Chip shots have become more consistent with FC 25 and they are a reliable shooting technique especially when the keeper rushes out from his goal. In this lesson, we break down and show you how and when to effectively use the chip shots in FC 25.

**Key takeaways for this lesson:**
- Make sure that the keeper is committing with his rush out of his goal before going for a chip shot.
- To perform it hold L1/LT and power up the shot.
- The ideal spot for a chip shot is when you are about to enter the box or 1-2 steps afterwards.
- Aim for a power around 2 bars.
- The left stick input is crucial, try to point out the left stick towards the middle of the goal or towards the far post to fully avoid the goalkeeper.
- Be more encouraged with players that have the silver and the gold playstyles!
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Powerful Chip Shots In 1v1 Situations

**Key takeaways for this lesson:**
- To decide which player you want to defend with, you need to understand the intention of the opponent, which we call anticipation.
- Ask yourself, what will be the opponent’s next move? Once you understand this you can go for the following approaches.
- You can control a player that directly defends the opponent’s player which is controlling the ball, we call this on the ball defending.
- In some cases, you won’t be able to continue this hands-on approach, but instead cover the free area or the next potential passing target. This is what we call off the ball defending.
- Combining both and continuously switching between them in your defense will make you a decent defender.

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Jedijaster continuously achieved top ranks in FUT Champions in 2019 and has been trying to help others since then. He started individual coaching with bPartGaming in 2019 and became one of The GUIDE's main content creators in 2020. His passion for helping others allowed him to analyze other players more efficiently.

When the opponent gets himself on your side of the pitch, you have two decide what you need to do defensively. Having a good understanding of both on-the-ball and off-the-ball defending will help you incredibly. With this lesson, we explain how these concepts work, when you can use them and how to defend strongly by combining them together.

When the opponent gets himself on your side of the pitch, you have two decide what you need to do defensively. Having a good understanding of both on-the-ball and off-the-ball defending will help you incredibly.

Two Must Learn Crucial Defending Concepts

**Key takeaways for this lesson:**
- Advanced defending feels much better in FC 25. Turn it on in the settings menu if you haven't already and use your physicality against the attackers with shoulder-to-shoulder challenges!
- Tackles are better, both the standing and sliding ones. You can punish attackers with your tackles just for having the ball too long at their feet carelessly.
- Defender recovery time is insane. You don’t get punished as much for a wrong defensive move in FC 25 as much as you used to get in FC 24, which helps you to have a braver defensive approach.
- However, you still need to be cautious and not give away easy chance creation opportunities. Pulling defenders out of position comes first to mind, which you need to avoid.

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Jedijaster continuously achieved top ranks in FUT Champions in 2019 and has been trying to help others since then. He started individual coaching with bPartGaming in 2019 and became one of The GUIDE's main content creators in 2020. His passion for helping others allowed him to analyze other players more efficiently.


You need to learn some major differences between FC 24 and 25 before fully adapting to the new game. In this lesson, we show you the key points to it.

How To Transition Defensively To FC 25!

This lesson brings together all the puzzle pieces as we are taking a look at how to implement all the different techniques and fundamentals we learned in order to play nice attacking football in FC 25.

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CruZzAve has been creating tutorials since 2013 around which time he also started his competitive journey in the game. He was able to qualify for the Grand Final of the German Nation Championship “Virtuelle Bundesliga” twice and reached multiple weekly and monthly Top100 finishes in FUT Champions. In-depth analysis and years of educational experience characterize his content.

How To Combine All The Different Tools To Form A Well Rounded Attacking Game

So many things that are important in the attack... it can get confusing!

Attacking in FC 25

FC 25 is similar to FC 24 in its core, however there are a few key differences that shift the game balance and that you need to understand in order to attack succesfully in this new game. We discuss all those differences in this lesson!

