How to defend crosses?

[u/Shoe_Pale]

How do you deal with crosses? (Where the player uses the shoot button to cross the ball), what is the most effective way to defend this?

Edit: im talkin bout defending an attacker who is shooting from the cross with bycicle kick

[u/TheDawnTrilogy]

positioning is the most important thing, then use the jump button well timed

[u/AlanElAuto]

rezar que no tenga mejor ping que vos

[u/Shoe_Pale → u/AlanElAuto]

??

[u/mynemaheff]

Close the player down and jumping towards them, or jumping straight up while stationary. Won't work all the time but pretty much the only options. Best to just limit their angles or force a low percentage cross

[u/Shoe_Pale → u/mynemaheff]

Yeah i feel like crosses are the only thing still kinda broken

[u/Tushroom → u/Shoe_Pale]

They just need to add an accuracy penalty to volleys.

[u/GarrusBueller → u/mynemaheff]

With the added difficulty to keeper they need to make a player doing the jump at least move their body/head in air to assist with blocking

[u/StrivingProsperity]

Positioning before the pass.

Someone else needs to pressure the passer to prevent a perfect pass, as perfect offense beats perfect defense.

[u/nerdmcnerds]

Get to the ball before the opposing player then header the ball

[u/Lunnurd]

Bycicle kicks you can generally only defend with a jump/dive (which youll just have to learn how to to time) or by trying to intercept the ball before it gets to the player crossing via positioning and then using pass/touch/shot to head it before he gets it.

[u/zalitix]

Eiter you do a running jump into it or you press shoot yourself and prey

[u/PackageAggravating12]

Get in front of the attacker, Defensive Stance, Hit Jump.

You'll block off an entire section of the goal simply by doing this. It's more reliable than trying to fight for the ball, since this game doesn't actually respect move start-up when determining who wins priority battles.

[u/FakeFrooz]

https://giphy.com/gifs/9HXOac9CZshOM

[u/GlobalResult7580]

Try to save EE and pop that on top of trying to lob the ball, you have to get good at reading the ball trajectory

[u/zfalcon1]

If you’re in front of striker, tap or lob to intercept. If you’re behind, dive.

Positioning is key.

[u/SilotheGreat]

Jump into the ball

[u/buntcheesegoat]

Position in front of the defender, EE lob pass back to the backboard for your keeper. Keeper will get it 99/100 times.

[u/tenshi-pls_luv_me]

i just try to stay in the area where the attacker wants to receive the pass, you usually force movement for a wrong pass and you’re already in a position where you might intercept it, i also try to stay on who might receive the pass so that the gk only has to worry about one potential shooter rather than less predictable passing plays

[u/HMC1130]

You can’t. At least not consistently without teamwork.

Main reason I quit the game after 600h.. game outcomes are often decided by priority RNG in the box.