Certain skill moves in Fifa 09 require players with a higher level of skill. It is a good idea to take players from your favourite team into Arena mode and put them through their paces. This way you will know which moves your players can perform. It’s not a good idea to get into the midst of a competitive game and have a trick fail because you used the wrong player.
Players like Ronaldinho and Franck Ribery can perform all of the tricks and skills in this section of the guide. Less Skilled players will perform simpler variations of some of the skills.
In order to best explain how the moves work, we use a numbering system corresponding with the directions on the Right Thumbstick.
These instructions assume that you are facing forward (like in the Arena) and that you have held down the Skill modifier button (L2 on PS3 or LT on Xbox 360).
How to Execute
Move
How to Execute
Flip Flap/Elastico
Right to Back to Left (3,4,5,6,7)
Feint Right & Exit Left
Right to Back to Left (3,4,5,6,7) – Sprinting
Fake Right and Go Left
Right to Back to Left (3,4,5,6,7) – Less Skilled Players
Stanley Matthews Feint
Left to Back to Right (7,6,5,4,3)
Feint Left & Exit Right
Left to Back to Right (7,6,5,4,3) – Sprinting
Fake Left and Go Right
Left to Back to Right (7,6,5,4,3) – Less Skilled Players
Blanco Hop
Tap R3 – Standing Only
Flick Ball Over Slide Tackle
Tap R3 - Less Skilled Players
Ronaldo Chop Left
Flick Diagonal Back/Left 2x (6,0,6,0) – Jogging Only
Fake Kick Chop Right
Flick Diagonal Back/Right 2x (4,0,4,0) – Less Skilled Players
Ronaldo Chop right
Flick Diagonal Back/Right 2x (4,0,4,0) – Jogging Only
Fake Kick Chop Left
Flick Diagonal Back/Right 2x (4,0,4,0) – Less Skilled Players
Scoop Turn Left
Flick Diagonal Back/Left 2x (6,0,6,0) – Standing Only
Fake Kick Chop Left
Flick Diagonal Back/Left 2x (6,0,6,0) – Less Skilled Players
Scoop Turn Right
Flick Diagonal Back/Right 2x (4,0,4,0) – Standing Only
Fake Kick Chop Right
Flick Diagonal Back/Right 2x (4,0,4,0) – Less Skilled Players
Rainbow Flick
Flick Back, Forward – Then Forward again with timing (5,1,0) – (0,1)
Rainbow Flick v. 2
Flick Back, Hold Forward – Then Forward again with timing (5,1) – (0,1)
Heel to Heel Flick
Flick Forward, Back (1,5)
Heel Flick
Flick Forward, Back (1,5) – Less Skilled Players
Hocus Pocus
Back to Left to Back to Right (5,6,7,6,5,4,3)
Triple Flip Flap
Back to Right to Back to Left (5,4,3,4,5,6,7)
Ball Roll Flick Left
Hold Right, Flick Diagonal Forward/Left (3,8) – Jogging Only
Ball Roll Flick Right
Hold Left, Flick Diagonal Forward/Right (7,2) – Jogging Only
Ronaldinho Sombrero Flick
Flick Forward, Forward, Back (1,0,1,5) – Standing Only
McGeady Spin Left
Flick Forward, Flick Left (1,0,7)
McGeady Spin Right
Flick Forward, Flick Right (1,0,3)
Rabona Fake
Press Pass button while Shot/Lob power bar is ramping up + hold back on Left Thumbstick – Sprinting Only
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