Everytime im shooting now is with the usage of the right trigger before the shot. sometimes u dont have the time to use it, so im shooting like the @OP suggested. Yet, im sometimes amazed with the dumb shooting system. Yeah people, I think we should get to the point where all of us actually agree about being able to place your shots, but why noone agrees that the game lack beautiful goals? and sometimes your player shots in retarded way? and sometimes you actually did everything to place your shot to the left, yet your player insist on shooting a baloon to the right? Stop defending KONAMI, they had so much time to patch it yet they failed. They also failed in dealing with the cheaters, which is top1 issue right now, atleast online.