Gameplay Changes
Added new cards: "Cross", "Foul", "Long Shot", "Offensive Corner", "Defensive Corner", "Clear Out", and "Counterattack". Also added 2 new Pass cards. The full deck now consists of 32 basic cards, 4 draw cards, and a "Time Card".
Since there are now more ways to score (penalties, corners, long shots), the goalkeeper's base save rate has been increased from 50% to 63%, and the save rate when using a drawn goalkeeper card has been bumped from 83% to 100%.
The "+Shot" draw card has been buffed: it now reduces the goalkeeper's dice roll by 3 instead of 2.
Penalty scoring chances have been slightly improved by adding a second "Delayed Reaction" card to the goalkeeper's deck.
In-match penalties can now be triggered by playing the "Foul" card.
The "Foul" card can also be played to earn a penalty during stoppage time.
You can now pass your turn up to 3 times in a row (previously 2).
The maximum hand size has been increased to 6 cards.
Team strength levels are now more diverse: Very Strong (6/6), Strong (5/6), Average (5/5), Weak (4/5), and Very Weak (4/4).
For better gameplay flow, the system now automatically tops up your hand to 6 cards. However, the core team strength differences are still maintained. For example, if you play a 4/5 system (4 cards in the first half, 5 in the second) against a 4/4 opponent, both players will have 6 cards in the first half. In the second half, you will have 6 cards, while your opponent will only have 5.
Changes to the dice roll, where a high number is desired by the roller.
Visual Changes
Card conditions and effects are now represented by clear, symbolic icons. Hovering over an icon displays a tooltip explaining what it means.
You can now rearrange cards in your hand during a match. This can be done with or without animations (via the "Animated Hand Sorting" option).
Added on-pitch ball animations for penalty kicks.
Expanded on-pitch ball animations to include new plays: long shots (both on and off target), corner kicks, and throw-ins.
Added in-match keyboard shortcut hints for players who prefer a keyboard-only setup. These hints appear automatically after 3 seconds of mouse inactivity.
Added new background scenes: a locker room (with jersey variants) for the tactics menu, a warehouse for the options menu, and stadiums (day and night) for matches.
Added drop shadows to the cards.
UI Changes
The help page can now be navigated using Page Up, Page Down, Home, End, and the Up/Down arrow keys.
Bug Fixes
Fixed crashes that occurred when launching the game without hardware acceleration (using the --disable-hw-acc flag). Note: Changing the language in the options menu is still disabled when hardware acceleration is turned off.