EDICOLA NEWS: THE REVIEWS nr. 76
card: 467 (including 14 limited editions, 60 exclusive cards in Tin Boxes)
starter pack: € 5.99 (album + 16 card + LE card Salah)
packets: € 1.00 (5 card) + various tin boxes (see comment)
comment: Topps Match Attax collection is back, this year dedicated not only to the Champions League but also to the Europa League. The choice is very clear, instead of presenting a large number of teams, it is mainly preferred to focus the collection on clubs from the major european championships.
In the Italian edition we have 7 italian teams (Juventus, Napoli, Inter, Atalanta, Roma, Lazio, Torino), 4 spanish (Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, Valencia), 4 german (Bayern, Borussia Dortmund, Leipzig, Bayer Leverkusen), 4 english (Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham), 2 french (Paris SG, Lille) plus Benifica and Genk
In the English edition there were 7 home teams (in addition to Arsenal, Manchester United, Wolverhampton), the italians apart from Inter, a few cards from Roma and the only Cristiano Ronaldo to represent Juventus, with Olympique Lyon instead of Lille, plus a few cards of Galatasaray and Zenit St. Petersburg instead of the Genk.
Honestly it almost seems similar of Panini’s Fifa365 and a half Premier League album for the british market; prepared in advance and not knowing how the play-offs would have gone we find ourselves in the italian edition Torino, that actually did not qualify. Topps could at least avoid putting Zaza on the cover, perhaps replaced by a player from Inter or Napoli.
Having said that the cards are very good, after all at least in the Topps cards it is a guarantee, with a lot of information on the player, useful for the game. The value in euro that we find in the cards is clearly not the real one, but for the Match Attax fantamarket.
Not found any numbering or name check list, we will wait to take reference from the one that will publish Last Sticker. Not all clubs have the same card number.
There are also four different tin boxes, each with a price of 12.00 euro, they contain 60 cards each, they are 4 different and must be purchased all:
GAME CHANGERS tin box (includes 15 card “game changers” and the Limited Edition of Hazard)
STRIKERS tin box (includes 15 card “strikers” and the Limited Edition of Mbappè)
SUPERSTARS tin box (includes 15 “superstars” cards and the Limited Edition of Cristiano Ronaldo)
WONDERKIDS tin box (includes 15 “wondekids” cards and Sancho’s Limited Edition)
There will then be other special releases for the next 10 Limited Editions to complete the collection.
Of the cards we have said, the price is in line with that of the market, above all the starter pack is very good, if it were not that the binder itself is the small standard one that does not allow to insert in each sheet a single card, to make them all stand you have to put them both in front and behind (32 sheets for 9 cards are 288 .. the suggestion is to put front and back the base and the other single ones, but it is just a personal reasoning).
Collection of excellent quality, it’s a pity that the official collection of the Champions League can be defined, for that it is better to turn to the classic stickers, always printed by Topps.
Final judgment: 8/10