Tips for solid defense in FIFA Online 3

Learn how to defend solidly in FIFA Online 3 with tips on ball control, marking and choosing the right tactics to better protect your goal.

1. Ball handling skills

Depending on each situation, there will be different ball fighting operations. Normally, the player will hold the D key to perform defensive ball fighting with the opponent. In addition, you can also use key combinations

Q+D : This key combination will make your defender rush at the ball, however, if the opponent avoids your impact and gets past you, it will be very dangerous

E+D : Key combination to call more teammates, 2 people to mark 1, you should consider carefully because of the situation of not marking a certain player.

C+D : Key combination to fight for high balls. For high ball situations, depending on the position behind or in front of the opponent, you should fight for the ball so that the opponent does not have the opportunity to receive the ball or shoot with the head.

2. Cut the ball

This is a skill that requires a lot of judgment, and is quite effective when the opponent has a long passing style of play, relying heavily on through balls.

Players need to use the S key to move to the right position, then move to cut the opponent's ball path.

3. Sliding the ball

This can be a double-edged sword for any defensive situation. Although there is a chance of fouls, losing momentum or being passed by the opponent, this is still a very effective defensive method. You need to be very precise before deciding to tackle, because the defender will lean forward and reach out to take the ball from the opponent.

Use the A key to slide the ball, but be careful to avoid sliding from behind and in the penalty area. When sliding from behind, be careful to keep your distance from the opponent before sliding and avoid sliding when the opponent is pushing the ball long.

4. Mark the man, not the ball

This is the principle you need to remember when defending. When marking the ball, the opponent will have many options to attack and you will also expose many gaps due to unreasonable distribution of defenders.

Instead of just chasing the ball, you should let the defender mark you, predict the opponent's ball path to come up with options to switch players with the S key and intercept or compete for the ball, only tackle with the A key and rush in to compete for the ball with the Q+D keys when you are close and in a non-dangerous area.

5. Handling the ball in the penalty area

With each attack of the opponent, when you have the ball, you need to immediately press the D key to clear the ball away from the goal, avoid passing the ball back and forth in front of the goal or passing the ball across the field, because at that time, the opponent players are very concentrated in front of the goal, just a small mistake can be intercepted and scored.

6. Don't pull the defender up too high

With each attack of the home team, the mistake of the defenders is often to go up high. When losing the ball, crosses and high passes to launch attacks are very dangerous, especially for the opponent's strikers who have fast speed, good finishing ability, and good offside trap breaking ability. Therefore, you should not let the defenders go up too high or join the attack if not necessary.

7. Use the Q key in defense

The Q key in FIFA Online 3 is used to call more players in defensive situations as well as to support defense.

You can use the Q key in some situations as follows:

 - As soon as the opponent passes the ball, you need to immediately press the Q key , press continuously every time you pass the ball and hold the Q key to follow the opponent's ball.

 - As soon as the opponent passes the ball with the C key, immediately press Q+D to rush in to fight for the ball. However, be careful to avoid being passed by the opponent.

 - Avoid using the Q key for the center back, because the center back may leave his position to follow the ball, this is very dangerous when the opponent decides to pass the ball into the middle for the striker to finish.

8. Improve defense with quality players

It is necessary to pay special attention to improving the quality of defense by players, because this is an extremely important position. Depending on the style of play and the amount of money you have to buy appropriate players, however, it is necessary to have players with good height and the ability to press like M. Hummel, S. Ramos, J. Terry, .

9. Choose the right tactical diagram

Before each match, it is necessary to clearly analyze the opponent's tactics, and put on the reserve list players who are capable of replacing when tactics change depending on the change of the game situation. If you are not really good at defending or against an opponent who plays an all-out attack, use 4 or 5 defenders to ensure defense.

Applying defensive tactics in FIFA Online 3 appropriately helps you minimize risks against dangerous attacks. If you want to improve your skills, you can experiment with different playing styles and optimize effective marking in FIFA Online 3 to better control the game.

Marvin Fry

Update 05 March 2025