With the UEFA Champions League knockout stages underway, the FIFA 22 Road to the Final (RTTF) promo is expected to be released into FUT 22 by EA Sports this Friday.
If the FUT 22 Road to the Final promo is the same premise as in FUT 21, the promo will see players from the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League be given live dynamic player items that upgrade based on their teams' progress through the competitions.
Ahead of the newest promo, EA have uploaded a loading screen to Ultimate Team teasing the official release date, and there have already been four players 'leaked' on social media.
FIFA 21 saw Mason Mount receive the RTTK player item for Chelsea, increasing from 83 overall to 90 as the Blues won the Champions League final.
In total, 48 RTTF player items were released in FUT 21 and was split between 30 Champions League live player items and 18 Europa League live player items, but with the addition of the Europa Conference League this season, we could see more cards added in FUT 22.
So, which players could feature in the upcoming Road to the Finals promo? And which players have been leaked?
Check out the latest FIFA 22 Road to the Knockouts (RTTK) promo predictions, leaks, and predicted launch date below.
FIFA 22 Road to the Final (RTTF) loading screen, release date, Team 1 predictions, leaks and what to expect
This is the official loading screen for the promo on FIFA 22 when accessing FIFA Ultimate Team.
The name of the promo appears at the top of the screen, the three card designs with a slightly different appearance from the Road to the Knockouts (RTTK) promo are in the middle, and the countdown to the release date is at the bottom.
Based on the countdown, the official release date for the RTTF promo is set to be Friday, February 18, 2022 at 18:00 GMT.
Team 1 Leaks
Like every major promo and Team of the Week (TOTW) release so far in FIFA 22, a handful of players who are set to feature in the RTTF promo have already been 'leaked' on social media.
Reliable FIFA Twitter page, @FutArcade, has already released the name of four players who are set to be included in the promo, with one of the players set to be a special objective.
The leaked players are listed below.
- Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid)
- Lisandro Martinez (Ajax) - Objective
- Juan Cuadrado (Juventus)
Presnel Kimpembe is known for being one of the best defenders to use in FUT 22, and the Frenchman looks set to receive his first special player item of the year.
Marcos Llorente is another player with an extremely good reputation in FUT 22, and if his RTTF player item managed. to upgrade a few more ratings, he could become one of the best midfielders in the game.
Ajax's Lisandro Martinez is set to be included in the promo as an objective, whilst Juventus ' Juan Cuadrado will also receive a RTTF player item.
Team 1 Predictions
Which players could feature in the FIFA 22 Road to the Final (RTTF) promo? Check out our predictions, which you can see below.
If the release follows the same pattern as the FUT 22 Road to the Knockouts promo (RTTK), there could be two teams of 11 released, with seven UCL players, two UEL and two ECL.
Here's the Mirror's predictions for Team 1 of the Road to the Final promo in FUT 22.
- Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)
- Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid)
- Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid)
- Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
- Juan Cuadrado (Juventus)
- Jadon Sancho (Manchester United)
- Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund)
- Alejandro Gomez (Sevilla)
- James Maddison (Leicester City)
- Nodi Madueke (PSV)
- Boubacar Kamara (Marseille)
Along with the teams released into packs, we could see a selection of themed Squad Building Challenges and Objectives released over the course of the promo, featuring rewards such as Packs and Player Items that are not in packs.
There could also be a 'mini-release' from EA in this years RTTF promo, with EA having released a small group of extra players in-between teams with other promo's this year.
FIFA 22 Road to the Final promo details
The FIFA 22 Ultimate Team RTTF (Road to the Final) promo will feature a squad of players from clubs within the current Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League campaigns. These RTTF promo cards are live items that get upgraded depending on their club's progression in their respective competition.
Players included in the promo will start the promo with a boosted rating, and all of them have a total of five potential upgrades.
The five upgrades will be given for winning the first knock out game after Friday's release, qualifying for quarter-finals, qualifying for semi-finals, qualifying for finals, and winning the tournament.
Each player included in the promo does not have to play or be selected in the squad to receive an upgrade, but if the player is for whatever reason removed from the 25-man squad list or is transferred to another team, they will no longer receive any upgrades.
If a player's team is eliminated from their competition, then that also means their player item will stop upgrading, freezing at its current rating.
In FUT 21, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, Real Madrid's Eden Hazard, Man United's Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford, Man City's Joao Cancelo and Gabriel Jesus and Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies all received RTTF player items.
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