Player Review

93 - Premium SBC

1.0

Bald bolt on the wing

By Stefanu17, 04-08-2019

"I have two speeds. Fast and faster. I don't just run. I take it."

Robben defines himself

When this card was for the first time on the SBC I really don't care about it because I was not interested in Bundesliga players, but when it comes out the sencond time I was so full of high rated untradeable players that I don't think twice and finish this SBC in order to try what I consider a living legend of football.

The first 20 games I play with him I put as a right midfielder in a wide 4 2 3 1 formation or as a right CAM in the narrow variation. Good, but nothing impressive.

Than some terrific Bundesliga player comes out or simply dropped in price, so I just sell everything and start to build a squad around Robben.

The result is a 3 1 4 2 formation in which the Dutchman is my RM but basically I use him as a pure winger giving him the instructions to stay forward, cut inside and make low-aggressive interception to do not waste stamina. Despite this I can say that he surprises me in a positive way concerning his defending attitudes. Do not misunderstand it, I don't want to say that he's a right-full-back but he can win headers after the goalkicks, can intercept the roaming balls and somehow I feel that the low defensive workrate is false. He sometimes cover the gaps left by FB Vidal (the CM next to him) and sometimes is Robben that pass the ball deep to the Chilean player that makes amazing runs on the same wing; then Robben cuts inside, ready to get the ball and do his move: run-cut left-finesse-goal. And he can do it pretty often: 25 goals in 49 games is a score that is very, very similar to the real counterpart (see the Bayern period stats for him).

I can define him like a prolific winger that mainly build up actions for my finishers TOTS Lewa and Prime Klose. Robben can cross for them, finish himself or just create space for other players and this is how I define a userful, ductile player that can change your team.

Now the cons: the weak foot. He can use his right foot only to step out his home. BUT: as in real life, he does the same move for 10 years and, despite this, nobody can stop him.

In game is the same thing: he's predictable because you have to put the ball on his left foot? Yes.

Can the defenders stop him? No.

Reliability on the pitch: is the perfect fusion of a striker-winger-right median

Shooting

Headers (trust me)

Crossing

Movements on the right wing, he's smart

Is a one-footed man

Sometimes stamina. Try to do not press with him

Formation: 352

Position: RM

Games: 49

GPG: 0.51

APG: 0.29

1.0

Overall

1.0

Value

1.0

Stamina

Pace (10/10)

Shooting (10/10)

Passing (9/10)

Dribbling (10/10)

Defending (7/10)

Physicality (8/10)

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