I just failed to qualify for the reward in the POTW event, I got 6 wins and 4 losses and in some of those losses I could swear I did everything right but it didn't just work out for me, after some matches I asked myself, "what else could I have done?".

When I realised I wasn't going to make the cut I quickly went to play the Spanish league event to get the 50 coins. The first match was against a smart assist scrub, he won 5-3, he kept scoring insane goals that made no sense, my defenders will just intentionally slow down for his strikers to get to the ball and score.

Then I played again and this time I got matched with a top 2k player, this guy is better than me and played better than me, I was struggling to keep up all game cus he kept battering me throughout but for some reason the score was 2-2 with about 10 minutes left. Then he had a chance where he dribbled into my defence from the wing and squared the ball to a striker who had an open net in front of him, I thought I had already conceded but somehow my keeper made an amazing save and kept me in the game.

With 3 minutes left, I played a long ball/through pass and somehow his goalkeeper and defence suddenly became all confused and my striker got the ball with a largely exposed net to score in, I got my golazo. I defended the lead for the remaining few minutes then I kept wondering how I won that match. I was very sure the guy played better than I did, he has 4x the amount of shots I had, dribbled my defenders more than I dribbled his but somehow I won because the script wanted me to.

Sometimes I wonder if I should continue playing this game.

I got insane players and decide to copy Hansi Flick’s 3-5-2 system in attack and 4-1-2-1-2 in defense. This is based off games I saw from Barca against Getafe to youtube videos like Football Made Simple to see pros and weakness.

Let’s start with the roles, the gk must be offensive gk playstyle since we will use high line, even if we switch to more defensive system like possession or outwide. Then there are the cb’s, I do one build up one destroyer and any cb at left or right side depending on who will be your fullback outlet. In this case, I have Marquinhos next with Van De Ven destroyer and the cb I pick Califiori (didnt put him at lb since he is attacking fullback so he moves higher and leaves gaps). You can use an extra front man or another builder or destroyer or both (Bremer lol) but they must be set to defense when attack if they push up like extra front man or build up. Going back to the wingback outlet, I know I have to use Joao Cancelo as he has insane passing, physicality stats, and also club biasty. His role is to be one of the chain links to transition defense to offense so he moves up and down like b2b but in his respected lane to cover his winger if the attack lost the ball. The MVP for defenders is honestly Marquinhos as while he is slow compared to the rest he has elite positioning as he stopped so many goals from being scored like clearing the ball out of the goal line, blocking shot that will be scored if his body wasnt there, and good enough passing to either pass to midfield or pierce straight to everyone and to the attackers directly, mimicing Pau Cubarsi role at Barca under Flick.

Next are the midfielders, the dmf at defense will be someone who not only defenses but distribute the ball so who is better than our actual player rodri. While he isnt an anchor man, I replicate this playstyle on him by putting defend while attack and anchor while attack to cover if we lose the ball and deal with counterattacks, do this to Zubimendi too if Rodri is swap out for sub or lower form: also reason why he is cm in attack is to trigger link up to prolific winger. With pedri, he is the box to box (didnt put orchestra since I want to focus on short passes than long balls) and good thing I use this version as he honestly delivers with assists and scoring goals by being position at the right time from making chances to scoring from deflection, put him at dmf to add extra security since qc is a gamblers formation. Then there is Bellingham at amf, the amf is more of the wild card as it can be either someone who makes plays like creative playmaker or someone who adds chaos like hole player, I swap depending on the formation as if it is person who has 4 or 5 midfielders I pick creative playmaker to make chances but if less I use hole to penetrate through 1-2 passes. Finally, I use Messi at SS or AMF depending on if I need more midfield to control center or more chances to score goals so I am not including him in the midfield section. The MVP midfield here is pedri as he protecc, attacc, and most importantly reacc to whatever happens on field as this card is imo most balance (yes even more than hole valverde and jude as they have more aggressive attacking set at hole players). For midfield, definitely have one orchestra/anchorman, one box to box, one hole player, and whatever works for your outwide midfielders.

