With the intimidating array of controls, modifiers, and double modifiers that can confuse even long-time fans, the new FIFA Trainer is a necessity. Defenders have a smattering of new animations - knee-height challenges, instant recoveries from slides, nimble turns - to keep up with tricksy dribblers. It's not all weighted in favour of attackers though. It slots alongside knock-ons, close control, and rapid pace shifts to offer another weapon in your offensive arsenal, and feels like the last piece of FIFA’s dribbling puzzle. No-Touch Dribbling enables you to ignore the ball and take direct control of players themselves with a hold of LB, dipping shoulders and angling limbs using the left stick. Still, it's an important platform on which to build.
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You can use them in offline tournaments and friendlies, and online seasons and friendlies, but a lack of career mode makes them more of a curio, and with slower pace and weaker shots, it’s unlikely you’ll regularly use them over the men. There are only 12 teams, for example, and they’re all international. Despite this obviously being a good thing, it’s feels like a small first step. For the first time ever in a football game, Super Mario Strikers aside, you can use fully face-scanned, mo-capped women.