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Marco Verratti

    4.5
    Italian Kante
    Byraclette04-11-2021

    This card came out and the first thing I thought was "Kante". The 5'5" plus the unique body type... this guy is built like Kante! For some magical reason, these defensive mids feel 20 overall more than their actual pace. Now, Veratti is not Kante's speed, but it was adequate, to say the least. He can catch up to most players. Like Diego Lainez's future stars last year, having acceleration that is much higher than the sprint speed gives a deceitfully low overall pace; they're always faster ingame. The 95 aggression and the 90 jumping surprisingly made Veratti win most balls in the air despite his height. He closes down like Kante. His passing, although lower than his base card (I mean u can't really compare those cards together, his base is unusable), was fine. He's able to distribute up and down the pitch and to the wings. The strength can be felt. It's so weird for such a little guy to knock the big boys off the ball (he even out-physiqued Inaki Williams!). The shooting is actually not that bad, u can just pass into space right in front of him and he'll run onto the ball with a powerful one-touch shot reaching the top corner. Hidden finesse shot kinda? I was tempted to put a Hunter on him but I didn't really feel like wasting the money. And the dribbling. Oh my. This man on the ball is so smooth. With this game's emphasis on left-analog stick dribbling too... plus the 4-star skill moves... this guy is (generally) defensive but can move just like (and I daresay, perhaps better than) inform Vinicius. In my opinion, if you have the coins and have a Ligue 1 team, this is a must-do. Link him to Tchouameni or Gini or Mbappe... or maybe if you have a Serie A team you can easily incorporate him in with links such as Politano and Barella... Anyways I love this card lol

    Body type and height

    DRIBBLING IS GODLY

    Defending resembling Kante

    Strength is not bad for a player his size

    95 aggression, almost always first to the ball

    Shooting is not his biggest strength but it's quite nice

    Stamina: Lasts the whole game

    Pace could be a little bit more and I wish EA had boosted that instead of his physicality HOWEVER he's still fast enough

    Formation4231-2PositionCDMGames5GPG0.80APG1.20
    4.5
    Overall
    5.0
    Value
    5.0
    GC
    5.0
    Stamina
    Pace (8/10)
    Shooting (7/10)
    Passing (9/10)
    Dribbling (10/10)
    Defending (10/10)
    Physicality (9/10)
    Verratti
    89
    CM
    Club
    Nation
    Verratti
    72Pac
    63Sho
    81Pas
    93Dri
    81Def
    88Phy
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