EA FC 24 gets 'Messi' because the glitch gives away the best card

EA SPORTS FC 24's most popular game mode has always been Ultimate Team, even though it was still known as FIFA.

The competitive online mode is not only based on skill, but also on the players you attract to your team.

Players can open EA FC 24 Ultimate Team Packs and within them they will find a random assortment of cards that they can add to their teams.

The higher the rating of the card, the better the player, with the best players such as Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe receiving ratings in the high 90s.

These cards can be sold for millions of coins on the in-game transfer market, making them unavailable to most players.

However, the hope for many is that they can win this by simply opening UT packs, but the chances of this happening are very slim.

This is why fans rushed to grab the chance to play one of the latest Squad Building Challenges, which offered a vastly increased chance of nabbing the GOAT.

The latest challenge would reward players with a Team of the Year promotional card with a minimum rating of 86+.

Although the higher rated cards are likely rarer than the lower rated cards, a large number of players reported drawing the Lionel Messi card with a 97+ rating.

EA Sports quickly noticed the mistake and disabled the Squad Building Challenge, angering players.

This move not only angered the players who were late to the challenge and wanted a good chance to draw the rare Messi card.

It also angered players who had worked hard to earn enough coins to purchase the expensive card.

EA Sports wrote: “We have identified an issue with the 86+ TOTY Leagues SBC, as a result we have disabled the SBC.”

Players are still hoping that EA Sports will compensate players for the mistake, but it is too late to recall the rare Messis.

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Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.

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