FIFA 23 | EA SPORTS Cup – KNOCKOUTS

[Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] Sports cup is back and we're ready after a few weeks out for the winter break and tonight is very much the business end of the tournament as we're at the elimination stage right now we have eight teams left and one mistake could see them exit the tournament and not be able to get their hands on this beautiful trophy on Wednesday night well tonight then we have four elimination matches and let me tell you every single team have proved they deserve to be here some say 2v2 FIFA is just for fun well not here koi love it is it there hey oh this is about handling pressure have to be four nil down on the trip proving people wrong I saw some people say that we kind of fell off so it feels good to just kind of shut everyone up and doing what's necessary to win I'm not scared of anyone but I do nothing with the underdog here but this is what the EA Sports cup has been all about Mike dancing in the balls quite literally his way to go in the first eight weeks chemistry was the secret ingredient pass into his teammate who does so well and raw Talon sent a clear message [Music] and text doing what he does on the biggest of stages we're through it's about doing anything and everything to win live from London Sports Cup starts now well we're back which means the Rachel's Stringer show is back no longer the Richard Buckley show sorry Richard you've been demoted after I've come back after my little Cinema in Doha I'm being nice really I love that we're all back together as a proper group though for The Knockouts Michael Bell position here for that I don't know but now I know he's just uh in the middle just to break up any rivalry me and Rich have no jokes aside it's great to be back at the business end like I just mentioned but before we get into the quarterfinals tonight let's just quickly recap on the eight weeks we have before Christmas guys big question did it play out like we expected it to no it couldn't it can't be when I'm looking at this we don't have the world Champs when you're looking at Heretics with Matthias bonano your favorite Ms dasari not making it to a semi a final he's not even in the top eight we usually aren't talking about that when we're dealing with FIFA Esports when we get into The Knockout stages of FIFA there's one man there's one name Nicholas 99 FC that we always associate with this stage he's not here for me that's a massive massive shock that gill didn't make it there are so many shocks obviously we started with 20 teams didn't we at the beginning of this tournament and now we're down to our final eight and they are ready to go into battle tonight the likes of focus there Mike LaBelle who do you think would have really needed that winter break we're talking about I'm going to build off that I'd actually say that Focus needed the break because they started this tournament fantastic last time we saw him in action they were less than Stellar if I want to put it nicely and having a few weeks off you can come back you can regroup and they can kind of rework some of their tactics and Rich your question who do you think would have built on the winter break or from what we saw in the eight weeks of course I think there's one thing that's built on eight probably more than others and that's foot waste due to the success that Ethan has in fgs qualifier one he was the number one player in the entirety of Europe his teammate alongside Nick's never with him I know they've been grinding they've been practicing well at the footwears HQ and I think they're going to really come out strong here today yeah he's going to be super confident but first up quarterfinal one is complexity gaming the only team of course from North America against PSG Esports and we've got Abby Leipzig gaming against fnatic I spoke to Diego from a fnatic earlier he's pretty worried about that one then we have adleti Riders obviously that's Mobby star Rider's new team now atleti de Madrid what visa Riders tonight though athletic Riders they're taking on team footwears who rich just spoke about having so much confidence after Ethan of course topping the European table and then Focus against Team Bullet ninjas in pajamas again the boys from nip they said that they're playing the best FIFA they ended didn't they the eight weeks saying they're playing their best FIFA and they're still I I guess saying that they're pretty in great form tonight so that's the bracket we've got four quarterfinals of course but let's talk about exactly what's up for grabs tonight Richard Buckley the money tell me about the Muller yeah there's some serious prize money that is on the line here for the EA Sports cup the winner is going to take on 50K that's when we decided on Wednesday the runner up 35 then you can see the prize pool breakdown where four people will be guaranteed 25 000 by the end of play today but also the prize that money can't buy a club World Cup spot that is the runner-up and the champion guarantee a place at the club World Cup finals later in the year in the most precise tournament isn't it on the calendar obviously the finale of the season so that maybe is even more important than the prize there but anyway Mike the rules have changed haven't they from the last eight weeks before Christmas what is now up to how they're playing the format the rules let me give you the path so we're dealing with single elimination but it's over two legs remember we didn't have the two legs previously if tied extra time penalty kicks we have to have an elimination and then the top two teams advance to the fifae club world cup which is what Rich was touching on which means not only do you get that extra cheddar but you also guarantee yourself another tournament more money bigger Prestige you have a lot of negotiation room your partnership is working and possibly no more stress for the season because the job which everyone wants to get done the qualification for the World Cup has been sorted out early doors so you can just focus on their season well let's focus on the first quarterfinal complexity taking on PSG Michael Bell obviously will have his eyes on complexity I'm looking for him right now I don't see them but I I think they've performed well I've never been in doubt as Max talked about at the intro a little bit had some haters maybe but they're back in full effect the only North American team now in the top eight I mean Mike was never in doubt I think though it's safe to say a lot of us were in doubt but obviously they're through to tonight let's see how they got here they have been two feet two world champions before not once but twice when 2v2 came up they were the first team that showed how it was like to play 2v2 complexity looking for an equalizer Maxie with another goal how important was that equalizer you saw like how close the groups are so one point is like could easily be the difference between getting grouped and yeah now the making is all for themselves complexity Cristiano Ronaldo and max they're looking good very very good and one of the tough toughest groups foreign end in round one here at the EA Sports cup and this table will shake up ever so nicely in group a now what have they got from the corner what's coming from the training ground and there you have it complexity right back into the game how does it feel for you guys not only to get out of the group to advance but also to top the group I I saw some people say that we kind of fell off so it feels good to just kind of shut everyone up I mean we're happy with getting first in the group but we want to win the whole thing [Music] and the reason I was saying we possibly were doubting them is because of what happened last year okay you can't take away their two times world champion as a pair as well but they weren't in the best form last year they've made such a comeback what's it down to I think they they reconnected they worked out some of that teamwork and also you might have heard a little bit of that disgruntled confidence that'll do something for you got a chip on the shoulder you feel the disrespect and you got to like kind of come back and remind people who you are and that's exactly what they've done this far and they're going to continue to do yeah surprise package I'm gonna say of this tournament and possibly Rich so a PSG this new partnership they've possibly surprised everyone in their group especially knocking out team iax and and your favorites team Heretics yeah they certainly are they're one of the biggest clubs in World football rpsg and I think picking up this Rusty you're starting to see them flourish in the FIFA Esports scene as they have yesteryear they knocked out two of the big guns and let's see exactly how they did it foreign [Music] just offloading to Pele big chance