Player Review

92 - Icon Moment

4.5

AN ALMOST COMPLETE PACKAGE!

By angadmalik, 09-03-2021

FORMATION:

I used him as a right CDM in the 4-2-2-2, on stay forward while attacking instructions. Used him with the Engine Chemistry style to boost that dribbling primarily. I used him for 6 games in Div 1 rivals gameplay.

VALUE FOR COINS:

Anything under 1.2 million, would be much better value for this card. He is the fully package as a midfielder, and if he had better dribbling, he could have been used competitively. Unfortunately, his dribbling is just not good enough for competitive gameplay.

At 1.7 million, its way too overpriced for what this card offers. You can get cards like Bruno Fernandes, Renato Sanchez and other meta cards for a better price who can give you a very similar, if not better level of performance in-game.

If you’re a Germany, Chelsea, Bayern Munich or Leverkusen fan, I’d advise you to pick him up and give him a go as he is a monster of the midfielder. It will take you 2-3 games to get used to his dribbling, but once you learn that, he’ll decimate your opponents from the middle of the park.

6.5/10

OVERALL: 8.9/10

PACE:

His pace overall is great for a CM/CDM, when further boosted with the engine chemists style, it goes up to 88! He feels more like 85 pace in-game to be completely honest. You can use Ballack to pace past players while attacking and when he gets the lead he can easily shield them off using his insane strength. He can catch up to most on-rushing attackers and track back well defensively. So overall his pace for a midfielder was quite impressive!

8.6/10

FINISHING:

His finishing overall was amazing! He has the 4 star WF, which is honestly as good as his right foot. He has phenomenal shot power and using the power shot inside the box, across goal or down the line is a super effective way of scoring with him on either foot. He also has a great long shot which he strikes with immense power. I’d advise against using the finesse shot, since he has such a low curve statistic. Just go with power strikes, and you’ll be good to go with his shooting.

9.2/10

PASSING:

His passing was exceptional. He can easily dictate the tempo of your games via his passing. He has a 4 star weak foot as well, so you can pass on either foot effortlessly. He has incredible passing statistics across the board, and he does live up to them in-game!

9.4/10

DEFENDING:

Now he does have above average defensive statistics across the board and will put in a decent shift defensively. I wouldn’t play him as a lone, out and out CDM as his attacking stats will be completely wasted in that position. He did make a few interceptions and pressed the opposition defenders very well which won me the ball back from my opponents counter attacks.

8/10

PHYSICALITY:

Beast of a card. Insane strength, can bully anyone off the ball with that 87 strength. His 91 stamina is more than adequate to last him the whole 90 mins running up and down the field tirelessly. His 86 aggression makes his AI press opponents to win the ball back constantly and is a major pro defensively. He’s 6”2 in-game which is quite tall, hence with 93 jumping he will win you all headers he contests.

9.5/10

DRIBBING:

Ballack stands at 6”2, which is on the taller end of the height spectrum in this game. A combination of his height, poor agility and balance statistics make him a very clunky dribbler. He feels heavy to dribble with in delayed gameplay and even with the engine chemistry style, he turns and changes direction very slowly. The only pro with his dribbling would be his 4 star skill moves to beat defenders. YOU HAVE to use the Engine chemistry style to boost his dribbling, as it desperately needs to be boosted.

7/10

Formation: 4222

Position: CDM

Games: 5

GPG: 1.40

APG: 0.80

4.5

Overall

3.5

Value

4.5

5.0

Stamina

Pace (5/10)

Shooting (5/10)

Passing (5/10)

Dribbling (5/10)

Defending (5/10)

Physicality (5/10)

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