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5.0

El Diego - The Greatest

By Topcat51, 29-11-2021

It's easy to see most icons and consider them overpriced. Even the better icons such as Nedved or Del Piero give you the impression that they could be replaced for a fraction of the cost by the latest promo card. I wondered whether that was the case for El Diego - a player I was too young to watch but who's on the field exploits live on. But dear lord, Diego Maradona is fantastic.

I run him in a 4-4-2 as the left striker. Beside him, he's been partnered by Corona, 2IF Vini and POTM Salah.

His dribbling is exquisite. The best I've used outside of Pele in draft. He can twist and turn his way through entire teams. Skill moves come off at lightning speed. But what separates him from players like Vini and Neymar is the absolute power in which he moves. When Yaya Toure said Hazard's bum was important to his footballing ability, you could say the same about Maradona. Defenders bounce off him as he explodes away.

People used to say that icons play above their stats. I've played with a lot of icons over the past few years but Maradona is the first one I believe that for. His passing is impeccable despite it being worse than his Mid - I'm not sure you could notice any difference in game. In fact, I struggle to see how the Mid is more expensive with less stamina and less pace. Essentially you're paying for a passing improvement. Maybe worth it for CAM but not for striker.

His shooting is deadly...on his left. On his right, he is inconsistent. Still good enough, but the only real let down on the entire card is the weak foot. It's what separates Maradona from Pele.

His greatest attribute though, on top of the killer finishing and mazy dribbles is the pure power in which he bulldozes through defenders. He has the Mbappe glitch factor where Kimpembe ends up sprawled on the floor behind him. He wins pretty much any ball that's even passed near him - if I had a centre back who defended as well as this I'd pay 2 million coins for it.

I'm just in awe of how good he is. Like I mentioned earlier, I currently play him with Salah POTM. I thought the cards would be quite similar based on the stats, but Maradona has made me incredibly disappointed in Salah. He is so so so much better. That's not to say Salah is bad - we all know he is good in game, but Maradona is smoother, more powerful, faster, more agile.

Squad used in is 4-5-1, then changed 4-4-2 in game.

Amazing pace

Great dribbling

AGGRESSION

Top finishing

Weak foot

Formation: 442

Position: ST

Games: 92

GPG: 1.02

APG: 0.50

5.0

Overall

5.0

Value

5.0

4.0

Stamina

Pace (10/10)

Shooting (9/10)

Passing (9/10)

Dribbling (10/10)

Defending (6/10)

Physicality (10/10)

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