Firstly when the ball comes into play, hold your ground. if the ball is a slow one, run forward a little then estimate when will the ball be directly in front of you then try to hit the ball straight into the goal. this is a very common yet effective method to score. and that would be 20 points(80NP) for you in the bag. If the ball is a fast one, hold your ground and then wait for the opponent to get to the ball. Sometimes the very stupid computer can hit the ball to its own net, that would be the ideal situation for you. However he is likely to hit the ball to the side. which means u have to defend your goal. Don’t keep pushing your opponent, just make sure u are in the way of the ball and the goal.
Secondly, powerups to me is a nono. All of them harm you. (Seriously) OK imagine, if u take the anchor, u would be too slow to do anything, and if you take the food, which many thinks it is a good thing, you would most probably go out of control and maybe score an own goal. this is especially disastrous in survival mode as one goal is what really matters.
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