for PSG slots it in the bottom left corner outside PhD a mixed bag of results I bet you take it coming into the day are you gonna go through yeah for sure we will try your best and uh who is how it is but yes we are gonna go through but we'll see what there's a chance here and that's gonna be the perfect start here for PSG great feat PSG through and as that happens PSG solidify themselves in The Knockout stages like I'm confused but I'm very happy what a group PSG Esports advance to The Knockout bracket I'm in group D another Super difficult group to come through I love that I asked Richard Buckley this question the fact they knocked out his babies team Heretics Matthias banana I mean that was a massive surprise a team this season cup reigning champions in 2v2 and they didn't only just do it by a point by a draw it was three points difference from second to third I really think PSG showed one thing and that's the ice they showed the composure the finished round one on Five Points they took into around to eight points out of 12 unbeaten two wins two draws they did what they needed to do and I think it shows a real real experience or a level of composure that maybe another other other teams have shown yet well we needed someone with the ice because Nicholas isn't here team Guild so there we have it PSG wants to watch and uh their two teams of course in our first quarterfinal six more to bring you as well later on and someone else who is back as well join the team back from Doha is Kyle Walker and he's um obviously bought a jacket out in the Middle East as well matching Mike and I Kyle please introduce the teams to us thank you Rachel yes it is great to be back and it is great to be introducing our first two teams that will be hoping to make it to the semi-final stage of the competition first update King second in group D with some pretty impressive victories as well it is PSG Esports now these guys will be looking to come up and not just enjoy themselves but also cause a bit of an upset let's quickly chat to them guys it's great to have you here looking very confident and liking the sunglasses as well that you've got you said that you're here to enjoy it but surely surely you're hoping you can make it through to that semi-final and go on maybe to even lift that trophy uh for most of people FIFA is just a game but for us it's a full-time job so let's play and make of this day a normal day at work a normal day at work I'm looking forward to it good luck right let's get our second team up there opponents all the way from North America it's complexity now these guys will be hoping that they can surely surely do what they didn't manage to last season but they're here for a successful one let's chat to both Maxi and Roxanne Maxie straight to you first disgruntled confidence and maybe a bit of a chip on your shoulder that's what how it was described just before you mean business you're here to show everyone that North Americans that yourself you were here to do the business tonight yeah 100 I mean we've had some people write us off in the past so we're looking at this tournament as a way to remind everybody that we're the best deal jokes and people have written you off before but you're here hoping to go through to Wednesday to that semi-final and maybe even lift that trophy as well what have you got to do tonight to ensure you go through uh we got to play well don't lose the ball don't make stupid mistakes so hopefully we do that now there's some very vocal teams that are also here that maybe aren't facing you just now but maybe backstage watching have you got any messages for them some that may say they're the best in the world and you guys are as good as them we gotta let our play do the talking yeah yeah maybe after this game I'm liking that the disgruntled confidence we're definitely going with that one guys it's a pleasure to go and get yourselves ready right well we've heard from both of those competitors just here both teams and the timer is up we're getting closer and closer to these elimination stage of the tournament so let's get to the FIFA 23 action Richard Buckley's taking his mic off he's put his headphones on and he's joined by Brandon Smith over to you guys thank you very much Carl and yes she could say Happy New Year from the commentary Booth but back for another year of FIFA of course the same tournament but just split across a small win to break Richard it is a bit of a different feeling here tonight because it is knockout play now we had group stages eight weeks of group stages back in November and December last year now we're here for The Knockout stage where the cash really starts to come out and play the cash comes out to play and I think the implications come out to play as well those Club World Cup spots cannot be understated at how important they are Brandon I I really think that the the pressure is going to play a part in this tournament and I think it's only not necessarily the best mechanical team not necessarily the best team who can play FIFA 23 it's gonna be the best team who can deal with the situation and deal with the pressure yeah well it's great you say that isn't it because you get 25 000 uh of course split if you win the competition fifty thousand dollars does go to the top team on Wednesday night but you're right that that fee for e Club World Cup spot you cannot put a price on that one as we said in the two teams can get those spots this is our first quarter final of today as we said complexity will take on PSG and I I think you're right you spoke about PSG a lot in the preview they are a surprise package a huge football club with so much pressure behind those two players but for me they were a surprise package because maybe there was other teams in that group that FIFA fans around the world would have said look they're going through but the two French players have been superb only lost one game in the group stages they deserve to be in the top eight the problem is they're up against the 2v2 team that have been playing their FIFA years now previous 2v2 world champions I think coming into this game if you're talking about the the preparation and maybe even the the words that are being spread around PSG in particular a lot of people are fearful of how good they've looked in in warm-ups in scrims in these games leading up to the tournament they have been I mean to take a word from the from the community they've been frying they've been sending people back to school with a number of their performances can that be replicated here on the biggest stage of them all the biggest stage that they've played in in their FIFA Esports career so far yeah if this is your first time tuning in to the EA Sports company come at the perfect time quarter-finals live in London four games coming your way back to back today PSG looking to get the first real chance of the game it's Ronaldinho off the get-go oh it's a great bit of trickery manthel has to get down to ground as we said FIFA Ultimate Team is the mode in play I think you are wondering why these teams are so strapped these Pro players have got access to pretty much every single player in the game just for tonight and that is why you are seeing icons claw everywhere we just saw a first chance of the game on one side from PSG one man that's popped up on two occasions already Richard is Ronaldinho yeah he had that chance of PSG the only reason that they got that chance was because both players pressed really really well it was uh I think in the middle of the pitch rude Holly who had it and they just instantly Zapped onto him they won the ball back high in the complexity game in half and in the end probably should be one nil up went for the ball roll uh sort of variation heel to heel around the keeper it was a good save from vanders are but I love the early pressure and the early press coming out from PSG Esports the one thing we have to also talk about here as well is in group play it was one game one and done yes you played everybody twice but it was a single leg you got three points after you know one simple game of FIFA with this being Knockouts it's a two-legged aggregate score Line Game how's that going to change things here Richard because yes FIFA Esports is gonna be played over too late but in this competition it's the first night where it has been but it gives teams more time that's the biggest sort of element of it whether that's positive or negative time positive in the factor that if you're down to three goals in the first leg it's not game over you've got time to bring it back if you are leading you've got a long time to see out again it's complexity now remember past TV two world champions it's the same Duo with Maxine jockson they've been playing their FIFA together since 2019 it's quite a few years they've had