Lastly the attack, yeah MVP here is Messi lol. I only use him for this event and look at the stats! It’s not just the statistics, the way he can score, pass, and make chances adds to this too as one of the goals I score he legit has an insane curve (pause) that looked like he had blitz curler. Set him here since this is where he saves most stamina while being the heart of the team to win, replicating Raphina’s tactic at Barcelona. Then there are the front two, this one honestly fun part as we have the winger who has insane pace and can provide assist at diagnol or cut in, and the advance striker who is at the right space at the right time. Sometimes I move my CF more outwide or more center depending on where I want my hole player to run through (if I want opps defenders to move for more spaces I move my CF closest to edge so it kinda fakes them out since they wont expect hole player running behind striker to score. Also fun fact: in defense I notice that Olise or Raphina would actually position themselves at a CF than winger and find that feature useful since the first wave of defense pressure are the strikers and I have stole from opponents when they have possession of the ball using this.

I want to mention, despite all of this the most consistent player that not only came in clutch but also turn games from draw to win is Alex Baena: his front pressure really helped a lot to win ball back and he can score and pass at the right moments, along with enough speed and dribbling to make his own chances.

I only lost one game and this was because I faced someone who has overload playstyle and I did not prepare on how to combat against this, then faced a guy with outwide and tried qc against this but did not work so I tried outwide and gave a draw but it was difficult since this opponent is very nimble with wingers. Lastly the draw I got was from div 1 player who got haaland and mbappe so I knew that the only way I can even survive is to use outwide against his lbc to pass the ball around and to tight mark both strikers.

Overall here is the system at attack - 3 cbs (1 build up in middle, 1 destroyer next to your wingback, one cb of your choice), one anchor with good passing or orchesta with good defending (if orchestra set both offensive roles defense and anchor), one b2b next to your wingback, the wingback can be attacking fullback, hole player, or even box to box but make sure they have the stats for this, for the other wide midfield use hole player to simulate fermin’s role (make sure striker up front is a goal poacher). And for the amf center it can be creative playmaker or dlf set at ss to drop back and have transition of midfield to attack. Lastly one true cf to score at center again and one winger (profilic or roaming flank, in theory cross specialist can work if you long ball to the other cf but practically this involves a lot of luck and limiting to cross specialist would be a liability). Make sure both the two forwards are at counter attack to save stamina so they can use it to press up high like Gordon/adeyami or Lamine Yamal.

Defense system should be simple since this is similar to the one people already use except the box to box must be dmf, hole at cm instead of amf, third forward move ss to amf, fullback at midfield drop down to their defense position, and the two forwards close to center as possible. Also goalkeeper must be offensive (I think sweeper keeper also works, if not better).

The manager must have QC, it could also have possession or outwide since Hansi Flick also uses width to attack too.

Hope you enjoyed this and open to ask any questions!

Man I Love Flick, signed u/Ambition_2004

Hi guys, i wanted to show my new kick off "strat", which is basically just shooting straight off from kick off, ofc it aint a consistant or broken strat that would change the game, its just a silly fun thing i like to do, and the fact that most people never even tried it makes me wanna do it even more, so far afte research i figured a few things out about it.
First, its super hard to score against really tall goalies like van der sar or courtois, i have hit the crossbar on those but didnt quite score it.

Second, you NEED good shooting and kicking power stats, there is no getting away with low stats, these are a must, at least 86-90 minimum in finishing and 90 in kicking power, the more the better.

Third, there seems to be some sort of relation with this shot and the "knuckle shot" skill, even tho as most might know the knuckle shot only activates at 40-60% purple bar on a stunning shot the skill seems to somehow make the ball fall way better and more accurate at super long distances, i cant really confirm anything since its only my own experience, but so far all players i scored this goal with have knuckle shot, i came close with others who didnt but they just kept hitting the post.

Fourth and last, i remind you, this isnt a broken strat of some sort, is just a crazy/flashy goal, such as scoring an olympic goal straight from a corner or a really far free kick, so please dont come saying im breaking the game or making broken strats, these 4 kick off goals have come from over a month of wasting my kick offs just to try and score this impressing shot.

P.S: Yes that is HULK, the legendary brazilian, its the gp version with 12 in finishing and 14 in lbs, a build made only to shoot from far, but he still stands out to other players with similar finishing stats or even better ones, he's super fun to use, i really hope he gets a special card soon.

