Player Review
98 - TOTS
So I was lucky enough to get Mane as a red from champs rewards, and got him straight into my team as I was in need of a top attacker. I played him in a 4231 and in 442 as a striker in division 2 and fut champions. I am an elite3/gold1 player and he was insane. This man got me 64 goals and 22 assists from in 51 games and I´m sure he´ll keep putting them in for the rest of the game cycle. Mane`´s shooting is incredible, his weak foot feels like a 5* WF and his shots have so much power behind them. You may ask... Does the 99 pace feel like 99 pace? YES it does.His pace feels like 150 pace. He is incredibly rapid and he has not been caught up yet. His L1 fake shot works almost every time and his acceleration feels like a race horse coming through the gates. Mane has great dribbling but he sometimes feels too fast for his own good but left stick dribbling feels very good. He comes out of skill moves quickly. Mane has very good passing as you would expect, allthough haven´t done much crossing and long passing with him as he was he player always breaking up the opponents defensive line. He makes very good attacking runs, when my opponent was playing drop back, Mane was making runs out wide and allowing Griezmann to fill in that central position. This was never a hinderence as he always was in the middle when I needed him. I played him on balanced everythin in the 4231 and in the 442 I had get in behind and balanced everything else. I tried get in behind in the 4231 but his positioning is so good that you are better off leaving him on balanced. His pace also allows him to do his defensive duties well enough. I believe he will be worth all of your coins, even though I haven´t spent any myself. He is one of the best cards you will use in the game.
Immaculate shooting. Does miss occasionally bu so does everyone. Scores finesses, nearpost shots and all other shot types. Not the most consistant from outside the box, scores on average maybe 3-5/10 shots from 20+ metres.
Pace is insane, better then you would expect.
Strenght, he can hold of most players for a few moments before he runs away from them.
Passing, gets the job done as a striker and I would believe he would make a very good CAM if you wanted to play him there.
Dribbling, his touches are very consistant in good and bad gameplay. He does not favour a foot while dribbling like some players do (Gareth Bale) which makes quick turns and coming out of skill moves very smooth.
Physical, this man can run for 119 minutes straight and still score you the game winner in the 120th. His strentgh is good enough and his aggresion really gets him on the end of loose balls very often. I´ve scored 2 headers with him so far and for someone of his height that is ok in this years game.
Defending, doesn´t really matter tbh, but he is able to run an opponent down or intercept the ball if you can get him in the passing lane.
Doesn´t have 5* skill moves, but 4* is good enough for me.
Don´t hold sprint when you are not running into space (don´t ever do that anyway) but especially with this card he is too fast sometimes while sprinting.
The cost atm 1,8 million is quite high, but if you can afford him get him.