Eugene Konoplyanka brought Ukraine victory over Romania in a cyber football match in FIFA 20

28.04.2020 23:03

On Tuesday, April 28, the national team of Ukraine after three matches defeated the team of Romania in the cyber football confrontation in the discipline FIFA 20.

In the next duel on the virtual fields of the world's most popular football simulator, this time the star players of the national teams of Ukraine and Romania - Yevhen Konoplyanka and Rezvan Marin - met.

Konoplyanka successfully debuted in virtual football. He recently assisted Oleksandr Zinchenko in a duet win over Poland, represented by Mateusz Klich and Maciej Ribus. This time, Eugene was challenged by Romanian midfielder Rezvan Marin, who has been playing for FIFA since 2016 and even has his electronic double with a maximum rating of 99.

The challenge was up to two victories in the UltimateTeam format, with legends f world football in both squads. Virtual clashes were commented by the press attaché of the national team of Ukraine Oleksandr Hlyvynskyi.

The Ukrainian immediately showed all online fans that winning the first official cyber football match in his life was not a coincidence. In the first match, Eugene did not give up in front of a much more experienced opponent, and in the game on the opposite courses managed to score an important ball. Ronaldo scored for the blue and yellows. Konoplyanka developed the success of his team in counterattacks and eventually celebrated the victory - 3: 0. By the way, the last ball before the final whistle was scored by FIFA Eugene, who came on as a replacement instead of Kilian Mbappe.

The arrogance of the newcomer enraged Marin, who managed to take revenge in the second match - 6: 3, to equalize the series and to postpone the decision of the fate of cyber-football challenge to the final game.

But even Johan Cruyff's home arena, where Konoplyanka and Marina played, did not save the Romanian legionnaire Ajax from defeat at the crucial moment. "Konoplyankivtsi" from the start of the game took the initiative on the field. Thierry Henry and Killian Mbappe could have scored. But the real hero of the meeting was destined to become the childhood idol of our hero - the Brazilian Ronaldo. At first, the legendary striker fired a powerful shot at the near nine, and soon in an acrobatic jump made a spectacular double.

“I really liked the way Ronaldo played football. His legs, his dribbling - watching his performances was a true fairytale. That's why I put it in the squad», - Yevhen Konoplyanka admitted after the challenge.