Player Review
93 - UCL Live
My experience, similar to most players thus far it seems, was that goalkeepers were fairly useless in FIFA 21. Both their movement and positioning, as well as the actual save animations performed were questionable at best. I used to play with inform Ederson, but even he would make me want to chew my controller at times. Then I packed Jan in an untradeable pack and did what any self-respecting FIFA player would do: Buy rulebreaker Gimenez and and determine if Oblak is usable or just icon sbc fodder. The results were simply astounding, this lad is a genuine goalkeeper. Not once in 34 games with him between the posts have I uttered the phrase "He should have saved that!". No, in fact, he made saves that I would not have expected him to. He is not a miracle worker, certain goals are simply unsaveable due to, most likely, shoddy defending. But the goals you expect him to save, he does. Crosses? Put this bad boy on come out and you will literally not see a single mistake from him. Goalkeepers went from a dead position to a genuine 11th player for me with the addition of Oblak. Definitely worth it!
- A goalkeeper that actually does goalkeeper things correctly.
- He will perform saves that he is supposed to.
- Tall, demanding presence in the box. He will take care of that incoming cross.
- Strong link to Gimenez, weak link to Varane + any other LaLiga defender makes him really easy to build around.
- I don't know honestly, kicking stats could possibly be higher but I didn't feel it in-game.