Starting the game Highlight the "FIFA 09" icon in the games menu on your phone, and press "OK." A screen appears giving the option to play with the sound on or off (sound can also be turned on/off in the options menu). Select "Yes" or "No" to proceed to the splash screens and Main Menu.
Main Menu - Kick Off - Start various game modes: Friendly, Training Ground, Season, Challenge Mode, Penalties or My Team
- Options - Toggle Sound, Vibration, Offside and Bookings On/Off. Change the length of matches and alter the game difficulty.
- Help - Display detailed instructions about how to play the game
- About - Display legal info, customer service and copyright information
- Quit - Exits the player from the game
From the Main Menu, select Kick Off → Friendly, Season, Penalties or Challenge Mode, and take to the pitch!
Object of the game: The object of FIFA 09 is to take your chosen football club to the top of league through a season. Test your skills in a variety of exciting pre-set scenarios in Challenge Mode. You can also have a quick game in a friendly or try a penalty shoot-out.
Game Rules: |
The game follows the rules of football. Each game consists of two halves of 45 minutes, where the aim is to score more goals than your opponent. Fouls may result in Yellow or Red Cards. Within a season, after each match one player is designated as the man of the match. He will have enhanced abilities in the next match and will be denoted by a star in the team line up and on the pitch. You can change players before matches and make substitutions during a match. Players will suffer fatigue during a season and may need to be substituted to recover stamina.
A blue arrow denotes a short pass option and an orange arrow is a long pass. Tapping OK/5 will do a short pass and holding OK/5 will do a long pass. You can execute skill moves to try to get past a player. There are two, the 360 or Marseille roll which can be done by pressing d-pad left or 4/dpad right or 6, and the Step over which can be done by pressing d-pad up or 2/d pad down or 8. To shoot on goal hold the shoot key down and release when the gauge is in the green zone for the shot to be on target. You can also try a quick shot with a tap of the shoot key and a crafty lob over the goalkeeper with a double tap of shoot.
Playing and winning a pre-set scenario in Challenge mode will reward you with a special card that can be used in your season mode game. The cards can do a variety of things such as remove all injuries from your squad or remove all fatigue. They can be very useful in a tight spot!
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