My opinion on these boxes as a Top 100 player.
Well friends, I just wanted to make a quick review about whether these two boxes are worth spending coins on or not, and in my experience playing at high ranks, they are not worth it. The best thing you can do is save your coins, and I’ll briefly explain why.
In the case of Kylian Mbappé even though many players feel he is the best ground striker in the game, I personally don’t feel that way. I think he lacks a key skill to truly be the best striker in the game: Momentum Dribbling. Many times he feels too clunky when turning, and he lacks physical presence. With the slightest contact, he gets pushed off the ball.
Personally, I prefer players like Liverpool Luis Suárez, who have much stronger physical contact and can hold the ball much better, or other types of hunters like Dembélé. Dembélé may not have physicality and gets knocked down easily, but he moves incredibly fast with the ball, and in tight spaces that can give you a huge advantage.
So Mbappé is not really a player I like that much unless he eventually gets a Big Time version with skills like Momentum Dribbling and Magnetic Feet. Then he would become much stronger. For now, I don’t think he is worth spinning for.
The same thing happens with the goalkeeper. His height is very average, so I also don’t recommend spending coins on him. Being 1.90m tall is simply not enough to make him stand out.
On the other hand, Lamine Yamal has a very serious issue, similar to what happened with Gareth Bale. Since they are Prolific Winger players, if you try to use them in formations like 4-2-2 or 4-3-3, they often end up playing without an active playstyle, which makes them much less usable.
A player without an active playstyle often feels unpredictable. They don’t constantly make attacking runs, and even if you give them offensive instructions, they still won’t move enough. I’ve already tested this many times and it simply doesn’t work the way it should.
That’s why, even though he looks amazing with Blitz Curler and everything else, I think his direct comparison, which would be Messi, is much better. If you look at many Top 10 players, they use Messi as an AMF with Creative Playmaker because that playstyle benefits Blitz Curler much more. Creative Playmakers constantly position themselves close to the ball, so you can make a quick short pass from the striker backwards and instantly launch a Blitz Curler shot.
Meanwhile, Lamine without an active playstyle tends to stay closer to midfield and contribute more defensively, which means he performs much worse for Blitz Curler situations. That’s why I don’t think he is worth spinning for.
And finally, the Peter Schmeichel box has a huge problem. The two defenders don’t really offer much. They have extremely low acceleration, and in today’s game that simply doesn’t work well. You may personally like them and still decide to spin for them, but defenders with less than 75 acceleration eventually become just another Gerard Piqué: cards that get forgotten over time.
As for Peter Schmeichel, if you look at the stats he seems completely broken because he reaches many 100-rated stats, but he has one massive issue: being a defensive goalkeeper.
Right now, offensive goalkeepers are dramatically better than defensive goalkeepers. The difference is huge. When your opponent sends a through ball, many times the goalkeeper doesn’t save you because of his shot-stopping, but because he rushes out quickly and clears the ball before the shot even happens.
In those situations, a defensive goalkeeper could be two meters tall with insane stats, but if the opponent is free and finishes properly, the ball is still going in.
That’s why spinning for a defensive goalkeeper nowadays simply doesn’t make much sense. I know many people are excited about Schmeichel and love him as a legend, but his playstyle just doesn’t fit the current meta of the game.
People also need to understand that the most important stat for a goalkeeper is offensive awareness. Why? Because it determines the goalkeeper’s positioning. Your goalkeeper can be two meters tall with 100 reflexes and 100 coverage, but if he’s positioned badly, the ball will still go in.
Meanwhile, a smaller goalkeeper with high offensive awareness will usually position himself much better and end up saving far more situations.
So in my opinion, none of these two boxes are worth spending your coins on. I would wait for next week because something much bigger will probably arrive.