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Real Madrid crowned champions of La Liga playstation tournament

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Thomas ALLNUTT, Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/03/24/marco-asensio-real-madrid.jpg"/><figcaption>Marco Asensio juggles the ball during the Real Madrid FC public practice at Stade Saputo. <em>Eric Bolte, USA TODAY Sports/Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MADRID, Spain -- La Liga&#x27;s players swapped boots for controllers and Real Madrid still won as Spanish football tried to fill the void of an empty fixture list with a FIFA playstation tournament last weekend.</p><p>Marco Asensio, who has been out with a ruptured cruciate ligament since July last year, pressed the right buttons to give Madrid one of their less prestigious titles after a 4-2 win over Leganes representative Aitor Ruibal in Sunday&#x27;s final.</p><p>The tournament raised around 180,000 euros ($193,000) for UNICEF and the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, while the final gained almost 170,000 viewers on Twitch, the live streaming platform used by gamers.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/generalsports/news/2020/03/23/tokyo-olympics-seem-sure-happen-2021-2020-67213">READ: Tokyo Olympics seem sure to happen -- but in 2021, not 2020</a></li></ul><p>With professional football in Spain suspended until further notice to limit the spread of the virus, clubs and players have had to be more creative.</p><p>And the Spanish media were quick to capitalise on any sniff of competition as Marca devoted more than 25 articles to the virtual tournament while three of Spain&#x27;s leading commentators provided live commentary.</p><p>There was even controversy as Barcelona&#x27;s Sergi Roberto and Real Mallorca&#x27;s Alejandro Pozo had to withdraw, given both clubs are sponsored by Konami, the creators of FIFA&#x27;s rival, Pro Evolution Soccer.</p><p>Each entered team selected one player to represent them, with Real Betis forward Borja Iglesias among the most committed. Iglesias walked into his living room for kick-off as if preparing for a real match in a packed-out stadium.</p><p>Iglesias had a hand in the idea for the tournament too after he had played the postponed Seville derby between Real Betis and Sevilla by facing off on FIFA against Sevilla&#x27;s Sergio Reguilon.</p><p>But the project was pushed through by Ibai Llanos, Spain&#x27;s most famous esports commentator, who initially suggested the idea in a post to his 1.2 million followers on Twitter.</p><p>Asensio, who fought off competition from Dani Carvajal and Thibaut Courtois to represent Real Madrid, posted a video of himself celebrating while wearing the club shirt.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="und"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WearetheChampions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WearetheChampions</a> !! <a href="https://twitter.com/realmadrid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realmadrid</a> <a href="https://t.co/w75OJj4ww6">pic.twitter.com/w75OJj4ww6</a></p>— Marco Asensio (@marcoasensio10) <a href="https://twitter.com/marcoasensio10/status/1241853340553805829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;It has been a spectacular tournament,&quot; Asensio wrote. &quot;The aim was to have a good time, laugh, entertain ourselves in these difficult times for everyone, and donate in the fight against COVID-19.</p><p>&quot;And we have succeeded. Congratulations @IbaiLlanos, and all who have made it possible.&quot;</p><p>© Agence France-Presse</p><div><em>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com" target="_blank">ABS-CBN Sports</a> website</em></div>

<p>La Liga's players swapped boots for controllers and Real Madrid still won as Spanish football tried to fill the void of an empty fixture list with a FIFA playstation tournament last weekend.</p>

La Liga's players swapped boots for controllers and Real Madrid still won as Spanish football tried to fill the void of an empty fixture list with a FIFA playstation tournament last weekend.

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Real Madrid crowned champions of La Liga playstation tournament

Thomas ALLNUTT,

Agence France-Presse

Published March 24, 2020 10:18 AM PHT

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