Player Review
87 - FUT Future Stars
I have to say I´m a bit dissapointed in Bastoni. He comes close...but just not good enough. In a Serie A team there are not much great options for CB so I got excited when I saw this card for the first time. Sadly he did not live up to my high expectations. I play 4-2-3-1 formation with 2 defending cdms -Duncan and Kessie-. My other CB is Koulibaly (88). The first thing I noticed while playing with Bastoni was his lack of strength, with a shadow chemistry his pace is great and so is his defending, but he will get bodied by strikers with decent strength like CR7, Kane, Stoichkov, rooney etc. So considering his lack of strength got me frustrated I tried an anchor on him. His strength improved greatly, however his pace declined to a level where he got outrun on counters every match. His agility is another issue, while his stats look good, in game he turns very slowly.
So concluding: with the shadow chemistry you get a CB with great defending skills and pace but who lacks strength and with an anchor chemistry you get a CB with great defending skills, good strength and okay pace. He is just not good enough.
standing tackle
interceptions
blocking shots
passing
acceleration
turns very slowly
strength