The engine encourages adjusting your tactics for each opponent, as countering his vital spots can make all the difference between a win and a loss.

Match events. The match is divided into a number of events. There are different events for building up play, creating a key-pass, and getting into a position to shoot for goal. For each event the skills of the attacking player is calculated and compared to the opposing player. The base skills have plenty of possible modifications that can be applied during this comparison.

Choosing events. Events follow in logical order. First, one of the build up events is tested. If successful, the engine continues to one of the key pass events, and finally to related shot creating event if successful again. In case of a corner or foul the engine will skip over some of the events earlier in the chain (i.e. a corner starts as a key pass event). Which exactly event will be chosen depends on your tactical options. Selecting to build up play through the middle will skew the usual distribution more towards the middle. On the match screen stats you can see your attempted and successful events. If you focus your efforts through the middle you will get more attempts in that area, but is possible that the opponent quite successfully blocks your midfield approaches and you end up with more successful build up events on the side in the end.

Build up events

These are the starting events. They represent a string of passes coming together to bring the ball over the half line and into the opposition's half. By default your team will equally attempt to build up play over the left side of the field, right side, and the middle. You can skew the distribution by selecting different build up tactical option. Possible build up events:

• Build up from the left
• Midfield build up
• Build up from the right
  
  

Key pass events

Successful build up will result in a key pass event, an attempt to place the ball where it can hurt. Depending on your approach tactical option your team will try certain options more often than others.

• Through ball approach. This approach covers playing direct vertical balls behind opponent's defensive line in an attempt to surprise your opponents and catch them off guard.
• Cross ball approach. This approach will try to get a ball into a good position for a cross, usually from the side of the box but not exclusively.
• Edge ball approach. This approach will try to work the ball into a good position for a shot, usually near the edge of the opposition's box.

Shot creating events

After succeeding in one of the key pass events it is up to your attackers to get into position to receive that cross, through ball, or a ball in a shooting range. Your opposition will, of course, try to prevent you from doing exactly that. In this step the type of event to test is directly related to the previous step. You need to win this step to get a chance to shoot on the goal.

• Through ball shot attempt. The team tries to react to a through ball and get into a chance to shoot on goal. If successful, this will often result in an one on one chance for your forward.
• Cross ball shot attempt. After the successful cross your team has to fight for a good header position while your opponents try to prevent that from happening.
• Edge ball shot attempt. Your team tries to exploit the opening near the edge of the box while the opponents try to block it.

Shooting on the goal

After your team succeeds in all 3 types of above mentioned events the player from the last step gets to make an attempt to score a goal. This test is performed individually between the shooter and the goalkeeper. Different skills are used depending on the type of the approach.

• Long shots. Shots from distance are common but at the same time the hardest to score.
  
• Direct free kick. Direct free kick is similar to a long shot but with defense fully prepared for it.
• Headers. Headers, quick shots and the like. They're the middle ground when it comes to shooting on the goal, moderately hard to execute.
  
• One on ones One on one chances and trick shots behind opponent's line of defense. They're the easiest to score but hard to create.
  
• Penalty shot This one is as ideal of a situation as it can be.