Advanced defense in FIFA 20 FIFA 20 guide, tips

Last update: 01 October 2019

After mastering the basic principles of defense, the next step is to learn more complex techniques that will undoubtedly enrich and improve your defensive game in FIFA 20. In this chapter, you will find a lot of information that will help you further protect your goal.

• Fighting shoulder to shoulder
• Team Pressing
• Covering the ball with your body
• Blocking a shot in the penalty area
• High pressing

Fighting shoulder to shoulder

When you get closer to an opponent's player, you often find yourself in a situation where two players are fighting bark to bark for the ball - usually, it ends in stabbing, but sometimes a whistling foul can occur. To knock the player out of the running rhythm, try pulling his shirt by pressing the tackle button, thereby slowing him down enough to be able to regain the ball with minimum cost. Remember that the player attempting such a move must have the appropriate physical stats.

Team Pressing

If you have trouble interrupting an opponent's actions, you can always use the help of a teammate. This way you will have the opportunity to crowd an opponent who is likely to lose the ball or knock it over the sideline. Before applying this maneuver you must reckon with the fact that some sector of the field will remain without appropriate protection. To ask for help from another player, press and hold the button responsible for team press.

Covering the ball with your body

Covering the ball with your body is a technique that allows you to keep the ball in the game until you receive support from the team. The technique can be used in a moment, when you don't have the ability to carry out any action or if you want to play for time and wait for the final whistle from the judge. To perform this maneuver, press the button responsible for covering the ball.

Blocking a shot in the penalty area

During the match, there will surely be a situation in which you'll need to block a shot fired at your goal. You can do this by pressing the button responsible for the normal receiving of the ball, but in extreme cases you will be forced to perform a tackle. With such a risky play, you need to be ready for possible consequences in the form of a red card and a penalty.

High pressing

Pressing is mainly used in situations where there is not much time left for the final whistle, and the result of the match does not work in your favor. In this case, the opponent is in no hurry to play football, so you need to send more players to the opponent's half to try to get the football. It is definitely recommended to put pressure on goalkeepers when the enemy plays the ball backwards - sometimes, he may make a mistake which you can use. Remember that after ordering the players to press, you will leave a significant area of the field without proper defense.