Summary
EA Sports released 'Road to the Final' cards in EAFC 25 to go alongside the drama of UEFA's competitions.
Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai can not improve further after they were knocked out by PSG.
Barcelona's Dani Olmo is still on course, though, after they overcame Benfica.
UEFA's most prestigious European competitions are now in full swing. Clubs are dreaming of winning the Champions League, Europa League, Conference League or Women's Champions League, but they know it won't be easy; there is still a long way to go.
Partnering with the drama and excitement on the pitch, EA Sports FC 25 released a selection of cards which can be upgraded if their respective teams progress in the competitions. They are called 'Road to the Final' cards — RTTF for short — and they could receive some superb boosts. The upgrade path for the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League has been outlined below:
Win/draw round of 16 match: +1 OVR
Qualify for quarter-finals: +1 OVR and +1 Role++
Qualify for semi-finals: +1 OVR and +1 skill moves or weak foot
Qualify for final: +1 PlayStyle Plus (+2 PlayStyle Plus if player has one PlayStyle Plus)
Win the final: +1 OVR or 96 OVR and five-star skill moves or weak foot
Due to this, and after Liverpool were knocked out of the Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain on March 11th, we have decided to reveal a full tracker for every RTTF player. Some are still on course to earn upgrades, yet that can quickly change if they do not perform in real life.
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Champions League RTTF Tracker
Odegaard and Olmo are in the best positions
There are seven Champions League RTTF cards — and, so far, only two players are unable to get further upgrades. Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai can not improve further after their Anfield disappointment, but he did manage to get an overall increase of one due to their first leg win in the French capital.
That's better than the work of Bayer Leverkusen's Victor Boniface. After losing the first leg 3-0 to Bayern Munich — and following that up with a 2-0 defeat a week later — the Nigerian forward was not able to secure a single upgrade. He started as an 88-rated star; he finished as one as well.
Elsewhere, Barcelona's Dani Olmo will be hoping they can go all the way in the Champions League. He's already 92-rated in EAFC 25 and Hansi Flick's team are on the favourable side of the draw. They are one of the favourites to win the competition in Munich. We have outlined our full Champions League tracker below.
Champions League Tracker
Player
Martin Odegaard
Dani Olmo
Dominik Szoboszlai
Edon Zhegrova
Lucas Digne
Victor Boniface
Axel Witsel
Europa League RTTF Tracker
Athletic Bilbao must overturn a first leg deficit
Inaki Williams
There are only two Europa League RTTF cards, with EA Sports choosing to ignore some of the biggest teams in the competition, including English giants Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. As two of the favourites for the trophy, they could have had great RTTF cards.
Athletic Bilbao's Inaki Williams was picked, though. They lost their first leg tie to Roma in the Italian capital, so he is without any upgrades. If they are able to overturn their 2-1 deficit at home, Williams will secure an overall increase of two. Lazio's Samuel Gigot has already secured an increase of one — and that is likely to go up one more after they won their first leg away from home.
|Europa League Tracker|
|Player|Club|Base Rating|Win/draw R16|Reach quarter-finals|Reach semi-finals|Reach final|Win competition|
|Samuel Gigot|Lazio|88|Complete – now 89|N/A|N/A|N/A|N/A|
|Inaki Williams|Athletic Bilbao|88|Incomplete|N/A|N/A|N/A|N/A|
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Conference League RTTF Tracker
Adarabioyo was available for free in EAFC 25
Tosin Adarabioyo
Chelsea are the firm favourites to win the Conference League — and, after beating Copenhagen 2-1 away from home in the first leg of the round of 16, their impressive defender, Tosin Adarabioyo, received an increase of one in EAFC 25. He, and fellow RTTF card Yacine Adli, were available for free in the Season Five ladder.
Fiorentina lost their first leg in the round of 16 3-2 to Greek side Panathinaikos, but they will still be expected to overturn that at home. If they do, he will receive an overall increase of two, with Fiorentina and Chelsea potentially meeting in the final of the competition in Poland.
|Conference League Tracker|
|Player|Club|Base Rating|Win/draw R16|Reach quarter-finals|Reach semi-finals|Reach final|Win competition|
|Tosin Adarabioyo|Chelsea|87|Complete – now 88|N/A|N/A|N/A|N/A|
|Yacine Adli|Fiorentina|87|Incomplete|N/A|N/A|N/A|N/A|
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Women's Champions League RTTF Tracker
Arsenal and Lyon could meet in the semi-finals
WUCL trophy
Finally, the knockout stages of the Women's Champions League are yet to kickstart into life, but excitement is already building. The upgrade path for players in the Women's Champions League is slightly different — mainly because there is no round of 16 — but we have outlined it in full below:
Win/draw first knockout game of quarter-finals after campaign launch: +1 OVR
Qualify for semi-finals: +1 OVR and +1 Role++
Win or draw first knockout game of semi-finals: +1 OVR and +1 skill moves or weak foot
Qualify for the final: +1 PlayStyle Plus (+2 PlayStyle Plus if player has one PlayStyle Plus)
Win the Final: +1 OVR or 96 OVR and five-star skill moves or weak foot
Just like the Europa and Conference League, there are only two RTTF cards for the competition, coming in the form of Lyon's Damaris Egurrola and Arsenal's Alessia Russo. The two teams will face each other in the semi-finals if they progress through the first stage — and both 89-rated cards could become 96-rated in EAFC 25.
|Women's Champions League Tracker|
|Player|Club|Base Rating|Win/draw first R16|Reach semi-finals|Win/draw first semi-final match|Reach final|Win competition|
|Damaris Egurrola|Lyon|89|N/A|N/A|N/A|N/A|N/A|
|Alessia Russo|Arsenal|89|N/A|N/A|N/A|N/A|N/A|
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