Trick Cornerkick PES2011

 

Hi PES players,

I have received a few comments and emails regarding the effective use of corner kicks. In PES 2011, I discovered an additional method to assist us in scoring from corners, which will serve as an add on to my previous post on corner taking. For new readers, you may like
to refer to this post on PES Corner Taking.

The PES Series allows you to change your team’s attacking mentality on the fly. In PES 2011, you can adjust this by holding select and pressing R1 and R2 to increase or decrease your team’s attacking mentality. Teams with higher attacking mentality will push more players forward during attacks.

For corner kicks, we can apply this adjustment as well. During attacking corner kicks, increase your team’s attacking mentality to flood the penalty box with players. Decrease it to have less players in the box and more players defending. When you are defending corner kicks, decrease the mentality to have more defenders, and increase it to leave more players upfield and prepare for a counter-attack.

This simple adjustment allows you to command your goalkeeper to make a run up during your attacking corner kick and fight for a late goal.

The on-the-fly settings offered in the PES series give rise to another strategy. During attacking corner kicks, start off with default mentality. Increase the attacking mentality and you will see players rushing forward. This is ideal for you to play a corner right into the path of an in-rushing teammate. An in-rushing player tends to evade his marker and his header will be much more powerful. Thus, when you find a lack of options in the box, you can also decrease the mentality and command players to leave the box, before increasing the mentality again for your teammates to make runs in.

And here is a video showing how adjusting the mentality settings will affect players’ runs into the box.