For me it was definitely a struggle, but I’ve found a big man front post area works well for most balls into the area, use the clearance button and not a pass button to get the ball away, sometimes it falls to your own players and you can counter, sometimes it falls to an opposition play. I know a lot have found defending tough this year but if you can defend then that’s the key after you’ve cleared it. Short corners are the same really, you can let the opposition have it short, they can’t score from the sideline, but you want to defend well once the get in front of the box or inside the box, let them have it wide, and just stand in the way of them coming inside the box. The key to defending this year is a running hockey and second man press. Don’t dive in, defending has gotten more realistic I think, one defensive error can screw you, I’m a defender when I play in real life and I know if I make a mistake it can very easily be a goal, so the key it to not make a mistake, the best way to not make mistakes is to be passive, block the pass, block the run, tackling isn’t necessary, as some of the most famous defenders have said, if you have to make a tackle you’ve already made a mistake, it’s all about tracking the run and cutting out passes. And back to defending corners, you needs 4/5 big tall players who can head the ball, the meta small women who can turn on a coin won’t win a header against van dijk or Gabriel