representing the American Esports organization they are the only team outside of Europe that have got this far and by no means you cannot look past that incredible achievement here comes a corner yeah Toray was marking Virgil Van Dyke there and my first set piece of tonight's action it was uh dealt with for these and one at home for you if you are looking to uh potentially get a set piece from a corner and turn it into a goal he saw that he took he put the right analog stick all the way to the right hand side of the ball get that in-swing curve on it and uh attempted to whip it into a dangerous air with a lot of pace and a lot of power of course we can see you guys at home getting involved in the conversation let us know in the chat whether that be twitch or YouTube who do you think is going all the way in the EA Sports cup of course that question will be answered on Wednesday night tonight we'll find out what four teams will be putting themselves into the semi-finals alongside bagging some decent cash along the way here's R9 Dancing In The Box quite literally great save again who has made one or two stops early into the game just needs that extra touch to her to pounce onto the ball there and get two hands on I was just looking through the list of players reached that have made it into this top eight today jock Sam believe it or not he's the oldest player left in the tournament still he's only 24 but in that time look at what he's achieved in his FIFA scene he has got some incredible accolades and I do think what Maxi and jockton have as a team yes you could look back at Denmark last year Copenhagen which was a month to forget about look how that's changed this year into FIFA 23 and a team they still are and are forced to be a reckoned with I think what they've done Michael who did at the top of the show if they had some grievances they've ironed them out they've stressed they've sort of de-stressed the situation that was there when they weren't performing well there might have been in the past blame placed on each other now it's a very Level Playing Field they're a very good team I'll probably say they're one of the best teams in terms of a two players who have chemistry who can sort of uh bring each other up and make each other better that we've got left in this top eight and that's simply as well because of how long we've seen them together for they've established this chemistry and this teamwork speaking of complexity now and papay just charging forward van the cell also comes charging out a goal you are right look at the the Run they had they were able to top the group in group a first place they got 15 points behind them yes they scored 14 conceded 10. but still the top the group gave themselves you could call that slight Advantage but no one's an advantage here ball across the Box cleared Away by that's through Viera will come in as a center back again he's a huge huge clearance um capitalist State how important that was because it looked as though Omar light blue cursor in the bottom right was in on goal with Ronaldo Nazario the cross was whipped in and Vieira just about cleared it from underneath his old crossbar PSG looking very very dangerous but then Maxi had a good chance a couple of Step overs with their Buffet to create the space couldn't quite get the shot away this is what I've mentioned obviously two feet two feet for Beats two players control him the 11th players on the pitch keep an eye on those little curses above the in-game items head one side you can see a blue and a sort of turquoise green on the flip side it's yellow and red is Pele now on the edge of the Box well time it green again Vieira just about mounted up the perfect plot there defensively sound so far have complexity beat just trying to really look rich at what's changed since the winter break in terms of teams not much really we know the luxman buffets had a slight upgrade on his foot Titan yeah Torre won't be moved that World Cup upgrade still features if not zidane alongside Hull at half time here in our first quarterfinal Neil Neil so far and as expected it is going to be a little bit of a Feeling outstage me talking about the the teams in particular it's the uh Prime icons introduced mainly that have been brought into the teams you can see conversations there ongoing between both sets of players rather interesting that Mr chooses to whack his headphones on with the music full blast and it's teammate Encanto just uh soaking up the atmosphere here in the arena here in London it's an interesting Duo this PSG sighting can't say did sign for the club a few years back but for now we'll catch up more on that for now let's head down to Carl Walker who is alongside some of people that might be feeling a little bit nervous tonight thank you Brandon yes I am indeed Daniel you're obviously the coach for RB Library your game a huge game coming up next we're just talking about this one nil nil 45 minutes in obviously we've got two legs slightly different to the eight weeks that we had previously how difficult is it adjusting from gameplay ensuring that you don't give a mistake away and you're the coach so you're sitting back you're watching the guys play but making sure that there's a balance between not giving a mistake away but also going forward and scoring yeah I mean especially in quarter final it's today like the first game where it matters so um it's it's hard to find the right way to do to take risk and yeah just to be play safe well they're not playing safe because they've started the second half so let's get straight back to Brandon Smith and Richard Buckley thank you very much Carl great to you there from The Man Behind the success of RB likes he could be a chance early doors in the second half Lucio he's one of the other foot Heroes that will feature in this side for PSG but just on that point very quickly Richard OLV RB live top there group I have the tally for the most goals scored and nice points accumulated in this tournament I've got a question for you Brandon obviously we've got the chat open we can see it Kyle just asked a question so I'm gonna do the same to you someone said why is no one using Dalo at right back that was a genuine question that came through the chat thoughts I mean it's a bit of a left shower isn't it of it's left field plays it right back maybe we'll see him one day look if you don't want the coins you can fit straight into the team one more pass he's right now dino great save and this up it's a fantastic chance early on and it's no surprise it has fallen through the hands all for an audelio what can you see from this corner whipped in deep and then the SAR two hands on it to continue on the answer from that question I mean there's just better eye backs available for these guys to use cafu he's that player of choice for both of these two teams and to be honest will probably be the option of choice across the next six teams you see involved tonight PSG first half they were you would say the slightly more proactive team or I've this opening 13 minutes from what we've seek on complexity they're getting down down the flanks they're getting a lot of space in these dangerous wide areas he's Maxi now in control ronaldinh you want to play oh no there's your first shot really from Johnson in the Box and who else would it be Mr reliable as always no matter where it is no matter what time of day Renown and Rosario to get things moving complexity lead by a golden ill just give Maxi out wide with Ronaldinho way too much time and the difference between the Casual player sitting at home and these players behind us in this booth the top eight teams in the world as soon as he got inside the box he popped off the step overs the calmness some players at home they might try and look for a finesse shot in the fire Corner they might try and do another skill move you've just been successful pop off another one it was the teamwork it was the composure just to lay it off into jocksan who has Ronaldo Nazario and it's always going to be a goal great play Paul defensively from PSG because I said the wide areas was where they could get in behind complexity and they just left the space there they didn't track the runner of Ronaldinho we just ran straight off of the right back and we can see that right back's been changed because Trent Alexander Arnold he's now on the pitch although there was a list of rybacks that you guys hope wanted to see involved between Alexander arado comes into the fault clearly it's as harsh you can see you were terrible there you didn't stop Ronaldinho yeah Trent you're on Trent you're on try and make something happen but how many times we tease that rich Ronaldinho has caused issues on both sides of the pitch look where the players again this left-hand side of the pitch psg's right side is