hello Fran it's Boris linear tail teach
you how to defend in FIFA 18 some of you
might think that it's completely
impossible to defend in this game but
trust me it is fully possible it's just
completely different from FIFA 17 and
you just need to wash away your old
defending patterns biggest difference
from FIFA 17 or the player transitions
it takes about two one second longer to
change direction in full-speed this
means you need to plan you're defending
much better and be more cautious here
you can see some examples of bad
defending in three f---eighteen we are
reckless and pay no respect to the
slower direction changes let's first get
into the commands you need to master for
a good defense in FIFA 18 first we have
the standard cycle button circle on
PlayStation and B on Xbox with a default
controller settings this is working
completely different in thief I team now
you need to charge up two cycles just
like you do with shooting the more you
power up the longer reach of the
standing tackle
use one two bars of power for
close-range tackles when you're about to
one meter away from the opponent and use
the three four bars of power to launch a
power tackle when you are about two
meters away from the opponent and in
combination with the standard cycle bar
you will have to use l2 or LT on Xbox
that which is a key to a good defense
this button gives you much better
control of the defender and will help
you very much to time and direct the
standing tackles but also to turn and
move faster on small spaces here you can
see on a gamepad camera how we use l2 to
get the full control of the player we
use the left stick to move backwards and
wait for the right moment to step
forward holding down alt will be enough
to make tackles but we want to combine
it with the standard tackle pattern
simply because it gives us much better
reach of a tackle and lower chance for
the opponent to get through you can see
here how we combine l2 together with the
standing tackle one two bars of power
for close-range tackles and three four
bars of power to launch a power tackle
with a much longer reach and it's very
important to learn the distance if you
press the static cycle too early your
player will simply stumble instead a
rule of thumb is to rather press it too
late than too early then we're getting
into contain which is X and PlayStation
and a on Xbox pressing it down and the
computer will take care of the first
press for you this is a button that I
strongly discourage you from using in
FIFA 17 but in 18 it will be useful in
certain situations but pay attention
never hold down for longer than two
seconds because it makes you pass it
this will only be used when your
opponent is changing direction quickly
and you're losing control of your player
simply when your player feels like he's
on ice this will give him the grip back
but remember never hold it down for
longer than two seconds press and hold
contain to stabilize and then go back to
manual defending with l2 and circle time
for the sliding cycle bottom which is
square and PlayStation and X on Xbox
this can be very useful in FIFA 18 but
it's always risky I don't advise you to
use it too often as you risk your big
gaps in the defense if you miss time it
I use it only when I'm 100% sure whether
I will reach the ball or as a last
solution when I'm out played time for
Doublemint pressure or secondary man
contain which is not as good as it was
on its floor days but it's still very
useful in 3:15 to do it you simply press
and hold down or 1 or RB on Xbox this
will help you to put pressure on the
board holder while you were covering
dangerous passing lanes and in
medications the AI will retrieve the
ball for you but you can never rely on
the secondary man press because it's
very easy to get past only use it as a
complementary tool in the defense to
help you put pressure players switching
is one of the keys to a great defense
that you need to master both types of
players switching first l1 or LV on Xbox
which will make you switch fast to the
player standing closest to the ball
holder
and then we have the more important rice
tech switching this will make it
possible to switch to any player by just
directing the right stick to the player
you want to switch to this helps you
very much to close down dangerous
through balls and to simply defend more
tactically alright then these are the
commands you have to master in fee
fighting to improve your defense and
these commands will also help you to
achieve the three golden rules of
defending in FIFA 18 let's get into this
rule number one the defense the first
priority always cover the deepest you
need to have a good vision on your
points attackers and track their
movements as soon as you see a
threatening run you need to use your
right stick to switch to the most
appropriate defender in order to stop
this dangerous round one of the most
important but yet so simple to
exemplifies to use help from your
midfield use help from midfield instead
of rushing with your sternum backs this
can be used only when your opponent
makes no threatening rounds since
priority is always to cover these first
but if it's clear you can run back with
your midfield and use the standard cycle
to stop the attack shooting is
overpowering fighting and goalkeepers
acts like you join yours but instead of
crying about this we can instead try to
do something about it block the shots
using the standard cycle button you can
block your shots much better just try to
get in the way for your opponent's
trajectory and lounge the standing
tackle the more power the better reach
if you can't stop them well block them
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