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4. Now wat i usually do is just let the player trap it without me holding or pressing anything on the controller, that has usually worked, but i guess it all depends on if the player is under pressure or not, i havnt found another way yet.

Now shielding the ball thing is weird, u do have to try to have ur back to the defender, it has worked with me but am not that good at it cuz i dont really use it much, u do have to have a decently sized player. When i hold right trigger to activate the shield it usually gives me an extra second, but u cant do it when ur surrounded by players, its more of a 1-on-1 thing, but then again EA have made the game so that defenders can tackle the ball even when u have ur back to them which just annoys the hell out of me.