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88 - Champions League
5.0
Unstoppable midfielder.
By SnufflestheMitten, 27-10-2022

Back during RTTK, I was lucky enough to pack this card untradeable.

After getting some time to play Rivals with this card, I can wholly say Valverde is something else this year, as both a holding and b2b midfielder as he is incredible at breaking up plays and cutting passing lanes (with/without instructions) as well as moving the ball forward. H/H isn't a problem if you drop stay-back as an instruction when he plays CDM but he's much better when given the chance to be a box-to-box player; with 90 stamina he can be aggressive the entire 90.


-Defensive AI/Defending stats/breakup play

-Passing

-That lengthy pace.


-Price. 700k, at time of writing, is steep for most players early on.

-Shooting I guess? Not really looking for him to be a scoring threat, personally.

Formation: 442
Position: CM
Games: 23
GPG: 0.13
APG: 0.39
5.0
Overall
3.5
Value
4.5
GC
5.0
Stamina
Pace (8/10)
Shooting (6/10)
Passing (8/10)
Dribbling (7/10)
Defending (10/10)
Physicality (8/10)
4.5
The Uruguayan Gullit
By WhosInParis124, 21-10-2022

With the rate that this guy is getting special cards, he looks to be this years Nkunku but on steroids. RTTK Valverde is simply world-class, and this is before his inevitable upgrades that will surely make him TOTS worthy. After 98 games of usage, I have to say that he seldom lets me down in the midfield.

- Stamina: Never gets tired, even after 120 minutes of gameplay. If you go into ET, you will notice that he will abuse the other team's exhausted midfield


- Dribbling: Although his stats don't concur, I believe his dribbling is sublime for a b2b midfielder. Combined with his pace, he'll glide by players with ease


- Passing: Rarely misses his target when he passes, also great to spam long balls if you got a tall striker to receive the ball


- Defending: Stand tackles are serviceable and interceptions are great too, will get outmuscled from time to time though

- Shooting: Main issue with the card is the shooting, sometimes he'll score bangers and other times he'll miss sitters. Passable for a midfielder but don't expect him to score every game


- Price: Very expensive (obviously) and I have a feeling that he'll get more special cards as the game progresses, but if you got a cool 700k lying around then definitely worth the buy. If not, best to just skip this one or do the POTM

Formation: 5212
Position: CM
Games: 54
GPG: 0.35
APG: 0.44
4.5
Overall
3.5
Value
5.0
GC
5.0
Stamina
Pace (10/10)
Shooting (7/10)
Passing (9/10)
Dribbling (10/10)
Defending (9/10)
Physicality (8/10)