The game also boasts a vastly improved match engine with improved realism,
analysing each player and making them react on pitch to the action depending
on what their ‘real-life’ tendencies are as a footballer. For example, a
player who likes to overlap and send crosses in from the by-line will try
and do so as much as possible during a game. This new system creates a
realistic simulation of how footballers behave in real life match situations
and managers can even train individual squad members to incorporate
tendencies into their match skill set.

The match engine in 3-D, now shows players jostling for position with the
opposition, sliding in for tackles as well as keepers diving for the ball,
adding to the realistic depiction of the match on the pitch. Furthermore
following on from its debut appearance in Championship Manager 2007, ProZone
is back as a fully integrated Post Match Analysis tool which isolates the
key factors that decided the result of your game and provides you with the
knowledge to act on the match incidents and strengthen your team for the
next fixture.