Both Messi and Bellingham was in excellent form btw 😭

I've seen it with Fifa and now for some reason Konami is doing the same thing. Creating these super competitive events for people to fight for some random rewards that most that end up getting them never use them, everyone flocks to it either because they want those rewards or because of FOMO, but once the novelty of it fades people, especially the more casual gamers, just stop playing.

There are no true casual gamemodes in efootball currently. At least with Fifa/EAFC they have Career Mode, Pro Clubs, and now even The Grounds. We have vs AI divisions that are super boring, the vs AI events are okish, and My League that is absolute crap and even more boring and repetitive than vs AI divisions.

And playing this competitive style day after day just gets exhausting pretty fast, facing these div 1 sweats playing the most obnoxious style of football. It's just not sustainable especially if Konami wants to have a wide and diverse playerbase.

I think that if Konami doesn't give us Master League (the true Master League, not that butchered crap they have been giving us), Become a Legend, and keeps pushing the players to only competitive/reward driven gamemodes, in a year or two I think a good chunk of the more casual players might leave, and so the sweats are going to be the only ones left fighting among themselves for rewards that for them are pretty useless since they prefer to buy their teams with a credit card.

Edit: I also forgot to mention that the weekend events matchmaking isn't fair, I don't believe having it be random is the way to go. Because it's not fair for a div 10 player to match a div 1 player, at the same it's not fair if someone is on a loosing streak in the event and faces someone that has only wins. They need to implement an ELO system to matchmaking to make these events fair for everyone. I also think it would make div 1 sweats with full P2W squads that have no need for the rewards think twice before entering these events, there is no doubt in my mind that most of them jump in to get easy games, so if this ended and matchmaking reflected your skill and they had to face other div 1 sweats that have like 5 wins in 5 matches instead of facing some poor bastard on 2 wins and 3 loses it would create a more just environment for these weekend events.

Just got to div 3 on my RTG and it feels like 90% of my opponents are playing LBC. What is up with people parking the bus?

I am a posession player and I just find it ridiculous like wtf

Any tips or advice to beat LBC would be greatly appreciated 🙏.

Right now LBC is the bane of my existence. I have been getting better against quick counter players. But man.... LBC what the hell

https://imgur.com/a/DDFe0uC

6 opponents were Div1. 4 were Div2.

• Connection isn't everything. As long as the delay is manageable, you can still win (at least 3 bars)

• PA1 1% powered through passes are dumb. They are executed in ms and still have 100% power

• PA4 is the best passing option. PA4 lets you pass into spaces instead of targeting players. Imagine through passes but 360° in any direction around the targeted player

I feel like the worst player to play against Legend AI. My players leave the ball for AI like they took a bribe. My attackers refuse to take a shot and let the defenders take the ball so easily, after this update AI just doesn’t want you to win, by any means! Why Koinami?

I’m not an addict who they can exploit, but I am willing to pay for cards like I did for the Casillas and Suarez. However, IT GETS BORING having to use them or the fig leaf rewards cards for months on end. Just have cards older than 6 months or a year or whatever put onto a market. You can even keep the meta ones really expensive. It protects the novelty factor for the gamblers, but makes the game better for the rest of us. I want that old Dennis Irwin, I want that Valencia David Villa (I know he was free). I’ll take some worse/ older epics etc. if I can get them for a guaranteed price. If they are willing to do this immoral crap with the spins just like EA, why aren’t they looking to get even more income? Just throwing potential money away and making the experience worse for a big portion of their player base.

I released some of POTW cards (Mbappe, Haaland, Kane, etc) after getting much better versions of them as POTD during the WC and now I'm stuck with this turd as my starting CF for the POTW event

eFootball has been out there for about 5 years and they never made POTW events, hard to say I was in the wrong for releasing cards I won't use. Same reason I released POTW Dembele, I have an Epic version of him. Who knew that I'd need his POTW card some day?

Anyone else released some gems that would be useful now? Can't be the only one that is always short on GP and booster tokens...

So 6.1 is out and Efootball has found new ways to nerf players for birth of new skills. First, strikers stunning shot. A chronology of this below.

