This is the game FIFA became. EA SPORTS FC Mobile 27 carries the licenses mobile football runs on — Premier League, LALIGA, Bundesliga, the Champions League, real clubs from Real Madrid to Liverpool — and wraps them around the mode that ate football gaming: Ultimate Team, where your squad is built card by card from today's superstars and yesterday's ICONs.

There are three distinct ways to compete. Head-to-Head is full 1v1 matches in Division Rivals, with ranking and weekly leaderboards. VS Attack compresses football into alternating attacking chances. Manager Mode hands the touchline to your tactics instead — set the Game Plan, swap it mid-match, and watch your decisions play out. Between them sits Quick Match: pick any club or national team, invite a friend, settle it in minutes.

The World's Game tournament lets you take one of more than 40 national teams — Portugal, Spain, Brazil, England, the USA among them — through a full international cup run, while Daily Training, quests, and achievements keep the rewards ticking over between matches. Leagues now hold up to 100 members, findable by language, club, or region, with league tournaments and seasonal prizes for playing together.

It requires an internet connection and an EA account, and the honesty box matters here: Ultimate Team runs on virtual currency and randomized player items, so set limits if you open packs. The football itself keeps improving — better passing, attributes tied to real-world form — and for licensed, always-online football on a phone, this is the full-size option.