It finally happened… well, last year, but still, I just got around to sharing it—for Screenshot Sunday #88, here is a cool shot commemorating my Herculean effort in completing my goal of reaching the pinnacle of competitive FIFA, Rivals’ Elite Division, by using a non-meta team, in my case, a Yugoslavia themed team. It was a long “project”, which began in September, when the game came out. I hit my wall early on, Division 2, and the players simply weren’t good enough to get past the challenges this division presented. However, the reason I even undertook this task (every year I would just build a Yugoslavia squad for shits and giggles, not actually play competitive games with them) was that Evolutions were now a thing. They are sort of “training camps” you can send specific players (they need to meet certain requirements, like have finishing at max 70 rated, max 90 pace, etc.) into them, which would boost specific stats and give them even playstyles, PlayerRoles or new positions, sometimes all at the same time.

So, after hitting Division 2, I began a long and arduous training arc, which ended around mid-December. That’s when I picked up where I left of, now equipped with my upgraded squad, and once again, asked the question, “Why not? Why can’t we be the Elites of this FIFA league? Why can’t we be among the best teams in Rivals? I don’t see why-why-why we can’t do that?”

That's one small header for man, one giant leap for the Slavs

And to make it even more special, alongside the screenshot, here is a video I made, a little montage, for my second climb to the top.
Enjoy!

spoilers I will make a proper (long) video soon, a Slav Extended Cut if you will, that has my complete journey from zero to Slav Hero!