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5.0

Oh Captain... (Paolo Maldini)

By Stefanu17, 06-01-2019

First I have to make a premise: I'm an AC Milan fan, I got a huge respect for this guy: 25 years with the same shirt, his palmares is incredible... let's see how is in game on this FUT 19

I have this player in FUT 18 and I was amazed by his baby version. Well in FUT 19 is even better: I really appreciate the solid and multi-role players and Maldini can be used as CB and LB and he plays very well in both positions. As LB he got a great workrate, he gives the sensation that is always in the right place at the right time. I very underrate the LB/RB role till I tried this incredible player. I mean, how you can think that a LB can worth 650k? Oh yes, he does!

Pace: 87 is a value good for a LB, excellent for a CB. I reccomend to use him as LB because in this role he seems splitted in 3 players, like you have a Maldini in all the thirds of the pitch.

Shooting: don't try to finish with him. Scoring is not his job.

Passing: decent crossing, don't expect wonders; very very good short passing, he looks very rielable on passing due his 4* weak foot.

Dribbling: decent, it's not Marcelo but he feels confident and smooth with the ball on his feet.

Defending and Phisical: with Sentinel he performs as a 92 CB, see the page on this site... but in game he feels higher, he never never never loses a header, he can intercept the ball and restart the action like a midfielder and he feels strong on shoulder-to-shoulder situation. And he's clean. I mean, he got a foul ratio that is very low, he can catch the ball making the oppenent falling down with no foul... and he's very good on corners as aerial threat, despite I score only a few goals given that the positioning on the first post is for other players in my formation. His stamina is OK

To summarize: buy him if:

you need a defensive LB that can be easily switched as CB
you got enough money to invest in an unusual role for an expensive player
you're an AC Milan fan like me

Avoid him if:

you prefer a skilled LB like Marcelo or you prefer pacey LB like Alba

Defending stats. All of them.

Presence on the pitch, he feels like you play with 13 players instead of 11

Price for a LB

Formation: 41212-2

Position: LB

Games: 32

GPG: 0.06

APG: 0.03

5.0

Overall

4.0

Value

4.5

Stamina

Pace (9/10)

Shooting (3/10)

Passing (8/10)

Dribbling (7/10)

Defending (10/10)

Physicality (10/10)

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