Player Review
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I had a lot of fodder and needed a midfielder,he is one of my idols and a big fan of him and made his sbc.Played around 30-40 games with him and i have to say i definately LOVE this card.First time i used him in a basic chem style he was slow like a truck.But when i started to use a hunter on him he started to make great runs into the penalty area and he never fell to an offside.I really love this card because he is great at a lot of things in the game.
First of all,his passing makes me feel alive his vision really helps with my rashford(85)'s runs.He literally at least scores or assists 1 goal every single game and i love it.I give the ball to him in the game and sometimes he makes every pass look good.if the opponent player isnt in front of his pass ways(but literally,in front of the pass ways)that could be an assist or a pass to assist dude he is the best passer in the game in my opinion.Just a small problem about his long range air through balls(L1+triangle)but you really do not need that and the reason brings me to the second thing im gonna talk about.
And that is his pace.Yes he felt really heavy with basic but i put hunter on him and he was really fast.If you are gonna use him and feel good with him,use hunter on him.His pace is really good if you do not press the r2 button all the time,just leave him rest a bit and his pace for defence and attack is going to be enough.If you push him enough,he can catch up to fast wingers like salah,mane or rashford and he can press the right and left backs.and then he slowly goes to attack,just dont press the sprint button all the time.His attack pace is also awesome,he sometimes runs into the box away from everyone sometimes and he has composure to finish.Lets talk about his finishing and shooting(with hunter).
With hunter,his finishing becomes deadly,he becomes a little drogba.Onces he is in the penalty area,dont worry he will score that.Lets say you dont wanna use him as a cm,you want to use him as a cdm.Im sorry but thats not gonna work because he is not gonna be very good at cdm.Im not saying that his defense is bad,but not enough for cdm.He can attack really nice.Great through balls even in the box.And lets talk about his long shots.Dude that finesse shots are really really deadly he really scores them all i am really surprised with that.He can score with the outer foot too.His normal long shots with perfect timing is probably going to be a corner or a goal.HIS FREEKICKS ARE LITERALLY AMAZING.His curve is like roberto carlos and if your rival uses manual goalkeeper in corners he can score directly from corners.his fk accuracy is 99 and if you hit a good spot with perfect not even pope or toty neuer can save that.His passes and his free kicks are out of this world they really feel good.Shoot him out the box and you can skip the celebration.He is always in the right place in attack or intercepts.Great positioning.
Another thing i love about is his dribling.He feels really good when he has the ball,really easy to dribble with him and he hardly ever lose the ball to the defenders,he can walk past vvd sometimes because his dribbling is great.He has 5 star skills and that was fun for me,and felt really fun using that card.Not so much to talk about that,he can dribble a couple of times and then he passes the ball and thats over it may be an assist.
And about his defense,that is a little problem if you need a really defensive center mid but that defense is not bad,he can intercept the passes,he can press the rival and make them fell uncomfortable,he will not make you rage if you are not a bad player.I recommend do not except a defensive greatness,his attack abilities are a lot better than his defence abilities but he will definately make clutch defence runs and he is great for the counter attacks so even tho is defense is under average,not bad for center mid even in may.
About his physicals.he can be bodied yes,but you wont stay in a position like that,his passing will make you keep the ball and he is small just do not try head the ball with him please thats not a minus.
You do not need nothing more in a center mid.
Passing is insane
Finesses are deadly
Long shots are really nice
Free kick accuracy is great
Nice pace with hunter
He is able to finish the ball with hunter
Positioning.
Defending for a attacking center mid
Dribling and 5 star skills
Physicals
His defending if you are gonna play his as a cdm.