Finally got platinum in the 2016 remake after 4 years of first playing it. This is my second Platinum ever

Death by Disco was the last trophy that earned me the platinum, the hardest trophy to earn was the one where you had to get gold in the hoverboad race in under 1:35

u/Pyromancer08 — 2 months ago

It's been long I enjoyed eFootball this much, this Japanese event was a breath of fresh air

I was outside yesterday scrolling on Reddit when I saw a post of someone praising the Japanese event, I didn't know about the event prior to that, so I decided that I would check it out when I got home.

I got home around 11 pm, logged into eFootball only to find out that I had just 3 hours and some minutes to rank top 22k and qualify for the reward of the event. I quickly selected my team, Urawa Reds, I got to know about them in the Club World Cup, and since they signified and identified as "the reds", I just saw them as the Manchester United counterpart of Japanese football and have been a fan ever since.

I tried to set up my team and used their default game plan, it was 451 with 2 CMFs, 1 DMF, 1 LMF and 1 RMF. I noticed the LMF, Matheus Sávio, who is one of their key players is a Hole Player, so I didn't need fluid formation to turn him to a LWF on attack. I selected other players for my team, luckily I had one Japanese Show Time goalkeeper, I put him in. My squad looked ready and I got into the first match, that was when I noticed that I had 3 good strikers on my bench and 1 in my starting lineup, the one starting was a deep-lying forward, Onaiwu Ado and he was the highest rated one. I had to get one extra striker in, can't be wasting so many strikers on the bench. I took a CMF out and replaced him with the Goal Poacher to get that sweet Deep-lying Forward + Goal Poacher combo that's very powerful when playing Quick Counter. Luckily the DMF they had was an Anchor Man which is necessary to have when playing QC because of the high line. I arrived at the team in the second photo and started the match.

The matches were fun all through, no smart assist, no Gullit Vieira Thuram, no p2w Showtime skills (except one blitz curler), just pure skills and creativity. This event tests your knowledge of the game, if you're dependent on the meta players you'll struggle cus the fullbacks here don't even have pinpoint crossing 😅. The players lack some basic necessary skills, you just have to find a way to make do with what you have. I really enjoyed it cus that's the kind of environment I thrive under.

There's this match where I came back from 2-0 down (the one I won 3-2), conceded two early goals, one of which was the blitz curler. I thought about quitting for a moment to save time but still went on cus I believed there's still time to comeback in the match and indeed I did 💪. I wanted to make it a clean sweep but that one match just didn't go my way, I scored first, my opponent scored two goals in a flash, then went full blue the whole 2nd half. I scored another to equalise and was thinking about scoring another, then my opponent switched to 1 attack bar, scored from a counter and went back to full blue. He kept clearing the ball till the end of the match 🤦. I went on to win my remaining two matches just to make it in time for the reward.

Konami should bring more events like this, maybe bring them with French league, Dutch League, German League, Portuguese League or Brazilian League. It's really fun not having to play against the same lineup 5 matches in a row.

u/Pyromancer08 — 2 months ago

It's been long I enjoyed eFootball this much, this Japanese event was a breath of fresh air

I was outside yesterday scrolling on Reddit when I saw a post of someone praising the Japanese event, I didn't know about the event prior to that, so I decided that I would check it out when I got home.

I got home around 11 pm, logged into eFootball only to find out that I had just 3 hours and some minutes to rank top 22k and qualify for the reward of the event. I quickly selected my team, Urawa Reds, I got to know about them in the Club World Cup, and since they signified and identified as "the reds", I just saw them as the Manchester United counterpart of Japanese football and have been a fan ever since.

