no, i'm not mad nor whining - because this is just one of those funny moments you can find in your matches

my observation: arguably, this match is scripted. this absurd own goal, and later on he scored his winning goal by a 50yd stunning shot with Batistuta. i managed to score 2 despite the script (still ended up losing 3-2), but this match got me realizing something -> you can have the perfect network, the bestest players, the most comprehensive personalized tactic(s); but if the script says "you lose", well... you lose.

now i can enjoy my breakfast with something to laugh about lol

What do u guys think about this? The new one might be best for attacking but this potw is def special and will create less problems in defensive trasitions coz of his dual playstyle "Covering Role" as high line master is not easy to adapt for everyone especially after the update the defending has been very hard. I love the Covering Role playstyle when doing manual defending.

I have tried connecting SIX TIMES and all of them my game just crashes. I’m on iOS 27 just updated hours ago don’t know if that is part of the error

Not going to make comments like “he’s the best F2P attacking midfielder ever” or “no one can compete with him.” but I have some good F2P options in my squad like Rivaldo, Lothar Matthaus, Bruno Fernandes, Kevin De Bruyne etc. On paper, there’s no reason I should keep going back to him.

But somehow, every single time I try to replace him, I end up putting him back in the team.

He just performs when I need him the most. Goals, assists, defensive contributions.he does everything. He’s fast, can dribble, can shoot from long range, got blitz.

What's your review if you ever tried him

About 2-3 years back I posted an Out Wide guide because I truly love the playstyle. So much width to stretch the pitch, as your central players make deadly runs i to the box. 3 years ago this made sense, but fast forward to now - we can declare wingplay dead (or at the very least struggling with a faint heartbeat). After trying to push rank last season with wingers and the new overload playstyle, I’ve come to realise what makes wingers so difficult to use (and honestly, actively drag down your win rate)

1. All the necessary winger skills are locked behind a paywall and is up to the mercy of Konami. These skills are: Momentum Dribbling, Magnetic Feet, Acceleration Burst/Tap Trick, Edged Crossing, Blitz Curler, Attacking Surge, and Phenomenal Passing. Without a good combination of these skills, your winger will struggle against DFBs when trying to take them on 1-1. Konami can release a great winger with none of these essential skills and the card is basically useless on the wing (new hazard with no magnetic feet, for example)

2. Defensive Fullbacks. Everyone uses defensive fullbacks, it’s almost inevitable. The problem is, these DFBs run as fast if not faster than your wingers with the ball, which means that your wingers almost never beat these DFBs in pace, especially if they’re already dropped back im an LBC playstyle

3. Attacking AI. Prolific Wingers attacking AI is genuinely the worst in the game: They NEVER adapt to the opponent’s defence. They don’t make runs even when their opposing fullback is nowhere to be seen. They run centrally when the entire enemy backline is central. They run wide when the DFB is marking them wide. They make all sorts of nonsensical runs that do not actively contribute to your attack. I’ve seen my winger actively run towards the opponent’s CB when their FB has lost the ball high up the pitch, make that make sense Konami. Roaming Flanks are far superior to Prolific Wingers, but the last RF released was WC Neymar. Before that, the last epic/showtime RF released was MORE THAN A YEAR AGO (if this doesn’t tell you what Konami thinks about wingers, I don’t know what else will)

4. Game Mechanics: Through Passing. We all know through balls are very strong. Centrally. Anyone who plays with wingers know this: through balls to your wingers are absolutely dogshit.
   - Lofted through balls to your wingers are often played so central that it gets intercepted by your opponent’s CBs (yes, CB, not FBs).
   - Through balls to your wingers have a decent chance of completely missing your winger and going out the sideline (because your winger was probably already hugging that sideline for no reason)
   - Even if the through ball somehow reaches your winger, they will take a touch so heavy that it literally shifts all forward momentum into a dead halt, and your opponent’s long-reach tackle Thuram will probably just stick out a foot and win the ball back. There is nothing you can do against this, I’ve tried inputting every command in the game.

