So, let me start this review by saying that I've always loved stocky type strikers, i think this is really important when we're talking about a player like Cantona. I'm an Elite division player every season and I usually get 14 wins in FutChamps. I felt the need to craft PIM Cantona before TOTS cause my team was lacking that attacking presence, so in my eyes I needed to complete him as soon as I could to get good results in TOTS FutChamps. I used Cantona with an Engine chem style and I play in a 4-1-2-1-2 narrow with Cantona and Raspadori ahead of Mahrez RTTF playing as a CAM, in the midfield (like u can see in the team link) I'm rocking TOTS KdB with TOTS Bernardo as my CM's and Tonali as my unique CDM. So let's talk about Cantona a little bit more and go in depth on his card stats.
PACE:
- In terms of pace, with 90 acceleration and 91 sprint speed don't expect him to be your Mbappe replacement, he´s not that type of player, even with the engine Cantona can feel sometimes slow compared to other meta strikers, but that's not his main weapon, but he can for sure make good runs behind the defensive line and still win them due to his body type and size
SHOOTING:
- So, we get to one of the main weapons of this big boy, his shooting is so deadly in the box, he does have 4WF but it seems like a 5WF due to his high 90's stats in the shooting chapter, expect him to first time shoot in the box and score 99% of the time, he's so good with the finesse shots outside the box although he doesn't have the finesse shot trait he can bang them goals outside the box too
77 Goals in 50 Games
PASSING:
- Passing wise, i would honestly say that he´s ''sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe sh*t'', sometimes he does a banger of a pass and sometimes he fails the easy 5 meter pass. But i guess that shows how inconsistent passing is in this FIFA so can´t really blame him
13 assists in 50 Games
DRIBBLING:
- Now we get to the fun and weird part of this Cantona card, let me say that in normal gameplay he has one of the weirdest but best leftstick dribbling that I´ve ever played with, u can tell just by looking at the card that his agility and balance need a big boost (that's why we using Engine), with the chem style you won't notice that lack of agility and balance and he'll prob run trough the opposite defenders and glitching them like an gold mbappe, but.... when the gameplay gets into the mud u gotta prepare yourself cause he'll be slow to turn and the skills won't come out so smooth like when u were playing him in a good gameplay. But i do think he's dribbling its not a problem if you're used to big strikers in game like me (he's the most smooth of them all) plus he has the 5 star skills that normally come out really fast due to his body type and size
DEFENDING:
- I don't think there's a lot to talk here, due to his super high agression he can be considered Mr. Rebound himself cause he wins a lot of balls back after he loses. The other thing thats really important in the defending side is the heading acc. that he has, most of the time we will win all the headers in the offensive corner and usually he scores due to the amazing trait that he has, the power header trait, it's so so so usefull in corners that I score almost every game with him in this type of situations. Amazing with the head *insert The Rock meme*
PHYSICALITY:
- And this his were Cantona shines, the physical part of the card is AMAZING, I don´t think i remember him gettin to the ground once, and I've played against every single meta CB this year, he jumps pretty high so he can you you headers on corners, and the can run until the 120 minute due to his amazing stamina.
Conclusion:
I really think Cantona is worth it if you have a lot of fodder and u end up spending around 150/200k in coins to complete him. He is and eng game card but you'll need some practise to use him like he should be used, try to pair him with an pacey striker like Raspadori TOTS for example. If u not sure about him just do his loan and check him out yourself.