Reviews

I am aware that reviewing this card might not be the most popular choice, especially with all these other (major leagues) juiced up TOTS cards around the corner but I packed Mazraoui untradeable and thought why not give him a try. I tested him as a RB (4-1-2-1-2 narrow) and a RM in a 3-5-2 and was really surprised by how good this card feels. I used an Engine chemistry style because I wanted to get the most of his dribbling/passing and pace especially as a RM and the lean bodytype makes him really smooth. He takes sharp touches when on the ball and can switch directions quickly while defending. But let me tell you he surprised me the most when it came to his defensive workrate, which is low accoriding to his bio. This guy however does track back automatically (with the right instructions ofc) ingame and won't leave your right side exposed like other RBs do. Now here's the thing, I mainly used Hakimi TOTY before (untrade) - is he on the same level? No.... BUT he actually comes surprisingly close and considering the price I highly suggest everyone who can link him to just give him a try, as you might be surprised. I used him in Div Rivals (Elite Div) only if that helps.

play him next to boscali (SBC) put maestro on him and in game have him playing midfield on a 4-1-2-1-2 (2) he feels so nice as a cm

i start with a 4-5-1 to get chem then in game switch 4-1-2-1-2 (2)

I tried out Mazraoui because he fits my team perfectly and have been bored of using ShowDown Darmian for a while now. I like my fullbacks to overlap and get forward, and I thought Mazraoui would certainly be better than Darmian at that. Personally, I didn't really find much difference since I don't tend to dribble with my fullbacks much, and Mazraoui's passing wasn't hugely noticeable to be better than Darmian. The main reason I did not like this card at all is the work rates. The high attacking work rate was great for him getting forward on the overlap, but on the defensive side he was noticeably lacking, or worse, not even trying to get back and my 91 Nkunku was playing RB half the time with Mazraoui refusing to get back after being on the attack. To make the defensive side worse, his physical and defensive attributes are worse than Darmian's too, so for my team personally I just felt like he was a massive downgrade in what I wanted from my fullback, because as much as I like them to overlap, it is obviously a necessity that they can defend as well, and Mazraoui just didn't deliver on that front. I won't even say that isn't because his defensive stats are bad either, he's just never in the position to use them because of the workrates, so Darmian is back in my team for now until I can afford a different RB.

However, I will say that for 25-30k, there aren't many right backs that have as good attributes in the game for this price range, it's just that for me already having Darmian in the club and liking him a lot, this card performed nowhere near as well for me in terms of what I wanted from my RB.

I'd say if you can link him he's probably worth a try, and you might find him a lot better than I did, but I really didn't enjoy using this card and quickly went back to my old RB.