Player Review

When EAjreleased the first team of the scream promo, this Guerreiro card immediately caught my eye. I had been on the lookout for a left wing for my team since Coutinhos OTW worked fine in the middle as my cam but on the wing he didn´t really do it for me, he felt slow and too weak to get past defenders and since I had just bought Griezmann in repleacement of Insigne that I had played at left wing, I already had a great cam, I thought I would just use Coutinho over the wing instead of the cam but In the middle he worked much better for me than on the wing. This Guerreiro, however, seemed to beat Coutinho in the important stats that are pace, strenght and passing. So since I had the coins to pick him up and try him out i thought, why not try him out for a few games. And so far he has not disappointed me.

He is one of the fastest players I think I have used in this game. The combination of his acceleration, agility and balance make him feel rapid. Add to this the best stamina in the game and you got yourself a player that can run up and down the wing the whole game long. His crossing is also good but since scoring from headers in this game is basically impossible, it won't really make a difference anyway. One thing I was concerned about with this card was his 2* Weak Foot. Though it really is a noticeable weakness with his card that limits its abilities a bit, the outside foot shot trait makes up for it a lot of the time. Basically every goal I scored with him has been cutting in from the wing and putting in at the far post with the outside of his left foot. Another stat that isn't all that good is his finishing with 76, which was why I put a sniper on him, getting that stat up to a 91 and basically maxing out his dribbling. With the sniper chem style his finishing wasn't a problem at all anymore, but I still will put it down as a con since, without a chem style I definetely felt the 76 finishing alot.

I know my goals per match ratio with this card isn't all to high, this is because it took me a few games to get used to the card, in the first 10 games he barely scored, now he is scoring nearly every game. This is also because I played him without a chem style the first games. If you want to play him at the left wing or left mid role, I reccomend to use the sniper aswell, his pace and passing doesn't really need improving and with the sniper the dribbling gets maxed out and it takes his shooting to a high 80, with 91 finishing. If you want to play him in midfield, which many people seem to do, I would give him a different chem style, maybe backbone or powerhouse or if you want him playing as a cam the deadeye seems the most useful. His assist ratio was also up there in the last few games, especially considering most of my assist come from Lewandowski or Griezmann trough the middle. Also - compared to both Bale and Sancho that I have used over the right wing, the goal and assist per game ratio is actually not totally bad. I also switched the formation from the 4-2-3-1 with the cam's to the "normal" 4-2-3-1 with wingers, and it worked wonders. Also tried him in the 4-1-2-1-2 in left midfield and he worked really well aswell, though I don't enjoy the formation all that much. All in all I wouldn't be too worried about fitting him in to a formation. With his stats he can pretty much play everywhere on the pitch anyway.

So to answer the question in the title, is Guerreiro the best left mid/left winger in the league?

With the somwehat limited options out there, this Guerreiro card is defenitely up there until Coman gets a special card or Coutinho gets another inform, pushing his pace up a bit more. If we are talking about position changes ingame, there a few more options. Reus, who I haven't tried yet will probably be as good or better and there are a few right wingers who would work well on the right aswell. Sancho, Gnabry etc. But if we are talking left wingers in their standard position, I think this Guerreiro is the best option there is. Are there better options out there? Sure. But for players with a limited budget this card is really good. At the cost of around 50-60k depending on the console at the time of writing, he is really quite cheap. For those coins you get a really good winger, central midfielder, left back or wherever else you want to play him.

One problem with this card though might be his linkability, there aren't all too many good portugiese players, unless you can afford Ronaldo. Joao Felix might be worth a shot aswell, though, without having tried him, I don't know if Felix will hold up long time because of his low rating.

At last I just want to say, hats off to EA for this years scream promo. I think everyone was a little dissappointed with their approach last year and therefore I, and I think many others, didn't really expect all that much, especially since the content in the first weeks of the game felt very lackluster already. But I have to admit, EA really did a great job with this and im excited to see how it continues.