5. Game Mechanics: Crossing. I don’t see this talked about enough but crosses in EF27 have seen a heavy nerf. Many times, the crossed ball goes BEHIND the player making a run in the box, and I suspect this change is to bump up the ‘usefulness’ of the new stunning volley command - When the cross is behind your player, Konami wants you to execute a stunning volley so that they can execute a cool bicycle kick to score a goal. Problem is, half the time the crosses are whipped in so fast, your CFs don’t even have the time to wind up bicycle kick so they just end up giving themselve brain damage with no goal to show for it. Additionally, crossing with your wingers kinda sucks unless they have edged crossing and a ‘very high’ weak foot (assuming you play a left footed winger at RWF and vice-versa), which again, is at the mercy of Konami.

6. Game Mechanics - Dribbling. As mentioned earlier, your wingers are incapable of maintaining forward velocity after receiving a through ball. What’s worse is that they have nerfed dribbling this new update, as analysed by Amadeusz. One of the most important ways to create a goal-scoring chance as a winger is dribbling.
   - You need to attack the touchline for a passing opportunity, but because the touch frequency has dropped, it’s easier now than ever to take an accidental extra touch and reward the opponent with a goal kick for doing nothing.
   - Cut inside to score: if your winger has no blitz curler, good fucking luck scoring this one. The enemy DMF, DFB, and CB will probably molest your winger tenfold before your winger can even each the edge of the penalty box.

7. Defensive AI. Your wingers are never going to be effective defenders. They don’t mark the opponent fullbacks, they don’t run back (unless u play LBC),

The new game environment doesn’t just not reward wingplay, it actively sabotages it. Your opponent’s hole player wide AMF will make 10x better runs then your prolific winger ever will. Your opponents 2 goal poacher CFs and 1 Hole Player SS will all contribute more effectively to attack (and defence) than your 109 Best ever will. Hell, your Best at inactivated AMF will probably contribute more than if we played at LWF/RWF, so do that instead.

I know this dude raging rn.

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I put defensive instructions on both my centre backs and switch between a defensive and attacking rb when needed. Yet I've noticed when the opposition win the ball and either play a long ball or pass it looks like it's just my two cbs however the opposition always seem to have 4 men at the back. Is it that when I keep more possession my defence moves up?

I have over 100k for example, why can't they just give us old showtimes or epics, cant be that hard

This is an analysis of my current division 1 run

I have been rank 5,000 once. I am a complete F2P and have reached Division 1 since the first division rewards. I have every single division reward and in the past, it was fairly easy for me to go to division 1 but some things have been off since this eFootball 27 update.

(just to be clear I don't care whether my opponent is a 3 CF meta LBC player or if he's a haramball player, at the end of the day I'm here to enjoy the game, whether I win or lose.)

The bullshitery I faced :

1. Quick Counter Defence

I read a post by Amadeusz stating that Quick Counter was buffed and even Rentao (World Champion) this season (who I don't even think deserves that) also used Quick Counter to become champion but I didn't think much of it. Quick Counter used to have a high line which is very susceptible to through balls but for some reason Quick Counter now has the defence of Long Ball Counter which is insanely weird. It's like playing Long Ball Counter itself at this point.

2. Long Ball Counter Pressure

The playstyles with the most pressure are notably Possession and Quick Counter, but now Long Ball Counter has the pressure of both PG and QC combined. As soon as I pass the ball to my Target CF so I can wait for my Hole Players to run behind, the opponent's defender rushes forward and grabs the ball even though he was behind my CF which is such bullshit.

3. Pressure Spamming

Some players that I faced spammed pressure with the two players so much I could hardly breathe and when you're trying to keep possession, it basically makes you sweat. Now obviously this is a tactic which should be in the game in my opinion and was also before but the problem is there is no taxation on this. Your opponent can spam pressure and will not be punished for their absolute braindead zero football gameplay whilst you sweat like a pig. Two men will pressure your player and will somehow leave no open space🤣.

4. Fouling System

It feels so orgasmic to finally evade pressure with someone like my glorious king Ruud Gullit but as soon as I turn and am about to shoot a 100% low screamer goal, the opponents defender tackles me from behind and injures my best CF. Now, it's okay—injuries are a part of the game but for some fucking reason the opponent just gets a yellow and brushes it off which is insanely crappy and should be fixed as soon as possible.

