For so long, I have stayed away from the meta of this game, and just when it was getting harder and harder to do so and win, but EA just released this BEAUTY OF A CARD. I crafted the SBC immediately and partnered Piszczek with Lacroix, Zagadou, and Baku.
I have played 5 games with him until now, and I have never used such a complete defender in Fifa 21 as of yet. For the first time in a long while, I have enjoyed defending wingers and wide attackers. The first match score in Division 1 was 10 - 1, Piszczek completing 8/8 tackles. The next ended 4 - 0, Piszczek completing 6/7 tackles, and the third ended 5 - 0 with Piszczek completing 9/9 tackles. He simply bullied PIM Matthäus off the ball and pushed TOTY Mbappe away every single time. He came to the rescue within the box, blocking finesse shots from all around. You do not need to apply Anchor or Shadow. The Sentinel CS is the way to go. His defensive positioning and dribbling is far more than enough to compensate for 2 - 3 extra pace stat.
If I know anything about Fifa, this guy compensates for 1 RB + 1 CB. Get him, and I promise you will not regret it.
- Pace
- Defensive Positioning
- Aggressive Challenges
- Autoblocking
- Slide Tackle Animations
- Positional Awareness (Comes short and in the box for additional CB aid)
- For the first time ever, I could not spot any.
As a BVB fan I gladly stopped watching the Poland - Slovakia game just to do this card. (I did see all the goals though :) )
Anyway, onto Piszczek. This card is ridiculous and I played him at RB (pls don't use him at CB). If you think about it he can probably play anywhere depending on the chemistry style:
- B2B with a deadeye
- CDM with an engine
- CB with an anchor (don't)
and so on.
In his first game he played a perfect ball to flashback Tevez (Shame if you didn't do him he is insane) which easily went into the back of the net.
I played him at RB on stay back but during him first game I had him on balanced attack to test all of his attributes. I don't wanna make this review too long so I'll just make a quick list of stuff I noticed:
- Stamina: Not great but not bad, had around 50% left when I had him on balanced attack but has enough if he is on stay back
- Shooting: Didn't score (except a penalty) but had some decent shots considering his stats (with basic). If you put a deadeye on him and play him B2B he should probably score quite a lot.
- Passing: Incredible, played almost perfect passes every single time but obviously some get intercepted as it is FIFA 21.
- Pace: 98, doesn't look fast on the screen as his legs are really long but runs at the same pace as TOTS Tapsoba (which is really fast)
- Dribbling: Surprisingly good, with a basic chemstyle he has 88 agility and 83 balance which felt higher in game. It's very solid but obviously not Mertens type dribbling but he does not feel like a bus at all.
- Defending: One word, Incredible
Physicality: Great jumping, strength and aggression. Easily gets the ball.
Overall a very solid and diverse card. Highly recommend doing him if you can link him.
- Diversity
- Pace
- Passing
- Defending
- Physicality
- Some good strong links such as:
RTTF Akanji
Showdown Zagadou
TOTS Moments Bellingham
Future Stars Reyna
Sancho
Reus that's class!
- Stamina (Not even bad just no real cons)
- 3 Star skills (Again, just saying it because there are no big cons)
- Nation Links