There really isn't any way to shoot low shots on manual right?
I know there was a workaround to use L2- passing for low shots before but that it was a bit too powerful (or the game wasn't designed for it to be used a shooting- thingy so keepers never saved them...) and you couldn't use it from far out.
it is possible. i do my low shots by just not putting to much power behind it/not filling the power bar! works very good.
and i love my daisy cutters, thats for sure!!

dont give up!
Why do Konami still think cup matches are played at neutral venues? Haha, it's so ridiculous you can't do anything but laugh.
yeah, right!
when i played my first round dfb pokal match with Union Berlin against Düsseldorf, we played at the allianz arena in munich. hm...
i just made up a story and was good!

"we had to move the game there because our own stadium is to small for that event! we need more money!"
Seen a few comments on low shots. I only started with PES 2011, but always recall the power bar being more of a height meter and the power of the shots coming from the context of ball to player positioning etc. If you run from midfield towards the box and give the button a slight tap, it should give you a driven low shot. If you are standing relatively still and press shoot with a little tap it probably won't be that powerful, but still low in trajectory.
With manual settings, it should still apply - although you might have more control over power than you do with assisted.
Of course, player stats will come into play here as well. Just read mj23's post...didn't know that about the extra button press but worth a try.
THIS! it works! nothing to moan here on fuma!

its more a height bar than a power bar!
edit: i updated to 1.2 last night again... and played the same cup as i did with 1.0 before. you can see and feel how the AI is improved compared to demo and 1.0. and so nicely improved...
(on a side note: i played against Midtjylland in my first cup match and when they where counter attacking and put one in, i (ManUnited) was stunned! i tried so hard to equalize but it did not work out. and Midtjylland stepped it down to def blue 1 and played the ball around in the back! soooooo AWESOME to see that human like behaviour form the AI!!!) really a positive difference to 1.0/demo!! and as i played the same match on 1.0 before i could smell, feel and maybe even eat the difference!
same time the speed is faster so i tested 1.2 at -1 game speed last night! gonna give it some more matches to be sure (as if thats a thing you can ever achive with PES

)!
so it all seems like the same over and over again every year... they do speed up animations... pace gets a tad faster... i need to slow down speed to -1. but its ok if it works.
on demo and 1.0 i could play 0 game speed. just saying...
edit: i dont want to get on your nerves with the build discussion but i think its important to talk about it. if its to much... ill let it go, cause i can, cause im happy!
