Important and effective defending tips
You wanna defend like this:
I'm playing as fc copenhagen on superstar and i haven't signed anyone in defence yet, so i suppose i'm either c or d in defence, but i manage to keep them away from goal almost every match.
here it goes - you hold x button (ps3) to jockey the opponent and follow his moves. DON'T ever rush it, since this is when cpu will punish you. Most of the times i do as mentioned and then call second defender, being the one to save me 8 of 10 times. It's really effective for me and i've faced bayern munich, schalke, celtic, fenerbache, galatasaray without losing so far. If you have a slow defender or you're just under a lot of pressure you can press x twice to execute a funny looking tackle (rushing it) resulting in free kick to cpu almost anytime. This allows you to reorganize your team..
It takes time to master, but seriously it is waaay easier to defend than in pes 2012
Hi Rasmas
(highlighted)What you said about defending (Super star) is very much spot on.
Just want to add that(for PS3) hold x and R2 is NOT enough, need to track the COM ball carrier, get CLOSE and win the ball back with well timed 2tapping x or lunging tackle, even though you probably will need to sliding tackle Shadow COM teammate 2nd or 3rd time who might snatch the ball away already afterwards to obtain the ball. BUT you can NOT depend your fixture result solely on it, (as a draw will not win you champions, penalty kick is just like gambling), although holding R2+square+ x does work well sometimes.
IMO, on TP LV or Super star LV,
SLIDING TACKLE can be your life saver in P box in different situtations, if get it right without HESITATION, you will at least concede 1 goal less whilst against teams
like Barca using lesser teams. Because sliding tackle can cover larger
defensive area, I think in 1 on 1 situations your last chance to avoid
a goal is to sliding tackle down the COM attacker from behind with normally a red card, rushing out goalie helps too but not by much even
with perfect timing, bottom line is that with a penalty kick you can still place your bet on your goalie by pushing LS to right or left to SAVE.
You will need hell lot of luck with it(usually luck is on COM's side)
As for slower or lesser defenders (CB, SB, etc), double tapping x
will normally make you wrong footing on COM player depending on who
you are defending against, if for messi, this method is nearly useless,
might work on other COM players, all and all, it takes practise, patience
and some luck too.
Good luck to PES gamers and to your games too, Rasmus