If you are passionate about playing FIFA 11 and want to win more matches, then you should improve your defending skills. That's because even if you are good at attacking play like 'through ball', 'finishing', 'free kicks' etc., you don't want to lose 5:4, but rather win 2:0 or 1:0.
So give more attention to defending style of play than attacking, but you should be good enough to score goals in the first place because this article is about defending and not attacking.
Defending Style of Play that you must master:
1. Stand your ground Homepage and let the opponent make mistake. Because if you stand in his path and don't give him any room to run, he may do a missed pass or he can panic and shoot early. This doesn't mean that you should just stand still and do nothing, but instead you have to anticipate your opponent's move and make your move to go in the line of path of his run.
2. When the attacker is near to you, press B (Note: keys mentioned here are not keyboard settings, but xbox controller keys, so use back to home appropriate keys that you configured for your keyboard) to tackle, here the timing is important. He has to be at the right distance to make the tackle. If you are new and not buy ultimate team coins sure of the timing and everything, then tap B like 2 to 3 times when your opponent is near to you.