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Sergino Dest was purchased tonight, and given an opportunity to play as a defensive CM in the 5-2-1-2. I applied the anchor chemistry style and was all set to play. I used an ultra-attacking variant of this formation in FUT Champs, with TOTY Davies at striker. Feel free to check out my review of Davies on his player page.

Dest was purchased for 320k, a decent price for a player of his caliber. In the 7 games I have played with him so far, Dest has outperformed numerous midfielders I have used in the past. Also, I came up against the pro, Exraa, and held a lead for 70 minutes, while still playing offensively. Dest was one of the main reasons for this, holding a midfield well, alongside Showdown Acuna. Considering he was facing 90 Gullit, he did a great job.

Ultimately, Dest is a rock in the midfield who excels at numerous parts of the game. Considering his price, I would give him a rating of about 9.1. He is great value for coins as a centre midfielder, and I assume he would also excel as a right back or a right midfielder in 3-5-2. Give him a try!

Let me start out by saying that he is ridiculously good. I bought him expecting a fairly good player and instead I got an amazing player. I play him CM in a 4-3-2-1 with Maestro chem style. In just 11 games I've scored 9 goals and gotten 2 assists with him in Weekend League (but I'll get deeper into that in a minute). He is simply everywhere on the pitch and excels at every role. His card displayes High/Low workrates but in-game it feels like High/High. Now I'll get into each card stat.

PACE

He is lightning fast, either attacking of defending he outruns any player. On top of that his base card has 97 agility which makes him feel very very smooth when running. Playing him at CM with that pace means he can very quickly go from CM to CDM to CAM.

DRIBBLING

His base card has 88 dribbling which goes up to 94 with chem style. He is simply a master dribbler. His balance and composure might not seem exceptional but trust me when I say that it does feel exceptional. His agile dribbling is some of the best I've used this year and on top of that he has 4* skill moves which is just enough for most of us players.

PASSING

He displays a solid 85 passing that goes up to 90 with chem. He's not the best passer, but the vision in his passes is without a doubt what I needed for a good CM. With 4* weak foot he can pass almost equally as good with either foot.

SHOOTING

Base card shows 70, with chem he's got 75. This is a complicated stat. Let me start out by saying that his attack positioning is the best I've seen this year, he simple makes the attacking runs and gets into perfect position - I may even add that he's usually better positioned than my Moments Dybala. Now that said, even though his attack positioning is the best, his finishing is bad, but I mean horribly bad. Yes, I scored 9 goals in 11 matches with him, but those goals he scored where ones that requiered just a slight push of the ball, anything more complicated than that would end in a miss. So conclusion: Incredibly good attack positioning, very weak finishing.

DEFENDING

With 86 defending stats he's a solid defender. Due to his height he sometimes isn't able to effectively pressure some of the taller and stronger players like POTM Haaland but can quickly shut down players like Mbappe and Neymar. His interceptions are great thanks to his pace. His heading accuracy isn't that good, but if you play him CM or RB you won't notice it often.

PHYSICAL

He's got a really solid physical with 85. He's strong enough to not get easily bullied by the meta players and pretty darn aggressive. But my favorite stat here is his stamina - at 97 he can run the whole game, now combine 95 pace with 97 stamina and you've got someone you won't ever need to sub out.

So thats my review. He's a solid player that can successfuly fulfill any role. He costs around 300k right now which I consider maybe even underpriced. I was so impressed with him that I had to write this review and, in fact, this is the first player that I've given a 5 star rating.

I packed Dest out of the 85 x2 pack and just had to send klaiber to the gulag. I had to change my whole team around ingame but damn it was worth it! I finished on Elite 3, while i usually stop at gold 1. With the GLADIATOR I used on him he can shoot and definitly defend. With his pace he could cover the whole wing defending and attacking. I absolutely loved playing with him. He feels very agile and he just has that suprise factor that he can shoot very well. He scored some finesse shots, some first post goals and chip shots from outside the box from the right. His defending is also very very good as he recovers the ball most of the time and then its counter time. If you have the coins and want to play him as I did.. GET HIM NOW, he won't dissappoint!

He is top 5 RB (non icon), very very fast, and very solid on the ball and can pass like a midfielder, good defense, good body type, and have good shooting for a Rb. good value for coins.

If you have a la Liga team, try him a very fun card to use and cool looking card.

Before I bought this card I was slightly concerned about his work rates, but I thought his stats for the price were too good to not give him a try. I'm so glad that I added him to the squad he is the most game changing player I have in a 3.5 million coin team. I play him as a right sided CDM in a 4-2-3-1 and have him as stay back while attacking cover center and cut passing lanes. let me tell you he is the complete package. His attacking work rates make him get forward when the whole team is getting forward but he doesn't go too far and is quick enough and has the stamina to always get back in time. He is by far and away the best interceptor I've ever used on any FIFA. I'd say he averages 10 interceptions a game for me, it is kind of ludicrous his tackling and positioning are excellent he is always right where you would hope he would be and his passing is Messi good, he just doesn't mess up. His two slight weaknesses are his shooting he did miss one sitter in the 15 games I've played with him and his physicality is slightly lacking though his interceptions, tackling, dribbling, and passing more than make up for these two minor weaknesses. I honestly see him controlling the center of my team all the way until TOTS and possibly even for the rest of the game.