Short Cross Is Not Short

[prozero]

Hi,

When I try to make a short cross (by pressing CIRCLE twice), it nearly never does what I want. Here is for example a video ( http://sfphotos.free.fr/cross.mov ). I am at the top of the screen and I want to make a cross to the guy near the penalty point. As you can see, the ball goes to the second player in the bottom of the screen. However, I did a Cross with CIRCLE TWICE. Maybe I do not use the right direction? (I was holding down). Usually, when I do not hold down but back, it's way to in the back.
Any tips, here?
I am sure my button presses are detected properly because when I do press CIRCLE THREE TIMES for a low-cross, it works.

 

[Sully]

press circle once gently and briefly

 

[Stormrider]

Problem there is your holding a direction, and there's a player in your way. Don't hold any direction and the ball will go into the middle. In that situation u should dribble to make space b4 making a cross. What I usually do it run fairly fast, wait for defender to get close and then press :R2: so that my player stops and faces the box. Then tap :circle: twice and voila. And use :R2: more often whenever u have time and space.

 

[prozero]

ok, thanks, I'll try that.

 

[Adams1104]

It's:

:circle: + :R2: = Lofted High

:circle: on own = Normal Height

:circle:, :circle: = Quickly Whipped and Lower

:circle:, :circle:, :circle: = Drilled along the ground

The direction it goes to (eg. front post, or back post etc) is decided by the direction you press on the D-pad as you press :circle: . So if you're playing from left to right and you're running down the Right wing (bottom of the screen), to cross it to the near post would be Cross + Down on D-Pad. If you wanted to cross it to the back post, it would be Cross + Up on D-Pad. Pressing Left would pull it to the edge of the box, and pressing right would put it infront of the goalie around about the 6 yard line. Depending on where you take the cross from.

Look at the radar for the position of your strikers, then think of the penalty area as a little d-pad.. press in the direction where the striker is (or is running into) on the radar. It should become instinct after a while. My advice would be to play it into the guy who is least marked. The game seems to allow you to get them more often.

 

[Original?]

It's:

:circle: + :R2: = Lofted High

:circle: on own = Normal Height

:circle:, :circle: = Quickly Whipped and Lower

:circle:, :circle:, :circle: = Drilled along the ground

The direction it goes to (eg. front post, or back post etc) is decided by the direction you press on the D-pad as you press :circle: . So if you're playing from left to right and you're running down the Right wing (bottom of the screen), to cross it to the near post would be Cross + Down on D-Pad. If you wanted to cross it to the back post, it would be Cross + Up on D-Pad. Pressing Left would pull it to the edge of the box, and pressing right would put it infront of the goalie around about the 6 yard line. Depending on where you take the cross from.

Look at the radar for the position of your strikers, then think of the penalty area as a little d-pad.. press in the direction where the striker is (or is running into) on the radar. It should become instinct after a while. My advice would be to play it into the guy who is least marked. The game seems to allow you to get them more often.

Excellent post mate, can't fault it, hopefully that will help the thread starter.

 

[Huw]

It's:

:circle: + :R2: = Lofted High

:circle: on own = Normal Height

:circle:, :circle: = Quickly Whipped and Lower

:circle:, :circle:, :circle: = Drilled along the ground

The direction it goes to (eg. front post, or back post etc) is decided by the direction you press on the D-pad as you press :circle: . So if you're playing from left to right and you're running down the Right wing (bottom of the screen), to cross it to the near post would be Cross + Down on D-Pad. If you wanted to cross it to the back post, it would be Cross + Up on D-Pad. Pressing Left would pull it to the edge of the box, and pressing right would put it infront of the goalie around about the 6 yard line. Depending on where you take the cross from.

Look at the radar for the position of your strikers, then think of the penalty area as a little d-pad.. press in the direction where the striker is (or is running into) on the radar. It should become instinct after a while. My advice would be to play it into the guy who is least marked. The game seems to allow you to get them more often.

Thats how it was in PES 4. The double tap is different in PES 5. I am still working it out but I believe it goes to the player nearer than your main target man, ie if you have two players in the box a single tap will send it towards the farthest one while a double tap travels towards the nearer one. That is providing no directional button is pressed

 

[Adams1104]

Yeh, double circle seems to work most often. I use double when i wanna play front post. and single when i want it far post. I rarely use lofted (r2) crosses and if i'm on the goal line and just entering the box, i'll use triple circle providing someone is attacking the centre of the goal. But like you said double circle seems to pick people out quite well, i use it the majority of the time.

But i also use cross-type 4, so alot of the times now i just mess about and try to ping the ball right out of the box to a mid-fielder to volley. Still waiting for a good goal to come from it, but when it does it'll look pretty special. i hope.

 

[hola name]

It's:

:circle: + :R2: = Lofted High

:circle: on own = Normal Height

:circle:, :circle: = Quickly Whipped and Lower

:circle:, :circle:, :circle: = Drilled along the ground

The direction it goes to (eg. front post, or back post etc) is decided by the direction you press on the D-pad as you press :circle: . So if you're playing from left to right and you're running down the Right wing (bottom of the screen), to cross it to the near post would be Cross + Down on D-Pad. If you wanted to cross it to the back post, it would be Cross + Up on D-Pad. Pressing Left would pull it to the edge of the box, and pressing right would put it infront of the goalie around about the 6 yard line. Depending on where you take the cross from.

Look at the radar for the position of your strikers, then think of the penalty area as a little d-pad.. press in the direction where the striker is (or is running into) on the radar. It should become instinct after a while. My advice would be to play it into the guy who is least marked. The game seems to allow you to get them more often.

Great post mate. In all the talk of is this site detteriating it is good to see them are still some top posts. You deserve for someone to say well done .

Anyway does this aiming with the D Pad work with the analogue stick? And also does the same apply for the triple tap circle. Because whenever I use this moves it tends to go behind the player a bit, when on other times it is deadly.

 

[prozero]

Thanks a lot Adams!

 

[Adams1104]

no problem, doesn't take long to type a little something something.

As for the triple circle cross. I think it can be directed pretty accurately, though i'm not sure. I find it generally does aim in near enough the right place as long as you've got a guy there. If they're going behind your players it might just be the timing was a little off, but more likely it's just because the game doesn't want you to score. Cynical to say that i know, but the game does really cheat you when it comes to passes infront of goal. Else, each game would end up 15-0 or something rediculous.

And yeh its the same thing with the Analogue stick, i just didn't presume anyone used it.

 

[prozero]

Hey, that worked
I'm now intensively using the d-pad while crossing and can make short and very short crosses.

 

[paraic64]

R2 and O usually does the business when you have a tall attacking player in the box e.g Berbatov who is highly overated in the game.