On St. Patrick’s Day, Chelsea of the Premier League and LaLiga’s Atletico de Madrid will square off in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 series. In anticipation of this showdown, EA Sports and the FIFA 21 team have launched a new Showdown Squad Building Challenge, Two players, Atletico’s Thomas Lemar and Chelsea’s Antonio Rudiger, have new 86 OVR Showdown cards, and these items can be obtained by completing separate SBCs. One of these cards, unless a draw occurs, will receive a +2 OVR boost. So, how can you get your hands on one, or both of these cards? Let’s go over what you need to do.
How to complete Showdown Thomas Lemar vs Antonio Rudiger SBC
As mentioned previously, there are two separate Squad Building Challenges for this particular event. In order to acquire one of these cards, FIFA players will need to complete two lineups that meet a certain set of requirements.
In order to acquire both cards, players will need to complete both challenges and fill out four starting groups in total. The requirements for the Rudiger SBC are as follows:
Antonio Rudiger
Chelsea
- Starting players – 11
- Chelsea players – Min. 1
- Team of the Week players – Min. 1
- Team Overall Rating – Min. 83
- Team Chemistry – Min. 80
- Reward – Jumbo Premium Gold Pack
League Finesse
- Starting players – 11
- Premier League players – Min. 1
- Team Overall Rating – Min. 85
- Team Chemistry – Min. 60
- Reward – Prime Electrum Players Pack
And for the Lemar SBC:
Thomas Lemar
Atletico Madrid
- Starting players – 11
- Atletico de Madrid players – Min. 1
- Team of the Week players – Min. 1
- Team Overall Rating – Min. 83
- Team Chemistry – Min. 80
- Reward – Small Rare Mixed Players Pack
La Liga
- Starting players – 11
- LaLiga players – Min. 1
- Team Overall Rating – Min. 85
- Team Chemistry – Min. 60
- Reward – Prime Mixed Players Pack
Solutions
The requirements for both challenges are relatively similar. Each one should cost you at or around 210,000 Coins, and about 420,000 in total. If you’re in need of solutions, here are a few that can help you out:
Antonio Rudiger
Chelsea
- ST: Inter Miami CF ST Gonzalo Higuain (83 OVR)
- LF: SL Benfica LW Everton Souza (81 OVR)
- RF: TOTW Western United RW Alessandro Diamanti (81 OVR)
- LM: SL Benfica LM Rafa (83 OVR)
- RM: Lazio RM Manuel Lazzari (81 OVR)
- LCM: Wolves CM Joao Moutinho (83 OVR)
- RCM: Chelsea CM Jorginho (83 OVR)
- LCB: SL Benfica CB Jan Vertonghen (83 OVR)
- MCB: AC Milan CB Alessio Romagnolio (83 OVR)
- RCB: Lazio CB Francesco Acerbi (83 OVR)
- GK: Torino GK Salvatore Sirigu (84 OVR)
League Finesse
- ST: Roma FC ST Edin Zdeko (83 OVR)
- LM: Real Sociedad LW Mikel Oyarzabel (84 OVR)
- RM: Basaksehir RM Edin Visca (83 OVR)
- CAM: Villarreal CF CM Parejo (85 OVR)
- LCM: Atletico de Madrid CM Koke (85 OVR)
- RCM: Lazio GK Thomas Strakosha (83 OVR)
- LB: Valencia CF LB Jose Luis Gaya (83 OVR)
- LCB: Levante UD GK Aitor Fernandez (83 OVR)
- RCB: Liverpool CDM Fabinho (87 OVR)
- RB: Everton CM Allan (83 OVR)
- GK: Manchester City GK Ederson (88 OVR)
Thomas Lemar
Atletico Madrid
- LST: Roma FC ST Edin Zdeko (83 OVR)
- RST: Atalanta CF Josip Ilicic (84 OVR)
- LM: Atalanta LM Robin Gosens (82 OVR)
- RM: Inter RM Achraf Hakimi (83 OVR)
- LCM: Cagliari CM Radja Nainggolan (83 OVR)
- RCM: Inter CM Arturo Vidal (83 OVR)
- CDM: TOTW VfB Stuggart CDM Wataru Endo (81 OVR)
- LCB: M’gladbach CB Matthias Ginter (82 OVR)
- MCB: Bayern Munich CB Jerome Boateng (82 OVR)
- RCB: Atletico de Madrid RB Kieran Trippier (83 OVR)
- GK: Leverkusen GK Lucas Hradecky (83 OVR)
La Liga
- ST: Atletico de Madrid ST Luis Suarez (87 OVR)
- LM: Levante UD GK Aitor Fernandez (83 OVR)
- RM: Sevilla FC CAM Alejandro Gomez (86 OVR)
- LCM: Atletico de Madrid CM Koke (85 OVR)
- RCM: Real Sociedad CAM David Silva (86 OVR)
- CDM: Villarreal CF CM Parejo (85 OVR)
- LB: SL Benfica LM Rafa (83 OVR)
- LCB: SL Benfica CB Jan Vertonghen (83 OVR)
- RCB: Inter Miami CF CDM Blaise Matuidi (83 OVR)
- RB: Inter Miami CF ST Gonzalo Higuain (83 OVR)
- GK: VfL Wolfsburg GK Koen Casteels (83 OVR)
Card information via FUTBIN. This challenge expires on March 17.
