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Exclusive FIFA 09 Screens and New Controls Breakdown

August 21, 2008 4:57 pm - Author: Fred Villarruel

Below are some new FIFA 09 screens, as well as a control breakdown of the "new stuff" in this years game.

 

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Controls for New Stuff in FIFA 09

Call for a teammate on Corners
-Press LT/L2  when you get a corner to bring a teammate close for a short pass
Call for a layoff man
-Press LT/L2  when you get a Free Kick in shooting range to bring in a layoff player
Shoot with the layoff man
-Hold LT/L2 and the shoot button when taking a free kick
Pass with the layoff man to a third player
-Hold LT/L2 and the pass button when taking a free kick
Wall Jump
-Press Y/Triangle during the Free Kick run up when defending a free kick with a wall to make the wall jump.
Bullet Man
-Press X/Square during the Free Kick run up when defending a free kick with a wall to have the player on the end of the wall charge the shooter
Jockey Press
-Hold LT/R2 and A/X to maintain a few yards distance from the dribbler and contain
-Release LT/R2 to go in for the tackle at the right moment
Running Jockey
-Hold LT/L2 and RT/R2 to use the running jockey.
-This is a faster paced jockey that will allow you to better position your defender without having to plant and turn.
Custom Team Tactics on the D-Pad
-Press Down on the D-Pad and then select from the list.

 

 

Controls for things that people may not know about

 Driven Shot from Free Kick
-Hold LB/L1 to hit a lower driven shot from Free Kicks
How to add curl to a free kick
-During power up of the power bar hold a direction on the left stick to add spin
-Left or Right for Max Sidespin (Up and Down are minimum)
-Diagonal Up Left or Diagonal Up Right for maximum Topspin (Up and sides are minimum)
-Down for Max backspin (Left and Right are minimum)
Jockey
-Hold LT/L2 when defending to jockey the dribbler
Team Mentality
-Press Right on the D-Pad to bring up the Mentality menu, then press right or left to adjust your team’s mentality.
-All the way Left is very defensive, and all the way right is Very Attacking.
Skill Moves
-Hold LT/L2 and use the right stick to do skill moves when dribbling.
Fake Shot
-While powering up a Shot or Lob pass, quickly press the pass button before you release the Shot or Lob to do a Fake shot.  (Fake Shot’s with the shot button can only be triggered in the oppositions half.)
Penalty Aiming
-The longer you hold down the shot button, the further out towards the post the shot will go.
Move On-field player in Throw In situations
-Press LB/L2 to take control of a player on field during a throw in. (No icon will appear so that your opponent won’t know who you are throwing to)
-Press the short or long throw button to throw it to that player
-Press LB/L2 a second time if you want to switch back to the thrower.
Hard Stop Face Goal
-When dribbling, press LB/L2 with no direction on the left stick to stop the ball and face toward the goal.
Hard Stop Face Away
-When dribbling, press RT/R1 with no direction on the left stick to stop the ball and face away from the closest opponent.
 

 

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Comments about this article

Posted by: yakthelope on August 22, 2008, 4:45 am
Great. i am going to love FIFA this year. I think it will be the best yet.
Posted by: TRLBroncos on August 22, 2008, 5:33 pm
Is there a fake injury button or a button you can press to call for the strecher when you get kicked in the shin? haha :P
Posted by: Trixilver on August 27, 2008, 1:36 am
I've been looking forward to this one. I'll have it on PS3 ^_^
Posted by: wh99p on September 9, 2008, 6:35 pm
The bottom section, controls for things people may not know about....does that imply you can perform these moves in 08? I can't seem to figure out the Team Mentality part if this is referring to 08.
Posted by: mantronik on September 14, 2008, 5:49 pm
I believe on throw-ins, its L1 (PS3) to toggle control of an onfield player, that the thrower is facing.
Posted by: mantronik on September 14, 2008, 5:49 pm
Btw, thanks for the list!
Posted by: helaal92 on September 16, 2008, 5:06 am
Thanks alot for this wonderful controls

but could you expalin what those shortcuts means ?

LT/L2 & LT/R2 & RT/R1 & A/X
 
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