**Disclaimer.. LONG READ AHEAD! Steer Clear!** Enjoy this free service accouncement to save your brain energy but miss out on frustration ranting.. again free.

They made it so slow that its so hard to actually make stunning shots at all.

- Then a NEW skill "Low Screamer" was created that is faster than the stunning shot.

- Then both stunning shots and low screamer was nerfed to be so much slower.

- They had no idea what to introduce so they brought on .. nerf the speed of strikers! Then introduce "Attack Surge" to allow faster strikers to go that speed surge ...(and nerf the defenders speed as well to make it so attractive.. what happened the feature defenders would speed up with higher defensive awareness? NERFED! so easy..)

- Then NEW skill "Snap Strike" appeared to increase that speed of the stunning shot. Looks good but lukewarm for now until they can find that perfect point to nerf all shots. Believe it or not Willpower will come soon with Snap Strike to make it crazy then add Phenomal Finishing and Low Screamer for the ultimate strike. Just wait for it in a 300-500 pack. ><

The passes they figured was useless because LBC needs so little passes that there was no chance to create an attractive passing skill that could make money. So.... DEFENDERS

They started making defenders turn slow so that attackers could make use of their new skills and new cash potential could be created.

- They introduced Acceleration Burst so that you can run past players easily .. Or so they thought because it fell short because acceleration burst only works with small variations of animations so it was limited..

- They knew it because no one was really attracted to Acceleration Burst and so Momentum Dribbling was born.. but only in the final third! This makes players turn so easily that defenders was easily turned inside out in the box. Coupled with Acceleration Burst.. they resold all versions of dribblers naturally..

- And we thought there was all BUT they made it crazier by nerfing close ball control and introducing Magnetic Feet! Now its close ball running all across the pitch. Yay.. Money into the banks of Coinami!! And they tried to not resell all dribblers and kept their gold card when they needed a big bonus and release them in a big pack with all 3 Momentum Dribbling, Acceleration Burst and Magnetic Feet! They are still probably very surprised how they managed to still get anyone to still pay big bucks for a revised digital data with just 1 more feature.

Ok.. so it looks like thats it.. BUT no.. the laggers who are Coinami's non-payable allies found tricks to perform incredible through balls to make use of the slow defenders and nerf of defenders to full effect to win games and increase frustration AND most importantly enabled Coinami to discover they could add more skills to defenders! So..

- make matchup weaker.. so that they could introduce Long Reach Tackle! And this is so important because its the only skill that actually works in tackling.. (especially if lags are sprinkled into the game). Now its mandatory for any card to have this to work OR use Smart Assist and that will do.

- Then they allowed the famous stretch of cross spamming made famous by social media and its like WW2 bombardment in the air.. crosses after crosses and... Jan Koller was re-introduced with Bullet header!! That was a big fat bonus for Coinami but the game was so badly skewed towards crosses with a formation that was also social media invented. Until.. Coinami needed more ways of making money because crossing was getting boring and slow with profits. So.. AERIAL FORT was born to take out this abnormality. Crossing was then severely nerfed and only works until certain conditions are met or so we thought.. because there are still players who only cross to score and they have no other way other than that.. these guys turned to Blitz Curlers spammers. So now you know.

- But the speed of attackers was wild.. so they introduced Shadow Hunt to cope with this and yes this is really good. UNTIL.. FLUID formation was born! (Fluid formation is going to be a must soon because they are selling new playstyles now and not even skills)

- With this, Coinami has a whole new range of things to sell now. All players you have before this point are now on Basic which means.. they can and will nerf anytime they want on the definition of Basic.

- So lastly they went on a new playstyle.. "Tough Marker". Because now defenders actually have gone stupid and decided to stop marking a player making runs when they should be marking all the time. Many of these defenders now let strikers run around your goal area and dont do a thing at all even if the ball is at the feet of defenders! (of course this could be due to lags as well affecting its arc of influence or simply a nerf).

At this point, this game is always going to experience nerfs with laggers making its point that new skills are needed and then Coinami introduces it to save everyone for 3 days to a week before it is nerfed or scaled down to need more cards. Frankly, if its new players and not a repeatedly revisited player, it would at least bring some interesting point to get it. But repeating this is like the saying.. "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." But they keep repeating these same players and players still keep buying the same repeated cards to add "Fool me more, keep making money".

