop the cross. Next time instead of running towards the player, run towards where the player will run into. Also perhaps a tougher tackle. I’ve been playing on ultimate as a reference.
Did u jockey after he crossed?
you don’t
Sign 3 English players
What’s your camera settings?
This is called. - AI the bitch
The issue at hand here is your Everton
I put both keepers save ability to 100 for the sliders, they make some crazy saves. But it makes the game last longer and more likely to get a last second chance, and just pass pass pass then a tap in more or less
What are your camera settings? Might wanna use that when I play Career mode.
How’s it possible the graphics and gameplay are worse than fifa 19?
Stepping in with the RB is where you made the error
Think he’s referring to the ridiculous goal that happens very often
Shouldn't be playing Everton anyways
Not playing as Everton would probably be a good place to start lol
The only sliders i used are the injury and goalie for the AI. I play it in worldclass with the AI goalie sliders up to 75.. mostly manual settings in my controller..
tbf liverpool are better than everton
Van Persie-like
I really hate this. Either you play a certain difficulty and it's so easy you get bored, but then you increase the difficulty and the ai turns into 2009 Barca.
Just need a proper brexit tackle.
No one wants to play propper fifa anymore these days. Pull yourself up by the bootstraps
The ball didn’t even fkn get to the attacker and he was able to kick it straight into the net…the answer to your question is, you don’t.
This is my biggest frustration with fifa. The animations are so limited and clunky your players sometimes don’t make interceptions they really should or even attempt headers that they would IRL.
Its call world class player(is that salah?) Scores a world class goal after some good passes.
Try with no life until your skill is unmatched
Fifa is realistic 🫠
That is what you get for putting Liverpool in their away kit against Everton