Reviews

As soon as I saw this mate hitting the SBC's I realized this could be the CDM i was always looking for. Due to many untrades in my club I got him for 100k and didn't hesitate any second to complete his SBC. By looking at his stats I surely had some big expactations regarding his gameplay. Would he be worth the 500k he would cost someone, who has nothing left in his club ?

Afer trying him out for a few matches in DIV 1, i finally can give answers. But first of all, let's have a look on his stats before the final conclusion:

I played him as CDM in a 4-1-2-1-2 with stay back while attacking as his main instruction with a shadow chemistry style.

Pace 9/10

For a CDM/CM his pace is absolutely enough. He is not as quick as e.g. Kimmich TOTY but his pace is very balanced and very good. With the shadow chemistry style you can feel a positive difference for sure!

Shooting 9.5/10

To be honest. With playing him as my only CDM with stay back while attacking as instruction he surely doesn't get many chances to get a ball onto the goal. Therefore I played him 2 games in the CAM spot and yes, he can shoot. His shotpower is awesome and his shots are very accurate. Surprisingly his finesse shots are very OP. Scored me two goals from outside the box with the finesse of dreams.

Passing 10/10

I thought I do have a very good defensive player. But holy shit, his passing is on another level. His long passes are gorgeous and can't remind any bad pass from him which resulted in a goal for my opponent. He played like a playmaker from the cdm spot. He clearly was THE MAN when it comes to create an attack.

Dribbling: 9/10

Of course you don't get a dribbling like Messi or Neymar with this card. But his dribbling is very smooth, agile and quick. Perfect for the CDM spot when he is coming up against very agile players.

When Vidal is having the ball it was very hard for my opponents to get him off the ball due to his very close ballcontrol and physicality. Did I mention he has 5 star skills? :)

Defending 10/10

Guys, let me introduce to you the best defensive midfielder in the whole game. And yes I played with Firmino Freeze, Kimmich TOTY and Kante. But this card is on another level. His interceptions are out ouf this world and his tackling is so good. He doesn't foul the opponents player unless it's your fault due to bad timing. Best player I have used this year in this category.

Physical 10/10

It's the same as with the defending stat. An absolute monster when it comes to pushing other players off the ball. It doesn't matter wheter its CR7, Drogba or Neymar. Vidal will bury them down.

Value for coins:

As I said I did the SBC for 100k and therefore he is a 10/10 for me in this category. But even if you get him for the maximum of 550k he still is a 10/10. I compare him to the price of Firmino freeze back in the day for nearly double the price. Therefore Vidal is worth every coin you spend on him.

All in All

9.9/10

The perfect allrounder, made for everyone who wants to increase his team in the CAM, CM or CDM spot. If you can make him fit into your team, don't think twice!

when I seen this card I immediately grinded the player picks and it was so worth it his attacking and defensive presence is insane even is insane paired up with 91 Matthaus and 91 Zidane best valued cm and cdm in the game

I mean hes MENTAL. Insanely good at everything except links. Near perfect at defending and physical stats. 5* sm and 4* wf is just insanely good at cdm. Matched with firmino you have yourself a nice little 5* sm defensive midfield. Both practically the same cards except 1 is better with stats and the other with links.

So I saw the leak for this card and when the card got a released I was very excited to use him I crafted him for free using player picks and packs form swaps. Now let’s get into the review.

His pace his great for getting onto loose balls, interceptions and catching up with the opponent. He outmuscled everyone in the midfield thanks to the 87 strength and 97 aggression. He won all his tackles and intercepted everything.

His passing was great both short and long. Now my only concern is how he feels on the ball I had Thiago fb beside so he had big expectations but due to the 85 dribbling stat he didn’t feel great on the ball so I would recommend having someone like Thiago next to him.

If you play him at cdm use a shadow but for a box to box I would recommend engine because he doesn’t feel great on the ball.

I am a Div 1 player, who regularly gets to G1 on WL. I am rocking a serie a/la liga hybrid and when I saw Vidal, I thought he was a must buy (especially as all the reviewers were raving about him)! On paper, Vidal is one of the best b2b midfielders in the game but for whatever reason I could not get him to work!

Defending (5/10)

I started off playing him as the sole holding midfielder in a 41212 narrow but found that he wasn't good enough defensively - for whatever reason he seemed to bounce off other players like mbappe and even weaker players like Neymar. As far as positioning, he didn't do a bad job but there are definitely better defensive CDMs out there.

Passing (9/10)

I could not fault vidal's passing this weekend league - he very rarely put a foot wrong and could thread both long and short passes

Pace/agility/dribbling (5/10)

Lumpy lumpy lumpy. Slow and lumpy (I had a shadow on him, maybe it should have been an engine?)

Shooting (6/10)

Vidal's shooting was good, but nothing special. He does make good attacking runs but hasn't got the pace to make them count

Strength (6/10)

Regularly got shrugged off the ball by the likes of Kante.

I started off this weekend League with with vidal at RCM and had the worst start to WL I have ever had. As soon as I dropped Vidal, my weekend league picked up significantly and I clutched G1 by winning 9 (yes nine) games in a row! Vidal had a goal/assist contribution of 0.2 per game. If I compare that to Cucurella, who played LCM, he had a G/A of 0.8 per game (from basically the same position)

From my experience, I would highly recommend not getting Vidal.