What do you do in this situation?

[shakes the clown]

I play on 3 star and my biggest problem area I have when playing is this....

Everytime I get the ball into enemies' territory I end up just outside the penalty box, dribbling and passing back and forth before one of four things happens.

1. I turn towards the box to try and shoot and immediately get the ball taken away from me by a defender in the box.

2. I turn to shoot and don't have enough time to power up and the ball rolls harmlessly to the goalkeeper.

3. I turn to shoot and by the time I get space to shoot the ball I end up firing it wide of the net.

4. I try to pass it to a guy in the box and it either gets intercepted or the guy catches the ball but has no time or room to do anything with it.


What should I be doing when I am outside the penalty box. I've tried the :L1: :triangle: pass but it only goes about 2 feet off the ground and ALWAYS gets intercepted by a defender. I want to try the one-two pass, but I never have enough time to set it up before a defender is all over me.

I really need help with this cause it seems like if I could just figure out what to do in this situation I would be scoring 4 goals a game which is what I theoretically should be doing since I am dominating possession 60%. Yet, I end up being lucky to score 1-2 goals a game.

 

[hedache]

I started with 3 stars too, right now I play on 4 stars and it's pretty competitive for me with the above average players I have. I suck in these games but I still manage to have fun some way.

What to do?
Fast wingers help a lot besides the possession and passing. You need fast guys that can create the space to have time to cross or shoot the ball before they get blocked. Good header guys in the middle will help that too. What I usually do is, attack from the sides, chip in a cross and see what happens, get the header or a rebound, worse comes to worse a corner kick, which is pretty easy to score on 3 star if you know where to kick it.

In the case of a rebound, and if you end up with the ball in the box, move one way and then turn the other way to create yourself an angle with space to shoot, and then just tap the shoot button, don't worry about the bar, just tap it as short as you can.

:L1: and :triangle: or :circle: from midfield can only get useful if you use it as soon as you get the ball from the opponent, then you can catch them offguard, i try that sometimes and had really nice passes that way, that led to nice goals. If you are not quick enough with this, most likely they'll block it. This is all I can think of at this point. good luck

 

[wr50l]

Get to the edge of the 18 yard box, run towards 1 sideline at a sprint, a defender should foolow. Turn back to face the other sideline, you should have some space. Move into that space if you want to get closer, or get at a 45 degree angle and shoot.

 

[diddy]

i either use the wings to cross or when u get to the penalty box do a shot feint and then shoot immediately

 

[johnny_on]

I have this problem too. Best results come from getting the ball forward as quickly as possible so that there is not as many defenders back. When they are all camped around the area it has to be the wings to get in behind.

 

[jMz]

I think you're probably expecting to score every time, it doesn't work like that. If you have the ball, keep possession and take your time, don't always pass forward unless your man is free or can turn his marker. Build up your plays slowly, unless you are counter attacking.
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[Original?]

As has been said use the width, get your full backs into attacks, get crosses into the box even Barota can score an overhead as I can prove

Another thing to use is one-twos they are very effective you striker his holding the ball up press L1 + X back to the OM and as the defender rushes him the forward will make a break and you can knock it though.

You can always get Oliseh for a DM and lay it off for him to whack...

Good Luck

 

[digiviceking]

use one-twos, but the best for 3 stars is from the wings, run diagonally into the pen box and tap O twice. ur strickers will surely do a diving header or volley after tapping []

 

[Leon of Silvren]

I don't really know in 3-stars, but what I do in 5-stars is either make a fast 1-2, or make a pass to the wings(just like in real football), and then make a cross.

The only situation in which you can make a shot from 2-3 metres of the box, or dribble a defender to go one-on-one with the GK is in a counter attack, or with a really fast player, or with a good dribler/shoter.

 

[Danny7]

i was gonna suggest like evryone else, using the wings but why not play it back? build from the defence again, passing it back brings there defence out, then forward on the break