FIFA 17 Ultimate Team: FUT Team of the Week 28 In-Form Predictions, Pack Details
FIFA 17 Ultimate Team will take on an international flavour this week amid the break from club football, and Cristiano Ronaldo could be set to headline Team of the Week 28 when it's released on Wednesday.
The Portugal star netted twice in a 3-0 win over Hungary and he could feature in the attack alongside Olivier Giroud, who did the same in France's 3-1 win over Luxembourg, and Neymar after he scored a sublime chip and provided an assist in Brazil's 4-1 thrashing of Uruguay.
Paulinho was the real star of that fixture as he bagged a hat-trick, but the Guangzhou Evergrande midfielder isn't in the game and so won't make the team.
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Dusan Tadic received his second in-form card of the season in Team of the Week 25, but after spearheading a Serbian comeback to beat Georgia 3-1 with a goal and two assists, he may have forced his way into contention again.
Meanwhile, Italy stalwart Gianluigi Buffon could receive a purple hero card, after he reached the incredible milestone of 1,000 career appearances.
Read on for our Team of the Week 28 predictions and pack details:
| GK | Danijel Subasic | AS Monaco | Croatia | 83>84>86 |
| RB | Lukasz Piszczek | Borussia Dortmund | Poland | 82>84>86 |
| RB | Theodor Gebre Selassie | Werder Bremen | Czech Republic | 76>81 |
| LB | Jonas Hector | FC Cologne | Germany | 80>81>84>86 |
| LM | Emil Forsberg | RB Leipzig | Sweden | 76>79>83>85>86 |
| RM | Andre Schurrle | Borussia Dortmund | Germany | 81>84 |
| CAM | Dusan Tadic | Southampton | Serbia | 79>82>84>86 |
| CAM | Thiago Alcantara | Bayern Munich | Spain | 84>85>86>87>88>89 |
| LW | Neymar | Barcelona | Brazil | 92>93>94(TOGS)>95>96 |
| LW | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | Portugal | 94>95>96>97 |
| ST | Olivier Giroud | Arsenal | France | 83>85>87 |
| GK | Gianluigi Buffon | Juventus | Italy | 88>89>90 |
| CM | Gylfi Sigurdsson | Swansea City | Iceland | 82>84>85 |
| CAM | Christian Pulisic | Borussia Dortmund | USA | 69>74>74>80 |
| RW | Carlos Vela | Real Sociedad | Mexico | 81>82>84 |
| ST | Clint Dempsey | Seattle Sounders | USA | 79>80>83 |
| ST | Vedad Ibisevic | Hertha Berlin | Bosnia | 78>80>82 |
| ST | Cenk Tosun | Besiktas | Turkey | 78>81 |
| GK | Juan Carlos | Real Oviedo | Spain | 69>74 |
| CB | Mark Beevers | Bolton Wanderers | England | 71>74 |
| LM | Spas Delev | Pogon Szczecin | Bulgaria | 64>64 |
| RM | Nicolas Bertolo | Banfield | Argentina | 70>74 |
| ST | Brendon Santalab | Western Sydney | Australia | 63>64 |
Gold Pack: 5,000 coins, 100 FIFA points
Premium Gold Pack: 7,500 coins, 150 FIFA points
Silver Pack: 2,500 coins, 50 FIFA points
Premium Silver Pack: 3,750 coins, 75 FIFA points
Team of the Week 28 will be announced on Wednesday, March 29, at 3 p.m. GMT (11 a.m. ET) and will be released into card packs at 6 p.m. GMT (2 p.m. ET) later that day. Stats and ratings have been provided by FUTHead.com.
If a player's original rating is the highest available in bronze (64) or silver (74), his first in-form cannot feature an overall increase but will feature improved individual stats.
Gianluigi Buffon, Italy
At 39, Buffon continues to defy expectations and on Friday he joined an elite group of players to make 1,000 senior appearances over the course of their career.
BT Sport shared a breakdown of those matches:
He also achieved another milestone as he earned his 168th Italy cap, taking him past Iker Casillas' 167 appearances for Spain and making him the most capped European player, per UEFA Euro.
Fittingly, the stopper finished the match with a clean sheet as the Azzurri beat Albania 2-0.
As a result of his achievement he may well be on the receiving end of a purple hero card, which may not be enough to give him a place in the starting lineup—Wayne Rooney didn't in Team of the Week 19 despite becoming Manchester United's all-time top scorer—but a place among the substitutes could be on the cards.
Olivier Giroud, France
France weren't convincing against Luxembourg at the Stade Josy Barthel, but one player who stood out was Giroud.
The striker opened the scoring with a close-range finish from Djibril Sidibe's pull-back and rounded out the night with Les Bleus' third with a header from Benjamin Mendy's cross.
Giroud took his France tally to 23 goals, and, as Get French Football demonstrated, he has an impressive minutes-per-goal ratio with the national team:
The Arsenal man already boasts a staggering 97 heading stat in his 85-rated Team of the Week 17 card, and that could be upgraded to the maximum 99 if he receives another boost here.
That could see his 43 defending attribute increase, while his 88 positioning and 88 shooting are likely to improve and in turn increase his 86 overall shooting.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
Ronaldo has a history with Hungary after netting a brace against them in Portugal's final group match of UEFA Euro 2016, which allowed them to reach the knockout stage and go on to win the tournament.
The forward was in similar form on Sunday. After playing a key role in a neat passing move that led to Andre Silva's opener, Ronaldo rifled in a low left-footed effort from 20 yards and picked out the bottom corner with a free-kick to put the match to bed.
Ronaldo is no stranger to milestones and reached yet another thanks to his brace:
He also made it to a staggering 70 international goals with Portugal.
Football writer Liam Canning was in awe:
There's scarcely room for improvement on his 96-rated Team of the Week 10 card, but his 84-rated passing stat could get a healthy boost, not only for his involvement in Silva's goal but also his free-kick.
Free-kick accuracy is encompassed in the overall passing stat rather than shooting, though his considerable finishing and long shot stats might well improve also.
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