FIFA 15 Trailer: 10 Major Things Revealed

By Sam Heard /

10. Elite Tackling

Instalments of FIFA in recent years have tended to always favour the attacking player. If you€™re blitzing down the wing with Lucas Moura, for example, the odds favour that you are not only going to beat even a quality left-back like Henri Bedimo, but you€™re going to make him look like a lumbering carthorse in the process. Calculations by EA revealed that around 80% of tackles in professional football result in the defender being successful so they felt that the tackling in their FIFA series needed amending. Based on what we€™ve seen in the trailer and also suggestions made by EA Canada, more power will be given to the defending player in FIFA 15. In yesterday€™s E3 trailer we saw four-goals and three noteworthy tackles €“ this obviously still seems more offensively orientated but in comparison to the footage of previous years there is a definite sense that more emphasis is being place on defence. Indeed, the first football action we are shown in the trailer is of Aaron Ramsey delivering a crunching sliding tackle to Spurs midfielder Mousa Dembélé €“ this could be a statement of intent by EA, showing how they intend to foreground defensive play.