Player Review

94 - IF

5.0

The Goat

By Labbisch, 12-11-2020

First off: I really love Messi in real life, thats the main reason I bought this card. I already had his normal card and as soon as I saw his Inform I knew I had to get him. I played him as right striker next to Joao Felix (sick card btw) in the 4-4-2. I´m an average Division 2/Gold 2 Player.

-Pace: I mean he isn´t the fastest player and probably not what you are searching if you are playing full drop back and counter attack, but as I am playing a very offensive and tiki taka like playstyle the accelaration is far more important for me than the sprint speed. His acceleration being this high you can easily do a fake shot stop and just burst through defenders.

-Shooting: This is the main difference I noticed between the gold and the totw card, his gold card seemed to miss some shots I thought he should score, but this card doesn´t miss. I´ve used Ronaldo, Mbappe and Neymar and imo Messi is better than all of them especially when you consider his finesse shot.

-Passing: As I already mentioned i like to play many passes and I looooves Messi´s passing. He just can´t miss a pass, doesn´t matter if it´s on his right or left

-Dribbling: His dribbling is just cracked. When you hold R1 and do some close dribbling with him you can litterally walk through defenders and he doesn´t seem to lose the ball.

-Weak Foot: Obviously with this year Weak Foot not being that important you would expect him to score with his right, but he nearly feels like he has 5* Weak Foot, because of his crazy shooting and passing.

-Physical: Of course he isn´t strong and won´t score headers, but you don´t need those stats as his crazy dribbling compensates for his lack of strength.

-Stamina: This is the only real problem I had with this card as when you like to use Team Press he is gonna be tired at the 70-80th minute and needs to be subbed out unless you play him at CAM where he can definetely play the full 90min.

-Skills: Of course for a god tier card you´d like him to have 5* skills, but as I already said you can just left stick dribble with him and it´s probably gonna be more effective than skills most of the time.

Price: Of course 1.8mil (time of writing this review but got him for 1.6 earlier on thursday) is a lot to pay for just one card, but I still think he is worth it as he is just crazy good.

Formation: 442

Position: ST

Games: 6

GPG: 2.33

APG: 1.33

5.0

Overall

4.0

Value

5.0

3.5

Stamina

Pace (9/10)

Shooting (10/10)

Passing (10/10)

Dribbling (10/10)

Defending (3/10)

Physicality (6/10)

See All reviews...

Other Lionel Messi Reviews

Lionel Messi

Brings the fun back to Fifa

Long review, but if you are on the fence about completing Messi POTM 96 SBC hopefully I can help. So grab a coffee and strap yourself in.Bit about me and my team.I am currently skill rating 2014 on Rivals and have achieved Gold 2 consistently since xmas (got Gold 1 for the first time last week). So I am not the best player but I am above average. I play balanced defence and q...

Read full review

Lionel Messi

The G10T

Here we go , so , I have very good luck in the advanced Sbc , and i was managed to buy Messi , As a Barça Fan , I was very hyped and let me tell you , HE'S PURE MAGIC ON THE PITCH , If you have min 30 games in Fifa 21 , you will notice that the weak foot isn't very important this year , also t...

Read full review

Lionel Messi

Magisterial!

Dear Messi fans,This one is mainly for you, the ones dedicated to doing everything in their power in order to change the way they survive the current meta and incorporate this magician in their squads. I've been a fan of this player since the very first day he stepped in for the first team in October of 2004 and Ill probably be telling stories about him to my grandkids one day. Having said that, I'l...

Read full review

We want to ensure that user generated content published on our website is relevant and lawful. So, we have created these House Rules to give you an idea of things to avoid mentioning in your content and posts. Please read these rules carefully before you write anything that will be published on our website. Our website administrators will moderate content and may remove content that is in violation of these rules. Your account may also be suspended for serious or repeated violations. All decisions of our website administrators are final. In very exceptional cases, we may be legally compelled to reveal your account information to the authorities.

Now, onto the rules…

No swearing or offensive language. We want to keep our website engaging for all of its users and this kind of language could put people off using our website.
No comments that are unlawful, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, sexually oriented, homophobic or racially offensive.
No spamming. Please don’t re-post content that is the same or similar to what you have already posted.
No defamatory content. This means no content that is untrue and likely to damage the reputation of another person or an organisation. You could face legal action from the person or organisation that you have defamed, and we don’t want that.
No personal information. Never publicise your own personal information or that of anyone else, such as full name, address, telephone number, email address, etc. This is for your own safety and the safety of everyone who uses our website.
Keep your content relevant. Please keep your content relevant to the topic at hand. If you post something that isn’t relevant, we might remove it.
Do not copy others. Please ensure that all content that you post is written in your own words and does not violate copyright laws.
Do not advertise or link to third party websites. We want to ensure that the promotion of any third party websites is endorsed by us, so please ensure that you do not include links in your content.
NO CAPS LOCK. IF YOU WRITE IN CAPS LOCK IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE RAISING YOUR VOICE. We can hear you just fine without caps lock, so please take it off when writing your comments.