I tried to set up my team and used their default game plan, it was 451 with 2 CMFs, 1 DMF, 1 LMF and 1 RMF. I noticed the LMF, Matheus Sávio, who is one of their key players is a Hole Player, so I didn't need fluid formation to turn him to a LWF on attack. I selected other players for my team, luckily I had one Japanese Show Time goalkeeper, I put him in. My squad looked ready and I got into the first match, that was when I noticed that I had 3 good strikers on my bench and 1 in my starting lineup, the one starting was a deep-lying forward, Onaiwu Ado and he was the highest rated one. I had to get one extra striker in, can't be wasting so many strikers on the bench. I took a CMF out and replaced him with the Goal Poacher to get that sweet Deep-lying Forward + Goal Poacher combo that's very powerful when playing Quick Counter. Luckily the DMF they had was an Anchor Man which is necessary to have when playing QC because of the high line. I arrived at the team in the second photo and started the match.

The matches were fun all through, no smart assist, no Gullit Vieira Thuram, no p2w Showtime skills (except one blitz curler), just pure skills and creativity. This event tests your knowledge of the game, if you're dependent on the meta players you'll struggle cus the fullbacks here don't even have pinpoint crossing 😅. The players lack some basic necessary skills, you just have to find a way to make do with what you have. I really enjoyed it cus that's the kind of environment I thrive under.

There's this match where I came back from 2-0 down (the one I won 3-2), conceded two early goals, one of which was the blitz curler. I thought about quitting for a moment to save time but still went on cus I believed there's still time to comeback in the match and indeed I did 💪. I wanted to make it a clean sweep but that one match just didn't go my way, I scored first, my opponent scored two goals in a flash, then went full blue the whole 2nd half. I scored another to equalise and was thinking about scoring another, then my opponent switched to 1 attack bar, scored from a counter and went back to full blue. He kept clearing the ball till the end of the match 🤦. I went on to win my remaining two matches just to make it in time for the reward.

Konami should bring more events like this, maybe bring them with French league, Dutch League, German League, Portuguese League or Brazilian League. It's really fun not having to play against the same lineup 5 matches in a row.

u/Pyromancer08 — 2 months ago
▲ 348 r/pesmobile+2 crossposts

Konami legit foreshadowed the World Cup final

This is not the first time they have foreshadowed the finals of an international competition, the logo during the AFCON event/period comprised the 4 teams that made it to the semifinals

u/Pyromancer08 — 3 months ago

The first goal I scored with Gonçalo Ramos was a recreation of the goal he scored irl which earned him the POTD card

Also he orchestrated a comeback for me against a super France squad that had all the new France 1998 players, with Epic Cantona and Griezmann too. In comparison my squad was made up of all the highlight players from the Portugal pack, some other Portugal highlight cards (Rafael Leão, André Silva and Diogo Dalot), and some Portugal trending cards (POTW Francisco Conceiçao and POTD Gonçalo Ramos)

Super sub is so OP, Gonçalo Ramos was in excellent form ⬆️ and I subbed him in at the start of the second half, he played like he was on drugs, the France defenders couldn't contain him.

u/Pyromancer08 — 3 months ago

This is the fastest that I been to Division 2

Lineup in the next frame, I got tired of QC defence and I wanted to use Target Man Sørloth so I decided to use Long ball. No individual instructions.

Tbh I don't understand what I am playing but I am just winning, this game doesn't make sense anymore. And I turned off the smart assist filter, I rather play against smart assist than the evil script.

u/Pyromancer08 — 4 months ago

This is the fastest that I been to Division 2

Lineup in the next frame, I got tired of QC defence and I wanted to use Target Man Sørloth so I decided to use Long ball. No individual instructions.

Tbh I don't understand what I am playing but I am just winning, this game doesn't make sense anymore. And I turned off the smart assist filter, I rather play against smart assist than the evil script.

u/Pyromancer08 — 4 months ago

Aren't these players from the same match, why do they have different stats distribution? How is Messi both a Deep Lying Forward and Creative Playmaker in the same match?

u/Pyromancer08 — 4 months ago

Aren't these players from the same match, why do they have different stats distribution? How is Messi both a Deep Lying Forward and Creative Playmaker in the same match?

