Enter Local from the multiplayer menu
Use the blue MULTIPLAYER button below PLAY on the home screen. The next menu offers green LOCAL, blue ONLINE with COMING SOON, and BACK. Choose LOCAL for the same-screen setup shown here. The visible ONLINE label is not a working online-room demonstration.
This route is recorded on a desktop browser in v.2026.06.06(po), with the game and Rujo Games attribution visible in the page footer. The video was uploaded July 7, 2026. It shows the local setup and a finished match; it does not show the people using the keyboard.
Choose the two sides independently
The setup title reads LOCAL MATCH and the category shown is NATIONAL. Each side has one pair of arrows beside its flag and another beside its player card. Keep the upper country choice separate from the lower footballer choice.
In the sequence, the left selection changes from Algeria to Argentina, Canada and then France, while the right selection changes from Argentina to Canada and then Brazil. The final visible pair is France with Ousmane D. on the left and Brazil with Neymar on the right. Both sides briefly show Canada earlier, so this setup does not force different countries.
Use the labels on your own screen rather than expecting the same collection. The arrows shown here do not establish every available country, club-category option or how locked cards become available.
- Change the flag on the left to the first player’s intended country.
- Read the card beneath that flag and use its separate arrows if another footballer is offered.
- Repeat those two checks on the right side.
- Read both card names again before choosing PLAY.
Assign the keyboard before kickoff
The on-screen diagram places W above A, S and D and points that group toward the left footballer. The up, left, down and right arrow keys form the second group and point toward the right footballer. Decide who uses each group before starting so both players reach the intended controls.
This is the displayed desktop assignment. The recording does not establish touchscreen zones, controller bindings, remapping or the precise action of each individual key. A phone setup needs its own on-screen controls; do not copy the desktop keyboard diagram as a touch instruction.
- Give the left-side player access to WASD and the right-side player access to the arrow keys.
- Select the green PLAY button at the bottom.
- Use the first moments of the match to check that each person is controlling the expected side. If the sides are confused, agree on the keyboard groups before continuing.
| Side in this setup | Displayed keys | Chosen example |
|---|---|---|
| Left | W / A / S / D | France — Ousmane D. |
| Right | Arrow keys | Brazil — Neymar |
Confirm the selection in the match
After PLAY, the loading screen says LOCAL MATCH and then France vs Brazil. At kickoff the bottom-left HUD reads FRA – OUSMANE D.; the bottom-right reads NEYMAR – BRA. These names match the two selected cards, which is the useful confirmation that the menu choices reached the match.
Check the labels even if the kits look familiar. In this example France starts on the left and Brazil on the right; the instructions do not infer later side-switch rules from that opening frame.
Finish or start another local match
This recorded match ends 1–2 with Brazil WINS. The result offers CONTINUE and an ad-marked RESTART MATCH. The video then returns to the home screen and opens a fresh Local Match selection with different teams.
Use CONTINUE to leave the finished result when preparing another matchup. The ad-marked restart was not executed in this sequence, so there is no demonstrated ad completion or guaranteed restart outcome to reproduce.
