thanks a lot for the reply... first of all the defender without aspecial ability quality number of (35) whilst the one with the special ability have (33)... and the opponent team is full of special abilities.. from keeper to striker. he has almost all the special abilities in his team.. and playing some odd formation... champions league quarter finals and he already played 2:2 with him on my home grounds. so i was thinking may be i should also get defenders with special abilities. sorry for the long speech tho.. so i take it the defence wall stops free kicks right.. what about Aerial defender...???