Goalkeeper won't take freekicks?

[Ellis_D]

I wanted to do a save where I created a goalkeeper in the editor with 20 for eccentricity, finishing, long shots, kicking, penalties and freekicks and have him on penalty and freekick duty. Not had a penalty yet, but he doesn't seem to take freekicks for me, even though I have set him to take direct freekicks.

I wanted to send him up for corners and throw ins too, see how many goals I can get for him during his career.

Is this a bug that he's not taking freekicks? Rene Higuita and Jose Chilavert used to take them so it's not like GKs have never done it in real life!

[XaW]

I've often done this, and I did earlier in FM23... Haven't had a good enough goalkeeper yet after the update, so can't say for sure now. If you can't I'd be rather annoyed. Please report this as bug if you can't find a way.

[Ellis_D]

I only tested it for 3 games so I will test it again later after some editing.

 

[Maviarab]

Can also confirm was working fine pre-patch.  Not played yet since the update.

[Ellis_D]

Perhaps I did something wrong. Or perhaps the game never deemed it a shootable chance? Thing is, I only watch the games on highlights, but another player scored direct from a freekick, so you'd think it was a direct chance! I'll try soon anyway.