where complexity gaming again all their play at this moment and they've also compounded the misery because they've just brought a brand new left back on Alfonso Davis is now on the Patriot left back well well PSG no keeper movement this could be dangerous making the changes what's this corner then pele's over it it's Maxie taking the corner jokes and teasing her let's run in the Box he's also a run from R9 there flicked it on there was an idea and there's another Corner that's been won expect to see across tonight three four five different ideas from these set pieces especially if how low scoring some of these games are going to beat there you go it's playing A or B doesn't work let's go for plan C we said the goalkeeper movement wasn't there it didn't tempt them into trying to shoot maybe or looking for something different it was just a whipped with some serious Venom into the back post area and we're showing you all the tricks of the train here tonight three or four different Corner techniques that you could be pulling out of your locker and who else Van Dyke at the back post especially especially tonight origin of all nights a corner can be the difference Connor if you get it through the the Ace in the Hole shall we say this way you pull out the thing that you've not shown on your live stream or you've not shown in qualifiers to other players the thing that you've been working on behind closed doors this is the time to pull out that free kick to pull out that corner because it could be worth reach 25k 25. thousands dollars that is what you'll get with a win in a quarter final here tonight soon or they leave yes there's a second leg to play but this is the sort of score line where it's it's a horrible score line in some ways especially against such a good defensive side a renowned defensive side Ronaldinho just charging forward to PSG great save again but and the saw has been a hero then what will he be a hero again this time and papay the Frenchman will pick PSG up off their knees and say come on we still got a second leg to play and we talked about the ice inside the box it was up there for encante he shot straight at the keeper but he got another bite at the Cherry killer in Papa a couple of Step overs Inside the Box reclaimed and recamped himself massive goal great finish as well I did think Vanessa were going to be beating this first leg he looked like a man possessed the composure there from kante because it was Hail Mary in that box wasn't it there were chances there was Sage the ball was bouncing around and he spoke about rich what makes the difference between the casual and the pro player look no further composure there from encante couple of Step overs into the top corner and just like that PSG have now suddenly got this confidence of look why not why can't we go and find an equalizer they've got a corner see now dangerous to have been already today we only had 74 minutes of gameplay and Each corner is like a chess match where'd how far do you move the keeper where'd you move your Defenders to inside the box look at the red and yellow icons of complexity they've got Vieira and they had rude Holly they're pulling their best headed players into that area here we go it could be a flick on there was an idea from hullet and the end will fall back to uh navy blue complexity shirt we're doing their bit just to try and keep hold of the ball and move it forward maybe to go and get another two goal cushion which will be massive as we said to do a second leg to be played aggregate score and we'll come across that match all that goal does though for PSG is massive we know how little a one goal deficit is maybe it could be two again cuts it back inside superb defended it was Brave from the Brazilian that time Christopher and kunku having to get back bring some interesting players mixed into the play here nice play inside the Box from complexity gaming just looking for that step over it's been such a pivotal skill move we've seen a lot of it in around the Box you get that little speed boost from it as well and try and either open up space for a teammate or get a shot away yourself great first leg here of the EA Sports cup what's the ongoing around the left-hand side and papay R9 I think he was just offside he won't make their run anyways Cafe which gets back around so with the Dayton jump again it's Ronaldinho again just causing problems down this left-hand side can he find a cut back into the box now Ronaldinho great feed back to Jackson another corner where complexity have already scored from plan have they got this time from the set piece this time it's played Short to Pele keep the ball recycled all the ways around still they do keep possession they don't want to be in danger of uh forcing the turnover and PSG Esports having the final attack of this game they're gonna hold the ball they're gonna wait until that stoppage time injury time comes up they've got two additional minutes and now they'll try and go forward but possession giving away the ball out of play gives PSG a chance to level up going into leg two last roll of the dice for PSG if there's enough time there is about 10 game seconds left to get the ball over the halfway along which they've done we'll get a chance I think Ronaldinho will just be offside and that will do us at the halfway point remember this isn't done yet by any means there is still a second leg to follow between these two giants at the halfway point complexity lead PSG by two goals to one it could have been a two goal uh advances take into the break but that mbappe goal was massive for PhD just to get them back believing back thinking look we made it this far why can't we go the full way PSG potentially could feel hard don't buy to have not scored more a couple of great saves from vanders are in the complexity goal it was that early chance the uh sort of borrow heel to heal if you look for a different variation potentially we could be looking at a tied game right now 2-1 called Point City gaming take a very very narrow scoreline margin into the second leg of action you know absolutely as we said lots more to come here tonight for now we're going to go to a quick break when we return second leg between these two giants in our first quarter-final of the EA Sports cup we'll be back in a few [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] for the EA Sports cup you're joining us for No Doubt one of the best weeks of action remember we've got gameplay today and Wednesday by Wednesday night here in London will Crown our winner of this tournament picking up fifty thousand dollars myself around us with I'm Richard Buckley guiding you through our first call to final today we're at the halfway point Rich they're still half a story to tell this game is still very much open yeah this game is is way way up in the balance right now it's up in the sky nobody really has taken advantage of it this was a huge chance early doors for PSG Esports to all put the score line after three minutes they had a second chance which was ticked into a dangerous area from Edwin van desire complexity came down the other end with killing Buffet just nudged off of it but it was in the second half where complexity really got going and look where all these chances are being created from absolutely it's that Brazilian man on the left-hand side then this happened Richard just before the 60th minute it was Maxi into jokes and it was on Ronaldo getting that American side Off the Mark after about five more minutes and a few Corners it was Virgil Van Dyke's time to double the lead and then this chance happened it was a chance missed originally buying kante and then this piece of composure from who else than mbappe to bring them back into the tie there was more chances and there is still a second leg to play here do not go anywhere and do not leave your screens this was the match stats though Richard from the game yeah you can see the uh the overall there from the match I think what I want to draw your attention to the passes from complexity are 163 passes uh sort of I wouldn't say dominating the ball but dominating large portions of the game and you also saw down there as well not many tackles not many interceptions it wasn't really a scrappy game it was quite end-to-end and I'm a little bit shocked to be honest that the XG wasn't higher with the amount of chances that we created we can see you all at home on the twitch chat and I've got one very very simple question for you who do you think is going to go through put a c in the chat if you think it's gonna be complexity put a p if you think it's going to be p s g I want to see it fill up or if you're not that lazy you can put an SG on the end as well my PSG on the end see what you think is going to win this one this is a two-legged game of FIFA at the halfway