Player Review

Welcome to the review. I always look at reviews of 'expensive' SBC players so I'd thought I'd write one.

I've played around 10 games so far with him in Rivals, and did the Serie A Icon Swaps with him as my star player. Now firstly, this SBC is not overpriced, it's just expensive. Thankfully, I got messi in my player picks along with some others that made this very cheap for me.

I play Vidal in a 41212(2) at CM, balanced custom tactics. Neymar and Eusebio up top, Maradona at CAM, Bruno Gumaires at CDM and Kaka at the other CM. Safe to say he was in good company.

I must say, I'm a little disappointed in some areas, but more than happy with others, so lets get into it.

Pace 7/10

Initially I used an Engine chemistry style, which made the dribbling more responsive, but I definitely didn't feel the pace upgrade. Shadow for me gave him a much better presence in defence with his defending, and made him more dangerous on breakaways as his runs are great, but he didn't have the pace to push through the defence.

Shooting 7/10

Vidal has an absolute rocket in his boot. My first 5 shots with him all went over the bar, or straight at the keeper, the power you have to use with him is so much less than Maradona and Ney that I was overpowering all my shots with him. Took a while to fix, but I can see the high finishing in fruition, as he definitely can shoot the ball with insane power.

His long shots just get auto blocked as all of them do so hard to say how good those were.

His volleys feel insane, so so much power but alot right at the keeper.

Overall his shooting seems average, Kaka with way less finishing would score way more of the chances I have given Vidal.

Passing 10/10

I was very impressed with his passing, from long balls to short, lofted passes he really impressed me. His passing was far better than the stats suggested, really enjoyed him for his passing

Dribbling 8/10

What can I say, 5* skills with his strength and surprisingly good stats did show itself in his game. With an engine he can left-stick well, and moves very fast. Though his skills preform quite slow, his strength lets him keep possession. I am a skill based player, I love my skillers and use them as much as I can, hence why I was so excited for this card. Wouldn't say his dribbling is incredible, but definitely gets the job done at CM and can turn his players inside out and body them off the ball, only a little bit clunky.

Defending and Physical 10/10

If i was playing him at CDM i wouldn't have been as happy with his defensive and physical stats, but at CDM they are great. He bodies off players, and his dives into tackles makes sure he wins the ball when he puts his foot in, which I loved. The shadow was very good on him, defensively he was great, his interceptions were great also.

Information and Gameplay

With 5* 4* he was fantastic in the midfield. Honestly his WF feels like 4.5*. and half the goals I have scored have been on his left.

His H/H workrates are great for a Box to Box midfielder. He tracked back well after possession was lost, and going forward he made brilliant runs drawing defenders or getting the ball himself. I was forcing him the ball a-lot, but his Stam did slightly disappoint me.

Worth it?

Up to you of course. Just wanted to share my thoughts. At 500k, potentially less with untradables, if he fits ur team and you need a midfielder, I'd say he was worth it. I wouldn't spend 500k on his SBC incase you don't like him, or have to re-arange your team to fit him in though. Thumbs up from me, but not by alot.