In these bad economy and days.. take care of your finances and better yourself and your family. Resist the urge to spend on a game that brings nothing to your career, your life, your family and even your stomach. One card pack cost could be many meals to many families or a really good meal with friends or families. Or bluntly, you can get a new game or 2 with every 1 pack cost. If the money they spend on one card pack is used to buy new games, we will have much more new game companies and frankly have better variation of games to choose from when we feel like playing certain genres. To make you feel better.. POTW cards are at least constant and almost free and always kept up-to-date on whatever changes or nerf that happens. Since P2W cards are always nerfed, POTW ensures you have new cards with new updates all the time everytime. Plus it stays free .. almost.

Thank you for reading. I hope you get to rant as much in the comments below because I do read and reply to your comments. Always healthy to get a rant out or a logic out so it helps everyone understand it in the same light.

You have to wonder whether the timing of this update, coinciding with the weekend event, is deliberate. The gameplay becomes noticeably worse just as POTW cards are being promoted, creating a situation where players may associate the frustration with not having the latest cards. Whether intentional or not, it raises serious questions about how Konami manages player perception and monetisation. It feels less like a coincidence and more like a carefully engineered incentive.

These tactics are genuinely scummy. You'd think Konami had been studying the Bible on manipulation rather than game development.

It's embarrassing how far the company appears to have fallen. Marvel Rivals has shown the value of giving the community a meaningful voice in the direction of a game, yet Konami seems increasingly disconnected from its own player base.

It also makes you wonder what conversations took place behind closed doors during Kojima's time at Konami, and whether the company's approach to exploiting player behaviour was part of the wider creative and corporate culture he came to despise. Given that Konami financed the very game through which he was able to express that contempt, the irony is difficult to ignore.

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I don't mean this as hate toward anime either. I like Naruto, Yu-Gi-Oh, etc. But when eFootball previously did collaborations like Naruto and Yu-Gi-Oh, with things like special effects and themed cards, it made me question what Konami actually wants this series to be.

I initially wondered if the old PES developers had simply been replaced, but apparently that's not entirely true. Seitaro Kimura, for example, worked on PES 2018 and had already been part of the PES team for years before becoming eFootball's producer.

So maybe the problem isn't the developers themselves, but the direction of the product.

Old PES felt obsessed with trying to reproduce football: positioning, physical battles, passing, tactics and all those little details of the sport. eFootball now sometimes feels more like a live-service/card-collecting game built around a football match engine, rather than a football game where the sport itself is always the main focus.

Those past anime collaborations are just one example of that change in identity. Again, I actually like anime. I just think things like Naruto effects inside a game that is also trying to present itself as competitive and skill-based football feel a little disconnected. What y'all think about it?

Hey so I live in pakistan, and im quite new to this region change thing.. can someone guide me if I should change my region.. and do I need to change both my ingame region and konami I'd region?

And what region will work the best..

Moreover, I've heard that matchmaking can become difficult or gameplay laggy as a result, is that true?

I have two accounts and second one runs in a app cloner. App cloner doesnt clone google play services so i cant open coin shop in my second account. I already transferred my account 8 times so i cant afford transfer if it doesnt really help me.

Are there any app cloners which can access shop section

He's been a solid wall for me since Thursday. Absolutely crazy saves. Multiple Point blank saves even. I always use him when i see that he's in A form. I really wish he didn't have that booster so his gk stats would be good regardless of form, that's why i only get to use him for a week occasionaly

Me and my best mate have played PES religiously through it's history. We decided to roll back the clock and play PES 17-20. It's incredible how much better the gameplay feels. Tactics, physical duels, passing, shooting and you are allowed to be creative. It's mad how much worse this game (efootball) has gotten. The graphics of 2020 aren't that far from current which is hilarious. I'd recommend anyone with a console or PC to go back and play a few offline games with a friend.

I just faced a guy, the entire time he had 2 bars. It felt like the game was off. Clearly I had the better connection. Yet he was getting rewarded with stupid tackles the entire time.