point complexity lead by two goals to one as Richard said let us know in the chat oh you think is going to come out on top in this one PSG now back in their traditional home strip from left to right in this one complexity in the red what changes this time which feels crazy Rich will go from eight teams down to seven after this game as we'll say goodbye to another team this could be a brilliant start clever pass for a second I thought R9 we're just going to chest it down there and go on his own but you look for the flick on we can see a lot of seas a lot of complexity love in that twitch chat right now we'll see if the uh the twitch chat is right on their assumptions as we all know the twitch chat is never wrong so uh whatever happens they'll be right just to tease this one to you as well next game tonight we'll see fnatic take on RB likes and we are talking text we're talking Anders we're talking the world champion um of course to Yogo Mendes off a game that one plans to be what a chance this could be it's getting Scrappy on the edge of the box there with a piece of play from complex two again Rich who is at the back that man Vieira stopping all the danger plexed here they can just add another one onto their tally it will take a little bit of pressure off them and the flip side will mean that we have to see PSG come out [Applause] you try and go for the game you win this game you are into Wednesday's semi-finals top four guaranteed 25 000 also in your back pocket weeks of hard work and I'm even complexity Rich hours of traveling but then to get over they've got here on Thursday so they've been here quite a few days are climatizing to the time zone getting some EU practicing which is really really important as well and they feel good if it's level in the second leg they'll be in the semi-finals or complexity gaming they'll be coming back on Wednesday I've also sort of said in a couple of interviews they feel like they've got a point to prove after what they've achieved in past years yes as I said it wasn't a great FIFA 22 for them their own stands they were grouped in Copenhagen and the club World Cup the tournament they've had so much success in Past Times the page has been turned they've won four games in the group stages Drew three of them then he lost one game and that was to mgc if the Brazilian side who didn't even make it into the knockout stages [Applause] I have a weak some from that lead two goals to one as it stands what a ball this could be great it's a trickery there just a unique pass as well very rarely do we see a chipped ball into the box like that on a slightly sort of more direct angle went to just diagonal it in PSG showing us a few different passes and I'm not gonna call it desperate but attempts at getting that ball into dangerous areas they've still got a lot of time left to play so far though Rich we spoke about possession and passes last game first 30 minutes here it's been all them complexity are so dangerous though one attack like this and the rest could be history when aldinio down that pylon where is so hard to defend it is defended well that time though massive switch of pipe Mendy Ronaldinho no way through defended well by complexity through red church just around the Brazilian icon this is nice the nice triangles in and around the Box stopped in the tracks fires it down and pull it oh bad partnership then too controlling pretty much everything in front of that back fort one thing I'm noticed straight away in this second leg there are a lot more tentative defensively are PSG to pull players out of position they're not allowing the space out wide in those areas where complexity hurt them in the first like oh no finds Ronaldinho Good Feet this is Encanto oh lovely cut back at Papa who else would it be he's strong once in the first time but he strikes for a second time in the second leg and just like that our two goal cushion wiped away back to square one game on fabulous dribbling inside the box he saw the error he had Ronaldinho in his path and he saw him just sort of backing off didn't really fancy their tackle it was an outstanding a couple of Step overs to create the space and then fire that ball back into a dangerous area just putting it on a plate and whatever they've done to him back pay or whatever he's done to to his own in-game item across that incredible World Cup campaign he had in that final this made him into even more of a monster [Applause] and I'm sure that we've probably got an inevitable Team of the Year killing mbappe right around the corner he has been unbelievable two goals who else would it be just taste that a little bit better doesn't it for the PSG players it's the only PhD man on the pitch scoring both of your goals best thing of all we've still got 45 minutes of this here's our nine into the box Omar looking for his teammate Omar still on his own Good Feet brilliant feet is he gonna come back for a second time it nearly did it just had to offload it yeah he'll be kicking himself right there because he did so well Inside the Box the ball roll scooped turned to create the space and I think there was just a pass to his left hand side just a simple knock across the Box I think we've all been there reaching it when you're one of those runs you just gotta hit it just to stop does it the skills are there the combinations are there and the space is just opening up maybe in hindsight that extra pass would have made all the difference see the halftime stats there zero shots it's a one-way traffic wasn't it PSG foreign putting a big performance there's no doubt there will be some pressure on their shoulders this is the best run we've seen from PSG in a a long time you cannot forget Rich the roster of players they've had in Past Times the success they've had the level of French players on their books it's one of the biggest football clubs in World football PSG I mean when you look at that team there has to be a level of performance with it and previous fifas there's been some great players there that have done some fantastic things but if they were to progress through to the top four it would be one of their crowning achievements as an Esports team PSG I have to remember what group they came out of as well Richard IX were in that group until a Man City and Heretics this is a big Chancellor from a free kick complexity the golden chance it 22 meters out player on the line this could be a 25 000 free kit he plays it short instead great feat from R9 steel R9 reverse elastic oh and somehow it finds his way into the back of the net I wasn't sure what was going on from that freak they played it short but it just became a little bit of a skill compilation the next thing you know it's in the back of the net complexity back in front three goals to two oh that's going to be in every single replay package throughout the day what a finish we're just here there a couple of words coming out from Jmart talking about the replay again sticking in the formation not changing you've got the lead let's try and build on that now it was a lateral heel to heal but your skill move we rarely see it a reverse elastical around the corner it's such such a great finish I I want to see it again look I want to see this goal again thank you production for supplying the goods the lateral heel to heal into the LA croquetta into the reversal article well look for all that great play for all that great attacking play I'm asking questions of any van dessert it's got quite a lot to it I think that was jokes and the captain of this team said he was the oldest competitor left in the tour man that was the extra couple of years of experience showing from the Mexican well they've had a lead twice now in this time can they hold on to it this time round there is going to be an instant reply from PSG who naturally in that pause which have probably changed a lot of things they had to didn't they I mean complexity now from a quite a poor second leg you would say first half they were under the Cosh now back in front pellet corner [Applause] psg's turn to make something happen they scored a corner which was pretty remarkable in the group stages against iax they always have a surprise package up their sleeve too the French Duo this time what have they got paid T's there you can just see his run he's in a battle with zidane he's gonna then fake it back outside there's hullit towards the front post well it's there good contact good set piece just too much on it from rude Holly powering the headers right over the crossbar again I love the the variations in the set pieces whether it's jockson and Maxi or encante and Amma they've really taking a look at how this year with the the corners and free kicks being completely revamped what can they get out of it 30 minutes away from a top four finish Wednesday