PES 2012 Tip: Teammate Control

In the our goal shot tip, we explain in detail how to include your teammates in your offensive play.
Additional passing options and outnumbering the opponent in their half are the most important results, often leading to a successful goal shot.
While assembling these tips and tricks, we asked several PES League players which feature they often use – “Teammate Control Assisted” or “Teammate Control Manual” was a frequent answer.
How does the Teammate Control work?
Since PES 2012, you can also control off-the-ball players while attacking and encourage them to run towards free space on the field. In the button configuration menu, you can chose between to variations of the Teammate Control: “Assisted” and “Manual”.

– For most players, the assisted mode should already be a gain to their offensive play, since it lets them easily and quickly create additional attacking options.
– The manual version of this feature enables maximum control over the chosen teammate, although it is a bit harder to master.

Teammate Control “Assisted”
When using the assisted version, you simply hold the right analog stick towards the player you want to include in the attack and press the right stick.
The player will now start a sprint into free space, offering another passing option. The clear advantage: You are no longer at the mercy of the AI’s passivity and decide for yourself when your teammate actively participates in the offensive.

If you take the middle path and see that the opponent’s fullback is in a bad position, you can hold the stick towards the midfielder running along the left sideline for example. Activate him and watch how your teammate creates space to get into a promising position for a high pass.
But if your attack comes to a standstill on the wing, use the right stick to let a central midfielder take part in the offensive play in the middle of the pitch in order to slip out of the defender’s grip.
In general, you can send any number of players forward and have access to varied options.

Teammate Control “Manual”
For users of the manual Teammate Control, they become even more varied. As before, use the right stick to chose your desired player, press the stick, and as long as you do not let go of it or move it to the neutral middle position again, you directly control the second player.

This variant needs some practice, but enables you to send your teammates in any direction instead of letting them simply rush towards the goal.
You can also let them run towards each other, diagonally to your direction or even back, making your play much more unpredictable and flexible.
Please note: We recommend practising the assisted and manual versions of the Teammate Control in Free Training and choose the one you like most. Your opponents will be surprised, since this feature really gives you an ace up your sleeve.