Player Review
90 - Normal
Great player. I truly believe he is the best pure striker in the game aside from CR7. Immediately made an impact on the squad - with a hawk chemistry style his pace is just fine (for FIFA 19), and his physical abilities are nearly unmatched. What's made the biggest difference for me is his ability to score headers. His jumping, strength, and heading accuracy are impeccable - he scores a ton of headers - at least half of his goals in my squad have come from them. Stamina has not been an issue especially if you don't make him track back often.
He is a MAJOR threat on set pieces - corners especially. Have him at the near post and crank it - he'll likely get to it. Something that surprised me was how good his passing is - this also goes great with his physical. I'm finding that he's great at shielding the ball and creating chances with good passes in the final third.
On the break, his physical abilities mean that he can run shoulder to shoulder with defenders excellently even if he can't outpace them - if you're tired of seeing your strikers pushed off the ball, this will be a pleasant change for you. Although he certainly is no Messi and isn't great at weaving his way through 3-4 defenders with nimble feet and quick dribbling, I'd argue this is not a major issue especially if you can make up for that with supporting players being good dribblers (e.g. James). This is probably my only complaint.
TL;DR - An amazing striker, great shooting on both feet, amazing headers, good passing, strong - only downfall is that he's not as quick and nimble as Cristiano (but he's 1/10th of the price!).
- Physical abilities (strength + height make for great heading)
- Shooting (long shots good, great on volleys, scored a couple great bicycle kicks, couldn't tell a difference between R/L feet)
- Surprisingly, passing
- Sometimes not as nimble as I would like him to be (agility + dribbling), for me this is the only reason he is behind CR7 as the best striker available in the game.
- The usual for a striker: he's not great at defending, but he's certainly not the worst.