Whether world class or district class: In FIFA 22, some player ratings have earned the title “curious”. We have chosen four cards from Ultimate Team as examples, which were clearly better than their real counterparts on the green lawn this – Season .

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Presnel Kimpembe (Gold)

Gold equals god. That’s how many feel about the regular gold card of Presnel Kimpembe, who has become synonymous with unrealistically high playability and annoying meta in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team.

The Frenchman is so good in the game, in fact, that thousands have joined a petition calling for the card’s removal from FIFA 22. However, EA Sports was not impressed by this and left the meta map unchanged in FUT 22.

While the pure 83 overall rating is about where Kimpembe is in world soccer as well. However, his speed as well as tackling qualities in the game are relatively superhuman. Some of the special cards in the TOTY and TOTS series don’t come close, despite their better individual values. Reddit users, meanwhile, said that even teammate Kylian Mbappe wouldn’t fancy Kimpembe.

Harry Maguire (Gold)

No one wants to put anyone else on the spot. For the soccer community, however, there is hardly any way around the personnel Harry Maguire this – Season . Accordingly, even his 84 gold card is still too good for the central defender due to his poor – Season .

The Manchester United captain has allowed himself a number of gross blunders in tackling and passing this – Season , which has led to game-deciding goals being conceded on a number of occasions. The low point of the – Season was the 2:4 against his former club Leicester City on October 16. Numerous spectators jeered Maguire for virtually still playing for Leicester. The Englishman was involved in all four goals conceded.

Especially in the Premier League, players need a thick skin to digest or even ignore the criticism. Harry Maguire had to take the brunt of it in this case. The same principle applies to his card in Ultimate Team this time around. His 85 defense and 87 physique appear to be significantly too high considering his performance on the green turf. His passing game, which includes long balls at 84, is also rather out of place for the ManU man.

Lionel Messi (TOTY)

While Lionel Messi is the highest earner among professional athletes according to Forbes, his special Team of the Year (TOTY) card seems highly flattering. While the Argentine continues to be one of the soccer players for the special moments, he is no longer the high-flyer of recent years – at 34 years of age, that is hardly surprising.

Still, the TOTY card is loaded with unnecessarily exaggerated stats – that’s where the EA bonus plays in a bit. The kicking is at 97, the shooting and finishing even at the 99 maximum. That hardly makes sense, because dhe longtime Barca icon has scored just four league goals in 24 appearances this – Season since moving to Paris Saint-Germain, and he hasn’t made the quickest impression either. His goalscoring qualities are a different story, although he has scored five goals in seven Champions League games.

Two years ago, Messi would have earned the 99 shot rating when he scored 31 goals in 44 games across all competitions. But with the current haul, such statistics are hard to comprehend in FUT 22.

Adebayo Akinfenwa (Premium SBC)

Admittedly: Adebayo Akinfenwa is a special player who deserves a highlight card in FIFA 22. That’s because the 40-year-old, known for his “Beast Mode” videos among other things, has made enough positive headlines in England despite a Premier League absence. He has become a crowd favorite at several clubs and scored 46 goals at his last stop Wycombe Wanderers.

However, his premium SBC version is a little too strong. While the 40 pace seemed realistic on his original silver card, the push to 91 is a bit too much of a good thing for the 110-pound man. The same goes for his 86 dribble, which is rather less of the Englishman’s strengths. On the other hand, his 99 physique is undisputed. Hardly any other professional soccer player would be able to compete against the muscular striker in a pure test of strength. His shooting power can also scratch the maximum.

However, because EA Sports apparently seldom thinks about the realistic realities, the FIFA community seems to get over such types of special OP cards. For Akinfenwa, it’s the last one in FUT for now, insofar as EA doesn’t release a flashback version of him or anything like that in the future.