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5.0

Magnificent but needs skill

By Eytsher, 05-11-2017

First sorry for my english i am from Germany ^^

If you think that Van Basten is a player which is overpowered and easy to play you are wrong. His 97 positioning makes him the best striker I used this Fifa 18 and with his 95 finishing he is magnificent and it is so satisfying to score goals because his shooting is incredible.

But

Van Basten is hard to handle and you need to play your way through the defensive. You need some good passing skills because Van Bastens dribbling is horrible it is nearly impossible to make skills because his dribbling is too slow.

Van Basten is more like a counterback with amazing shooting because it feels like he has 99 defending. Because of his positioning you sometimes can get balls which no one can get. His physical is way more better than I thought. Overall Van Basten just feels like an amazing striker which always is in the right place at the right time. His pace is ok. His shooting is just the best i have ever seen his dribbling is horrible and his passing and physical is alright. I was surprised that he really was good in defending and getting possesion.

So if you have a lot of coins and you need a striker with perfect positioning and incredible shooting you have to buy Van Basten

His shooting is just impossible. No weakness in shooting. He can do EVERYTHING

His physical is good and his jump power is amazing

His passing is more than average

His pace is acceptable

I have to say it two times : His positioning is just perfect

He can steal balls from counterbacks like a counterback he feels like he has 80 defending

His dribbling is terrible

Skills are feeling slow

Not the best ball controll

Formation: 433-4

Position: ST

Games: 50

GPG: 1.24

APG: 0.40

5.0

Overall

4.5

Value

5.0

4.0

Stamina

Pace (7/10)

Shooting (10/10)

Passing (9/10)

Dribbling (5/10)

Defending (8/10)

Physicality (8/10)

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