Player Review

Full disclosure, this review is written on RTTK Tolisso before his +2 upgrade for the win against Salzburg and Bayern’s progression to the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

I was absolutely thrilled to find Corentin Tolisso in one of my player picks during the RTTK promo. For one, his face card stats absolutely jump off the page with over 80 in everything, his links as a French Bayern player are outstanding, and Bayern are a front runner in the Champion’s League, giving this card an excellent chance of climbing to a 92-93 overall rating. Safe to say, I had sky-high expectations for this lad. With high/medium work rates, it was clear to me this card would not make it as a solitary CDM, but I felt Tolisso would slot well into two DM formations or as a box to box CM. I linked him into a bundesliga hybrid with a green link to RB Alphonso Davies and played him next to Winter Wildcards Sow in the midfield. Half the games I used him in I had a shadow chemstyle on him and the other half of the games I used an engine for a little extra agility and balance.

Pace:

For a midfield card playing in the middle, his pace is perfectly fine with a chemstyle that gives you +5. I much prefer having players with higher acceleration than sprint speed so for me, Tolisso’s pace splits are more than good enough if you want to try and beat a man either off the dribble or if you just want to create space by sending him on a run.

Shooting:

The shooting on this card is arguably its biggest pro for me. With 92 SHOT POWER and 88 LONG SHOTS, Tolisso has an absolute howitzer of a right foot that came up very clutch for me late in a couple games. Although he does not have outside foot shot or finesse shot traits, I found both his outside of the box power strikes and finesse shots on his strong foot to be devastating and effective. Inside the box, finishing for him was a bit more difficult. The high shot power did not make up for the 3* weak foot or the 81 FINISHING, and he ended up missing a couple sitters for me inside the box.

Passing:

Another really strong point on this card. Tolisso has excellent passing range, and long passes finding runs down the field were consistently accurate with excellent weight to them. The low curve did not affect his finesse shots at all. The one thing you have to look out for with Tolisso’s passing is making more difficult passes on his left foot. His 3* weak foot can be very shaky with longer passes or when he’s trying to make a pass under pressure.

Dribbling:

A bit of a miss for me on this card unfortunately. His dribbling stats are largely excellent and in the middle of the park, there wasn’t too much difficulty retaining the ball or beating a man occasionally. When you have space and time in the midfield in decent gameplay, his right stick can sometimes really shake defenders off. Personally, I don’t have a problem with mid 80’s agility and balance. However, when the space got a bit tighter inside or around the box I found it extremely difficult to turn with Tolisso, even with the engine chemstyle. Personally, I like to use skill moves, so being stuck with 3* skills was a small con, but not a big deal considering you don’t want to spam skills with CMs.

Defending:

Defending on this card is decent but not amazing. Again, with high/med work rates, it is not a good idea to play this card as a lone CDM. However as a secondary DM he was quite solid defensively. 80 DEFENSIVE AWARENESS is more than enough as a box to box or secondary DM. He’s 5’11 but he seems taller than that in game, and his size helps him collect interceptions and win the ball back consistently against smaller players. The tackling was fine, he definitely got glitched through a couple times by Mbappe and Vini but I chalk that up to the current state of the game.

Physicals:

Tolisso has very good physical stats for an offensively oriented CM and decent physical stats for a DM. Having 89 aggression was a big plus for me, because oftentimes when he would lose the ball while dribbling he would often charge the opponent down and win it back immediately. The stamina proved a little bit low in some of the very back-and-forth games I played with him, especially when he played more in the box to box role but it wasn’t a massive negative.

Summary:

If you couldn’t guess from the face card stats, RTTK Corentin Tolisso is a solid, if unspectacular option for your all-action midfielder or as a secondary DM. He offers excellent links, being a French Bayern player. His shooting outside the box with power and finesse strikes was excellent, however his finishing inside the box left a lot to be desired. The passing was all around excellent. However, the shooting and passing on this card come with the caveat of The dribbling on this card is fine in the middle of the park, but when the space around him is closed down, he almost seems to have a high & average or even h&a+ body type instead of an average body type, and it can make him seem clunky and hard to turn when you are inside or around the box (even with an engine chemstyle). With his work rates, he doesn’t always have a consistent defensive presence, but he seems larger than he actually is in game and can come in handy with interceptions frequently. His physical stats are well rounded with the standout stat of the bunch being 89 AGGRESSION. It’s a shame that the dribbling is not as good as advertised and that he has H/M work rates, because with the way he plays in game he could be an absolutely INSANE CDM with better work rates. With the state of the market this year, there are cheaper midfield options that offer you pretty much the same stuff or better as this card at DM and CM. However, with this card you have to take into account that he already is guaranteed a +2 upgrade with a great chance at more following Bayern’s rout of Salzburg AND that he has French and Bundesliga links. Overall, I can’t say this card offers great or even good value for 220k coins at his current rating considering he comes with plenty of flaws that are not guaranteed to be fixed with the performance upgrades, but he certainly has his positives and is easy to link.