Player Review

95 - IF

4.5

Messi is the GOAT

By Jo3B076, 27-04-2020

During the market crash, Messi dropped down to 750k, at this time I had fut birthday Gareth Bale and he was really good but his agility and balance let him down. Messi was 300k cheaper and he was so much better the Bale, despite him having 7 less pace than Bale, on a hunter he felt much faster than Bale and breezed past defenders, his first fut champs he was averaging just over a goal a game from the middle cam in a 4231.

Pace: at first I thought his pace would let me down but it didn't, he felt unbelievably fast and defenders couldn't catch him.

Shooting: His shooting is perfect, he rarely misses a one on one and if he does it is most likely my fault, his long shots and shot power is amazing for a small man and his finesse shots regularly find the top corner.

Passing: I bought Messi over Bale because his passing and dribbling is much better and his passing is brilliant he never miss places a pass and his vision and through balls are amazing as he also averages about 1 assist a game.

Dribbling: This is the best part about Messi as his dribbling is so good, when I had fut birthday Bale I was wondering why he was getting shoved off the ball so much when he has like 90 strength and I realised it was because his balance was low, Messi's balance is in the high 90s so he was only ever pushed of the ball by a strong defender which is understandable.

Defending: Irrelevant

Physical: This is probably the only con with Messi but it isn't his strength, it's his stamina, most of my players might lose like 4 or 5 fitness per game but Messi loses 6 or 7 per game, this is an issue cause obviously I would usually put one of my super subs on if someone was low on stamina but I really don't want to take him off.

Pace
Finishing and Long shots
Passing
Dribbling

Stamina
Strength

Formation: 4231

Position: CAM

Games: 55

GPG: 1.05

APG: 0.98

4.5

Overall

5.0

Value

5.0

2.5

Stamina

Pace (4/10)

Shooting (10/10)

Passing (10/10)

Dribbling (10/10)

Defending (3/10)

Physicality (5/10)

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