Fifa 2004 Walkthrough for PlayStation 2 Game Name: Fifa 2004 Format: PlayStation 2 Submitted By: $L!CE hey hey friends here is a rough guide to help you with your skills in fifa 2004, i will guide you through the things you will need to do and do not need to bother trying. PASSING passing is one of the fundementals of playing football, there was once a time under Graham Taylor when engand were accused of not being able to pass the ball. was it realy that drastic??? well the team did not reach the world cup. i am warning you not to go the same way. to get anywhere in fifa you wil need to be able to pass the ball quicklyto be able to take advantage of any of the gaps in your opponents line up and any runs made by your felow teammates. rather than hoofing the ball out off your area try passing the ball through your opposition making them look stupid. you can ary the detination off your pass by using the directional buttons and as you approach your opponents goal one-twos are efficient in getting a player through the oppositions backline. to perform this, after pressing x, press L1 and the player who passed the ball will make a forward run, press x to play him in and you are almost certainly going to score.!!! THROUGH BALLS the bread and butter of the creative midfielder, through balls are the bast way of unlocking opposing defenses. when you hold triangle a power bar will appear, determining the strength off the pass. youlle also have to set the direction of the pass and for this reason i strongly suggest you us ethe analogue stick instead of the d pad. LONG BALLS the long ball is one off the most efective means of exploiting the space left by a defence under pressure. if the play is centered down one wing and you have no obvious outlet for a pass nearby, hold square and face across the pitch to send a crossfeild ball to your other winger. your opponents defence will be out off possition and you will be clean through, also pressing l2 will select one off your other players and pressing square will send a pass to them wheter they are close or near. SHOOTING the power and the length of your shot is set by the length of time you hold down circle, if you put too much power on the shot theyll be picking it up from outside the stadium, the flight off the ball will also be affected. but if you underhit the ball the keeper will have time too make a cup of tea before the ball reaches him.??? there are many ways off geting the ball on target, my favourite is pressing R2 before shooting, this enables you too shoot with power but also keeps the chot low down, which the keepers hate. DEFENDING you have two defensive staples at your disposal: the slide tackle (sqare) and the block tackle (circle). rushing at the opposing player in possesion of the ball will result in one off two things: a) youl give away a free-kick and maybe get a card, or b) youll be left flat on your arse while they bear down on your goal. the best tactic is to try and manouvere your opponent into areas that dont threaten your goal, while doing this press R2 and a second defender will rush across and take the ball. remember to only use slide tackle when you are sure you will win the ball otherwise you will be in very hot water.!!!!! i hope this helped no actually im sure it helped so good luck... by mubine din