Ok Ashley point taken. I do feel confident in my playing ability and you are correct - leaving your finger on the R1 is the first and most common mistake of all PES players, and acutally it was a big mistake in PES 1 and 2 and even in ISS....yeah I know I'm an old geezer.
Regarding control - I'm not talking about the dribbling attribute (speed and accuracy) which defines the players movement, but your control - when you see a defense player, what do you do, how do you try to dribble around him, maybe side step him with R2, maybe go into a complete stop for a sec with a tap on R1 (and then go diagonally to another direction) and also try to do the slow dribble (leave everything, then press L1).
That's the control I'm talking about.
And I still insist that there are, and I repeat NO PENOS FROM HANDBALLS!!!!!!!!!!!
I would bet anyone who thinks otherwise/proves it to me.
That's a promise.