After Argentina's loss against Saudi Arabia this week, EA released an 87-rated Flashback version of Lionel Messi in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team. This special card is available through a themed squad-building challenge. This is the lowest-rated but most accessible Messi card in the game right now. And this card has updated statistics as well to reflect his skill at that time in his career.

Messi's Flashback has slightly higher Agility and Balance, which are definitely the meta dribbling stats. The Flashback also has higher Stamina at 82. The pace is where this card shines. You get a winger with 90 Pace and 91 Dribbling. There are no changes to Messi's Four-Star Weak Foot and Four-Star Skills, and Messi also keeps all those useful traits like Finesse Shot, Flair, etc. This SBC is definitely worth the investment for his supporters in FIFA 23.

Here's how to complete the Flashback Lionel Messi SBC in FIFA 23:

Segment 1

Paris Saint-Germain Players: Min. 1
Squad Rating: 84
No Chemistry Requirement
Players in the Squad: 11
REWARD: Small Gold Players Pack

Segment 2

Argentina Players: Min. 1
Squad Rating: 85
No Chemistry Requirement
Players in the Squad: 11
REWARD: Small Prime Gold Players Pack

Segment 3

Team of the Week Players: Min. 1
Squad Rating; 86
No Chemistry Requirement
Players in the Squad: 11
REWARD: Rare Mixed Players Pack

Segment 4

Ligue 1 Uber Eats Players: Min. 1
Squad Rating: 87
No Chemistry Requirement
Players in the Squad: 11
REWARD: Rare Electrum Players Pack

Here's the list with the cheapest solutions to complete the Flashback Lionel Messi SBC right now in FIFA 23 Ultimate Team:

PSG

GK: 84-rated Yassine Bounou (Sevilla)
LB: 85-rated Marcos Acuña (Sevilla)
CB: 83-rated José Giménez (Atlético de Madrid)
CB: 84-rated Sergio Ramos (Paris Saint-Germain)
RB: 84-rated Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid)
CM: 84-rated Rodrigo De Paul (Atlético de Madrid)
CM: 83-rated Fabián Ruíz Peña (Paris Saint-Germain)
CM: 83-rated Jorge Resurrección (Atlético de Madrid)
LW: 82-rated Antony dos Santos (Manchester United)
RW: 83-rated Marco Asensio (Real Madrid)
ST: 85-rated Paul Pogba (Juventus)

Argentina

GK: 85-rated Marcos Acuña (Sevilla)
LB: 83-rated John Stones (Manchester City)
CB: 83-rated Marco Asensio (Real Madrid)
CB: 83-rated Luis Alberto (Lazio)
RB: 85-rated Paul Pogba (Juventus)
CM: 87-rated Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
CM: 87-rated Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich)
CM: 83-rated Jorge Resurrección (Atlético de Madrid)
LW: 85-rated Yann Sommer (Borussia M’gladbach)
RW: 83-rated Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea)
ST: 83-rated Jesús Navas (Sevilla)

Top Form

GK: 86-rated Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City)
LB: 83-rated Lukáš Hrádecký (Bayern Leverkusen)
CB: 83-rated Thomas Lemar (Atlético de Madrid)
CB: 83-rated Ricardo Pereira (Leicester City)
RB: 83-rated Fernando Reges (Sevilla)
CM: 87-rated Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur)
CM: 87-rated Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
CDM: 87-rated Andrew Robertson (Liverpool)
LW: 87-rated Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain)
RW: 86-rated TOTW James Maddison (Leicester City)
ST: 85-rated Memphis Depay (Barcelona)

Ligue 1

GK: 83-rated Fernando Reges (Sevilla)
LB: 87-rated David De Gea (Manchester United)
CB: 87-rated Marco Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain)
CB: 83-rated Marco Asensio (Real Madrid)
RB: 92-rated World Cup Marcos Cafú (FUT ICONS)
CDM: 84-rated Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus)
CDM: 87-rated Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich)
CM: 85-rated Diogo Jota (Liverpool)
LW: 87-rated Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich)
RW: 87-rated Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur)
ST: 83-rated Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur)

Building these squads from scratch will cost you around 323,400 to 340,900 FIFA 23 FUT Coins. Since you have until Dec. 2 to turn in the solutions, you can craft some cards and save some FUT coins. In addition, the packs above can give you at least some Coins back for completing the squad, and you never know when your luck will line up and give you a super expensive player.