"One of the first things to do at FIFA 13 was to implement a more realistic ball control. Now it will be more difficult to control a receiving ball with your player. It all depends on the strength, the speed, the ball height and the technical skills of your player to achieve the control of the ball and run with it.
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i assume this is to combat the long ball noobs who just ping it over the top to ronaldo every 2 seconds.
wonder what the next exploit will be then, they've probably ****ed up crossing or something