Hey, ex 5th league German defender here.
You can perfectly translate all your real life defending knowledge into this game. Even better than in v0.9.0 and v0.9.1:
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My last 9 opponents quit because they got 0 shots on my goal and 0 chances. Everyone saying
"Defending is hard" - Yes, it is! You need to play like in real life!
I am for one really happy regarding player controls. You never had so much freedom:
Just blocking the ball and let it go out of play/to you keeper? Yes! Shoulder charge a sprinting player? Yes! Match-up with the speed of the attacker and waiting for their next touch to then speed up and get the ball? Yes! Easily anticipating ping pong passers with interception/match-up? Yes! Waiting for the defender to rush you, then sharp touch into free space? Yes! Controling the speed of the match on attacking and defending side? Yes!
But still I don't like the ball physics system. Also the Tsubasa shots are way too strong.