Accessibility
Home
Players
Evolutions
Squad Builder
SBCs
Draft
Squads
Market
News
Packs
Objectives
Token Tracker
More
Language
Platform
Theme
EA Tax Calculator

Reviews

91 - Icon
5.0
Cruyff just doesn't miss!
By Battul, 03-12-2020

Where do I start?

How do I sum this player up that costs over 3 million coins?

Well, here it is.


Mr Hendrik Johannes Cruijff, our lord and saviour. I used Cruyff in a 4-4-2 switched with 4-2-2-2 in the Weekend League. This man holds the technicality that you'll need to attack your opponent head on, be it with simple passing plays, or witty skill moves. His dribbling is out of this world, and dare I say, better than Neymar in my honest opinion. He is ridiculously agile and his finishing does not disappoint. He has everything you want and need from a 3m+ coin player. He makes beautiful passes which matched up with quick 1-2's, are almost impossible to stop. He does however have some cons, which I will cover in due time. Comparing him to the likes of Mbappe and Ronaldo, his dribbling, finishing, and pace is up there. The only thing he does lack which the other high tier players have, is height and strength

  • Insane finishing abilities (almost like you've turned your slider all the way up)
  • Pace, although not one of the quickest, his dribbling and the correct chemistry style will see you breeze past defenders
  • Agility, moves so smooth and turns like a ballerina
  • Passing, you'd honestly have to use him to understand, but it's rare he makes an incomplete ball
  • 5* 5*, which way will you turn? The possibilities are endless, and you'll always keep the opposition guessing


  • Price, but if you can afford him with a good team, he won't disappoint you
  • Strength, unfortunately he will lose the ball against a lot of players if you're in a shoulder to shoulder tussle
  • Stamina may be an issue if you press with him a lot, however he can last the whole 90


Formation: 442
Position: ST
Games: 43
GPG: 1.49
APG: 0.47
5.0
Overall
5.0
Value
5.0
GC
4.5
Stamina
Pace (10/10)
Shooting (10/10)
Passing (10/10)
Dribbling (10/10)
Defending (3/10)
Physicality (4/10)
5.0
THE GOAT

I played Johan Cruyff now for 300+ games. I played him in DIV 1 (2280) and FUT CHAMPS (usually 23 Wins). No player has ever impressed me that much (and I play since FIFA 15), he is the most enjoyable thing about this toxic game.


His shooting is like his passing precise af and it feels like he has 90-94 shotpower (82 is a joke).

Hes incredibly fast (the only problem is that you can not make 1000 runs over half of the pitch because of his 81 stamina).

this alone makes his price (3,6M) already decent.

But then there is the thing why hes the best player in the game:

His dribbling, compared with 5* 5* just makes him a cheat code, its like the ball is glued to his feet. He glitches past Varane and Gomez as if they were my dead grandfather (rest in peace but I beat you at the age of 4 lol). Sometimes I have the feeling, that hes the only one who can beat the script and make impossible things possible.

I had R9 (94), CR7 IF and Pele and they are all insane but not as good as Johan the goat Cruyff! I suggest you to put a Hunter or an engine on him. In germany we say "wuselig" to player with decent dribbling. Hes definitly The "WUSELIG" One"!

-Dribbling, its the best in the game

-He glitches past everyone

-Shooting, feels like you snipe the ball into the net with 1000km/h

-5* 5*

-Passing

-Pace

-Nice haircut and ingame face

-Lean Bodytype

-Great on every offensive Position (i prefer ST and CAM)

-Stamina (but its enough for 90 Minutes)

-Defending (but who tf cares)

-Price (3,6M atm) but he is DEFINITLY worth every single coin!!


Formation: 442
Position: ST
Games: 312
GPG: 1.13
APG: 0.31
5.0
Overall
4.5
Value
5.0
GC
3.5
Stamina
Pace (10/10)
Shooting (10/10)
Passing (10/10)
Dribbling (10/10)
Defending (4/10)
Physicality (7/10)
5.0
Unlike anything else
By Silvershade, 03-03-2021

Lucky pick

So I have never written a review for a player before, but for this card I feel like I just have too.

I was lucky enough to get him as an option from the Mid or Prime Icon Player Pick SBC. Lucky especially since I have been saving up for months to buy his baby version and now I don't have too anymore!


As a longtime Ajax fan, playing with Cruyff in game has been a longtime goal. This is the first Fifa (Been playing FUT since 2012) where I actually the opportunity.

I have only played six games so far, all in Division Rivals (starting in DIV 4, but 5 wins and 1 draw took me straight to DIV 3 for the first time). But I feel it is already enough to tell you how amazing this card is. It is truly unlike anyother card that I have ever used before.


All about the dribble

For me this is basically up to the combination of three things: unreal dribbling, blistering pace and clinical finishing.

