Player Review

Hello,

Here is ny first review of the year.

I remember being realy hyped when Eric released previous year. After giving him some chances I think me and most players that used him came to the conclusion that Cantona didn't fit in the meta on 21.

Now this year, at least for now, fifa is very very different.

I feel like pace is not that important for a striker. Its more about shooting, strength and some decent dribbeling/passing so your player reacts faster on the ball (passing, shooting, being able to do something after he gets the ball in his feet).

Eric always looked like the full package since he is big, strong, decently fast, high shooting dribbeling and passing.

This year finally its his year. He fits perfectly in the 'meta' at the moment.

Let me tell you:

-Pace: I feel like this year the fast players are the players that have a decent amount of pace, especially acceleration combined with good agility and ball control. Lets say messi 'only' has 80 base sprint speed but he is so quick on the ball that he outpaces most defenders without a problem. This is the same case for Eric. With hunter he has insane pace and his base dribbeling is good enough for him to be quick enough. He outpaces most defenders + combined with his strength, which we will talk about later, he is RAPID and hard to get off the ball.

-Shooting: My guy Cantona scored 17 goals in 10 div rival games. We all know how strong goalies are this fifa and Cantona is the only player that comes close to what finishing was in fifa 21. He is able to score goals from angles no one else is able to make. His weakfoot feels like 5 star and it feels like he has 200 shotpower. Now I don't know if this is an Eric thing or that icons are a bit better at making goals this year. This is the first icon i've tried. What I can say is that his shooting is waaaay better compared to high end gold players like cr7, mbappe, messi, neymar. As I said before he makes goals that i'm not even trying anymore with the players mentioned above.

-Passing: Everything Eric does with the ball is magical. His passing is outstanding. I use him as a target man in a 442 and his passes to the wingers, other striker are so reliable. Short,long,throughballs,crosses,... Name it and Cantona is able to do it. Insanely good.

-Dribbeling: For being 6'2 Cantona is very agile and smooth with the ball. Previous year height and bodytype was very important. This year I feel like this doesn't matter that much as long as the player has decent dribbeling. Lukaku,haaland,kane are all players that imo are very good. Now compare theire stats with Cantona's and you will see what I mean. Cantona is basically a Haaland on crack with 5* skills and 4* wf. Ofcourse he is no Messi/Neymar on the ball but he feels very agile and quick.

-Defending: Not that important for a striker but his heading is top notch and since he has high strength and agression he is annoying to get past.

-Phy: This is where Cantona is different to other players. A player with high pace, very good dribbeling combined with his insane strength, agression, stamina and jumping is just levels. He bullies most defenders with his eyes closed. Sometimes it feels like you are playing with the Hulk. Defenders realy realy struggle to defend against him. Abuse L2 (putting your body between the ball and the defender) on him and he is almost unstoppable. Sometimes players like VVD, Upamecano, Rudiger are able to strength him off but I feel like its normal since those defenders have very high strength as well. Still if you are using fast cbs with meh strength you will have a very bad time against Eric.

Conclusion: Cantona is very very good in the current state of fifa. He is a fast strong striker with incredible shooting, passing and dribbeling. Eric fits the meta perfectly at the moment and although he costs 1,5m coins he brings your team to the next level. If you have coins to splash make sure to try him out. You will not regret a single coin.