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88 - IF
5.0
German Fofana (Goretzka)
By Chocoskid, 21-11-2021

I could just simply start and instantly end this review with a sentence - "This is one of the best cards I've used this FIFA." And it would be accurate enough. However, there is more to this card and I was pleasantly suprised how good he actually is. Complete midfielder with "Gullit stats". You can make him whatever kou want. CDM, CAM, CM, possibly even a striker if you really want to I guess. I used him as CM, which is probably the best position for him in order to utilize his full potential and all stats which are basically all above 80. He is not box to box midfielder, not a playmaker and not really a finisher that is going to hit every single shot, but he can do a bit from everything. Defend, get a steal, stop counter attack, pass, get an assist or even a goal from time to time. His finishing is not top tier, but his power that he puts into the shot is. His shot power is 86, which just does not make any sense. When I played with him I literally could not see the ball when he shot it. If it's accurate shot, its most of the times in because of the power. The only problem when it came to finishing was the accuracy. He missed from time to time and unfortunately a lot of them were easy goals. But let's talk about something that this card can do much better than shooting, which is defending. His physical stats and defense are insane. He does remind me of Fofana quite a lot. Strong, tall, defensive midfielder. I did not boost his defensive or physical stats with chem. style and he still felt amazing on defense. He stopped a lot of counter attacks, got many interceptions and a lot of steals as well. He pushes away most of the players, since not a lot of players are stronger than him. If you would put a shadow on him, which is probably one of the best chem. style options for this card, the boosted defense and pace would make feel Goretzka like wall. I used engine on him to get a boost on agility and some pace as well. I like my midfielders to be agile and quick on feet, for this reason I decided to use engine. And he felt pretty good. Not an agility I'm used to (I like very agile players), it felt a little slower and clumsy on the ball. But it was not anything terrible and I got used to it pretty quickly. Passing was good enough, really high stats on passing, nothing crazy like Nkunku or Messi, but really solid and very accurate.

His work rates are going to be shown on the pitch. He pushes into attack more then he gets back to defend or to recover, which I find as a little negative. However it's not a big deal apart from being on a wrong place on occassional situations. I got used to it quickly and I started to play him more rather than let AI control him and play as an autodefender, which kinda solved the whole problem.

WF and skills - I personally don't need 4 or 5 stars skills on midfielder, so 3 star is not problem at all. Might be small issue for some other FIFA players though. 4 star weak foot is perfect.

Strength

Defense

Passing

All around beast (Gullit stats)

4 star weak foot

Work rate (maybe)

Formation: 41212
Position: CM
Games: 17
GPG: 0.29
APG: 0.29
5.0
Overall
4.5
Value
4.5
GC
5.0
Stamina
Pace (8/10)
Shooting (8/10)
Passing (9/10)
Dribbling (7/10)
Defending (10/10)
Physicality (10/10)
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