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3.0

Good, but lazy and clunky

By sergiopadt, 09-12-2020

I tried him at CAM, but overall he did not match my expectations. His balance did not surprise me, since I already knew that it is very poor. What really ruined this card in my opinion is the workrates. He usually does not make any runs and his AI feels kind of dumb (feels invisible on the pitch). His shooting is amazing, though his shooting animations felt a bit slow.

5 star weak foot (always an amazing thing to have on a card)
Shooting is great
Passing is great
Traits are good (finesse shot, hard headers)

Balance is a huge issue (is unfortunately the meta and pretty much destroys icons that were amazing in real life like Van Basten and Van Nistelrooij)
His shooting animations feel a bit slow (can sometimes give the opponent enough time to block)
Workrates (he feels lazy on the pitch, which is in my opinion the biggest issue)

Formation: 433-4

Position: CAM

Games: 4

GPG: 0.50

APG: 0.25

3.0

Overall

2.0

Value

2.0

4.5

Stamina

Pace (8/10)

Shooting (10/10)

Passing (10/10)

Dribbling (5/10)

Defending (1/10)

Physicality (8/10)

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