Player Review

99 - ShapeShifters

5.0

Whole Different Beast!

By Damono63, 21-06-2022

I have never liked Messi this year at all. I gave his OTW and TOTY throughout this Fifa, and I was not very impressed with him. Perhaps it could have been his workrates, lack of 5* skills and strength. However, when I saw this 99 rated card with such juiced stats, I knew I had to give him another shot.

I was blown away by him instantly, scoring a hat trick in the first game. I run a 4-3-2-1, and I put him as a RF on stay forward instructions. Firstly, his new H/L workrates really made a huge difference. Compared to the TOTY who barely made runs and usually waited for the ball to come to him, this SS version was already running when the ball was with my CM in the middle of the pitch. His attacking AI is absurd now, scoring and assisting like nobody's business. He even fights with R9 for goals now.

Next, his 5* SM upgrade really proved handy, especially at the edge of the box, where usually reverse elasticos and such are used to get by defenders to make the extra pass. He is the most agile and silky dribbler, and his skill moves has made him a demon in going past defenders even more seamlessly.

I'm sure you already know about his shooting and passing. He is perfect in doing anything. Over the top through balls are rarely misplaced, and if you have space outside of the box for him to finesse it in, know it's going in 9/10 times. All in all, this Messi is DIFFERENT GRAVY. I know he is super expensive, but he will not be leaving my team anytime soon.

Thanks for reading!

Shooting
Passing
5* Skills
H/L Workrates
Increased strength and stamina

Agility still 95 (not like it makes a huge diff)
Expensive AF

Formation: 4321

Position: RF

Games: 20

GPG: 0.90

APG: 0.55

5.0

Overall

3.5

Value

5.0

4.5

Stamina

Pace (9/10)

Shooting (10/10)

Passing (10/10)

Dribbling (10/10)

Defending (3/10)

Physicality (8/10)

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