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5.0
Way better than expected
By robo127, 09-12-2017

I always like it when reviews go into detail on how the card was used and how the player usually plays. That helps me to imagine wheather the card could work for me in a similar way. So this is what i will do now: I play mainly in the Weekend leauge and finish with 26, 27 wins. I play in a 4-1-2-1-2(2) formation with 2 fast Strikers in front (Bale and Auba).

I picked Rui Costa up with his squad building challenge. To be honest, I wasn't really expecting him to be a game changer, but i wanted a legend for chemistry purpose to include Bale in my mainly Bundesliga Team. I was thinking about getting Hagi insetad, but boy, I am so glad to have picked up Costa! I played 48 matches with him, 40 of those in the weekend leauge.


Costa replaced Reus as a CAM in my team and i think i have never had a more dominant player in my Fifa 18 squad. He hasn't got the most impressive stats if you look at them one by one, but his skills just add up very good. His strenght and ball control lead to him almost never lose a ball. I feel extremly comfortable when he is on the ball, because he has great dribbling abilities, is pretty fast with the hawk chemistry style, and is very strong, too. That often means that he can secure a ball under pressure, dribble till there is a small gap and then run with the ball himself or pass it to a teammate. Talking about his passing: It's just great. As you can see, i didn't even bosst it, but its probably the best in used in Fifa 18 so far. Not only does he find the perfect gaps to play a ball through, the timing is unbelievable. I had dozens of situations where i played a through ball with him and the ball became slower the exact moment my striker picked it up. compared to reus with boosted passing stats, Costa wins by a mile. his long and high passes are awesome as well. But what should not be underestimated is his crossing. It is very, very good as well and led to a lot of goals for me.


I could go on and on with his obviously great stats. But to sum it up: He is very fast with hawk, his passes are incredible and his dribbling, especially his ball control, are teriffic. But you already knew that, because you can read. And if you are thinking the way i do, what probably bothers you is the 81 shooting. Well, after almost 50 games, all i can say is that his shooting works very good for me. he has decent long shots, but also his finishing worked perfect for me. Of course, he misses a few now and then, but not significantly more than Auba or bale. I was really worried about his finishing being bad, but he scored 48 goals in 48 matches for me. Nobody, including my two strikers, can keep up with his numbers, and he is a CAM! In the same amount of time, Reus picked up around 20 goals and 23 assists for me. Seriously, if you are not expecting him to bang in 40 yard shots on a regular basis, you'll be fine with his shooting.


To sum it up: Buy this guy. He is the best card i used in Fifa 18 this far and i have used the likes of Pogba, Reus, Aubameyand, Bale and many more.

Incredible passing including perfectly timed through balls and very good crosses

Very good shooting!

Great dribbling, especially 92 ball control allows you to control the ball in tights situations

Awesome strenght! Adds up to his dribbling to make him always a safe option to pass to and one of the most dominant players on the pitch.

I'd say his defending, but due to his physicality, he often wins balls back. I would not play him at cm anyway, cause when you cant push your opponend away from the ball, he doesn't win many balls.

Formation: 41212-2
Position: CAM
Games: 48
GPG: 1.00
APG: 0.83
5.0
Overall
5.0
Value
4.0
GC
5.0
Stamina
Pace (8/10)
Shooting (9/10)
Passing (9/10)
Dribbling (9/10)
Defending (4/10)
Physicality (10/10)
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