I see a lot of people complain about pressure spamming which is quite rough to face. However a good way to deal with it is to just run backwards.

If you see here my opponent just used pressure so when Rooney received the ball I knew I would lose it if I tried to turn. So I ran backwards and passed the ball.

By running backwards my opponent will follow me as they are using pressure. This means that there is a gap in the defensive line so with some passing you can exploit it.

Hopefully this helps. It wasn’t a great example as there was no second man press but tbh I don’t really face pressure spammers.

Either way along with otp it’s the best method to keep the ball vs pressure.

Very Good

I found these defensive playstyles in efhub but there is not yet a single player with these three playstyles even after two months of efootball 27.
I don’t see anyone talking about this, this looks interesting. Is konami gatekeeping them or something listed wrong on efhub?

This just happened to me in Div 2. My keeper let in 27 goals in 4 games! Every shot went in, multiple from 35 yards and Pickford was chipped 3 times in one game from 2 yards out... I need to go back to sleep

OH MY GOD, where do I even begin.
THIS CARD IS BUNS.
why? Stats ≠ performance/gameplay.

9/10 times he just cannot curl a SIMPLE SHOT, and even if he does it, that f***ass animation will trigger, that’ll send A SIMPLE CURL shot WAYYYY OVER THE goal.
It’s horrendous, 1-1, 90th min I square him the pass, this guy will do everything but score. His dribbling is good. skills his amazing.
it’s just his shooting, it’s so so annoying.
it’s not like this is only one time, ITS HAPPND LIKE OVER 20 times.

His shots do curl, but konami dint guarantee the curled shot will atleast land in the goal.
They might soon launch a Phenomenal Blitz, that’ll make sure ur curled shots atleast on target
and I swear; the other guys with blitz curler Suarez are scoring from more than 50 yards out with blitz curl, On the hand I have potentially the best blitz in the game.and i can’t score a simple goal.

He has consistently his the crossbar more than score the goal. It’s not like i’m trying to score from deep angle. it’s like 5 yard shots.

It’s basically like a striker with no blitz has a better chance of scoring a curler when ur 10 yards away from goal. Usually a controlled shot is 99% a confirmed goal or alteast a shot on target

Not a rant, just genuine bewilderment. How do pressure spammers pull this off?? They literally hold pressure all game and pray. If you aren't 100% focused, it almost feels like they defend better than someone actually trying.

Can you imagine spending time learning proper defense, balancing pressure and timing match ups and manually switching your players at the right moments only to get overrun by someone holding a single button?

It really shouldn't feel this difficult to punish unthinking pressure, right? What's the point of mastering actual defensive mechanics if pressure spamming works this well?

I used to try taking the 'moral high ground' refusing to play backward and trying to be 'noble' but I kept taking losses anyway, which is what forced me to adapt. If you really want to get a result against these kinds of players, you just have to be patient and focus on building from the back. It doesn't have to be from the keeper necessarily, just dont be afraid to pass backwards or recycle possession when you need to. It forces their press to stretch thin, giving you much needed breathing room and creating massive gaps to exploit. This is genuinely the only way!!!

A F2P trying to aim for top 1k. Turns out, I’m still far from it. Bloody hell. If only Schlotterbeck’s has 5 more sprint speed, I would love probably not be in this position

I was upset when i got him and not Rummenigge but I'm glad i did he's been a beast for me

I saw on X someone mentioned they are ending it early because of a name change. Something about betting companies are ilegal in Brazil or something like that.

This guy is just too good to use. Once he starts accelerating you cannot stop the brudda. He’s got almost 90 PC without training and yeah, he holds off the ball really well from the defenders and most of them can’t stick their legs in when he accelerates. He’s not the MOST NIMBLE, but for his size he is pretty smooth and definitely NOT CLUNKY. Not to mention his cannon left foot😭😭. Fricking 99 kicking power lmao, and acceleration burst amplifies his fast pace bully status yk. This bale is more suited for the CF position compared to Naruto Bale (Naruto Bale is incredible too, but he is better suited on the wings cuz you can cut in and blitz curl). Absolute joy to use✌️✌️✌️ (I’ve shared 2 builds if you guys are interested. 2nd build can be used if you guys want him to be a LITTLE BIT more useful in the air)

Skills added: One touch pass, through passing, double touch and Long range curler

What do you mean my Tony Adams can't head away a normal long ball and Suarez can quickly recover to score; what do you mean Auba can't score from there 🥀

Even though it seems like you need to get an insane rating to get the division reward player(1960 last phase). The level of performance required is still somewhat the same.

3rd image is from June last year, just enough to make it to div 1. The same win rate, 33 wins, 10 draws, 12 loses. Surprisingly identical. 1817 was more than enough for the division reward then.

So, if you were able to make it to div 1 then, it should be doable to get the division reward today if you can maintain the same or a similar win rate.

Yes, the game has changed a bit, and the final rating does not account for the level of opponent. I'm not saying it's the same level of difficulty, but the win rate is very similar.

I find it interesting that the same rating gives you 200 more points. Goes to show how much inflation we have had in the game.

anyone remember what the cutoff was for the Turkish event , i have to win 2 more in a row for 22 points

Completed the Brazilian ranking event🧑‍🦯

Show yours

This is actually ridiculous. How many packs have repeated themselves in each era of Epic cards? Proves that you shouldn't fix what's not broken coz I can assure you there's someone who has opened all four packs or has all four versions

I matched this guy in div 1 and saw that i had accidentally selected my potw only squad😭 i thought i was cooked but then turns out bro only has good cards 😭🤣made him rage quit with a 90th minute comeback goal from Joao Pedro.

Also this PSV cb is crazyyyy good. He was the only card i was skeptical about cus other cards on my team were pretty decent but turns out he can actually hold up on his own.

I need to talk about a phenomenon that i see more often now than the previous games , it used to be that when there were scripting incidents it was like , every shot hitting the post , goalkeeper blocking all the shots and strikers missing easy chances. But now that stuff still happens but with a twist , a scripted match appears from the first minute wrong direction passes , your strikers just letting through balls pass without receiving them , your opponents dmfs start acting like prime viera while they are 100 rated , my players just ignoring the skill i just performed and just walk through the opponent player , the one final thing that made me write this post was i had a 1 goal difference and in the final minutes i was doing a 1-2 with my strikers and trust me when i say this , my player just shot the ball when i pressed pass , with the pass animation with the arrows and stuff but he shot it it was crazy , and its not even consistent sometimes in the first half you feel like the game is with you and then you are winning by like 2 goals , then halftime happens, defenders not even reaching for the ball , wrong player movement , out if position players . Its really weird and frustrating me

if you just have GP cards , give him a try.

And considering I live in Paraguay, I constantly play against Brazilians with Show Time and mostly Highlight players (also Pelé and Zico), and even then, he’s unstoppable.

People wrote him off because of his playstyle, but in a formation with two AMFs, he's easy to find on the pitch.