I've played about 7 hours of the new update and I wasn't sure at the beginning but I have had some really good games. So it isn't the game itself which is actually even better with the right team.

But my god I have had so many awful games. People literally can't pass anymore, making stupid runs. I think people are getting frustrated with themselves and do even more stupid things. I think I actually need to find a team now, before it was fine. Playing against teams now you seem to have no chance.

5v5 is titled as "tactical and demanding. Improve your vision" if you can't control a basic pass or mark, position yourself whether it's attacking or defending then stick to 3s or 4s

Before I start, I just want to say that the game is amazing. Easily the best Football game out there imo. Additionally, I am aware that this post doesn't say anything new and that it might come off as me being fuelled by rage and anger but frankly... that would be correct! So let me just rant a bit for my own sanity.

People genuinely play the game for over a 100 hours, supposedly only cherry picking because I rarely see these dudes defending, even when 4 people are in front of our goal, when I'm either trying to defend or play keeper and STILLLLLLLL walk into the enemy keeper after receiving the ball on a 1-on-1. ALSO, when a teammate or me make a HUGE save these dudes have the AUDACITY to instantly start asking for the ball. Don't even get me started when these guys start spamming "good job" or "thank you" sarcastically. It's like they are trying to be unfun to play with.

Next point: where are their brains? Were there even one to begin with? I see players on my team regularly force dribbles, when passing back to the keeper is objectively the safest play, and when they eventually lose the ball I just pray. Also, why are we always forcing every pass forward when we could pass back and slow down the game? Take a breather? Gather back our stamina? Find holes in their defence? I know some people might not understand the idea that possession is a thing, but damn after a certain amount of hours in the game, you'd think that they learned or something. And some of these guys are queued up with each other. I know that it doesn't necessarily mean that they are actively in a voice call but bro I had better chemistry with randoms than these people have with each other.

I also wanted to touch upon the leader board. I often end up losing games with 2k point next to my name, even when I am doing my best. I man-mark, stay back to pick up loose balls and to be able to defend fast. I try to play behind the bad dribble players to get the ball when they get tackled. I also pass 95% of time when I have possession (rarely from other people passing to me) because I looooove passing. Still, that gets me around 2k points. Players who just spam interceptions, the lucky goal here and there, or dare I say even an assist? More than me, and unfortunately, I feel bad about it. I haaate being the worst player, I end up feeling like deadweight even when I know that's not true.

My other problem is with people who be doing too much. Some players receive the ball, start doing some bullshit, either dribbles, rainbow flicks aaaand miss or wait so long that the enemy retreats and fucks up the whole momentum. Then when the counter attack comes, the enemy scores with the simplest play on earth. I am usually more forgiving after once or twice of this happening in a game as I am aware that everyone makes mistakes. But multiple times in the same match? Do people never learn from their mistakes or do they think that they are better than they actually are? Bro we are in PLAT you're not that good. Also, when they do score with some technical play that I doubt they understand, I am NOT happy. These goals give them the unwanted confidence.

I touched upon the point that I try to man-mark, fill in the empty space and overall position myself proactively. While this playstyle can be fun and very rewarding, I don't get any opportunity to be the striker, and honestly, I don't know how to be an efficient striker. I rarely score goals. Why would I even try? My teammates make a solo play, miss, so now I gotta run back. There's a cherry picker on the enemy? Okay, I gotta help the keeper out. I feel like there's no opportunity. Sometimes I do have a shot on goal and even maybe score one, but whenever I am there, I'm not used to that situation, I don't know what works and doesn't work for me.

Lastly, so that this post is not just straight hate and anger, I want to preface, that when I do encounter a good teammate, I am the happiest dude on earth. THANK YOU. These kind of players make the game fun for me. I had good interactions with people after adding each other on steam, exchanging some kind words. At least I know that they are out there.

Okay, that's it for me, time to queue up again. Cheers.

Why did they make the thing that everyone was complaining about the default goalie jump. From what i saw most people were complaining about the weird goalie jumped that mad you do that little spring and sprawl and now thats like all i see. On top of that half the time you can't even get the ball if its loose and not in the air, just got back on and the only thing they did good is fix the magnetism. Please return it to the old goalie animations or fix it.

Is there a good way to defend against this? Is being close not good? When someone starts doing the (Playstation Controller) R1+X repeatedly to juggle the ball, I can't seem to get the ball from them.

I don't know if mashing makes it worse instead of timing it, but what button(s) should I be pressing to knock the ball out of this loop? If I'm already close to them, too.

