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4.5
Zidane CM/CDM in 442
By vvdvaart, 01-01-2021

So I used this guy in 442 and 4231 as second CM/CDM with Shadow next to a more defensive midfielder like Kante/Valverde and I think I can offer my review after playing with him for more than 70 games. For the record I'm D1 2340 sr and Elite 2 in FUT Champions, not the best but I think that should be enough to review


Pace - 8/10 nothing wrong with his pace for a midfielder, he won't outpace defenders but he's so strong and has good enough pace to not lose the momentum of the attack or to track back and defend when needed.


Shooting - 10/10 Finesse shot trait, 5* weakfoot and 90 shooting? How can this be anything other than a 10. Nothing to say here, he shoots bullets and I don't even have a chem style that boosts it. Finesse shots, power shots across keeper, chip shots, he can do them all and do them well. If he makes a later run into the box just take the shot, he will finish as good as any poacher


Passing - 10/10 This guy passing is phenomenal, I played passes with Zizou that I thought would get intercepted but they were 40 yard through balls with pinpoint accuracy sending Neymar 1on1 against the keeper on multiple occasions. 40 yards lobbed through balls to the wingers? No problem for Zizou. That's how good his passing is. His free kicks are also one of the best, I scored a few and let's just say if you know the technique for free kicks this guy is guaranteed goal. If your Zidane misplaces a 2 yard pass just know that's the game screwing you over and doesn't matter who you have there, it's nothing to do with your Zidane.


Dribbling - 8.5/10 He has good dribbling but isn't agile, gets good speed boost from stepovers and other skill moves and he can do 5* skill moves but don't expect him to turn like Bruno. His dribbling is very similar to Cr7 in that regard. His skill moves get good speed boost and you will have to do them to compensate for his lack of agility. In heavy gameplay he's like CR7, you won't be able to turn quickly left to right and will have to either pass it off/shoot or do a skill move


Defending - 7.5/10 He is not a Blanc or Renato but he still does his fair job. One thing I'll mention is he feels heavy when jockeying left and right in circles this is because of low defensive awareness but he compensates that with his high strength and good enough standing tackle/interceptions. Sometimes he also won't stick a leg out to intercept the ball because of 72 aggression but if you pair him with a Kante his defending will become 8/10 as the less jockeying he has to do the better he is.


Physical - 8/10 Zizou is ridiculously strong, one of the strongest players in the game and he feels like that but Physicals is not just strength, his aggression is pretty low but it's not bad and his stamina at 81 is low if you want to take advantage of his runs into the box or pass the ball to him and dribble. If you don't dribble much with him and use Stay Back while Attacking he can last you whole 90 minutes because he has M/M workrates so he would lose less stamina compared to someone with H/H, but if you want to take advantage of his offensive qualities he will be tired at around 75th/80th min. He's still playable because he has high stats to start with that's what I would say.


Overall - 9.5/10 with more stamina, defensive awareness and pace he's 10/10

Good Pace

Great Passing

Great Shooting and 5* Weak Foot

Strong

Good Dribbling and 5* Skill Moves

Decent defending

Extremely Fun and Unique Card

Dribbling in bad gameplay

Feels heavy when jockeying

Formation: 442
Position: CM
Games: 73
GPG: 0.18
APG: 0.45
4.5
Overall
3.0
Value
4.5
GC
4.0
Stamina
Pace (8/10)
Shooting (10/10)
Passing (10/10)
Dribbling (9/10)
Defending (8/10)
Physicality (8/10)
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