But mostly the dribbling, oh boy. I am not by any means a skiller in game. I know some basic skill moves (ball roll, bridge to bridge, berbatov spin, fake shot and elastico) but I do not apply them frequently and am trash at 'chaining them'. But that does not matter with Cruyff. Because you don't need any skill moves to dribble past defenders with him. He is just so silky on the ball, it somehow seems stuck to his foot. He keeps the ball real close to him and his responsiveness is so high that you can just use the left analog stick to run by defenders left and right. I cannot stress this enough: his dribbling is unlike anything else, truly glitched. Once you have found your open space due to this dribbling, his pace makes sures that he stays away. I do admit I was cheeky enough to apply a Hunter on him, just because I feel that the meta requires me to do so.


Deadly finisher

Once you have found your way to the goal, you can hardly miss with this card. HIs shooting is so clinical on either foot. His goal tally is only hindered by your own skill: as long as you make the logical choice (near post, far post, finesse, low shot), the ball will go in. In the six games I have played so far, he managed to score at least a hattrick in 5 of them, with him being stuck on 2 goals and 1 assist in the other game (3-3 draw).


True teamplayer/teamlifter

But most of all what I felt with this card, is that it actually pays tribute to the real player. Even though EA has done a dirty job in terms of his rating (to me Cruyff is only competing with Maradonna and/or Pele as the GOAT), I do feel that the way the card plays actually is accurate. Because what this card does, is the same as Cruyff did in his days: he lifts the whole team up a level. I just seem to have a lot better teamplay with him upfront. I think that this is due to the fact that this card is so good, the opponent is forced to commit more defenders to him, which opens up huge amounts of space for other players. Apart from the earlier mentionend 3-3 draw, the other five games saw me scoring 6+ goals in each of them, with a DR record of 11-1 in one game for me.

This is also reflected in the 11 assists that Cruyff provided and that is excluding the pre-assists (the pass to the player who provides actual the assist) that are unfortunately recorderd. Otherwise you could state that this card achieved a triple-double in those six games (goals, assists, pre-assists).


I can't wait to try this card in the upcoming WL.


Conclusion

This card is insane. I can't imagine how his prime or PIM can even be better. The only thing I can think of is more strength or stamina, but he does not really need it.

Sure he is not the strongest card and will get bullied of the ball by stronger players. The problem for those players is that they rarely get the chance to bully him because he already has shown them his heels.

And stamina-wise: it is not brilliant, but it surely is enough for 90 minutes (I do have him on stay forward though). Have not had the chance (because DR) to play extra time with him, but in fairness I don't think that chance will come often: you will have beaten your opponent within those 90 minutes.


Sure 4 million is a ridiculous amount of coins, but this is a ridiculous player. Get this man if you can.


Squad

BTW: I was too lazy to squad build my squad, but here it is, please don't judge my extreme pack luck:

4-3-2-1: Alisson, Klaiber 86, Van Dijk 90, Casemiro,90, Acuna 88, Bruno Guimaraes (87 CDM version), Ramos TOTY (packed from saving a huge amount of packs), Bergkamp 92, Cantona 90 (Icon Swaps 1, mid 89+), Cruyff 91, Neymar (packed out of 75+ rare player pack)


Everyone on 10 chem, except Neymar on 7 (starting formation is 5-2-1-2 to make this possible, switch ingame)


Hope you enjoyed the review, I was to lazy to spell check (+non-native), my apologies!

Cracked dribbling

Hardcore pace

Tremendous shooting

Lifts the whole team

Strenght (but does not need it)

Stamina (but not problematic)

Formation: 4321
Position: ST
Games: 6
GPG: 3.00
APG: 1.83
5.0
Overall
5.0
Value
5.0
GC
4.0
Stamina
Pace (10/10)
Shooting (10/10)
Passing (9/10)
Dribbling (10/10)
Defending (5/10)
Physicality (7/10)
4.0
Unique card
By R04d7oGl0ry, 11-03-2021

Back in Fifa 19, in July, I packed his baby version and he was insanely OP, didn't miss a single shot and his dribbling was out of this world. Then, this year, I completed the mid/prime icon pack for free and this sexy beast popped up. I've got mixed feelings with this card, I'd be lying if I said I liked this card more than his baby version and I don't really know why. 61 games, 46 goals and 36 assists playing CAM in a 4-2-3-1, all of his games were in rivals and champs. He is great but defo not worth 4M.

One of the best dribblers out there

5* 5*

Hig/low

Great attacking positioning

Long shots (outside the foot shot make it 10x more op)

Flair trait

Horrendous passing

Gets bullied off the ball very easily

Formation: 4231
Position: ST
Games: 61
GPG: 0.75
APG: 0.59
4.0
Overall
2.5
Value
4.0
GC
3.5
Stamina
Pace (9/10)
Shooting (8/10)
Passing (3/10)
Dribbling (10/10)
Defending (5/10)
Physicality (6/10)