they'll be back in Action whoever wins this game complexity could be that team heavy torch counk coop let's get this possessed we'll jump back into a pause again 29 minutes away just a chance to have a chat work out how we're going to see this game out for the last 30 minutes we're good for now there is only message coming out of that complexity camp on the other side of the screens PSG Esports with a very interesting high five high five meats fist but it doesn't matter they have the team cohesion they have the chemistry do they have the minerals to come back from a losing position once again tuna down before in this series do not write them off they have been the surprise package in this tournament start to finish could be dangerous driving R9 can't find a way Brown Lucio however Plexi still have the ball whipped in 209 the goal scorer of the only goal in this second leg frantic now as both teams naturally started to panic they know what is up for grabs how close they are getting to the next stage but also how close to being knocked out the tournament papay he's done it twice before could do it for a third time in a battle there of the air well played again [Applause] it's all about game management playing the right pass at the right time for Jackson and Maxie right now taking those extra couple of seconds out the game the score one more it will certainly be game set a match he's bundled his way through finally a couple of ball rolls this is jocks and still down the byline sure Alexander Arnold and Lucio were needed there just to double up to win the ball back for PSG all the torch this could be a gift he's offside aren't I that it's also a gift on the flip side from the lines but Paul's cued probably wanted to get it in just before the uh the free kick was played Alfonso Davey's in a runner race pillows happy to get back in the fence this is nice Ronaldinho one more pass back to R9 good my dear with the skills unfortunately the conviction of them just didn't really work it's a great tackle at the back this could be it rich they can conclude it now maybe if they need to Pele back to one eye one more pass or not the ultimate killer blow it was mbappe that scored the goal against PSG and that goal there could be the difference to send complexity into a top four semi-final PSG back to the hotel to pack their bags first point back tomorrow morning as it stands well if there's a time to go into it before you've got to go for it it's not a bad time to pause the complexity though they wanted the pause now they're up by two goals on the aggregate score line there are numbers forward for PSG Esports that's the only route to keep yourself alive here in the EA Sports cup complexity ah that team they are that team that seem to pull it out of the fire every single time they might be underdogs they might have flown halfway across the world to be here but they always seem to perform no matter how far they have to travel rich as well what back in Milan all those years ago they traveled there one of the penalty shoots out in a grand final that was one to remember years old and they are still a team fair play to complexity as well the commitment they've made into this esport 2019 they signed both of these two you know lots of conversation in that complexity camp I think it's a good thing as well they were talking about when what time to sort of play for the last attack how they want to try and address these final 10 minutes you know what you mean we're up against you know it's gonna be an all-out press a lot of like to sit here and say two goals would be enough with something 10 minutes left or we've seen some wild things in our time oh the air is not happy about it and so we shouldn't be tackle of the day sign it off already there is an award for that then Sierra might uh might be up for that one possession changes hands again would be remarkable can drive this attack again so special what a goal the step overs prove it's so so strong especially in the moment when you just need someone to step up from the crowd to wrap this going by the scuff of his neck because ice skating around the Box is that momentum moving out for PSG oh and papa again is on the Run of his life at the moment complexity just doing everything they can as PSG continue to pile on the pressure it's another win back or not the ball's bouncing around frantically stairs told on to now complexity a minute left plus additional time Corner given away it's a tough one the composure of that PSG goal as well just while this is in the corner he saw the keep coming out and just took an extra touch past him one more chance for PSG all he not surely not two minutes left on the clock the pressure gotta goal the ball has to move and it has to move quickly oh it's a terrible touching cuckoo's gonna get a battle what a tackle yeah yeah and with that tackle there complexity you can't say are in the top four of the EA Sports cup 25 000 guaranteed what an opening matchup we've seen tonight here at the EA Sports Cup and the best thing of all we've still got three more quarter finals coming your way it really doesn't get much better than that what an end to end game what a series complexity clutching up when they needed two most but PSG with an outstanding performance they'll feel hard done by their feelings though they probably should have got more out of the game for complexity guarantee and confirm their spot in the top four and they are two matches away from being your EA Sports Cup champions no matter where it is Richard no matter the year no matter the FIFA title once you can guarantee it's complexity in knockout stages in the tour bus that's an extra level added on to their perch now top four guaranteed 25 000 and the only team Rich out of Europe that have made it to the knockout stages go one step further let's talk about PSG very quickly commiserations to these two it is a newly created team that has had an unbelievable run there are moments of magic in that performance that goal from Amado at the end what's wrong with them Vapor no it won't mean much now but still a top eight finish in your first two feet two tournament as a Duo is pretty good going and that's that's the level of these quarterfinals PSG win that on any other match but in the quarterfinals you have to be perfect and unfortunately they weren't well there we have it caught a final one done and Dusty complexity into the semi-fars for now it's over to Rachel Mike or complexity in semi-finals they're very happy Michael Bell is alongside me he never doubted them it was intense well I found out some drama in that game I mean can we safely say they are they're one of the best ever 2v2 partnership the most established TBT partnership I definitely think they can be in that Mount Rushmore if you will of two V2s I mean granted 2v2s haven't been going on that long year after year after year they have I mean the two-time world champions are now into the top four in the world again this year and let's see how they did it then in leg two obviously they kept taking the lead PSG kept coming back in the end though this is how they wrapped it up Mike and this is what you would expect in elimination football beautiful work there for Ronaldinho it really starts out you see the energy in the room here shift with PSG a lot of confidence uh you see R9 again working they're doing a lot of different skill moves here we've seen a lot of work from the goalkeeper we see it gets a little bit of emotional shall we say back there the reactions I love this goal we're going to look at this later I mean it's just gorgeous uh individual moments of greatness you see R9 doing everything on his own takes the team on his back I would love to know if that was Jackson score their goal for was Maxi I think it's the goal of the day definitely the goal of the tournament may be this far I know it's just getting underway and you see what's better than a little bit of that extra cushion is getting yourself the two goal spread and they needed that two goal spread as well as you see it gets very very dramatic but a little bit of a rebuttal step overs always overpowered right now you're gonna see tons of those skills but it was a little too late for PSG and they're going home slightly early and you see it kind of closed out there from Jackson and Maxie again both guys showing what it means to them as a team as a collective I also think it's another great way to start the day start the tournament you send a message for the rest of the competition the only North American team well especially for my clebel of course but it answer your question there I think it was joke sound because Maxie's uh jaw and then he hit the floor there in response to that third goal which Mike will get it was in here cleaning it I'm sure clean will quick word on PSG obviously