DeanThe Serie A Team of the Season has arrived within Ultimate Team and it features some incredible-looking items; Giroud, Bastoni, Leao etc are all making me want to switch my team around...hopefully red picks will be good to me.
Alongside the tradable release came 3, YES 3 SBC's one for Lookman and his Europa League final performance, one for Rodman's Team of the Season and one for Renato Sanches - a flashback!
This Renato looks incredible and he's been given some really nice new playstyles; Jockey+, Long Pass+ and Technical+. His upgrade is extremely notable too vs the previous item with +8's for Passing, Defending and Physicals, while his shooting has been upgraded +13.
Renato was placed in the LCM role in what is ultimately a powerhouse midfield alongside TOTS Rice and TOTS Jude Bellingham. The chemistry style for Renato seemed obvious here, Shadow for the Pace & Defending boost!
Here are the following segments to unlock the Flashback Renato Sanches SBC:
# of players from Portugal: Min 1
TOTS or TOTW: Min 1
Squad Rating: Min 86
Pack Return: Mixed Players Pack
# of players from Serie A TIM: Min 1
TOTS or TOTW: Min 1
Squad Rating: Min 87
Pack Return: Small Gold Players Pack
TOTS or TOTW: Min 1
Squad Rating: Min 87
Pack Return: Jumbo Premium Gold Pack
Squad Rating: Min 88
# of players in the Squad: 11
Pack Return: Prime Electrum Players Pack
Squad Rating: Min 90
Pack Return: Premium Gold Players Pack
How did he perform in game?
+ Dribbling, wow. Outstanding in this area and the Technical+ really stood out on this item, he was so easy to control, so responsive and just great on the turn.
+ Renato was really quick in both defence and attack, he's one of them players who turns defence into attack in a moment too.
+ Shot Power, for a midfielder he can certainly strike a ball and that 99-shot power is great for in and around the box.
+ Physicals, Just like pretty much every Renato item ever his is a beast in midfield he has the strength to knock would-be attackers off the ball and the ability to hold would-be defenders off too.
+ Defense, now even though his defending stats are nothing special at this stage they're still solid, and with the Shadow chemstyle applied they look much better! Due to Renato's pace and position he's absolutely fantastic at recovering lost possession.
Renato Sanches - Cop or Flop?
I'd be saying cop if his price was x2 what it currently is, so with that in mind with him being under 400,000 coins I think he's one of the better-value SBC's of the whole game.
