On December 28, EA Sports released new Icon Squad Building Challenges for three football legends: Fernando Torres, John Barnes, and Fernando Hierro. The former Real Madrid back can be obtained by FIFA players upon completion of a Squad Building Challenge, but like the Torres and Barnes SBCs, this one won’t be cheap.
How to complete the Icon Hierro SBC
In order to fully complete this Squad Building Challenge, FIFA users will have to construct six different lineups. Each lineup will have a unique set of requirements.
With that said, let’s go over the requirements for each of the eight parts for this challenge for John Barnes:
Born Legend
- Starting players – 11
- Rare Players – Exactly 11
- Player Quality – Exactly Bronze
- Team Chemistry – Min. 50
- Reward – Small Silver Players Pack
Rising Star
- Starting players – 11
- Rare Players – Exactly 11
- Player Quality – Exactly Silver
- Team Chemistry – Min. 50
- Reward – Jumbo Silver Pack
Top-notch
- Starting players – 11
- Team of the Week or FUT Champions players – Min. 1
- Team Overall Rating – Min. 80
- Team Chemistry – Min. 80
- Reward – Jumbo Gold Pack
Galacticos
- Starting players – 11
- Real Madrid players – Min. 1
- Team of the Week or FUT Champions players – Min. 1
- Team Overall Rating – Min. 84
- Team Chemistry – Min. 75
- Reward – Premium Mixed Players Pack
National Idol
- Starting players – 11
- Spain players – Min. 1
- Team Overall Rating – Min. 85
- Team Chemistry – Min. 70
- Reward – Prime Electrum Players Pack
League Finesse
- Starting players – 11
- LaLiga Players – Min. 1
- Team of the Week or FUT Champions players – Min. 1
- Team Overall Rating – Min. 86
- Team Chemistry – Min. 65
- Reward – Rare Mixed Players Pack
As far as solutions go, you shouldn’t have too much trouble with the Born Legend and Rising Star parts. Because those two parts don’t require any Gold players, the cost should be anywhere between 3,000-4,000 for the former, and around 5,000-6,000 Coins for the latter. Or, you could just use any Bronze or Silver player items that are lying around in your collection.
As far as the other parts go, here are some solution options should you run into any trouble:
Top-notch
- ST: Southampton ST Danny Ings (80 OVR)
- LF: Southampton LM Nathan Raymond (78 OVR)
- RF: Manchester City RM Ferran Torres (81 OVR)
- LCM: Union Berlin CAM Max Kruse (81 OVR)
- MCM: Manchester City CAM Phil Foden (79 OVR)
- RCM: Everton CAM Gylfi Sigurdsson (79 OVR)
- LB: RB Leipzig LB Marcel Halstenburg (82 OVR)
- LCB: FC Schalke 04 CB Salif Sane (79 OVR)
- RCB: TOTW Everton CB Yerry Mina (82 OVR)
- RB: Leverkusen RB Santiago Arias (81 OVR)
- GK: Everton GK Jordan Pickford (81 OVR)
Galacticos
- ST: Napoli CF Dries Mertens (85 OVR)
- LM: Dortmund LM Thorgan Hazard (83 OVR)
- LCDM: Real Madrid CM Luka Modric (87 OVR)
- CAM: Inter CAM Radja Nainggolan (83 OVR)
- RCDM: Inter CM Arturo Vidal (83 OVR)
- RM: Inter RM Achraf Hakimi (83 OVR)
- LB: Sevilla FC LB Marcos Acuna (83 OVR)
- LCB: Bayern Munich CB Jerome Boateng (82 OVR)
- RCB: M’gladbach CB Matthias Ginter (82 OVR)
- RB: TOTW RB Leipzig CAM Dani Olmo (84 OVR)
- GK: Frankfurt GK Kevin Trapp (83 OVR)
National Idol
- ST: Tottenham Hotspur ST Harry Kane (88 OVR)
- LW: Tottenham Hotspur LM Steven Bergwijn (83 OVR)
- RW: SL Benfica RM Pizzi (84 OVR)
- LCM: Levante UD GK Aitor Fernandez (83 OVR)
- CAM: Tottenham Hotspur CAM Dele Alli (83 OVR)
- RCM: Wolves CM Ruben Neves (82 OVR)
- LB: Athletic Club LB Yuri Bereche (83 OVR)
- LCB: Valcencia CF Gabriel Paulista (82 OVR)
- RCB: Manchester City CB Fernandinho (84 OVR)
- RB: SL Benfica CB Jan Vertonghen (83 OVR)
- GK: Liverpool GK Alisson (90 OVR)
League Finesse
- ST: Arsenal ST Alexandre Lacazette (83 OVR)
- LM: SL Benfica LM Rafa (83 OVR)
- RM: SL Benfica RM Pizzi (84 OVR)
- LCM: Wolves CM Joao Moutinho (83 OVR)
- CDM: Leicester City CDM Wilfried Ndidi (84 OVR)
- RCM: Manchester City RW Bernardo Silva (87 OVR)
- LB: SL Benfica LB Grimaldo (84 OVR)
- LCB: Real Madrid GK Thibaut Courtois (89 OVR)
- RCB: TOTW Everton CB Yerry Mina (82 OVR)
- RB: SL Benfica CB Jan Vertonghen (83 OVR)
- GK: Atletico de Madrid GK Jan Oblak (91 OVR)
Cards via FUTBIN. This challenge will expire on February 12, 2021.
