2. Elbowing Opponents & The "Dirty Tackle"
Ah yes, the fabled dirty tackle button, hack button, cheat button, or whatever it was you and your friends used to refer to it as back on FIFA 2001 when this somewhat dubious gameplay feature first made its appearance in the franchise. By pressing the R1 button on the PlayStation console, the player could commit an intentional, bone-snapping lunge on an opponent and slide in with a waist-high studs up hack Roy Keane style. Of course, more often than not, this resulted in a straight red card, but it was still hilarious. You might be wondering why such a feature should be brought back to the series well, for a start, for fun. Maybe you're losing to a friend 3-0, have given up the ghost, and want to take out your frustrations. Secondly, because of realism. Yes, bad, professional fouls do actually happen in the real world of football. Just last season we saw Luis Suarez bite Branislav Ivanovic. The reason for EA removing the "dirty tackle button" is to promote FIFA's Fair Play campaign, but they also need to promote a world of football where these incidents can and do happen.