I think we kind of wrote them off in the first half they really came back strongly and they could have almost equalized on 90 minutes well I also think like they should definitely be proud of themselves to get out of the group stage I think they were written off before a lot of the the fans and also even people that are on the back end they weren't going to make it out of the groups and they did that they got through a lot of different competitors we talked about some of the other teams in their group as well so congratulations to them and and they made it a good opener for the day Tope in the world I mean massive achievement all the same well we've teased that third goal then it was at Yorks and go because Maxie like I said his jaw fell to the floor Mike you're gonna break that down for us in this analysis presented by PlayStation tournaments I would love to and it's truly just a moment of individual Showmanship you see here quick free frame but I'm gonna break down what you see and why it's so important I said it's a master class he's going to give you this lateral heel to heal you have to beat that first defender or that midfielder in this case then you have a cancellation with the cross the LA croquetta going into a reverse elastico four to finish five star weak foot and you know it's so nice why don't we see it twice we're just going to bring it back you don't need anything extra here look at this lateral heel to heal there's the cancellation you resurface the reversal asks to go and you don't have a weak foot vanderstars card out of position it's just gorgeous it's beautiful it's fantastic you can insert a superlative here you name it we talk about it but it should definitely be on a top five maybe at the end of the day I mean if the performance wasn't a statement that from Yorks and as the captain was a massive statement to the entire Community we talk about being ice cold you've got all the composure you don't feel the nerves you're on the biggest stage it's just you out there and you pull that out just saying well it's cold outside and it's even colder in here from that performance well let's have a look at the bracket then our first teams are into the semi-finals on Wednesday that goes to complexity gaming 4-3 that win over PSG Esports next up though let's just cast our eyes downwards it's a massive matchup RB Leipzig gaming they're then probably the most feared I'm gonna say 2v2 partnership in the competition who gets the pleasure all those two local boys do it's team fanatic up against RB likes and gaming after this short break [Music] thank you foreign [Music] foreign the EA Sports cup is presented by PlayStation tournaments [Music] copied in PlayStation tournaments win your share of cash prizes FIFA points and more as you face off input and Club competitions sign up for weekly and monthly tournaments on your PS4 console or at compete.playstation.com to test your skills on the pitch think you have what it takes yes if you think you've got what it takes then make sure you get involved right welcome back to the EA Sports cup what a first matchup we had and let me tell you the drama the tension it's just building because there's plenty more FIFA 23 action coming your way right let's introduce our next competitors to the stage first up please welcome the team that secured the highest points finished in the entire group stage the winners of Group B it's RB Leipzig these guys will be looking at their opponents backstage knowing they've got it all to do I can quickly chat to them welcome it's great to have you back oh man I'm coming straight to you just on this one fanatic text to yoga they'll say they're the best in the world but you're here to cause an upset tonight of course we are confident uh we punish the group really really well last month we didn't lost any game so we are really confident but we know of course our opponents are also really good so I think it will be a tough match right well good luck I'll let you go off and get yourself sorted let's introduce our next team the next team that are hoping to knock them off the pedestal the team that has shown no fear in the lead up to this fixture the runners-up of Group C it is fnatic well guys welcome it's great to have you here you know this stage very well both of you have been on the biggest stages when it comes to the FIFA Esports scene Diego I'll start with yourself but there's nothing bigger than playing against RB Leipzig and of course fergang and umit I disagree man it's just another game um we just have to go out there play our game and uh if we do we will win Tex if you were to say looking at all of the opponents that you're coming up against or could possibly be coming up against it is the most difficult out of the eight oh man they're the best team in the tournament probably you've got the world champion Atlanta's World game the people that can't be beaten I have a feeling that you guys are uh mind games are going on here are you saying that you're The Underdogs going into this one absolutely they finished up with a group we did and they finished on 20 points we finished on 12. how are they how are we not getting knocks Tex what's happening to you guys I mean normally you're coming out here you've got plenty of confidence but those are you being quite modest now it's saying how isn't it we're really underdogs and um you know it's the first time in a while but you know we own it we're going to a lot of people play our game and hopefully it's enough right well let's see what happens I'll let you go and get ready brilliant I like the modesty in that one as you can see the countdown timer has started we are getting closer to some more FIFA 23 action so let's get into it let's introduce Ryan and Brandon thank you very much car with yes what a quarter final this one is on paper when we first started this tournament Ryan if you looked at two teams we're like that could be a knockout game worth 25 000 you'd be like yes please let's just get it booked in now dull and dusted it is a reality and it's coming up literally about one minute's time what a game this one plans to be run it's the the highly anticipated game and of course you've got text they're playing it down a little bit but I believe they're confident yeah absolutely well there's a reason why Texas maybe not fully confident that's because there's a guy on the opposite side of the chair where they're sitting in his name's andersburg and he's young he's 16. and this is a little bit more about him [Music] 536 games about losing it looks to be a double for RB lighting for who has got the goal is it Virgo and with it a couple of Step overs of course it is there's so much anticipation in the air for Anders were guns oh Lord looking to do something historic have to be four nil down [Applause] sit over there [Music] well you probably know this man from foot champions over 500 and I think 29 games on Beats or maybe more about 530. games or something on those lines he has created an era for himself his own era he has had question marks over them could he come to Lan could he face up against these sort of players he's answered all that he plays currently for the best two feet two team that we've seen in this tournament yep exactly as you said before he even started competing he had a Target on his back as people called him the best a 1-1 player and of course he holds himself accountable with his ability and he said they start off really well in this 2v2 tournament yeah well what is interesting before we had a Winter's break there was some interviews that took place in our last week of action including dioga fnatic and he had this to say I talked to techs a little bit when you guys qualified and he said well I kind of hope we get life sick did you feel the same way with that energy or is that maybe just text like putting on a little bit no yeah I mean I'd rather have a harder quarter final on paper um and then have I guess an easy Road also like I'm not scared of anyone would you respect um Hernandez so I'm not scared and I'm sure Donnie isn't scared either so we'll be fine and normally you guys are under the most pressure because of everybody's got their eyes on you it might be a little bit different in this circumstance because that worked to your advantage um no I don't I don't I don't really care about that like whatever if we're The Underdogs or not I'd vote I did not think with The Underdogs there but oh yeah um no I don't really care well look again you're laughing about it what's your fortunate because that was before the winter break that was back in December before we stopped for Christmas obviously back now many weeks later what's changed there in the mindset since that conversation do you think I'll be honest I think it's just all Mind Games the old gold and text they