Marcel Halstenberg's card is rated 91, he is 187cm | 6'2" tall, left-footed Germany defender (LB)
that plays for
RB Leipzig
in
Bundesliga
with High/Med work rates.
His average user review rating is 5.0
out of 5 .
He has 3-star weak foot
and 3-star skill moves,
He does have a real face in-game. He has been used in 722,145 games with a GPG (goals per game) of 0.047.
Marcel Halstenberg has 2 special cards
with ratings between 78 and 91.
The best chemistry style for him is SHADOW.
He was born on 27-09-1991 and he is now 32 years old.
His real-life stats are currently 4 goals and 3 assists in 27 matches in domestic competition. He also received 4 yellow cards and 1 red cards.
His current price on FUT is 50,000 on PlayStation,
31,750 on Xbox,
and 69,500 on PC.
Got this guy in a bundesliga upgrade, and was quite happy but thought I would just use it in an SBC, then I got Trapp in my guaranteed the next day, so I decided to do Tah to try them out. He was absolutely phenomenal. I have POTM Auba, middle Socrates and FB Muller who always get MOTM, but since I had this guy, he's got it in 10 of my 14 matches, even in games when he doesn't do that much! He's just class in every area: defence, agility, pace, crossing, dribbling, physicality etc. I used UEL Alonso before who I though was really good, but this guy is a class above. He tackles, literally anyone, I've played so many fast and skilful wingers/strikers but no-one gets past Halstenberg with his insane defence and physicality. He feels so nice to turn with his 78 agility and 73 balance both feel like 90 at least. 99 crossing superb and means no chem style needed to improve passing, which meant the shadow takes him to 99 marking, standing tackle, sliding tackle, 97 interceptions and 97 pace. 6 assists in 14 games is by no means bad for a lb and my defence feels so much more solid with him. His high/high workrates means he seems to appear everywhere in defence and attack and with his stamina he just keeps going right to the whistle. He has very good heading and jumping so never gets beaten in the air and although I haven't exactly tried it much, his shooting seems pretty good, with 1 goal from 1 shot, from just outside the box into the top corner.
Pace
Crossing
Short passing - never makes a mistake
Dribbling
Heading
Tackling
Intercepting
Positioning
Strength
Stamina
Workrates
Height
Maybe shooting I don't know
Weak foot? Not sure why you'd need it, if you want to cut back to cross his is still very good on his right
I play on Xbox One, and I'm a Division 4, Gold 3 player. All players in my team are First Owner other than Aubameyang and Halstenberg, so as you can see, my pack luck has been on-point this year. I have always struggled to play really competitively, due to my defending being very bad! So any tips on that, or any help with my team would be taken on-board and appreciated!
As many of you will know, it is hard to create a "perfect" hybrid team, without 3+ ICONS, without including a few players to just get the chemistry. I have just 1 ICON in my team who is the 86 Base Vieira card, (I will try to get round to reviewing him in a couple of days).
I was previously using Mendy, who was obviously that bit quicker and played on 10 chemistry, but despite him being 6'1 with reasonable jumping, he was nearly always the man who was letting me down with the back post headers, even Dani Alves outperforming him aerially. Mendy also had quite low reactions, and so I started looking for a better LB. I wanted someone cheap, who was tall, and played like a traditional LB. And so I went to futbin.com/players, and messed around with the filters so I was getting Left Back's that were 6'0+, with at least 80 Pace, 88 Defending, and 88 Physicals. Halstenberg almost had a shimmer of gold round him, being 6'2 with a nice weak foot, AMAZING jumping (96), and just BRILLIANT stats all round! I still cannot believe he is under 100k!
I am not trying to raise his price, he is never going to be sold from my team! If anything, I am encouraging you to go out and buy this card (If you can fit him in on at least 7 chemistry)!
So getting into actual gameplay, (as stats can be misleading sometimes), I immediately noticed the dramatic improvement from Mendy to Halstenberg! As I mentioned, my defending is awful, so I find it hard to tackle, but this man plays similar to Van Dijk, and just shoves people off the ball, even if you can't tackle them. He must have done this at least 6 times, and only 1 time counted as a foul.
And, I briefly touched on it earlier, but his aerial presence is as good, in some cases BETTER than my Flashback David Luiz's! He will outjump every player bar Van Dijk, and Ibrahimovi?.
He is brilliant at taking corners, defending corners, and scoring from corners, so if it seems like every shot gets saved and put behind, maybe it's your time to try Halstenberg! His dribbling itself is very good, the agility and balance are fine by me, he feels smooth and composed whilst on the ball.
But, as I noticed, his tackle is also very good! He has a very professional-style tackle, making them look technically good, and physically good. Obviously, his pace can be a bit of a problem, when you come up against an opponent with Mané, Aubameyang and Sterling in their team, but I rarely noticed any real problems with it, generally.
With his attacking play, he has very accurate crossing, and his through balls can be FANTASTIC! I didn't notice his shooting, but as a LB, that wasn't my main priority. He also has 81 penalties, which is VERY nice, when you go to a Penalty Shootout in Champs, after the opponent got a 122nd minute equaliser. (VERY painful, if you haven't experienced it yourself!)
I cannot tell you enough how good this card is! In my team, if Vieira wasn't my captain, it would go straight to Marcel Halstenberg!
DEFENDING
He simply does NOT give up! He makes brilliant tackles, and has brilliant defensive positioning, and on the very rare occasion that he does not tackle a player, he will keep going! His work rates actually feel like the should be High/High!
-PHYSICAL
The way that Halstenberg shoves opponents off the ball with ease simply does not cease to amaze me! This can also be a really nice advantage when he is attacking for the team as well. His headers are EXCEPTIONAL, I cannot fault his physical attributes at all!
-PASSING
Want to play Halstenberg as a LM when you are 2-1 down with 10 minutes left? He ticks all the boxes, his passing is second-to-none, and he can cross like Reus! He has given me so many assists from corners, it is unbelievable!
-WEAK FOOT/SKILLS
Obviously, it's an added bonus when your full-back has 4*/5* skills, but it also common to see 2*/3* among full backs, and weak foots can be an issue. Halstenberg can pass on either foot, his right not quite so impressive, but certainly not a problem.
-DRIBBLING
Again, it's one of those where it's great, but not brilliant. I have not had a problem with it whatsoever, but he is clearly not the Marcelo of the LB world. Agility and balance are low in the stats, but it doesn't feel bad on the pitch. It's certainly fair to say that he does not feel sluggish.
-PACE
It seems very harsh putting pace into the CONS section, as I have not had a problem with it. However, I find it frustrating when I read a review and in the CONS section it says "There aren't any". Unless you are reviewing someone with 90+ in all stats, 4*WF and SM, and 6'0+, you should be able to find a CON. His pace was great, but not brilliant, which I think may be the reason as to why he is extortionately cheap. He has that mentality to keep chasing a player though, which I was not seeing with Mendy, so that was really nice to see.
-CHEMISTRY (For me Personally)
If you have a German/Bundesliga team, or have an ICON at CM or CB, this will not be a problem for you at all. It was only a problem for me as I had to use my Vieira on the other side to get full chem to Alves and 7 chem to Gnabry. He certainly performs even on 7 chem though!
I'm not going to put shooting into the CONS Section, as it is not necessary for a LB. I also had no experience with his shooting, other than 1 penalty (which he scored), so I also feel it is harsh to judge this.
Thanks very much for reading, and sticking with me the whole way through! If you could drop a like up the top, it would be very much appreciated!
Feel free to ask me any questions down in the comments, I will reply as quickly as I can!
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