Player Review

It all started, when I packed Renato Sanches from an Inform Upgrade Pack and of course i wanted to play and link him, but i do not have enough coins for someone like Ronaldo and because i had Rashford also untrade, i thought Bruno would be perfect for my team. This review is for CAM position, i can tell you he is decent on CM with 97 Stamina in a narrow 4-1-2-1-2, but i will focus on where I played him. I played him on the central CAM position in the standard 4-2-3-1 formation, where he is absolutely NOT worth above 600k.

At first after a few games in Rivals and Weekend League, Bruno did not disappoint me at all. He has great shooting, his set pieces are magnificent, his passing is very accurate and with his Stamina, Workrates and Def. Stats he also is helpful while defending. He is too slow to run past a Varane or Gomez in WL, but it seemed good enough for his job on CAM, and i had other fast players, so I did not bother me. But my opinion about him changed really fast. I literally played ONE game against a friend, where his De Bruyne Gold Card and my Bruno Fernandes got swapped. Bruno has a BIG Problem to his card and it's the dribbling or maybe like the way he feels ingame. My friend was like "What?!!! This guy is an absolute fraud." Both had a Hunter Chem applied on them and i think De Bruyne and Bruno have a similar role ingame on the CAM position, so you can compare them pretty well. I do not know why, but I thought Bruno would be the far better player, because of his price tag and because I thought De Bruyne feels clunky ingame. But it turns out that De Bruyne is WAAAY more responsive on the ball than Bruno is. For my style of playing FIFA a responsive dribbling is the key and if you are playing at a high skill level, i think you can agree with that. It was way easier to outmove 1 or 2 defenders with De Bruyne and I was shocked, because I payed soo much more for a player that just is not as good. To sum this up: De Bruynes shooting is similar, but 5 star weakfoot is a big plus, so I would say his shooting is better; both are amazing at set pieces and passing, not that much of a difference; like I said De Bruyne feels way more responsive and has, in my opinion, better dribbling, although the stats say something different (that's just something in FIFA i do not understand). The pace is just not a key element if you play someone like Bruno or KDB on CAM, but to be honest Bruno is a bit faster (+3 pace). And another interesting thing that speaks up for KDB is his body. Like I said he does not feel clunky at all, but does not lose the ball that easily like Bruno, because of his strength and height. You might think I am writing a KDB review here, but I just wanted to point out, that you get a more responsive player, from the same league, same position, for almost a quarter of Brunos price. Tbh Bruno has great links and can be a good option on the CM or CDM position, but on CAM you just want something more for 600k and you can easily get something for the coins. And also rethink your decision on CM and CDM, there might be cheaper and better options.

Pace:

-not fast enough to outpace meta defenders, but decent enough for a central CAM

Shootng:

-Good Finishing

-Good Longshots

-4 Star Weakfoot feels good too

-Amazing free kicks, corners and of course penaltys

Passing:

-very accurate

-good long passing and crosses

Dribbling:

-okay, but not just not enough for CAM position

-sometimes clunky and not as responsive as other players

-good composure though

Defending:

-okay nothing too special, good enough for CM, for CDM you should apply a shadow

-good on CAM position, helpinng out in the defense

Physical:

-AMAZING stamina

-you do not care about jumping with a CAM and he is too small to score headers

-strength and aggression combination is okay, and with his def stats he sometimes wins balls up front, for quick counter attacks

-gets pushed of pretty easily though