FUT14 Team of the Week 8: Analysing Ronaldo, Lewandowski, Aguero and Benzema

The latest FIFA 14 Ultimate Team of the Week release is here and, boy, is it a special one.

Do the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski, Sergio Aguero and Karim Benzema need improving on EA Canada's game?

No?

Well, tell them to stop playing so brilliantly in real life. Having racked up plenty of goals across the past week, this quartet headline Team of the Week 8, as noted on EA's official Twitter account:

Let's take a look at the full squad and break down key stats from the most interesting inclusions:

Player Name	Nation	Club	Position	Normal Rating > In-Form Rating
Vincent Enyeama	Nigeria	LOSC Lille	GK	76 >78
Mathieu Debuchy	France	Newcastle United	RB	78 > 80
Steven Caulker	England	Cardiff City	CB	74 > 77
Lucas Digne	France	Paris Saint-Germain	LB	75 > 77
Ivelin Popov	Bulgaria	Kuban Krasnodar	CAM	77 > 79
Ruben Pardo	Spain	Real Sociedad	CM	73 > 74
Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	Real Madrid	LW > LM	92 > 93
Domenico Berardi	Italy	Sassuolo	RW	72 > 73
Karim Benzema	France	Real Madrid	ST	85 > 86
Sergio Aguero	Argentina	Manchester City	ST	88 > 90
Robert Lewandowski	Poland	Borussia Dortmund	ST	86 > 88
SUBS
Roberto	Spain	Granada CF	GK	73 > 74
Rafal Grodzicki	Poland	Śląsk Wrocław	CB	64 > 64
Andre Hahn	Germany	FC Augsburg	RM	67 > 71
Steven Schumacher	England	Fleetwood Town	CM	62 > 64
Humberto Suazo	Chile	Monterrey	ST	76 > 78
Niclas Fullkrug	Germany	Greuther Fürth	ST	68 > 71
Marius Helle	Norway	Sandnes Ulf	ST	58 > 64

Analysing Week 8's Most Interesting Inclusions

Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid

Key Stats	Rating
Ball Control	98
Finishing	98
Long Shots/Shot Power	99/99
Total Stats	493

Is there anything to say about this item other than it’s enough to scare the bejesus out of any team? Ronaldo’s in-form is amazingly quick, heroically strong and possesses near perfect finishing stats.

Seriously, try choosing key stats when the Portuguese star has so many attributes at 90 or above. 

Expect to pay an unsettling amount for this card. I’m talking a couple of million. Should you receive the Real Madrid star in a pack, congratulations, you’re set for the whole season.

Robert Lewandowski, Borussia Dortmund

Key Stats	Rating
Reactions	99
Finishing	99
Long Shots/Shot Power	89/99
Total Stats	460

Robert Lewandowski’s reactions make this release a fascinating one. The Polish forward’s energetic style resulted in a hat-trick against Stuttgart, his willingness to pop up all over the box helping Dortmund to a comfortable 6-1 win.

The much-admired striker’s improved pace gives him a little more edge than the original version. Considering his finishing and heading abilities have also been improved, Lewandowski’s in-form will be up there with the best.

Sergio Aguero, Manchester City

Key Stats	Rating
Ball Control	95
Finishing	99
Acceleration	96
Total Stats	471

Sergio Aguero is untouchable right now, a notion highlighted with his second in-form of the season. Many of the Argentinian’s key traits have been improved, including pace, shooting, passing and heading.

His immense acceleration will leave defenders for dead, acting as the perfect antidote to the player’s 71-rated strength, which appears underrated.

Karim Benzema, Real Madrid

Key Stats	Rating
Ball Control	88
Finishing	97
Curve	88
Total Stats	455

Real Madrid’s world centres on Ronaldo and Gareth Bale right now, but there’s another forward who has netted goals recently.

Karim Benzema, AKA "The Forgotten Man," doesn’t flaunt the same kind of explosiveness as the other items featured here, but his well-rounded game is topped off by a versatile array of finishing skills that finesse users will thoroughly enjoy.

These items are available now and will leave packs at 5:30 p.m. GMT on Nov. 13. Are you planning on picking any up? Let us know in the comments section below.

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