**Key takeaways for this lesson:**
- FC 25 is a technical game that requires you to have a wide repertoire of skills in order to accel in the attack.
- Passing is more difficult due to bad angle passes and one touch passes being weaker and less controlled. So make sure that you clean up your passing game and go for control.
- Dribbling is more difficult as well as players take heavier touches and you can't turn as quickly. So make sure to stay safe from defenders and try to work with subtle direction changes.
- Defenders recover quickly in FC 25 so even if you break some ankles, you need to be aware that that same defender might pressure you again a second later.

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CruZzAve has been creating tutorials since 2013 around which time he also started his competitive journey in the game. He was able to qualify for the Grand Final of the German Nation Championship “Virtuelle Bundesliga” twice and reached multiple weekly and monthly Top100 finishes in FUT Champions. In-depth analysis and years of educational experience characterize his content.

How to transition your attack from FC 24 to FC 25

The transition from to FC 25 can be tricky...

Transitioning from FC 24 to FC 25

Hey, so my general advice for attacking decision making would be to make your decisions as late as possible. So let's say you are playing a pass and you want to receive the ball and then play a through ball after. Don't make the through ball input before/while you receive the ball. Instead receive the ball while closely watching your attackers run and the defenders movement. And then when your player received the ball and pushed it out of his feet, you can make the pass input and he will still play the pass with his next touch. 
I know it's a big challenge in the beginning because everything happens so fast. But with time things will slow down naturally for you and you will analyse situations much more quickly. 

It’s a very good lesson. I would like to learn and know more around the part where one has to make decision and re think . It’s so fast paced I make the same mistakes here . I decide on a pass one second before but then situation changes . Is there a principle to follow while attacking . What’s that exact moment where we decide to stop rethink and play 

Yes, with L2+R2 you can cancel an input! :)

Also is there a button to cancel my input in case if I realize that’s not ideal due to change in situation 

Wonderful video as usual Thank you Curzave 
But I think last goal is offside 😐

Best video on the guide. 
That’s summarize everything in one video : defense positioning, attacking, mind logic… great. 

In this game you should always try to make your decisions based on the exact situation you're in. Which defender should be selected, how should he be positioned? Should I play this through ball or rather keep dribbling? In this week's member gameplay analysis we break down how this thought process can be optimized!

Mentioned videos:
- [member analysis #12](https://theguide.gg/feed/defensive_and_offensive_patience_-_member_gameplay_analysis_12-560)
- [calling players short with R1](https://theguide.gg/feed/cancelling_runs_&_calling_players_back_towards_you!-481)
- [how to outplay pressure](https://youtu.be/tWx4z-4ywmA)

**Member gameplay analysis**
Here is the link to the form to submit your gameplay for the next TG+ Member Gameplay Analysis: [Submission Form](https://forms.gle/qxRGqJCKaPW5e8sy5)
So if you want a chance for your own gameplay analyzed, please fill out this form.

**How to record gameplay**
If you're playing on a console and don't have a dedicated capture solution (like a capture card), here are two links that explain how to capture:
- [PS4](https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/support/games/ps4-edit-share-screenshots-clips/)
- [PS5](https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/support/games/ps5-edit-share-screenshots-clips/)
- [Xbox One & Xbox Series X/S](https://beta.support.xbox.com/en-GB/help/friends-social-activity/share-socialize/capture-game-clips-and-screenshots)

If you're on PC, you can use a capture software like [OBS](https://obsproject.com/).
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Georg "CruZzAve" Raffelt is creating tutorials since 2013 around which time he also started his competitive journey in the game. He was able to qualify for the Grand Final of the German National Championship "Virtuelle Bundesliga" twice in 2014 and 2015. Online he managed to reach the weekly and monthly Top100 in the Weekend League numerous times.

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In this game you should always try to make your decisions based on the exact situation you're in. Which defender should be selected, how should he be positioned? Should I play this through ball or rather keep dribbling? In this week's member gameplay analysis we break down how this thought process can be optimized!

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