Interesting fact:

For those who’ve been with the series for many years, you’ll recall the pre-determined era of gameplay. FIFA games used to have a set number of parameters available for particular situations, much to the frustration of gamers. Of course, you could almost always score from certain locations which was a lot of fun, but it meant that we could see patterns emerge following a few hours with the games. It wasn’t until FIFA 08 that the situation remained unchanged. Nowadays, we can look forward to a variety of unpredictable AI reactions.