Player Review
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Saved up a lot of coins and was contemplating on who to chose as my CAM in a 4231. In the end, I decided to just go for Ronaldinho despite the image of being way too overpriced just because of his name. (at least his baby version) He is a real icon of my childhood, and the feeling and fun while playing with this card is worth more to me than just going for "pure meta". Even though this card got everything that a perfect CAM needs, and only the pace is a con in the opinion of many.
After a couple games though, all my initial doubts were blown away! He feels so good on the ball, his dribbling is amazing combined with his strength, the ball just seems to stick to his feet in many situations, he is able to push even strong defenders away sometimes, opens up so many spaces with his 5* skills, and his finishing is superb as well, especially his finesse shots. I gave him a hunter, he is still not the quickest, but because of his dribbling he really doesn't have to be. Still, the pace seems to be more of a luxury problem, which is fixed in his far more expensive middle version.
He scored more goals than my POTM Lewa did this WL, I played 25 games, won 17 for Gold 2 and Ronaldinho scored 38 and assisted 16 in those games. And the most important thing: He made most of these games more fun than your usual FIFA game, just because it's Ronaldinho and you could literally feel your opponents having a hard time stopping him.
All in all, I had a blast playing him, and he will stay in my team for a while, or until I can afford his middle version! Can only recommend trying him out, if you use him accordingly, he won't disappoint!
- super smooth on the ball
- superb finishing, rarely misses when he's free in the box
- finesse shots outside the box are deadly
- playmaker qualities are great, his passing is very good
- feels pretty strong and can win physical duels
- pace is only a minor issue, he isn't the quickest, but he really doesn't need to be because of his complete skillset
- stamina gets low in some games around the 75th minute and he begins to feel heavier
- the price kinda hurts, seeing how many other meta players one could get for the price. (for example Mbappe-Mendy-Varane)