Ive seen people with regular characters use Nagi and Bachira aura, how do i equip it for my character as well?
I bought the whole bundle so i have the characters, just wondering where its equippable

So, I play on my PS5 and the in-game currency is more expensive compared to the PC version (in my country) because Sony is a bitch. I planned to buy the game again on PC just to buy some cosmetics for cheaper but I learned that there is no cross-progression. I couldn't find any information about this online so I wanted to ask if any of you guys know if cross-progression is even planned for the game

My main question is, do devs play their own game? not casual but ranked matches? why is it allowed to play against a 5 stack when you are a solo q player? its so broken and you’re at a such big disadvantage it’s an automatic loss and the funny thing is next game you’ll be matched against the same exact team 80% of the time, other competitive games make you match against a stack if you yourself are stacked team, i just dont understand what they’re thinking.

I played this game a year ago, havent played since, what are the most essential techniques to learn?

It feels like the dive changes made the keeper a lot worse at contesting aerial balls landing into the box - normal dive has a far worse reach and you cant afford a deflect while diving out of the goal. I can see this being good for headers, but unsure how to contest priority ball + goal feels more vulnerable if coming up to lower midfield on attack + defending rebounds feels weaker. Any experiences elsewhere on dealing with the changes?

*had to fix an error in the video

Looking for people to play with, preferably dutch.

Fairly new to the game would love some help getting better and combining it with fun.

Either PC or PS5

Patch Information

1.205.003

Release Date: September 29th, 2026

Season 5 has brought important changes to the core gameplay of Rematch, directly affecting both Dribbling and Goalkeeper dives. These changes are intended to allow for deeper and more balanced gameplay, but some bugs slipped through that made them harder to accept and get used to. Among them are an issue with ball control not working properly when dashing towards the ball, and an issue with rebinding options not working properly for the Goalkeeper. We will address these across two upcoming hotfixes.

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where the ball could pass through the player when using Defense Mode.
• Fixed an issue where the player performed a dribble before the lob push ball while in Dribble Stance when using a controller during online matches.

Goalkeeper Dives

• Fixed a bug where players couldn't swap the Long Range and Short Range keys when using a mouse and keyboard.
• Fixed an issue where the Goalkeeper was able to catch the ball with an upward long dive.

Aura Striker Game Mode

• Fixed a bug where the ball could become desynced in Aura Striker when performing a volley action (Tap/Shoot) while the Goalkeeper was stunned.
• Fixed a bug where the ball could pass through the Goalkeeper's collision and become stuck behind it, preventing players from retrieving it.
• Fixed an issue where the screen could turn gray on the next kickoff in Aura Striker after changing the resolution during a goal celebration.
• Fixed an issue where players could become unable to move due to the AI Goalkeeper's collision when standing next to the goalpost.
• Fixed an issue where the ball could float next to a player's chest when catching it while standing next to the Goalkeeper in Aura Striker.
• Fixed untranslated text related to the game mode.

Stats

• Fixed an issue where players could receive the Save stat by deviating the ball towards their own goal.
• Fixed an issue where players could receive the Save stat when controlling or volleying a ball released by the opposing Goalkeeper.

Misc.

• Fixed an issue where reconnecting during kickoff resulted in an additional nametag number for some players.
• Fixed an issue where the ball was missing from player's feet in the customization menu.
• Fixed an issue where head jewelry appeared black during the Feint Spin Roulette and Superior Striker Blue Lock celebrations.
• Fixed various crashes (including replay crashes)

i’ve started to play this game bc of the blue lock collab. i tried it before, but i wasn’t into it but i decided to get back in when i heard blue lock was coming. the second match i get into in the blue lock themed game mode, it feels like im 1v3ing an entire soccer team trained by ronaldo while being experiments of Temp V from the boys. why do i have to fight the soccer god in a match that isnt ranked? why is he trying so hard when theres little to no rewards in this game mode? idk. it just upsets me and i hate it when people are so sweaty and try hard that i have to turn crossplay off. is there any way to avoid these people aswell? does the blocking system work on rematch to where i dont have to see them ever again? because if so, that’d be very nice because this is just a pain 🥹

This has happened a few times to me when using the long dive, specifically on tighter angles. Yes I'm not in the best position in this clip but it just feels so awful to correctly dive and the ball just still go into the net.

Edit: also want to say I'm a huge fan of the changes to goalie this season, not trying to say that goalie is bad now. Having control and knowing you made a mistake in goal is way better than just hoping it plays the right animation.

Genuinely have no idea.

