PEPE REVIEW !
Hey guys! I’ll give a full review on Pepe, his stats, and how to use him. Trust me he’s really good. Let’s start with the review.
PACE: 7.5/10
Obviously he’s a CB so his pace won’t be too extraordinary.. but he is definetly fast enough to keep up with pacey attackers as long as he doesent get beat by them. So pretty reliable pace overall.
ON THE BALL MOVEMENTS(DRIBBLING&PASSING): 7.5/10
He’s pretty reliable on the ball as his touches aren’t to heavy just in case you’re getting pressed by an attacker/multiple attackers. I’d say his passing in surprisingly good. His low driven passes work surprisingly well for some reason and there’s 1-2 times where I passed it straight to my ST from my box and they were pretty accurate. He’s also reliable to play short passes too, almost no inaccurate passes, despite having a 3 star weak foot.
HEADING: 8/10
He isn’t very great at scoring headers with corners because he doesent have the power header trait but nonetheless I have still scored with him once or twice with a corner. But on the other hand he’s great at heading when it comes to defending. He’s good at heading away long balls, there were almost no times he lost an aerial duel, so he is pretty cross resistant which is a huge plus for a CB.
POSITIONING/ MARKING: 9/10
Great positioning and marking, he intercepts passes very often, plus he rarely leaves his man unmarked in corners/ crosses. He also tracks runs into the box very well too, which is great when you’re on a low block and the opponent is dominating possession around your box.
PHYSICAL: 10/10
Absolutes bullies the CRAP out of attackers with his amazing physical stats and bruiser level 2. Almost no attacker stands any chance against him if they get into a physical battle. Almost none. Overall insane physical, one of the strongest CBs in the game right now.
DEFENDING:9.5/10
Insane defending. Insane. When I first bought this card, I didn’t expect him to be THIS good at tackling. This guy doesent have anticipate, but it never feels like that. His tackling reach is just as much as any other anticipate playstyle player. Slide tackling is very solid as well, I’ve blocked multiple shots and destroyed attackers with his slide tackles. Overall insane defending, don’t let his playstyle fool you at all.
STAMINA: 8/10
4.5 star stamina is pretty good. Doesent get tired easily in games and can easily play the full 90 without many stamina issues unless you’re playing with an attacking or ultra attacking gameplan mentality.
OVERALL: 9/10
Crazy card for his price. He’s good at basically everything a good CB card needs besides maybe his pace and his ability to score from corners. Before buying him, I was confused on whether I should buy him or desaily. Trust me, I don’t regret my decision of buying him.
HOW TO USE HIM:
Try to get up close and personal with attackers with this card as that’s where he really shines. This does NOT mean mindlessly rush him towards attackers, that will get him skill stunned and you will concede. You will have to be smart with how you rush with him.
HOW HE SHOULD BE PLACED IN YOUR SQUAD:
Obviously play him at CB, any other position doesn’t really make sense to use him at. Gameplan mentality does not matter either, as he’s a CB, and CBs don’t really get affected much by gameplan mentality besides keeping an high line or low block. The most important thing is that you should have a non agressive CB as his CB duo because he’s already an agressive CB, so having 2 agressive CBs is a recipe for disaster. For example, I have barzagli as his CB duo who is much less aggressive than him. In formations, he performs equally as well in a 3 CB set up, but make sure to have 2 non agressive CBs in a 3 CB formation with him.
Thats it for the review! You should definitely get him as he is not very expensive only if you have non agressive CB to pair with him.
100% recommended.
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