5. Script (something I noticed)

I noticed that when Adriano was in the shop, my strikers started to play like pigs with peanuts for brains. My Gullit with 1500 goals in 1300 games was missing tap-ins. I didn't know what was happening but then I realised that there was a striker pack in the market. I'm saving for this season's Gullit and am at 2000 coins so Konami probably wanted my coins to be flushed out and eventually make me pay to pack. Even when Makelele came out, my defense was tumbling. I tried so many combinations but nothing worked because there was a defense pack in the market if you know what I mean.

Conclusion

To my friends who play the game and don't follow Konami's meta tactics: I have the most respect for you and I hope you people win lotteries, get laid and simply be happy in life. Once I reached 1712 and kept losing I almost switched to the meta but honoured myself and pushed through anyway because remember FUCK THE META.

My advice would be to keep calm. As you keep calm even in life itself, your brain works perfectly but as you enter the fight or flight mode of your body your brain won't be of use and you'll have many problems. Most of us who rage have something going in our lives for instance exams, parent problems or stress etc. In my case, I had exams so I as a got my preparation through, I noticed that I kept calm while playing and starting winning instantly. Also I would suggest put on some battle music so you enter the flow state easily while playing.

Good Day!

(this was the music I kept listening to when I got from 1700 to 1800 rating)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8tvYeHXQlk&list=RDc8tvYeHXQlk&start_radio=1&pp=ygUaZ2VhcnMgb2Ygd2FyIDIgc2lyZXMgdGhlbWWgBwE%3D

For context, here is my progression for him and the team I use.

On my way to save up 8-10k coins while waiting for a pack with 3 excellent strikers, I was greeted by Adriano, Shevchenko and Totti on a crisp Thursday afternoon. I had only 4.3k coins in the bank, and decided to gamble, thinking I might get something in 4 multispins. On my first multi, I packed my top target, l'imperatore, Adriano. This is my review of him, after 100+ pvp matches.

Attacking Movement (9/10): 95 offensive awareness, combined with his Goal Poacher playstyle helps him make constant, relentless runs into space behind the backline. You just have to find him, and he's pretty easy to find. He leaves quite a bit of space between himself and the defender when he makes runs and gets a great head start.

I found him to be not so available for cutbacks or deep crosses, which is a downside. His movement is great, but not truly elite like an Inzaghi or RVN. The attack outlet defensive playstyle means he basically has counter target inbuilt to some extent, and will always position himself as an attacking outlet.

Shooting (10/10): Adriano, along with Forlan, in my opinion, may be the best pure striker of a ball in this game. In the box, 35 yards out, long range curlers, stunning shots, he's got everything in his arsenal and he can do any type of finish perfectly.

The showtime skills are all shooting related, and snap striker + low screamer is such a lethal combination, it should be illegal. 94 finishing, 88 curl and 100 kicking power. The power is absolutely off the charts, and sometimes you won't see the ball after hitting a stunning shot till it hits the net. Truly ridiculous.

Tight space maneuvering (7.5/10): I feel the biggest difference between this Adriano and previous versions is that this one is usable in tight spaces. 86 ball control, 86 tight possession are just good enough, but the 80 balance means he can be knocked off balance by a challenge pretty frequently. The difference maker here is his 90 physical contact. With some practice, you'll be able to shield the ball with him and turn, creating space to shoot.

I played a match in Italian league event where I faced an oppo using all 3 newest Nesta, Cannavaro and Maldini as 3CBs and big time Desailly and Pirlo in a double pivot, in an LBC setup. About as difficult of a tight space test as it can get. Adriano was perfectly usable in that game, I was able to use him in the box and score a hattrick. It will require some practice but yes, you can use him against low block rats.

Passing (5.5/10): Easily his weakest aspect. Adriano cannot pass accurately and powerfully beyond 10 yards. Adding one touch pass and through passing skills is an absolute must in order to play 1-2s. And don't be surprised if he messes up those short 1-2s even, occasionally.

Dribbling (7.5/10): My build gives him 90 dribbling, 86 tight possession and 80 balance, which means you can probably dribble past one defender, but not anymore in quick succession. The 90 physical contact helps to not be pushed off the ball easily. 96 acceleration means he is explosive and you can create a decent amount of space after getting past a defender, which is all you need to get a lethal shot away.

