Player Review
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So, after many games with amazing players such as Pele, R9, Maradona, and now I am getting TOTY's, I was wanting to use other Icons to test and see if they do better. The first position I was testing was the Striker. I tested players like Butragueno, Stoichkov, Nistelrooy, Van Basten, Henry, Raul, Owen, Shearer, Lineker and many more, and I wanted to make reviews for all of them (reviews will be up when accepted). So I was excited about Raul and expectations was high because of previous strikers I used was Nistelrooy and Henry and they did a pretty good job.
Raul played in a 4-2-2-2 as an ST with Lewandowski 91 with him and a 4-3-3 (4) with Wingers as Rivaldo and Best and the CAM being RTTF Hamsik and finally, a 5-3-2 partnered up with UCL Ronaldo. Most of the games were WL but he managed to play some Division 1 Rivals game with banging in some goals. Now to the stats.
Out of 15 Weekend League Games
24 Goals
10 Assists
20 Games of Division 1 Rivals
34 Goals
2 Assists
Man what A BEAST. The number of goals he scored from nowhere anywhere on the pitch, left, right, straight, long shots, chips or whatever the type of shot it would have been they would go in. Sure there were bumps on the road with some abilities but with the HUNTER CS, he was a beast because it improved PACE and FINISHING. UCL Ronaldo at the end of the WL was more of a header of the ball and assister to Raul, which was fantastic.
SHOOTING
Probably his best stat, everything was perfect even heading which surprised me. His best ability was Timed Finishing Finesse but it did not really matter, driven shots, long shots, just straight up power shots worked for Raul. Now the only problem I had was his positioning. For example in some important games, my team was on the attack and he was the lone striker and for some reason when he got the ball he would have been far away from the goal, it was not horrible, but it was not great, his passing sometimes helped from those positions which gave him 12 assists overall. The weak foot is great too.
9/10
PACE
Fifa 19 does not direct on PACE but more of skilling, bicycle kicks, and other aspects but with HUNTER CS it definitely was a boost because of the through balls some players gave him. Now with Pace, he was stopped by Virgil Van Dijk, Davinson Sanchez, Varane, and Manolas and pushed away from the ball, but it was not a huge deal.
8.5/10
PASSING
Raul is a striker and passing is not huge but for some reason, his 82 passing felt like 90 which was really good. He made 10 assists out of 15 games which are fantastic for a striker, his long balls are not great, but 1-2s and through balls are great, sometimes he picks his moment and all I do is click triangle or triangle with L2 and it ends with an assist.
9/10
PHYSICALITY
Man oh man, it had to be this, Raul’s real problem, Physicality, after using Van Nistelrooy, I was pumped again and again by him running getting caught up but pushing the defender away and scoring, for Raul though, he ran, got caught up, and either shot, passed, skilled, or fell, you have to pass, shoot or skill if you do not want to fall. 75 feels more like 60, Neymar stood up more, pretty bad.
4/10
STAMINA
He managed with Stamina, ran for full 90 minutes, no need for subs. When Extra Time went on, he would manage 120 minutes, but a sub is not bad to get in.
10/10
DRIBBLING
His 4*sm was amazing and it worked perfectly with my playing style, and his dribbling was amazing too, not good enough to avoid contact, but he was able to run through many strong opponents.
9.5/10
DEFENDING
He is an ST so it does not matter.
N.A/10
Overall I really enjoyed and will use him in the future.
SHOOTING - 9/10
PACE - 8.5/10
PASSING - 9/10
STAMINA - 10/10
DRIBBLING 9.5/10
DEFENDING (Does not really matter) - N.A/10
PHYSICALITY - 4/10