Player Review

It's been ages since I wanted to make this post, but now seeing as his price has dropped so much because of the incoming TOTS I Find that this is a great time to write this.

When TOTW 18 came out (the one that 87 Son was a part of) I believe on the 17th of January, EA released the untradeable TOTW packs. I decided to do one of those packs and that was my only stroke of luck in this fifa, I got the one and only Sonaldo.

Fast forward to the middle of april and Son has 434 games and 416 goals (with 240 assists) to his name in 90% futchamps gameplay (i'm a elite 3, gold 1 player). I play Son at LS paired up with OTW Mbappe (change the formation in-game to 4222, start in a 451, he is still on 10 chem), with Son sporting a Hunter chemstyle, and I wanted to make an in-depth analysis of his stats:

Pace 90 (99 with hunter): There's nothing more to say about this attribute, he doesn't feel like he has 99 pace probably because of his stature and height, Sterling PTG feels a bit swifter than him, but at the striker position it is more than enough to outpace 95% of defenders - 9/10

Shooting 90 (99 with Hunter) - Oh god, where do I even begin... With hunter he has over 90 in every single shooting attribute (other than volleys which are 89) with his positioning, shot power and finishing all being 99, and long shots being 98. But enough of the stats, how does this feel in game? Mike LaBelle calls Son "Mr. FinesseShot" and I couldn't agree more. I have scored so many screamers with either foot (5* wf helps a lot) outside the box by just using the finesse shot around every keeper and they just seem to go in. Low driven shots go in from every single angle inside the box, not once have I said "no way does he score that" coming up high near the edge of the box and he just slots it past the keeper. His 1v1s are goals 9.5 out of 10 times, just low driven it and watch it roll past the keeper. - 12/10

Passing 83- Never misses a short pass, can be a bit iffy with the long passes (70), but he's a striker (in my squad at least), you can't expect him to have it all, but this being said it's not like Mbappe who's basically a buffoon when it comes to long passes sending the ball in random directions. Notable to add free kicks seem a lot more than 73 (not that anyone takes free kicks in this game) - 8-8.5/10

Dribbling 89 - First thing i'd like to address is his composure stat which is 78 on this card. That would usually put me off a player so fast, but it doesn't seem to be a problem at all for Sonaldo, he scores in the weirdest and tightest of situations. For his other dribbling stats he never feels stiff, but he isn't exactly super nimble either, a strong 8/10 for maneuverability, but the way he sticks to the ball is just amazing, the strongest of prime icon cbs have tried to bully him off the ball, and they rarely succeed, he just seems to bounce back. - 9/10

Defending 35 - Only notable thing for an offensive player is 91 heading, which seems like a whole lot, but this late in fifa everyone's got tall and strong prime icon cbs so he won't be the best in scoring headers with his 6ft (183 cm) frame, and his 71 jumping doesn't help much but he'll bang them in on occasion, and let's face it, crosses are rare in this game, the most data i've gathered on this is through corners. - 7/10

Physical 73 - Stamina is 88 so expect him to run for days, however his strength (68) feels a tad low for me, or is it for the fact that his high-ish agility and balance (84 and 82 respectively) make up for it, and he just feels a whole lot harder to bully off the ball than you'd thing when you see 68 strength. - 8/10

Overall, if this isn't enough, consider 4* SM and 6* ... I mean 5* wf to add to this (the man's had his stronger foot changed in fifa, doesn't that speak for itself) and that his price has shot down from 300k when I packed him to around 150-160k at the time of writing this, and if you think his TOTS will be ridiculously overpriced (like I do), get this card and I promise you won't be disappointed.