FIFA 18: 10 Stadiums That Need To Be In The Game

6. Estádio Da Luz/Estádio Do Dragão (Benfica & FC Porto)

Estadio da Luz
By Massimo Catarinella (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Crack on the latest entry in the FIFA franchise and you can expect to see the Estadio de las Artes stadium representing a fair few clubs. Once the best fake stadium EA ever produced for their series, de las Artes is eerily close to FC Porto's Estádio do Dragão.

If de las Artes does a fine job of pulling off Porto's real-life stadium in FIFA 17, the Waldstadion does a woeful one of replicating Benfica's Estádio da Luz. Even having de las Artes for both clubs would be preferable to this, and it's likely the first thing changed if any player picks Benfica in Career Mode.

The Waldstadion lacks that spectacular arch da Luz possesses, and it doesn't even have that waving seat structure that complements the protruding red beams. Go to Google, punch in 'Waldstadion FIFA 17' and compare it to the picture above for proof that this is unacceptable.

If Porto get their stadium in-game, then Benfica (who won their 36th title this season) must also get the same treatment. Much like the Glasgow giants, having one without the other would feel like sacrilege.

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