Started a new career mode up on FIFA 14 for the Xbox One using Orion's sliders; man am I impressed with that game both visually and gameplay wise. It's taken a little getting used to, but I believe that I'm getting the hang of how the game flows.
Anyways, first match was a friendly against St. Etienne. I am Manchester City (they are my team and I have a hard time starting a career mode with any team in the lower division). I disabled the first summer transfer window and so my starting XI for the match against St. Etienne was as follows (I play a 4-2-3-1):
GK: Hart
DEF: Zabaleta-Lescott-Kompany-Clichy
CDM: Fernandinho-Touré
CAM: Nasri-Jovetic-David Silva
ST: Agüero
The game didn't go exactly how I wanted it to, St. Etienne won 2-1, but the two goals they scored were really great. The first one was a early cross into the box that sailed right over Clichy's head to an oncoming attacker who slotted it right past Hart. The next one was just a spectacular shot from outside the box that went into the upper right 90. My goal came from Jovetic and was setup by Fernandinho.
Here's the boxscore:
| Aug 28, 2013 - St. Etienne vs Manchester City |
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | SCORE |
| St. Etienne () | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Manchester City () | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Stats Comparison |
| St. Etienne | | Manchester City |
| 2 | Goals | 1 |
| 7 | Shots | 11 |
| 1 | Shots on Target | 6 |
| 12 | Tackles | 14 |
| 4 | Fouls | 5 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Injuries | 2 |
| 14.3% | Shot Accuracy | 54.5% |
| 77% | Passing Percentage | 80% |