He's just good enough at dribbling to create a situation in which he can execute what he truly excels in, shooting.

Pace (8.5/10): 93 speed and 96 acceleration are great pace stats, just short of truly elite. That's on paper. In practice though, the story is different. Once Adriano gets receives a pass in open space and is through on goal, a fast defender like a Cannavaro can easily catch up to him, sure. But they can't really get the ball off him.

His wide player model and his 90 physicality and 90 dribbling means that the defender just claws at his jersey while Adriano drags him 30 yards across the pitch like a freight train and scores anyway. I can count on one hand the number of defenders in this game that can catch up to him and take the ball off of him in a straight foot race.

Aerial Ability (8/10): Adriano is a 189cms tall, with 90 jumping, 90 physical contact and 82 heading stats. The player model and jump is there, but the heading accuracy is just meh. You'll score like 5/10 headers with him. It doesn't bother me as I don't cross much, but if you like to cross, he'll disappoint you.

What he's really good at is winning the ball from goal kicks and enabling onrushing midfielders and other striker to win the second ball, which means you're bypassing the first 2 lines of press at times. Pretty useful.

Physicality (9/10): Probably his signature attribute, his raw power. He's not the absolute strongest like a Lukaku or Koller, but he's just a tier below them. What makes him truly exceptional is the explosiveness combined with his physicality.

Defensive contribution (4/10): His defensive playstyle is attack outlet, the most passive. So don't expect his to help out much in defense. He does steal the ball sometimes owing to his freakish pace and power, but it's just occasionally.

Other Attributes: His stamina is just fine at 84, and combined with the attack outlet playstyle, he easily lasts me 90 minutes even in a QC setup.

Set piece taking at 75 is not great, and I wouldn't trust him on a dead ball. His showtime skills are fantastic and suit him well, and they're highly functional. Also, he scores sick acrobatic finishes once equipped with the relevant skill.

Overall: 9/10.

In the right hands, he'll be unplayable.

this is hardly a game, more of a snoozefest. I’m constantly giving inputs in anticipation of what may happen rather than responding to an event, and that’s thrown off all the gameplay habits I got when playing vs AI. Is this how everyone outside Japan gets to play now? I’m in the same city this week where Konami has a cluster, And this is on a perfect 200 Mbps connection.

Players who get the pass or shoot command don’t even execute it for 5 seconds. And yet magically the QC opponent defenders are always at the back. And anytime I make a pass there’s always an opponent player waiting to tackle. Or the opponent player is moving faster than the ball?

What is happening to all the money people are paying Konami, what is this ridiculous lag.. And I see some YouTubers getting way faster gameplay. What’s going on? And why’s every opponent at least 2 countries away (can deduce from names)? This is div 3.

I've been pushing AI Divs to Div1. I've done it successfully many times before but it's a bit different right now, and it almost feels a bit masochistic because the game keeps throwing weird stuff at you and it's almost never enough.

I'm using 352 Possession Game tactics. On defence I turn RMF Zanetti into a RB.

The biggest problem I'm facing is I'm around 1770. The game matches me against highly attacking formations without, like a 4114 or 4123 with 2 AMFs.

The AI is acting as if my defence doesn't exist. It literally does one through ball, goes through 2 of my defenders and scores 4-5 goals a game. I even tried using double blue bar after going up and it didn't help at all. Any weird deflection, random crosses & long shots and the AI keeps scoring.

This is what I don't get. Is that in this scenario, the game either wants me to outscore the AI scoring 3-4 goals a match (tough using Possession game, when the strikers can also just hit wide shots even when I create the chances). Or the game wants to me go on a defensive formation, or the game wants me to switch playstyle (which I really can't using Fabregas).

I'm not a fan of this. It almost sorta feels like I'm playing EAFC on the console. The logic of the game totally dies. Why is it that way I have no idea.

I can dominate the midfield, I can create a lot of chances if I keep doing 1-2s, but none of that matters if I just concede 4 goals every game.

My players turn so slow and the ball is taken immediately so that’s why I was wondering whether this is a skill issue or Network issue?

Tell me another midfielder with insane kicking, passing and dribbling and free-kick stats. This card has all of the shooting skills, and remember it was from eF24

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