u/Pyromancer08 — 4 months ago

Aren't these players from the same match, why do they have different stats distribution? How is Messi both a Deep Lying Forward and Creative Playmaker in the same match?

u/Pyromancer08 — 4 months ago

I'm not even gonna lie Quick Counter is rubbish

What makes QC so bad is how the midfield behaves when you are with the ball or you just retrieved it, all the midfielders start dashing forward like headless chickens and you're left with no safe passing option when your opponent has 3 players surrounding your player with the ball, it's very common to lose the ball in this scenario and get countered immediately. It makes no sense! Your players shouldn't be making aggressive runs when the ball handler is still in danger, especially in your own half, this is not how teams counter in real life, a teammate provides a safe passing option first before running on the counter when the coast is clear.

Another rubbish with QC is how your defenders who are already keeping a high line auto press your opponent's striker when they are just supposed to stay back and wait, this makes them very susceptible to a simple through passes or one-two.

Combining the two, your DM holds the ball and all your CMs are already dashing forward like they are on a sprint race, the DM gets boxed, you lose the ball, your CB automatically presses aggressively, space opens up behind, your opponent's striker runs into the space, through pass, goal.

It's almost like the whole Quick Counter tactics is set up just to make you concede. No wonder most players prefer Long Ball Counter over it, and would rather play Possession Game if they want to play more attacking football.

Konami really needs to fix what happens in your own half when using Quick Counter else it will never make its way back to the meta.

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u/Pyromancer08 — 4 months ago

I'm not even gonna lie Quick Counter is rubbish

What makes QC so bad is how the midfield behaves when you are with the ball or you just retrieved it, all the midfielders start dashing forward like headless chickens and you're left with no safe passing option when your opponent has 3 players surrounding your player with the ball, it's very common to lose the ball in this scenario and get countered immediately. It makes no sense! Your players shouldn't be making aggressive runs when the ball handler is still in danger, especially in your own half, this is not how teams counter in real life, a teammate provides a safe passing option first before running on the counter when the coast is clear.

Another rubbish with QC is how your defenders who are already keeping a high line auto press your opponent's striker when they are just supposed to stay back and wait, this makes them very susceptible to a simple through passes or one-two.

Combining the two, your DM holds the ball and all your CMs are already dashing forward like they are on a sprint race, the DM gets boxed, you lose the ball, your CB automatically presses aggressively, space opens up behind, your opponent's striker runs into the space, through pass, goal.

It's almost like the whole Quick Counter tactics is set up just to make you concede. No wonder most players prefer Long Ball Counter over it, and would rather play Possession Game if they want to play more attacking football.

Konami really needs to fix what happens in your own half when using Quick Counter else it will never make its way back to the meta.

reddit.com
u/Pyromancer08 — 4 months ago

I'm not even gonna lie Quick Counter is rubbish

What makes QC so bad is how the midfield behaves when you are with the ball or you just retrieved it, all the midfielders start dashing forward like headless chickens and you're left with no safe passing option when your opponent has 3 players surrounding your player with the ball, it's very common to lose the ball in this scenario and get countered immediately. It makes no sense! Your players shouldn't be making aggressive runs when the ball handler is still in danger, especially in your own half, this is not how teams counter in real life, a teammate provides a safe passing option first before running on the counter when the coast is clear.

Another rubbish with QC is how your defenders who are already keeping a high line auto press your opponent's striker when they are just supposed to stay back and wait, this makes them very susceptible to a simple through passes or one-two.

Combining the two, your DM holds the ball and all your CMs are already dashing forward like they are on a sprint race, the DM gets boxed, you lose the ball, your CB automatically presses aggressively, space opens up behind, your opponent's striker runs into the space, through pass, goal.

It's almost like the whole Quick Counter tactics is set up just to make you concede. No wonder most players prefer Long Ball Counter over it, and would rather play Possession Game if they want to play more attacking football.

Konami really needs to fix what happens in your own half when using Quick Counter else it will never make its way back to the meta.

reddit.com
u/Pyromancer08 — 4 months ago