Player Review
82 - Normal
Bought for: 5k
Formation: 4-1-2-1-2 (2)
Position: RB of course
Chemistry Style: Shadow
Player instruction: Default
This tiny man owns the whole right side of my squad: with his 96 pace he can catch up to any winger he faces. once he does that, you'll find him running forward on offense like a proper winger to receive a pass from midfield, drive forward and either deliver a pass or take a shot. then he flies back on defense. rinse and repeat. easily for 90 minutes, sometimes for 120 thanks to his 90 stamina. he costs as little as a candy, he barely has 3 stats above 90, just one under 70. he can dribble very well with his short frame, agility and 4*. he has very decent passing stats, can shoot pretty dang well for a fullback and has decent interceptions that goes very well with such a rapid player. to have all that, you pay by having a short player, not particulary strong but aggressive enough, and not that amazing in defense as you may want. to me that i play with a narrow formation and thus need offensive fullbacks, this guy is perfect when you take into account the fact that he costs nothing. very cheap, very effective.
just pointing out a couple more specific things that i like about him
1) 87 volleys. not really related to shooting, but to crossing. he's got 7 assists for me in 18 games, which is not amazing but definitely not bad. well, a couple of those went like this: ucl allan with powerhouse launching him with a chipped long throughball, then this man decides to volley the cross in for my left striker who is mertens the giant who tapped a header. this happened twice in 18 games.
2) 4* skills. i really just use 4 skills that require 4+*SM: la croqueta, ronaldo chop, berba spin, the faster berba spin whose name i can't remember. he's able to do all of these and thus dribble almost like a proper RW, which is nice since he attacks a lot.
3) shooting inside the box. he has got 2 goals in 18 games, again not amazing not bad. both of those goal came from inside the box, just simple far post power shots from a reasonable angle. i'm decent at time finishing and i was able to hit them both green and they went in with pretty decent power. he had 2 chances like that and he buried 2 of them in, pretty solid i guess
Overall, he's very good as an offensive fullback, heck i believe that he could play RM/CM with engine/artist chem style respectively. however, if you play a 4-3-3 variant or 4-2-3-1 you may want a more defensive fullback so i advice you to stay away from florenzi, 1 because you waste his shooting and dribbling by putting him on stay back, 2 because he does not have amazing defensive stats or height or strength. 9/10 globally just because there is a separate voice for "value for money" which is straight 10/10
Pace and Stamina
Dribbling + 4* skills
Decent passing and shooting
Volleys
Feels more aggressive than 79
Interceptions
He loses headers 9.9/10
Strength
Marking