The art of Defence

[hesliverpoolsno9]

Originally Posted by xxNos4r2xx

Also, slide tackling seems to be a tactic that has almost disappeared from fifa09 because everyone is affraid of getting fouled. If you come in from the side I would hold O to bring in an extra defender and then go a slide tackle, if the ball rolls away your extra defender should colelct the ball, if you give away a foul it almost will never be booked and if you do it will only be yellow. But that doesn't matter though because you achieved your goal of stopping their attack on goal.

Giving away a foul and/or getting a card is not good defence. With the speed of online play your opponent is going to making at least 5 runs towards your goal every half. With all these attacks you don't want to be giving away free kicks in dangerous areas or risk getting sent off.

Slide tackles are very effective when used sparingly, when your opponent has let the ball get out too far in front of them and you're not close enough tackle them normally.

[bluchampblogger]

Back in PES days, I remember screaming to my mates (multiplayer co-op), “defend with midfielders”. That’s a great tactic. Don’t disturb your defensive organisation. Chase down the opponents with your midfielders and tackle them, if need be. In worst case, it’s you midfielder who might get sent off and not a defender which is a more specialist position. In other words, use your defenders as the last resort. This would also mean trying to nip the attacks in the bud, instead of preparing for a head-on collision as a defender. Especially when you want to apply pressure, don’t do it with the defenders, because just one quick piece of skill would leave your defender biting the grass and your opponent could be straight on goal. The mantra is “defend with midfielders”.

Check here for a full article on art of defending in FIFA 09.

[Automatik614]

Originally Posted by XAPHS OLE

OK Genious's explain to me how to defend when your player os "side steppin' " against lets say Ronaldo or Etoo??? I just have to say that the defending in this game is a BIG JOKE. Personally I've played 178 games online and I'm tired of loosing games 1-0 due to some stupid defensive mistake that can be fixed through EA.

OH and how many of you have had a ball deflect right onto the other teams attacker and he just plaaces it in the back of thenet... DEFENDING --- Yeah right... What's that in this game???

You sound like you need more practice so you can adapt. Like all FIFAs I've played religiously....from '04 on....the key to the game is defense.

[L05TF33LING]

Lol intresting replies guys, I especially like the "Don't disturb your defence" lalalala that really made me laugh!

[klashnekoff nth]

Originally Posted by vg88roland

Unless facing an all assisted opponent with Ronaldo up front. Had 3 goals scored against me this morning from 20 yards +.

yes! its that finesee shot that ALWAYS goes in from just outside the box

[klashnekoff nth]

Originally Posted by shango11

5 defenders, thats all you need

With 1 acting as a sweeper

[napoli_ultra]

kaka is harder to stop than ronaldinho,
anyway,R2+L2+X so u add pressure on the ball, put you tactics in 'agressive' so the players will 'fight' more for the ball,

[napoli_ultra]

kaka is harder to stop than ronaldinho,
anyway,R2+L2+X so u add pressure on the ball, put you tactics in 'agressive' so the players will 'fight' more for the ball,hope this will help the PS3 players n (XBOX dont know the controls sorry)

[Derek Lo HK]

select a midfielder and let computer do the job.......