Player Review

91 - Flashback SBC

4.5

Flashback to Mr. Steal Your Girl

By Ronalpeenho, 17-01-2022

When I saw this card pop up as an SBC it got me feeling some kind of way. Icardi has been essentially unusable in the last two FIFAs, and I feel it is only right to give him a try now that he actually has a usable card. I was able to smack him together with some fodder that I had from the 81x25 and 82x25 Icon Swaps, saving the 82x25 to open at TOTY. So he cost me nothing but fodder and fit right into my squad next to 86 UCL Vini. I smacked an Engine on him, and before he drove off with my wife, we played some games to qualify for next WL.

I was not disappointed in any way whatsoever, his agility on the ball was just what was needed receiving passes from my SIF Tchou, and as I did not expect him to be blazing fast, I was able to take advantage of the 99 Positioning that he has and waited for him to make a break for it before hitting the ball up. His finishing was great, not perfect, but definitely enough to get the job done with the rate that he was getting in alone on goal. I tried him as the starting ST beside Vini in a 41212(2), and also as a super sub coming on in the 60th minute, he was class in both roles.

I did not feel that he was slow with his turns at all (as some have said) maybe this is because I was not expecting that with his agility being 85 (with the engine) however his balance was absolutely insane for me, and it was very rare that he got knocked off the ball once he was in the box. His dribbling, ball control, reactions and composure all made for an absolutely magnificent on ball experience, and had me making defenders looking foolish in the box, despite the fact that he only has 4 star skills.

The one thing that I did notice was that his finesse shots were a bit lacking for me, pretty good with the right foot inside the box, but any where outside the box, or with the left, he definitely left a lot to be desired.

Overall I was quite happy with this card for what I had to invest in it, and I would recommend him to anyone that is able to link him into the squad without much issue. Mind you TOTS is coming out soon, and hopefully we can have some good SBCs from that as well, so if you decided to save up fodder for that, I would not blame you as well.

Positioning
Shooting (Inside the box)
Balance
Ball Control
Movement on ball
Intelligent runs

Outside the box shots
Finesse outside the box or with the left
Top Speed
Agility

Formation: 41212-2

Position: ST

Games: 8

GPG: 1.75

APG: 0.75

4.5

Overall

4.0

Value

5.0

4.5

Stamina

Pace (9/10)

Shooting (9/10)

Passing (8/10)

Dribbling (10/10)

Defending (4/10)

Physicality (9/10)

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