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5.0

Jari Litmanen - The Man, the Myth, the Legend

By SadAsparagus44, 06-07-2020

I only started doing Icon swaps in the final season of swaps - so I went for the easy option of Litmanen, I didn't expect much, but boy did he deliver.

Firstly - I play him as a central CAM in a 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 with PIM Overmars to his left and 91 Bruno SH to his right, with 95 FB Dries Mertens up top, while running an engine. He is incredible for his price and how easy it was to get him for the 6 tokens it was.

Pace: His pace is average, 85 at this stage of the game is questionable, especially for an attacking card, however, with an engine - he gets it buffed up to 90, which for a central CAM is fine, every now and then it hurts but generally I have faith that if a dink it over the defensive line and Litmanen is on the end of it, he'll win the ball - 8/10

Dribbling: Again, his dribbling is fine, apart from the agility, at 77, this is why the engine chem style works for him. With it, he has 87 agility and balance, and incredible dribbling stats aside from those two. Although he isn't the fastest to turn, he always does it fast enough to get a pass or shot off, and it has never really affected my experience - 7/10

Shooting: This is where he really shines, his finesse shot trait, 95 finishing and 90 long shots mean that those edge of the box shots almost always go in. Also, in any position within the box he is deadly too, his great composure means he rarely bottles a shot and most efforts at least worry the keeper, I have scored some screamers with this card - you can always boost it with a finisher to get unreal stats - 99 in everything apart penalties at 97, but I really don't think that it's necessary - 10/10

Passing: His passing is just fine, short passes make their way to the target 90% of the time, long lobs less so, however I really think that the engine or another chem style which boosts passing is necessary in order to make sure he doesn't ruin any nice build up plays you get going - 7/10

Defending: It's shocking, but does it really matter?

Physical: He has got stamina, which for his position is the most important stat, especially for a player like him, and his strength is decent - however, yes, 24 aggression, it doesn't seem to affect him too much but very now and then when you want him to fight for a loose ball, he just kinda sits there, which is a shame, but like I said, not too big of a deal - 6/10

Shooting is on point, from anywhere in or around the box

Passing is consistent

Dribbling is consistent

Runs the whole match, no need to sub him off

4* weak foot

Aggression, is a paper towel

Not super agile - but its decent, I don't mind but some will

Defending

3* skills, but I don't do many skills anyway

Formation: 4231

Position: CAM

Games: 497

GPG: 0.43

APG: 0.23

5.0

Overall

5.0

Value

4.0

4.5

Stamina

Pace (8/10)

Shooting (10/10)

Passing (7/10)

Dribbling (7/10)

Defending (3/10)

Physicality (6/10)

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