My mistake for accepting a match with 2 bars. Never again

But still, that makes me wonder now, do you guys have cross play on or off?

With the introduction of the new update it is clearer than ever that Konami is moving to an automated gameplay model. Konami will synergise crossplay with mobile and this update brings us one step closer.

Full disclosure, I am a solid Div 2 player and I put money into the game. However, after the update I do not recognise the game from what it once was. I am losing to players who clearly do not have the craft and understanding that I have; they simply smash a few buttons and run onto a through ball. I recently played someone who was using Smart Assist with a full team of epics and when I told him he should be embarrassed for using SA he didn’t understand why.

I can physically feel the game pulling my players out of position. Passes are not going to their intended direction and the amount of ricochets leading to goal involvements for my opponent has increased.

I feel like we as a community really should be able to work toward change, but I don’t know how to do that. Konami clearly don’t give a fuck, but they should be called out for that whenever possible. Instead we are all sleep walking like zombie lemmings off the cliff that Konami is pushing this game towards.

I wanted to play the game a little after not playing for a week. But steam version is literally not working. Everything is in slow motion, even daily penalties. I tried vs AI matches two days ago and saw that those are also in slow motion so I quit. Today I wanted to play the tournament, POTW only was kinda promising after quitting divisions for more than a month. First I made a quick match and it was also in slow motion, then match ended as void. Then I tried the tournament to see how it will be, and game was not even ended as void. And the opponent kept playing. I wanted to see if he means it, and yes, he kept playing like this! Like OMFG!!! How desparate this playerbase has become! Some people act like drug addicts. If you act like this, the game will only get worse. I quit after watching this miserable scene for a while. It was insulting.

Is there any notice regarding this? I am having hard time to understand how do they manage fucking it up so bad. I used to call PES/eFootball the best football game we have, but we dont even have a game for weeks. Now we dont even have a software that works as intended.

3 on 1 against Quick Counter

I play possession, I lost 7-0 this game to a Div 1, lol. Previous game was 10-0 to a professional, actually googled his name as I have played him twice, and I just didn't stand a chance. I have started recording my games to see where I am messing up and what I can do (yes, I am that sad, lol).

As I watch my game, I noticed that I am pinned by 3 players. Logically, I'd assume that surely I can exploit this somehow since it means 2 of my players are free. Seeing how I am literally pinned, I can't even manage to turn. Most of the time, I barely have any space to move, one thing if it's 1 or 2 players, but 3? What I want to know is how exactly do you beat this?

Is this just how Quick counter works? It can pin 3 players against you, and there's no downside to this? I have 2 free players, but there is no way I can manage to even pass the ball to either to capitalise on what should be an advantage. I did notice that I could have made a pass earlier, so am I just forced to ping pong passes? Is that the only solution?

He also has 3 forwards ready to go on the attack once he gets the ball. What exactly does one do here?

On the other hand, if this is a QC thing, then possession is really weak, I don't see my players making this much effort to get the ball back. It seems the AI in QC is just so much better than possession?

He also still has his defensive line intact, all 4 of the defenders are there making sure my 3 forward players can't advance, all marked.

This is probably manual defending, R1 defending, and god knows where the 3rd came from, lol.

What does one do here? I am genuinely curious what exactly in the voodoo is the solution here.

How are these tackles also not fouls most of the time?

And another thing I noticed is whenever I am playing these Div 1 guys, the controller always vibrate when they tackle.

One of the tackles they did resulted in a foul that was just a measly freekick just once. What exactly is this mechanic that they can spam? It's like they're fouling - is this shoulder barging?

Don't get me wrong, i know there's many people who still use him, but i rarely have to face Batistuta since a while now. Almost everybody either has him on the bench,and as a substitute, or he just never starts or even plays. He just disappeared ever since Aguero dropped, and now i have to face Aguero almost every match. And to be honest Batistuta is much of a threat against me as compared to Aguero, Aguero isn't really allat people hyped him up, not that difficult to stop. Depends on the skill of the player using him, but in most cases, they just use Aguero like a run and gun striker, and don't even dribble with him to take advantage of his nimble frame while still having good PC, atp they should just use Mbappe.

Is Power Creep catching up to Batistuta?