FIFA 23 Beta: 10 Hands-On First Impressions You Need To Know

10. New Slide Tackles Are Great Fun

Prepare to be booked loads.

There's a new slide tackle modifier in FIFA 23, and it's basically an instant yellow card button. Honestly though, flying into tackles with reckless abandon is just too tempting, and it's really satisfying to watch your defender crunch into a speedy attacker at pace - take that, pal!

Of course, these new 'hard' slides are only really effective when you know for certain you'll win the ball. Mistime them and you might even see red, because they're typically straight leg/studs showing kind of challenges. They also always result in throw ins/goal kicks/corners, because the ball spins out of play approx 99.9% of the time.

It's fun to have a different kind of tackle though. To compensate, it does seem like EA has dampened the success rates for standard slides. Being brutally honest, your best bet is still to stand up, jockey and then poke a leg in when opposition players try to change direction.