Going a full league campaign without defeat is one of football‘s ultimate achievements, notably accomplished by Arsenal in the 2003-04 season and the Scottish Premiership‘s Celtic in 2022-17. FC 25 career mode is the perfect place to try your luck at an ‘invincible‘ season, with the looming pressure of having to either FC 25 Coins win or draw every league match en route to winning the title.

In one of the most authentic manager challenges, intelligent use of squad rotation and navigation of continental competitions are important skills for career mode fans with ‘invincible‘ aims.

FC 25 ‘s most intriguing and unexpected new addition is the arrival of Ted Lasso‘s AFC Richmond in the game. The fictitious London-based team from Apple TV‘s well-received football comedy-drama series is now an option for career mode hopefuls to select at the beginning of their journey to dugout glory.

And best of all, EA has given career mode fans the ability to choose Ted Lasso as their manager avatar in career mode, complete with Nike trainers and that iconic mustache. It makes for an incredibly immersive experience, and it‘s your task to restore Richmond to its English top-flight status.

With just as much emphasis on tactics as in FC Ultimate Team, career mode is the ideal environment to embrace the renowned ‘tiki-taka‘ possession-based playing style used by gaffers like Pep Guardiola and Vicente del Bosque. To apply their football theories most effectively, play every match in career mode with the goal of achieving a minimum of 60% possession and restart the game if one falls short.

‘Tiki-taka‘ was largely engineered and trialed in Spanish football, so taking charge of famed La Liga giants like FC Barcelona or Real Madrid to face up to the challenge is a favorite for many career mode gamers. Editing your team‘s tactical structures is a quick process but finding the correct formation and technically gifted players to match the ‘tiki-taka‘ system could be a stumbling point.

Just as Chelsea of the English Premier League recently succumbed to a ban on signing new players by football‘s top authorities following transfer violations, it‘s possible to implement a similar situation in buy FC 25 Coins career mode. While some light use of imagination is required later down the line, the game does allow users to switch the first transfer window off at the start of every career mode.