Player Review
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When I first made him from the SBC, I was thinking which chemistry style is best on him. and that's when I realise basic chem is good enough! 99 acceleration, 99 for key aspects of shooting, 99 short passing, 99 vision, 99 dribbling. tried him out for first 10 games. felt that he was a bit underwhelming for his price. but as I kept on using him. I tried different formations, tried him alone and tried him with a parabctner and I realised his best role is in 41212(2) formation in a false 9 position.
going deeper back allows him to be more involved in the build up, and most of my goals came from him passing to either my cam and st and that's when he make his darting run into the box. just through ball and simple pass to him and he'll somehow get it. his positioning and run is impeccable!! even if the defender might have a touch or nudge against him, he will somehow get back the ball and somehow squeeze in a shot. 50 50 situations has become 80 20 situations with pele. why 20? because of his weakfoot. when shooting off balance, if u end up shooting with his weaker foot, most probably the keeper will save or hit the post.
even with shitty defending, I don't know how pele can rob defenders off the ball. try his loan card and just feel free to shoot from anywhere. 5 yards out with no defenders and with his stronger foot, high chance it will go in unless the keeper is david de gea who will somehow palm it away. with shitty keepers from your opponent, just shoot away!
to bring out the best out of this guy, you need a good targetman who can pass to become his partner and gives him space. probably a cam or cm to feed him good balls into open space. even if defenders push him out wide, fret not. this guy will still be able to give a good cross in for a goal.
don't force play him just because he's Pele. get used to his moves and you can bring out the best in him. my scoring ratio suffers initially cos I expect him to produce miracles. when I was playing my usual game, he's getting into more scoring position, creating more attacking options. now, scoring 2 goals or hat trick is quite normal unless your opponent quits on you.
- gives him space and it'll be a goal
- don't give him space and he'll get that ball back
- able to quickly feint left to right easily, leaving defenders away
- forget finesse or driven shot, simple shot will do
- surprisingly strong enough to shield from defenders
- and lastly, his speed is just insaneeeee!!
probably his weakfoot. if he's 5 star weak foot, he'll be even deadlier!!!
his defending is better than his stats! so i can't even call it as his con.