Five things that happen on FIFA, which will never happen in real life:

5 Things that happen on FIFA, which will never happen in real life:

EA  Sports’ FIFA is a gaming franchise that brings hours-upon-hours of joy, frustration and pride to those who play it. Everyone from Wayne Rooney to the everyday Joe have played the game at some point in their lives. Although the game is highly enjoyable, it is equally as frustrating. In this article we will look at five of the most-unrealistic flaws our beloved FIFA holds. (This is not blasphemy)

Pro Clubs | Blue-coloured Afros who stand at 5ft 2 |

Undoubtedly the most frustrating game-mode on FIFA is that of Pro-clubs; in theory it looks like a fantastic way to bond with your co-gamers – being able to play alongside one-another in ludicrously named clubs  along the lines of: Inter Yanan or Heskey FC.  However, Pro-Clubs is over-run by a separate race of humans that look almost Neolithic; standing at about 5ft 2, with deformed faces and a blue-afro. These virtual-professionals are heavily reliant on pace, and blitz past the basic 70+ rated AI defences, and usually score.  What makes this so annoying is when will we ever see in real football a team-full of blue-haired players who happen to be 5ft 2? The answer is: Never (unless they make a junior-league FIFA).

Career Mode | Players in their thirties |

Career Mode on FIFA 13 is to put it bluntly: brilliant. Everything from its transfer market to Youth Academies is well thought out. Players can literally spend hours tinkering with their squads, and drawing up transfer targets – much like in real football management. However one minor flaw is that once a player turns thirty their ratings plummet. Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Ryan Giggs are all notable examples of this; in the first season of Career Mode 2012/13)  all three of these players start out in their thirties rated: 83, 84 and 81. Then by the end of that season – them ratings will be in the 70’s – irrespective of how they performed in that season.  After a few seasons you will see the likes of: Jay Rodriguez and Gary Hooper retire at the grand-old age of 30 – which is quite a young age to retire.

Ultimate Team | David Luiz |

David Luiz in real-life is a fantastic player, who is one of the most in-demand centre-backs in world-football and this trend transfers into the gaming-world. Albeit with one minor difference: on FIFA 13; Ultimate team, David Luiz can only be compared with the Terminator.  Being the fastest Centre-back in the Premier League (bar inform cards) the Brazilian can literally play anywhere on the pitch and still out-do the opponent. I have seen David Luiz score 50-yard drives, overhead kicks, scissor kicks and diving headers. The most annoying part of coming-up-against the 26-year-old is that nine-times-out-of-ten he will out-muscle and out-pace the attacker; even if it is Lionel Messi or Shola Ameobi..

FIFA 13 | Penalties |

Penalties of FIFA 13 have allowed even us English-men to become masters at taking them. Merely just hitting it above the keeper – is technically un-saveable. Now this is frustrating if you’re the player who conceded the penalty, but it is an easy goal for the player awarded the penalty.  Even if the goalkeeper knows where the spot-kick is aimed – they are oblivious to leaping up for it. Now in real-life a goalkeeper could save a spot-kick as simple with ease, by simply raising their arms. But on FIFA it is easy to become a Matt Le-Tissier at penalties by adopting the knack of aiming just above the goalkeeper.

FIFA 13 | Passing Around the defences |

Every gamer has been there: you’re trailing by two goals and it’s the 80^th minute, when suddenly you break and score! Your fans are cheering you on, and the euphoria riles you up. You know when the opposition kick-off again that your centre-forward will dispossess the opposition and score.  But when kick-off comes and the player hoofs the football down to their defence and passes it amongst the centre-backs – any hope of a comeback ceases. Occasionally, however, you may pick the ball-up – but by then, it is too late. The full-time whistle will blow.

FIFA 13; As equally annoying as it is great.