If you're old like me and you love football, chances are, you were a fan of El Nino at some point. Even if you aren't a Liverpool/Atletico supporter, you cant help but in awe with his performance on the pitch in his golden days. His speed, his strength, his finishing are all top notch. I can never forget the magical volley vs blackburn, that insane curve goal against Sunderland, and even his goal vs Barcelona that took Chelsea to the CL final. Simply, this card was the Torres you fondly remember. The ultimate no.9. However, he is definitely NOT META. He is definitely NOT AGILE. He is definitely NOT able to dribble his way past the entire defensive line. However, he made me genuinely enjoy playing FIFA 21, and made playing this horrible game mode fun again.
1. Speed. With a hunter, he feels pretty fast. Not Mbappe, Mane or even Rashford esque fast, but when he get a yard of space defenders will struggle to catch up with him.
2. Strength. I was very surprised when he managed to out muscle Van Dijk, Varane, Ramos and all those meta CBs. Even when the defenders catch up to him, you can simply tap L2 to shoulder off the defender. Not sure if its the hidden mechanics of the icons but he is strong as hell.
3. Shooting. Oh my lord. Left peg, right peg, long shot, finesse, chips shots, you name it. He just finishes everything. Even more clinical than IF Ben yedder, whom I hold a high regard in terms of pure finishing ability.
4. Positioning. He is not the most agile of players, but he just manage to find spaces behind the defence line like no others. There are so many strikers where you need to manually trigger the runs or try to find the pass to him, but he just do it on default. Most of the time you just need to press through pass and he is suddenly clear through on goal.
1. Agility & Dribbling. He is definitely heavy on the ball. A lot of much cheaper attackers feel better than him when it comes to dribbling. Don't try to do fancy runs with him.
2. Passing. Not the worst, but I didn't manage to get any assist with him over 15 matches, and I was quite surprised because I play a 2 striker formation most of the time. He is definitely the one who need to be fed, instead of being the provider.
3. Price. To be very honest, Mbappe, Neymar, TOTGS Rashford, CR7 are all cheaper or at a similiar price and they are all probably more suited to the game, more meta. For almost 1.2m his price is steep.
I decided to try this card out and used his loan for 3 games and its convinced me to go ahead and work towards his SBC as his card is the real deal.
His positioning is top tier. He always seems to be in the right position to receive the pass and get the shot off especially in a formation with 2 strikers.
His Dribbling was surprisingly good for a 6"1" striker and didnt find his build or size an issue as he actually felt really snappy and quick whilst turning.
His pace paired with his strength makes this guy so effective against the usual Varane and Gomez cards that you play every week as they just dont seem to be able to stop him.
His Price of 1M coins is fair if youre not too sure about sinking 800-900k into an SBC however with fodder in your club and upgrades youll be able to complete him for even less.
Overall he is one of my favourite strikers ive used all year round. However he is not Meta.
Acceleration 94
Sprint Speed 89
Positioning 92
Finishing 92
Agility 87
Balance 81
Reactions 92
Ball Control 85
Dribbling 86
Composure 85
Jumping 84
Stamina 84
Vision 76
Crossing 73
FK. Accuracy 64
Short Passing 79
Long Passing 53
Curve 79
Aggression 63