Hitting the correct direction when the ball is inside the smaller blue circle will give you a better rating, and you'll be awarded more role-playing game-style experience points toward your next level. Your player's current experience level is indicated by a vertical bar on the left side of the screen that fills up a little every time you successfully keep the ball in the air. When the bar is full  FIFA 23 coins.We didn't get to spend as much time with FIFA 23as we would have liked to on this occasion, but we'll bring you more information on the game as soon as it becomes available.

With FIFA 23, tricks can be pulled off by pressing the right analog stick in any one of eight directions, essentially doubling the number of tricks available to you right off the bat. Trick combos can be built not only from trick to trick, but also from pass to pass, letting you rack up huge point totals between multiple players and earning gamebreakers that much faster.

The most important trick tweak this year is the addition of manual juggle tricks. You've seen the videos of supremely skilled FIFA players bouncing the ball between their feet, up to their shoulders, and head, all while pulling off crazy twists and spins. In FIFA 23, you'll be able to pull off these kinds of tricks by initiating the "juggle" mechanic in tandem with the left and right triggers and the right analog stick. 

It sounds complicated, but it's actually quite simple. To initiate the juggle on the Xbox, for example, you simply hit the Y button and hold down the left trigger. To pull off fancy moves, you hold both triggers down and trace the right analog stick along prescribed paths, some of which feel very similar to the haymaker punch controls in the Fight Night series. You can even move your player along the pitch while he juggles.

Once again gamebreakers play a big roll in the game. Come now, you didn't think you'd have a Street game without gamebreakers, did you? All of the tricks, combos, taunts, and juggles in FIFA 23 come with points that earn you gamebreakers. To the game's credit, gamebreakers play differently in FIFA than in any previous game in the Street brand. You still need to earn a set number of points to earn a gamebreaker, but once the gamebreaker is available, you'll need to run to an illuminated spot on the pitch to collect it (while also having possession of the ball). 

The original FIFA 23 was EA Sports Big's initial attempt at marrying the licensed roster of EA's FIFA series with the arcade sensibilities of the underground street FIFA scene. While the fan reaction to the original was on the tepid side, the development team behind the second game in the series took it as a challenge to improve upon what was, admittedly, a pretty solid concept. Those improvements have come in multiple forms, as we've had a chance to see during our hands-on time with FIFA 23 buy FUT 23 coins.