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88 - World Cup PTG
3.0
Good for the price but worse than the card looks
By RicoFIFA, 22-12-2022

So this card with all upgrades is an odd one, but he is not great. A little bit about me, I play mainly a 4-2-2-2 and all games were in FUT Champions (and qualifiers) as well as Div 1. I pulled Boufal untradable early on and he made it into my current La Liga/Ligue 1 Budget squad which consists of cheap but very usable players because why not, I play an RTG and have zero packluck.


Boufal is really cheap and if you look at the face stats, he seems kind of incredible. Good pace, good shooting with a hunter, good passing, insane dribbling, decent physical, 5* WF and 4* skills, so why would he only be 28k as of writing this review? If you think it's because of his nation or Ligue 1 I would disagree, he links with Hakimi and other great players from PSG for example, so it shouldn't be too difficult to fit this card into your squad.


However, the card doesn't live up to those face stats. If you look closely you will find okay, but definitely not good Reaction-time and Composure which both really matter. Despite his 95 Dribbling overall he doesn't compare to players like 89 Correa in terms of actual ingame dribbling. His physical is also essentially a 60. The only stat boosting his value there is stamina, but he only has M/L workrates so he doesn't run all that much anyways, the stamina is a waste. His somewhat low strength and aggression become an issue pretty quickly once you face decent opponents. His workrates also mean he sometimes doesn't make a run at all and is almost competely useless going backwards. Also even with a hunter he doesn't seem that fast, I don't know why, he just doesn't really speed away. Maybe this is because of his workrates where rarely makes runs that would utilise this stat to the max.


Over all at a higher level this card therefore just seems to be floating around the pitch without much of an impact. His stats for me look really good but and he does indeed use his passing well and once in front of goal he will score most opportunities, but there are also games where he just doesn't show up and those are the games that matter. It doesn't really help that he scores 3 in a game where I win 7-1 and could have played most strikers in his position if he doesn't do anything in tight games.


So if you want a budget-player and you play some Ligue 1 give him a shot, but don't expect too much. He isn't great, he will not turn your fortunes around.

Strong passing

5* WF 4* Skills

Price


Low physical

Bad workrates

Overall missing presence

No factor going back

Formation: 4222
Position: ST
Games: 50
GPG: 1.06
APG: 0.42
3.0
Overall
4.0
Value
1.5
GC
5.0
Stamina
Pace (8/10)
Shooting (7/10)
Passing (8/10)
Dribbling (8/10)
Defending (1/10)
Physicality (2/10)
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