FIFA 15: 10 Over-Rated Teams Who Need Downgrading

What Culture: Maybe the one thing which overshadows the release of a new FIFA game is the release of a new set of player ratings, systematically ranking the best (and worst) players on the planet by the numbers. Each and every year with the release of a new instalment, the most exciting thing for we FIFA nerds is to place the brand-spanking new disc in the drive and go straight to the team selection menu to see what rating the egg-heads at EA Sport have given to all the top players, long before we ever even sit down to actually play the game. This excitement most certainly doesn’t stop at the player ratings though. Equally as important is to see what the team as a whole has been rated based on their previous year’s endeavours.

[luis_spartano]

As a brazilian, there are some team that need UPGRADING, at least on videogames!

[3-4-5]

Decrease:
* England
* Spain
* Portugal
* Brazil
* Italy

Increase:

* Costa Rica
* Chile
* Germany
* Argentina

[360ICE]

Really disagree (depending on what stats they have). And I also disagree with the whole concept of judging a national team's rating by their recent performance.

The stars and stats are set to reflect how good the individual players are, not how well the team has performed recently. For instance, on Brazil, feel free to downgrade Hulk, Dani Alves and Marcelo, and Fred - if that's even possible, because of their games in the WC. However they also play ten times as many games for their respective clubs, and I'd think that's a better place to judge player stats.

Is there any doubt, though, that Costa Rica is still just a team of fairly decent players that play really well together, while Brazil is a team composed of really great individual players? It was Brazil's defensive structuring that sucked against Germany, not necessarily the individuals (even though, sure, some of them looked bleak).

[Hk85karlsson]

And up Sweden a bit since we beat England with 4-2 (Zlatan did all 4 single-handedly)
We were down with 4 against Germany (away) but stood our ground and the end result?
4-4.

We´re better than alot of teams who was in the World Cup.

[TheFallenAngel]

Brazil, Spain, Barcelona, England that I can think of top of my head.

[dark-kyon]

barcelona need also a change of name to messi fc.

[bouzebbal]

messi is worth nothing without Xavi and Iniesta, and the world cup confirms it for those who didn't believe it.

[yezz]

@abzdiine

HA! You haven't actually watched the WC or you just know nothing about football since Messi has played a great tournament so far. He was picked man of the match in the first 4 games, he has scored very important goals and has made the most key passes in the tournament. Without him Argentina wouldn't probably even be in the final.

[b163o1]

I love how everyone I play online plays with Barcelona, and I murder them every time lol they only pass the ball to one person (messi) and I make sure to tackle his short a$$ hard. Lol once im up by 2 they usually quit. Lol

@yezz let messi testicles go player lol

[b163o1]

^^^Lmao all my disagrees are my former Barcelona opponents...

[360ICE]

@b163o1
Yeah, either that or your comment is kind of off-topic, bordering on offensive?

[b163o1]

@360ICE

How is it off topic? Offensive?
Were talking about FIFA 15. I am a beast in that game. "FcK messi" now that is offensive, but I didn't go that route. I just said I might tackle messi hard. So what its a VIDEO GAME! not the WC. Messi is great, but I dont like there sorry league. This was the first year in like 10 where the champs wasn't Real or Bara. Weak competition, thats why I watch the EPL baby!

[360ICE]

@b1601
Bordering, I said! Also, I would imagine all that talk of Messi's testicles is kind of rude, bordering on offensive.

How is it off-topic? It's not on the topic of FIFA teams or either a reply to the comment you replied to. Hell, even that comment was hardly a reply to my comment. You certainly didn't read it properly.

[bouzebbal]

i was blown away by Algeria at this world cup and it's gonna be my favorite team if FIFA 15 is any good.
Bresil should definitely have 2 stars

[LightDiego]

I am brazilian and Brazil is really overrated, it's ridiculous how the team is strong on Fifa World Cup game, these guys from EA Sports look like they don't follow football.
An exceeded coach, terrible players that think they are stars and a corrupt federation, that's the "wonderful" Brazil.

[itsRehabTime]

brazi fans will be playing this on their ps2's

[Lord Anubis]

just switch to PES and upgrade the players your self or trade saved data with other people.

[voodoochild346]

Brazil shouldn't have made it passed the group stage. I feel sorry for Croatia who despite having possibly the best midfield on the planet, got screwed over by fifa simply because fifa didn't want the Brazilian people to riot during the world cup. Add to that Brazil trying to go "Bad Boy Pistons" against Colombia and they got what they deserved against Germany.

[Vitalogy]

Spot on dear Sir!

[oakshin]

EA is based in Florida I believe and us Americans don't care about soccer we have are own football but that's not an excuse for EA not balancing the teams right

[D-riders]

Isn't Brazil playing for 3rd place. Why should they be decreased. One bad game means nothing only in a tourney

[Vitalogy]

Except the fact that they got carried away all the way into semi-finals. Like someone said before, they shouldn't even had passed group stage.