You’re all going to hate me, but this is Realtalk. N’Golo Kanté and Giorgio Chiellini don’t deserve an upgrade for FIFA 22! The two world stars simply played a strong CL final and a good European Championship respectively – nothing else. We’ll take a look at it in detail, though.
N’Golo Kanté is one of the most popular players in soccer. The 1.68 meter tall Frenchman is just too likeable not to love him. On the other hand, we have the gruff Chiellini, full-blooded Italian and the best defender of Euro 2021. As popular as both are at the moment, my take is hot: neither should get an upgrade in FIFA 22.
FIFA 22 Ratings: N’Golo Kanté and Chiellini must not get an upgrade!
One thing up front: FIFA ratings are always subjective. Every year we criticize EA for their player ratings – and rightly so. What EA did with the Bayern ratings in FIFA 21 is just an insolence. As the reigning CL winner, Bayern Munich was simply rated so poorly because Bayern has an exclusive contract with FIFA opponent PES (now eFootball).
For the upcoming FIFA 22, we will have to criticize EA if N’Golo Kanté and Giorgio Chiellini would get an upgrade.
N’Golo Kanté may not get an upgrade in FIFA 22
Everyone loves N’Golo Kanté, the reserved and always fair Frenchman who just goes about his game in midfield without attracting much attention, but who has all the more impact for it. At the 2021 Champions League final, he was the outstanding man at Chelsea FC, there was no way around him. Respect for this achievement! But we must not let ourselves be blinded by this hype. One outstanding game should not give any player an upgrade for the next FIFA.
FIFA 22: That’s why N’Golo Kanté must not get a rating upgrade
Kanté played a solid Premier League – Season in 2020/2021. Solid. That’s all it was. In his defense, it has to be said that Chelsea also played really crap under Frank Lampard. Unfortunately, you can’t take Kanté’s side either. Things only got better with Thomas Tuchel as the new coach. In fact, it got so good that Chelsea won the Champions League. And that was with this cucumber squad! Tuchel is really a machine…
But let’s go back to Kanté. A bad half year, a solid second half of the – Season and a strong CL final will never be enough for an upgrade in FIFA 22! I’d probably be okay with Kanté keeping his current 88 rating. I wouldn’t mind a small downgrade either. An upgrade would just be fanservice to the community, Kanté wouldn’t deserve it. And again: I celebrate him, too. But from a rational point of view, a rating upgrade would simply be nonsense.
Giorgio Chiellini may not be improved in FIFA 22
Giorgio Chiellini has become a real meme since the European Championship final. The way he holds Saka by the jersey, the way he pinches and hugs Jordi Alba – simply legendary. In general, Chiellini played an outstanding European Championship and carried his Italians to victory with his mentality. Unfortunately the same applies here as with Kanté: That’s never enough for an upgrade in FIFA 22!
FIFA 22: That’s why Chiellini must not be upgraded
Chiellini only played 17 games for Juventus Torino in Serie A last – Season , which has a significant impact on the FIFA 22 rating. Unfortunately, the now 36-year-old was often injured. EA often downgrades aging and injured players, and that will be the case with Chiellini as well. On top of that, Juventus played the worst – Season in the club’s recent history. Under Andrea Pirlo, the “Old Lady” only finished fourth! In addition, Juventus conceded an uncharacteristic 38 goals, which is not a good sign for a central defender like Chiellini. I’m sorry, but Chiellini will not be upgraded in FIFA 22 by any stretch of the imagination.
FIFA 23 RELEASE – WHAT IS KNOWN SO FAR
FIFA 22 is still in full operation, but in the background the game makers of EA Sports are already working on the next part – FIFA 23 will be released in autumn 2022.
But under which name will the classic game be continued in autumn 2022? As things stand, it is not at all certain that the game will continue to bear the name of the world association FIFA. We have the most important information about FIFA 23 for you, why the game series will get a new name and on which consoles the next part of the soccer simulation will be available.
WHEN WILL FIFA 23 BE RELEASED?
We can’t give you an official launch date for the next part of the FIFA game series yet. EA hasn’t communicated much in this regard yet, so so far we can only assume that FIFA 23 will be released in the period between mid-September and early October 2022, just like its predecessors. In the past years, the latest launch date of a FIFA game was October 06.