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EA FC 25: How to complete Xabi Alonso On This Day Icon SBC

Expensive but beautiful

The Xabi Alonso On This Day Icon SBC is now live in EA FC 25, and you can get a special legendary card to improve your Ultimate Team squad.

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This version is an upgrade over Xabi Alonso’s base Icon, and it has better styles. Everyone has an equal chance to play with the card by completing all the tasks of the SBC. Let’s take a look at how you can complete the challenge, and if doing so is worth your resources.

EA FC 25 Xabi Alonso On This Day Icon SBC tasks

The Xabi Alonso On This Day Icon SBC has nine tasks, and here are their conditions.

Task 1 – Born Legend

  • Exact 11 Players: Rare
  • Exactly Bronze Players

Task 2 – Rising Star

  • Exact 11 Players: Rare
  • Exactly Silver Players

Task 3 – On a Loan

  • Min. Team Rating: 82

Task 4 – The Reds

  • Min. 1 Players from: Liverpool
  • Min. Team Rating: 84

Task 5 – La Barba Roja

  • Min. 1 Players from: Real Madrid
  • Min. Team Rating: 85

Task 6 – League Legend

  • Min. 1 Players from: LALIGA EA SPORTS
  • Min. Team Rating: 85

Task 7 – Top-notch

  • Min. 1 Players: Team of the Week
  • Min. Team Rating: 86

Task 8 – League Finesse

  • Min. 1 Players from: Premier League
  • Min. Team Rating: 87

Task 9 – 88-Rated Squad

  • Min. Team Rating: 88

EA FC 25 Xabi Alonso On This Day Icon SBC solutions

Here’s a set of solutions you can try to complete the latest On This Day Icon SBC challenge.

Task 1 – Born Legend

  • Any 11 Rare Bronze players

Task 2 – Rising Star

  • Any 11 Rare Silver players

Task 3 – On a Loan

  • Any 11 82-rated items

Task 4 – The Reds

  • Any 10 84-rated funds
  • Gakpo 83

Task 5 – La Barba Roja

  • Vitinha 85
  • Alex Remiro 84
  • Carvajal 86
  • Ruben Dias 88
  • Gavi 83
  • Buchanan 84
  • Guirassy 84
  • Gakpo 83
  • Benzema 86
  • Grealish 84
  • Casemiro 84

Task 6 – League Legend

  • Vitinha 85
  • Alex Remiro 84
  • Carvajal 86
  • Ruben Dias 88
  • Gavi 83
  • Buchanan 84
  • Guirassy 84
  • Gakpo 83
  • Benzema 86
  • Grealish 84
  • Casemiro 84

Task 7 – Top-notch

  • Any 84-rated TOTW item
  • Lavelle 87
  • Remiro 84
  • Prasnikar 84
  • Shaw 86
  • Swanson 87
  • Grealish 84
  • Greenwood 84
  • Hasegawa 84
  • Gundogan 87
  • Popp 87

Task 8 – League Finesse

  • Reiten 88
  • Prasnikar 84
  • Hasegawa 84
  • Irene Paredes 88
  • Gakpo 83
  • Endler 88
  • Renard 88
  • Swanson 87
  • Sugita 83
  • Mead 88
  • Dimarco 84

Task 9 – 88-Rated Squad

  • Russo 85
  • Vitinha 85
  • Bruno Guimaraes 85
  • Mead 88
  • Katoto 88
  • Ruben Dias 88
  • Mapi Leon 89
  • Renard 88
  • Hegerberg 89
  • Sauerbrunn 85
  • Odegaard 89

While the SBC is certainly expensive, the card belongs to Gullit gang – all key stats are rated 80 or above. The Long Ball+ playstyle is one of the most meta choices you can currently have, and he also offers Holding++ as a CM. If you have the fodder to spare, completing this Icon SBC might not be a bad choice after all.


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