FIFA's online playground can be frustrating place: while you would think most players would want a nice even game, it's often impossible to stay calm when a player decides to employ the high pressure tactic. With a simple press of a button, defenders transform into hungry lions chasing down their dinner, which means you literally have a split second to get rid of the ball or face near certain loss of possession. Due to complaints at the start of the year, EA increased stamina levels for all players in online modes so that you are able to play high pressure for the whole game without any players getting injured or tired. It makes keeping possession nearly impossible so unless you can adapt to the frenetic pace set by your opponent and enter a game of ping pong football, don't expect to find any success in playing a slow tempo game. As anyone who watches football knows, dictating the pace of a game and holding possessing usually wins you games, but not in FIFA 14, where it's actually the opposite, which makes a mockery of the game.
Barry O' Halloran has been a whatculture writer for the last two years and having recently graduated, now plans on writing about games & movies until his hands fall off. Follow him on twitter!