Lionel Messi Gets First Team Of The Week Card In FIFA 19 Ultimate Team
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EA Sports has rewarded Lionel Messi with his first Team of the Week card in FIFA 19 Ultimate Team.
The 31-year-old Barcelona captain grabbed two assists and scored a hat-trick in his side's 5-0 thrashing of Levante on Sunday.
The five-time Ballon d'Or winner leads Team of the Week as the highest-rated player, with his 96-rated striker card having 90 pace, 98 dribbling, 93 shooting, 34 defending, 92 passing and 66 physical.
Antoine Griezmann is the second highest-rated player in the Team of the Week with a 91-rated striker card.
Former Manchester United star Daley Blind has also received an in-form after he scored a hat-trick for Ajax in their 8-0 demolition of De Graafschap.
Team of the Week starting XI:
- GK: Yann Sommer (Borussia Mönchengladbach): 86
- RB: Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich): 86
- CB: Daley Blind (Ajax): 84
- RWB: Kenny Tete (Lyon): 82
- RM: Hakim Ziyech (Ajax): 86
- CDM: Fabinho (Liverpool): 86
- CDM: Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund): 84
- RM: Nicolas Pepe (Lille): 84
- ST: Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid): 91
- ST: Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City): 85
- ST: Lionel Messi (Barcelona): 96
Team of the Week substitutes and reserves:
- GK: Sergio Asenjo (Villarreal): 86
- CB: Kaan Ayaan (Fortuna Dusseldorf): 81
- RB: Robert Gummy (Lech Poznan): 76
- CDM: Edson Álvarez (América): 79
- CM: Alfred Duncan (Sassuolo): 81
- CAM: Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez (Standard Liege): 82
- CAM: Smail Prevljak (Red Bull Salzburg): 77
- ST: Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina): 82
- ST: Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig): 81
- ST: Diego Sousa (Sporting Braga): 81
- ST: Abderrazak Hamdallah (Al-Nassr): 80
- ST: Danny Ings (Southampton): 81
:speaking_head:️ It's #TOTW 14 featuring 96 Lionel Messi :flag_ar:, 91 Antoine Griezmann :flag_fr: & 85 Gabriel Jesus :flag_br: #FUT #FIFA19 pic.twitter.com/0H0RhcdkcP
- EA SPORTS FIFA (@EASPORTSFIFA) 19 December 2018
Some Twitter users feel that Xherdan Shaqiri should have been included in Team of the Week, especially after he came off the bench and scored a brace against Manchester United.
FIFA 19 is now available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
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Topics: gaming news, FIFA 19, Lionel Messi, Daley Blind, Antoine Griezmann, EA Sports, Xherdan Shaqiri, Ultimate Team
