Protecting from a free kick | Set pieces FIFA 14 Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Moving the wall

Moving the wall is the basic way of defending a free kick and helping your goalkeeper. Using it you can better cover and secure the free space in the goal and make a successful intervention much easier. In order to move the wall, press L2 + R2 (LT + RT, MMB + Left Ctrl).

Wall creep

Decreasing the distance between the player and the wall made by the members of you team is a good way of making it harder for the enemy to score a goal. You however have to do it discretely, as each bigger move will be rewarded with a card for one of the players. To move the wall to the enemy, press R1 (RB, D).

Charging out of the wall

Charging out of the wall gives you a chance of disorienting your enemy and taking away his chance of scoring a goal. In order to run out of the wall when the enemy starts charging at the ball, press the pass button.

Adding players to the wall

If you think there aren't enough players in the wall, you can always increase the size of the natural barrier - for that, press the trigger button. Keep in mind that the bigger the wall is, the fewer players can cover enemies found in the penalty area or in line of the shot.