1 Atletico Madrid Player Whose FIFA 16 Stats Underestimate Him

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Published: October 8, 2015

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Atletico Madrid have become one of the most recognisable and successful teams in the European game over the last half-decade, with plenty of success and acclaim coming their way since Diego Simeone took charge.

As a result, the players in the squad have become more sought-after in the transfer market and more renowned for their exploits in La Liga and the Champions League.

There is an alternative side to football, though, where reputation at times lags behind the reality of ever-changing form and ability: The gaming world.

This year's FIFA 16 perhaps embodies that, with a number of Atletico's younger players not quite seeming to be as highly rated as they might be, including Saul Niguez and Angel Correa—but centre-back Jose Maria Gimenez has had the biggest injustice meted out to him.

 

Key Attributes

Forgetting individual styles of play for a moment, there are certain key metrics which central defenders, anywhere, will be defined by: Tackling, heading ability, physical strength and their reading of the game. For Gimenez, many of those are exactly where he excels when donning the red-and-white stripes of Atletico Madrid.



His heading, certainly, is a demand which is almost a minimum requirement at Atleti, who are happy to engage in trench warfare at times and invite teams to try and bomb the penalty area with crosses from wide, deliveries from deep, set pieces from anywhere—Gimenez and partner Diego Godin will be backed to repel it all.

In addition, he has already—more than once—proven himself one of the bravest and most committed defenders in La Liga, something requiring both agility and good awareness to sudden changes of play as well as tackling or blocking ability.

Super vine of that amazing diving-head block by Atletico CB Gimenez: https://t.co/hlbYsL16jL [via @tjcope ]

— Dermot Corrigan (@d...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - International Football

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