Defence and fouls | Movement on the pitch FIFA 07 Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

If your rival has the possession, try to control these players who are close to the ball. Switch your men by pressing [S] (the same button for both configurations).

When you get close to the rival with the ball, we can simply run onto him and regain possession. But if the opposite team has experienced players, press [D] (new configuration - [S]) while physical contact to take the ball away from the opponent.

Holding [D] (or [S], in new configuration) results in a conservative tackle. Thanks to that, rival with the ball has limited options of moving and performing a pass.

If an opponent player gets close to our goal, press [W] to perform a goalkeeper charge. This makes shooting on target much more difficult.

Fouls are one of the ways to defend the goal too. There are two types of them. The first one consists on a push that is being performed automatically if you run onto rival's heels.

The second kind is a traditional sliding tackle, which can be performed by pressing [A] (new configuration - [D]).

Note that such tackles often ends with yellow and red cards. Sometimes, however, referee gives an advantage - that means, we won't be punished for a foul if:

• We foul a rival shortly after he performed a pass to another player;
• Foul won't give us the possession anyway.