Quote Originally Posted by Ender View Post
It doesn't matter if you win that game or not. The only difference is some short in-game cutscene differences and your personal satisfaction AFAIK--there are no other item, story, or character "bonuses" for winning.

If you play enough times I can pretty much promise that you will either get good enough, or lucky enough, to win (I'm sure it helps if you've played the game successfully in the subsequent league-play and tourney options on a previous playthrough). It's a matter of how much commitment you are willing to make towards an ultimately pointless aspect of the game.

IMO breaking is pretty much worthless in that game. Pass the ball to Tidus and have him swim close to the goal and do a Jecht Shot.
Couple things wrong with your post:
1. You do get a reward for winning besides a different looking cutscene, its called a Strength Sphere, which this early is VERY helpful.
2. You fail to mention you can only do the Jecht Shot once this entire match, and it is very unlikely (though possible) that Luca will not score when they get the ball back.

As for tactics, do what Ramza said. If you are winning, you can hang out behind your goalie, if no Luca player is near you they will not chase you (at least they never have for me)