Player Review
92 - Icon Moment
As written on my TOTS Trippier review, i first was frustrated about me packing shevchenko (in the 92+ att/mid icon swaps pack).
i packed shevchenko in FUT 18, 19, 20 and 21 now - and until 21 he never really was a good striker for me, nor was he enjoyable to play. ( could be, because before i packed him as a baby or prime card)
But it changed. - Maybe because of the fact that it's his moments card, maybe because of the new game - doesnt matter. I like the card.
I do not have a personal link to the player he was in reallife, nor do i have any particular sympaties to AC Milan to be honest.
I play him as a lone striker in a 4231 narrow. and I normally do not play 'really fast' players on the wing / at striker as i prefer a passing/ defensive style of play.
i personally would not label him as an "OP beast" - or a "meta player" - since he really is "not fast enough", doesnt have the 5* WF or similar skill moves.
but - why do i like him, eventho he is no "outstanding card"?
he does not have a really good stamina - and because of that is alot of times fatigued after 75-80 min.
his left foot is not perfect. the 4* WF sometimes feels like 3* or even 2* - but only sometimes.
with my moments nedv?d at c-cam he has a good partner that that gives him alot of chances to get either inside the box - or a decent shooting range - in which he almost never misses.
the 3* skills do not hurt me alot. his heel-chops are really really good and let me get past alot of fast and bulky CB.
he feels really good on the ball, can give good short - and "middle-range" passes to wingers and also has a really, really good att. positioning to get the ball back from the midfielders.
*he clearly also is able to hold the ball for some time to later distribute it
as i said before - in front of the goal he is very clinical. he almost never misses. ("but when he has a bad game, its better to sub him off for a 5*WF striker")
He is really, really fun to play.
Recommendation?
I would recommend him to FUT-players which want a "cheaper", clinical striker - or people which just search a new option up top.
He is, as i said, not the fastest - but really gets his job done with the shots he takes.
He is not meta - and i guess his set price (283k at the moment of the review (on PS)) is also pointing it out.
I would NOT play him as a super sub aswell, since he sometimes seems invisible on the pitch (for a long period of a game).
*I did not test out his heading-skills but of what i have seen in other reviews on youtube, he seems to be really good there aswell.
- SHOOTING
- dribbling and heel-chops
- physicality / holding of the ball
- short / mid passes
- att. positioning
- (heading of what i've heard)
- stamina
- 4* WF sometimes
- 3* skills if you want
- not fast enough for meta i guess