Player Review
88 - Normal
I haven't been much of a fan of Griezmann to be honest, I was forced to use him in fifa 15 to get decent chemistry with suarez (which was then my favourite player) and he always felt a bit like a drunk because of his low balance. It is something that plagued him in fifa 16 as well and to a much lesser extent in fifa 17. But even last season he didn't really did his real life counterpart much justice, at least not his base card and early informs.
This has completely changed this year though, griezmann in fifa 18 is what he is in real life, a deadly striker. He doesn't suffer anymore from balance issues and he is quite agile (90), something that I miss with the much more expensive aguero and most of other the strikers. He also makes very intelligent and very fast runs. He feels much faster than his 86 pace when he makes his runs over short distances, his runs will rip defences apart in small spaces and his left foot is deadly, just shoot hard with it. His right foot is not that good but that's what a 3 star weak foot is, it hasn't bothered me that much though. I still score with it, but I don't use it for hard shorts.
Griezmann, for a striker, is also very good in passing, I once put him up front with kluivert (which is even a better passer) and it resulted in fireworks. Being able to pass up front without having to worry your striker will make a faulty pass is a real game changer. Don't forget that griezman isn't a bad crosser either.
Griezmann doesn't have a lot of strength but he doesn't suffer from it like other strikers with similar strength (low 60's), since he has such intelligent positioning combined with high reactions and agility, this while his ball control and dribbling are quite decent as wel. It makes him able turn to possession quite fast into a successfull pass or a shot on goal. So if you're planning to use him, realize that he will be suck shoulder to shoulder, but he wil be so fast in turning away that the defender won't be able to steal the ball. Or better yet he'll make a good run and you can forget about that defender all together.
There's a number of reasons atletico madrid played the champions league finale in 2016 and one of those reasons is called Antoine Griezmann.
- Positioning
- Deadly left foot
- Agility
- Reactions
- Passing
- Crossing
- Cheap for such a good striker
- 3 star weak foot
- Strength