FIFA Tips

The daily tips will be given by our very own Malaysia FIFA Champion [W|nDs] Si_Jali. He was ranked no.4 in the world in 2005 and was the WCG Asia Champion in 2006. He also bag 2 Malaysian Champion title (WCG and CEL Games) last year 2007 ranked him no.1 in Malaysia.

[W|nDs] Si_Jali

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Here key word of the tips:

1) Be Open = ” Be open means to know the current & latest trend in the playing culture. It also means to open our mind to a better playing style and accept it.”

2) Winning and Losing = “winning is poor teacher. We can learn more if we loss”

3) Revenge = “revenge keeps your mind focus , targeted and motivated”

4) He Who Angers You Conquers You. =” Anger is a human emotion. There is nothing wrong to be angry except if you were wrong of course. But it is also a sign of weakness”

5) Afraid to lost

6) Celebration = “celebrate when you score or win…”

7) Crossing = ” 3 rules 1) position of the striker 2) direction of the cross 3) power of the cross

8. Its Not Just A Field, Its A Battlefield! =

So when your in war, what do you need in war? You need:

a. Generals
b. Troops
c. High tech equipment

9) How to score ?

I think in whatever u do in your game its pretty useless if you just cant score. No matter how fancy your play is, be it you know how to go thru 5 defenders or make an unbelievable look a like Beckham long ball, if you just cant finish it off… its still doesnt count.
So just like crossing there are 3 things we need to look upon:

1. Position of the striker
2. Position of the GK
3. Power and direction of the shot

In FIFA it has always been true that in certain position you can score easily while others just pretty hard to come by. Like a few years ago 1 on 1 seems to be the key point in getting goals. In FIFA 08 it seems like it is pretty hard to score in 1 on 1 but its actually the same like in the previous versions. They just modified it a bit.
You can try this in practice mode:

1. Walk slowly to the GK.For the 1st try to walk straight no diagonal to the GK (Striker position)
2. When the GK comes out(GK position), make sure his quite near to you but not too near. At least there is a space for you to still turn around.
3. When the GK is halfway near just shoot around 60%-70%(Shot Power) to the area where the GK isnt guarding. Far post shld be nice(Shooting Direction). Why halfway? So that your striker have the space to shoot and to let the ball fly to the direction you desire.

10) Formation

In last year 2007, the trend in Malaysia was 442 while 41212 popularity started to drop since 2005. The WCG.MY Champ [W|nDs] Si_Jali and also runner up MyFES. Warrior use 442 as its main formation. In WCG Grand Final the popular formation was 343 and 433.The Champ Hero from Germany use 433 as its main formation.

So no matter what formation you wanna used, make sure you know all about the formation you choose. Not just that, you must also have a general knowledge of your opponent’s formation too so that you can counter him.

11) Types of Play 

So whats your playing style? There are generally 3 type of playing style:

1. Wing type
2. Middle movement
3. A mix both

Wing Type
A wing type player basically likes to play formation that give them movement at wing such as 442,433 and 451. They are very good in crossing and also know how to play the wingback well. They might know a few tricks in dribbling thru the wing cutting into the mid. Most of their source of goals came from crossing. They are the type where many people would say “cheaters” for their unbelievable long cross.

Middle Mover
A middle mover likes to play short quick pass in the centre mid. They favor formation such as 41212 and 433. Their games is base on build up and doesnt play as direct as the wing type. This type of players are very well known for their accuracy in passing, trickness in dribbling and nice long shot. Most of their goals came from 1 on 1 situation produce from their nice build up.

Mix of Both
This type of player enjoy creativity. There is no common movement and is very hard to predict. But because of their focus on creativity, they have to sacrifice efficiency because they have to know all sorts of way to score thus demanding a lot of concentration on the pitch. This type of player is very hard to find and very rare. Most of this type player really have a very nice build up but always lack in the finishing part. Their goals come from all sorts of movement.

 12) Generalist Vs Specialist 

which one is better? Specialist in generalist …

13) Tricks 

Ok here is some dribbling tricks for all of you who likes to do those fancy foot works.

Skill	Intro	Keyboard	Dual Analog Gamepad
Overstep Dribbling	-	hold Shift and tap forward twice	move Right Analog stick in same direction as running twice
Sidestep Dribbling	release forward direction and	hold Shift tapping L+R or R+L	move Right Analog stick L+R or R+L
Elastico (Ronaldinho Flic-Flac) Dribbling	release forward direction and	hold Shift tapping L+F+R or R+F+L	move Right Analog stick L+F+R or R+F+L
Flick-Up Dribbling	release forward direction and	hold Shift tapping B+F	move Right Analog stick B+F
Rainbow Dribbling	release forward direction and	hold Shift tapping L+B+R or R+B+L	move Right Analog stick L+B+R or R+B+L
Roulette (Walking on the ball) Dribbling	release forward direction and	hold Shift tapping B+L+F or B+R+F	move Right Analog stick B+L+F or B+R+F
Rabona Cross	release forward direction and	hold Shift tapping B+A(cross)+L or B+A(cross)+R	move Right Analog stick B+A(cross)+L or B+A(cross)+R

Key (from left to right):

• F – forward : >
• B – backward : <
• L – left : ^
• R – right : v

more details click to Si_Jali blog….