Among the tools you have to score goals in Rematch, shooting is the most basic and important one. To help get your shots in the goal, you need to target your aim — the two white brackets on the screen — in the same direction. Otherwise, you can make terrible mistakes, like scoring an own goal.
There are, however, other techniques you can use to make your shots more precise or more dangerous when you’re at the goal area. Below, we’ll explain how to shoot better shots in Rematch, to improve how many goals you score.
How to improve your shots in Rematch
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Since it allows you to kick the ball stronger than a regular pass, the Shoot command also allows you to send the ball to the furthest sections of the field. But the most important usage of this command is when trying to score a goal and you want to have more than one strategy to use your shots and secure a point.
Below, you find the best ways to improve your shots in Rematch:
Manage your strength and angle
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The Shoot command is the only one that Rematch gives you control over. You can determine not only where the ball is supposed to go, but how strong it will be and the angle it will follow. To master those, you must learn to read the game’s interface.
When you press the Shoot command, the usual two brackets that function as your aim become a full circle with a small dot in the center. The circle’s thickness represents the strength you’re putting in your shot, while the dot indicates the angle.
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The longer you hold the command, the thicker the line becomes. By learning to manage the strength of your shot, you can perform better longer passes or be more precise when shooting for the goal.
Now, if you want to change the angle and make the ball turn a bit in the air, you need to move the right stick on the controller or the mouse toward the direction you want the ball to go while you hold the Shoot command. Doing so will make the small dot appear on the edge of the circle in the same direction you indicated.
Boost your shots with Extra Effort
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When Rematch introduces Extra Effort, the game only explains that it boosts your speed for some time. It’s faster than regular sprinting and uses a different, but smaller, energy bar. A side effect of using Extra Effort is that your shots are stronger.
The general rule in Rematch is that your speed affects how far your passes and shots will go. A pass done while walking from midfield can’t go further than the goal area, but if you’re sprinting, it will enter the goal. The effect of Extra Effort on your shots follows the same idea.
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Since you’re as fast as possible when in Extra Effort, you can hit harder and make the goalkeeper’s job a true nightmare. Just be careful to not lose the ball when activating Extra Effort because your character performs a light push, putting the ball a little bit ahead of you.
Use volleys, and don’t give the other team time to defend
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Performing a volley involves kicking the ball while it is in the air, usually during a cross. Intercepting the ball is not only cool — your character will make a stylish pose to hit it — but extremely useful because it makes the whole play faster and more difficult for the defense to prepare.
To land a volley, the ball needs to be in the air. You can either wait for another teammate to cross it or shoot it onto the wall to raise the ball and set the play.
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Regardless of how you put the ball in the air, the next step is to press the Shoot command at the right moment. You want to wait until blue light brackets appear around the ball and quickly press the Shoot command to perform the volley.
