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4.0
A surprisingly good CM???
By FuriousDemon, 15-12-2021

It's been a while since I got him. Pulled him in the first baby icon SBC and thought it was gonna be Kaka (forgot Dinho existed at the time), but was a bit disappointed to see Rivaldo walk out. My first thought was that I can play him on 7 chem at LF. My squad was slightly different at the time but most of the players were the same as listed in my current squad. 6'1 with 2* WF just didn't seem like that would work for me as a forward, so I hopped on Futbin to try some different chem styles for him to play as a B2B. I settled on engine. Now, I know that 42 def on a CM looks really dodgy but defending on midfielders barely matters; people used Suarez as a CM last year and others are using Benz as one this year. Ingame he could make the same tackles Gini could make due to his strength and long legs. So, it seemed all fine... until I remembered that he was H/L. I relegated him to my bench until a few days later I decided to try him out as CM even with H/L. He honestly just felt like a M/M or H/M player to me.

I am over 300 games in with this card as a CM and I love him. He's so unique because he has that ability to push up and play almost like a CAM behind my 3 forwards and can also come back and defend decently.

-AMAZING LONGSHOTS

-Great physicals

-Links

-Unique movement (NickRTFM says he "glitches" around the pitch which is true, similar to Mbappe)

-Passing

-Dribbling

-Stamina as a CM is slightly too low, but I don't think many others will play him there

-2* WF is horrible but he can still sometimes score with his right

-Aggression

-Heading is 50/50

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Formation: 4321
Position: CM
Games: 335
GPG: 0.30
APG: 0.32
4.0
Overall
4.5
Value
3.5
GC
3.5
Stamina
Pace (8/10)
Shooting (8/10)
Passing (9/10)
Dribbling (8/10)
Defending (7/10)
Physicality (8/10)
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