Tips and Tricks of Defending - FIFA 22

It has been about a year since FIFA 22 was released. It is harder for new players to meet a well-matched rival. I heard newbies complain a lot. Usually, the offense is not the major problem, the major problem is when defending they are often being teased by consecutive passing. In most situations, this defensive problem is because by getting the basic logic wrong.

Here are a few scenarios where the newbies are easily fooled by the veterans.

【Background】

The offense is nothing more than finding space and leading away your defenders. Therefore, the opponent passing the ball to and fro is just looking for a neutral position to form a number advantage or a shot opportunity. When defending, you need to use the opponent's offensive way to think, so that you can easily see the loopholes in your defense. Here are a few situations that newbies need to pay attention to.

【Scenario 1】

The opponent's striker has the ball behind his back, our central defender is close, and the opponent's striker passes to the other striker or passes the ball back.

In this case, the newbie's common mistake is to continue controlling our defender to run with the ball instead of running backward.

Because the opponent's most of the time striker passes the ball back is to perform a double pass. At this time, if the defender chases the ball, he will definitely leave a neutral position.

There are 2 things you must do. The first is to pull the central defender back to follow the opponent's striker, and the second is to switch to the midfielder and man-mark the opponent's receiver.

【Scenario 2】

Our defenders have shrunk the defense, and the ball is passed back and forth between the opponent's three midfielders.

At this time, pay attention, his passing is nothing more than looking for opportunities to cross your midfield defense. The best way is to control the midfielder by hand and step in the middle of the opponent's midfielders. As long as he doesn't pass straight to the striker, you can always wait for opportunities to use the midfielder to cut off his passing. Don’t allow the opponent to easily break through the middle line of the three lines. Or he will get a chance to pass your midfielder. Consider carefully before controlling your central defender. Sometimes it's easy to go wrong.

【Scenario 3】

The opponent passes the ball back and forth on the penalty area line.

Passing the ball back and forth is nothing more than looking for a shooting or a passing space. You can use the perspective of the opponent's striker to judge whether your defense has a loophole. Follow up with your midfielder, and wait for a chance of stealing. Don't leak out of neutral easily.

【Scenario 4】

The opponent's midfielder dribbling has broken through your midfield

In this case, try to use the midfielder to chase back. Because once you give up chasing back, your only option is to control the central defender to intercept, and the opponent's striker will be unguarded.

【Scenario 5】

The opponent's midfielder breakthrough and dribbles to the sideline.

In this case, if the ball cannot be stolen, don’t let full-backs defend the midfield. If you do so, the winger will be unguarded, and your defender is unlikely to catch up.

【Scenario 6】

The opponent breaks through your midfield and is ready to do a through pass!

Once this happens, you need to check the position of the opponent's striker. If the opponent's striker has already been running at full speed or even in a parallel position with your defender, you should control your defender in advance and man-mark the opponent's striker. If you pull back late, the striker is definitely one on one with your goalkeeper.

The basic principles of defense

1: Learn to use the crab step, which is the best way to counter the fancy dribble on the sideline and penalty area line. Don't push the steal button easily.

2: Caution with controlling the central defender. The central defender often needs to be pulled back. The midfielder is the core of your defense. If the central defender is frequently controlled, your defense will be easy to be penetrated.

3: If you really can't steal the ball, remember to pull the defenders back. After holding the positions in the penalty area, there is usually nothing the opponent can do. It’s not recommended for New players to play sweeping attack, it is possible to lose your position.

4: When you meet someone who likes to do fancy tricks, you can give him a little space, and slow down at the right time to let him collide with you. This requires an accumulation of experience.

5: Always use offensive thinking to defend. You will find out many loopholes in your defense once you think offensively.

6: Don't follow the ball, follow the striker, and don't let anyone appear in the neutral.

The above are the most basic defensive ideas for new players. Of course, the specific situation must be analyzed according to the actual situation.