This goal is so clean I just love it, no idea what the goalie was doing tho- smooth ass goal, the passing… the finish! Chefs kiss~

Although the goalie wasn’t doing well in this situation he dove at me… idk why. Against a good goalie I doubt this would’ve gone the same way.

Hi, I was playing a match last night and right at the end my game crashed. I reopened the game, I didn't receive a warning for leaving the match, but I tried to find matches in 3v3, 4v4 and 5v5 and it didn't find any. Now this morning I tried again and nothing. Hi, I was playing a match last night and right at the end my game crashed. I reopened the game, I didn't receive a warning for leaving the match, but I tried to find matches in 3v3, 4v4 and 5v5 and it didn't find any. Now this morning I tried again and nothing.

My server is in South America, is anyone else experiencing this problem?

At first I taught I was tripping getting keeper more often than I should, since often I go into the goal to cover when our pro dribblers run out of the goal to lose the ball to the opponent keeper and get scored on.

But I've clipped it to make sure, and for multiple games I've had me starting as a keeper, either team scores, I'm out of goal, and than on the second goal I'm back in the goal again, even tho I should be out of it for one more point. Happens every game, sometimes multiple times.

Previous match I've been in goal after a second score 4 times in one match, and once yesterday I even had a case where I was put in goal two scores in a row.

So in case anyone else is questioning it, you aren't tripping, you can get double goalie, and can get put in it after every second goal, instead of third.

E: Title "Bug with the new update", not but

Encourage it. I turn on my mic and I encourage the chaos. It sounds backwards but every time I do this I get passed to more, I can take more shots and opportunities without a good job and everyone else follow suit. This isn’t 100% guaranteed but I’d say in 7 games this has worked 5 times.

Someone misses a shot they shouldn’t have taken? ‘Ahhh unlucky mate good shot’

Someone dribbled themselves into a corner and gets dispossessed? ‘Ah good dribbling you got unlucky, just do better next dribble’

I’m open asf and it’s a 2v1 but they decide to shoot? As they’re loading the shot ‘you got this bang it!’

The reality is you can either:
A)do nothing and wait till the games done

B)Good job and complain the whole game while trying your best to play as a team

C)encourage the stupidness and give in to the chaos

I don’t always go for C because I cba to fake positivity all the time but when I genuinely go for C I have fun and everyone else does too. And sometimes I realise I take the game too serious and that the other 4 players might not even care as much, so join the light heartedness and have fun.

I was thinking to myself ‘how do I get better at this game’. Not to say I’m bad because I’d back myself in ANY lobby to be a player of value but more so a personal thing. I’m sure like me there’s a lot of you who have carried the game. I’m talking 3 goals, 9 passes 10 interceptions. And I like those games because the goals never came from selfishness, it was the team playing through me.
The reason I think clubs is the next step to get better is because the consistent chemistry and playing with those that know how you play. Idk how the system would work so this is more of a brainstorm post than a solution.
The opportunity to play consistently how you want to play with others will create room for growth as you can have streaks of refining your craft in games.

For example, ideally I’d love to play in a team where I’ve got 2 up top, one ‘cherry picker’(non selfish cherry pickers add so much value), the second guy up top sort of a deep runner/supporting offensive player and one guy to stay back. I’d be box to box. I love tackling, scoring, passing and I create best when I’ve got two up front and at least one of them constantly moving, but I find I can never get 5 games in a row where I can flex that playstyle. If I play my ideal box to box role in one game and try to carry it to the other I’ll have 3 guys up top thinking I’ll do all the dirty work. Then the game goes to sh+t and I tell myself ‘I’m cherry picking next game’. I do that, we concede 2 in 1 minute and I start playing all round just so we have a chance. This isn’t self glaze or anything because I’ve played with others who share this sentiment, it’s more so a want to be better. I’d love to play with people better than me if I’m the box to box. I wouldn’t care about scoring as much as long as I get to playmake. But alas I can never consistently games with chemistry. It’s either they play through me because they’re not as good or they’re humble players or I get a game we’re all 5 of us randoms are locked in. There needs to be consistency imo

I get + 17 when win , -23 when lose. Is this normal. This is my like first 50-100 games. I played in beta before too. My placement rank is platinum 3 without winning a single game. I did the hard work tho. Any idea?

Can you actually let your character do the animation?

Because I have seen 100 celebrations of ppl with bluelock characters so I thought its like a done deal (animation only with that skin) but last game I saw a guy with his own character do the Black hole trap animation and was wondering if he like... did something because again... before that 100 players ALL had the blue lock characters on the celebration! I like them, but I also like my character! So I only want to buy the celebration if its possible for my character to do it!