POSTED February 23, 2023
The first Road To The Final Upgrades are coming this Friday. 9 players will receive upgrades according to their teams' performances.
The three players, Alaba, Raspadori, and Barella will get their upgrades after winning their first knockout match. These upgrades for winning their first knockout matches are only available for Champions League cards. Alaba earned the upgrade after Real Madrid's 5-2 comeback against Liverpool. Raspardori did the same after Napoli 2-0 over Frankfurt. Finally, Barella earned it after Inter´s 1-0 victory against FC Porto.
* Stats are expected, not confirmed
These players get their upgrades after their teams qualified for the 1 / 16 round. Martial earned the upgrade after United knocked out Barcelona at Old Trafford. Chiesa will be upgraded after Juventu's qualification against Nantes. Diaby scored the last penalty in the shoot-out to help Leverkusen to reach the next round against Monaco. Lamela will get the upgrade despite Sevilla losing 2-0 against PSV. Sevilla qualified because they won the first leg 3-0.
* Stats are expected, not confirmed
Felipe Anderson earned the upgrade after Lazio draw 0-0 against Cluj. Lazio won 1-0 in the first leg and that was enough to qualify for the 1/16 finals.
* Stats are expected, not confirmed
There are other players like Martinelli, Atal, Miranda and Brais Mendez who could get upgrades since their teams were already qualified for the 1/16 finals. We are not sure what EA will do with them.