know what they need to do today if they want to progress into the next round but so did uh the I'll be Leipzig boys as well and again I think both teams should be confident no they should be indeed I mean let's not forget about text a lot of people know text when you say what's FIFA esport twos oh that FIFA Pro Player text oh yeah that's why because this is what he's achieved FIFA 19 might spring to mind because it was no doubt one of his most successful years we've we've ever seen from a FIFA Player in that included the last time he won a 2v2 tournament Ryan it was the FIFA Club World Cup where he was teammates of Nicholas believe it or not and they won a tournament in London five foot champions cup in his time of course first in a European North playoffs in past times as well and he has won that e Champions League Invitational there's a reason why he's got such a pedigree and so many fans in this scene and there'll be a lot of people watching tonight Ryan really spewing him and his teammate Diego one yeah definitely text as you said is a household name in the FIFA scene not just in the UK scene but worldwide you could say for me the most coveted FIFA player has ever been he's won it all other than obviously the World Cup which is just slightly hasn't fallen his way but everything else he's done and he's been hoping today him and Diego can advance to the semi-finals well I've got a question Ryan for you is this game does kick off right now this is your second quarter final of the EA Sports Cup winner of this will play complexity on Wednesday in a semi-final yeah which can pretty much change the game just to get your thoughts what can we expect from this game between these two because look on paper we've got RB Leipzig who netted in 24 goals compared to fnatic who only scored eight across eight games in group play that's got to change of course there's a drastic difference you can see the amount of goals scored for Red Bull like oh I'll be like they go forward a lot they're not afraid to push forward the step overs in the final third as well is very effective and I'm actually anticipating a high scoring game from from both teams or from one if you put them in the spot for a prediction I'm going to say I want to say fanatic Edge it I'll be honest I don't it's hard to call with 2v2 there's no real out and out best team in my opinion I think a lot of teams are very level but I think that I I just get a good Aura from Texas yoga today to fillers if they they backed themselves to win the game well of course Tex and yoga can come from right to left in this one there were teammates last year as well which included a couple of runs they had in London team of the season cup and of course the FIFA e Club World Cup I'll be Leipzig though weren't able to make all of those events I had success in the virtual Bundesliga they were Club champions last year that was these two first real chance to work as a team and you can't forget Ryan Adams is running 16 not that long ago so he could only compete in a handful of events if this one comes in two pounds on it from Donna rumor I mean both chuos have had such a different start you could say into their fif3 Sports career so far yep exactly as we said we've mentioned Landers a few times we have to of course give credit to um who is actually the world champion winning the fpwc last year so of course he is coming into the tournament with a huge amount of confidence even the recent FTS one I believe it was a top four finish for himself same with text top four was it no it was top eight I believe it was in top four for text um and of course it wasn't the best of 24 both Diego and first gang but again fantastic duels fantastic in at the 1v1 space so they need to show up today and perform let's just talk about a very you know quickly it is crazy the ummit is the world champion at the moment but still we sit here we just talk about Anders we talk about Anders more and more and more and if you look at the duo which is trying to defend this attack from fnatic right now it just seems overpowered a lot of the time I mean doesn't he I mean he's accepted that role but Anders is just so vocal you'll see it across this game if things aren't going right or if things are going well he's only 16 he's the youngest player in this tournament but by God he packs a punch absolutely and I think with with Uma he sort of just gets his head down and progresses through a tournaments he he sort of reminds me of razak back in the day every time you reach a latter stage of a tournament you anticipate Uma being there whether it's the semi-finals quarterfinals the finals going the whole distance and winning it he's always amongst the best players in Europe and his consistency was rewarded last year winning the the grand finals but as you said first year competing for Anders is huge as we mentioned how much stature he has in the FIFA scene without even playing one competitive game it was just all front foot champions and it led to to the stage that well where he is today Yeah in our sort of pre-season hype up to this tall and there was so many people saying one team they want to avoid was fnatic or RB Leipzig now we have caught water caught fire in front of us these two go and head to it fnatic so far I've had all of the ball is Yayo Torre fancies that one from the edge of the box it was time green but that's a warning shot fired they might have only scored eight goals we're looking towards a night form to their tally corner to come in now towards that area and just like that fnatic take the leads what's the start fantastic start from fnatic it's been all fantastic from at the beginning of the game and it all came from that long shot on the edge of the box there with Yaya Tori the great dribbling in to the green trivella but then the corner there's going to be a lot of corner goals no shock of course how effective it is at this year the driven Corners in and when you have players with that stature in the Box you've got the likes of Yaya Toure brutally Van Dyke Vieira you always gonna pose a threat when Corners are whipped in and it's a deserved one no leave for fnatic in my opinion well well if the time green finish from Yaya Torre was not enough of a ward in short I don't know what would have been fanatically by Golden ill zero reaction they know it's a long Old Road these two legs of FIFA in front of us we can of course not forget Ryan that you did take part in this tournament representing Man City ill alongside shells as his chance comes in for RB Leipzig what changes now in terms of the approach to these games being two legs because when it was one leg it was very very different in terms of the approach for a lot of teams we saw especially for RB Leipzig which is the case of and focus score loads of goals and score early yep of course with a best of one a thing where if you concede you kind of are forced to try and get the game back um from that deficit position because again you don't really have a lot of time to play with however of course with the best of two you have the extra game you sort of use the first leg just to feel like your opponent their game style the formation they're using the personnel and how they build up their attacks but again with the best of one it's hot it's much harder to do that you could maybe do that for maybe the first half but even then you still leave yourself with not a lot of time to work with so again the best of two formats solve Works more for in my opinion teams like fnatic who are very very disciplined you've got um techs and yoga who of course when they take the lead they're not afraid to keep possession I think it works well for complexity as well great example who won in the first round today that we saw we've got riders coming up later on as well another team that I think it favors as much as we've sort of criticized fnatic of the lack of goals they scored defensively it's been great they have been really really impressive Ryan foreign across the eight group games being one of the lowest alongside tgnip of course that duo David and Ollie lito nearly 40 minutes gone here fnatic leave that's Texan Diogo right hand side of your screen I'm hitting andersburg again it might not dropped the game so far as it stands right now it's not looking pretty it's very structured from Tech San Diego with the way they're defending they're not really pulling out players out of position this oh this could be nice and papay great save if that you can call it came off the knee and he did find the sword just to back it up but they might have been caught out on that moment but you're right Ryan it looks very structured at the moment very organized it's almost a slack Jinx there from myself but again as we you just mentioned here it's very structured and organized I think it's a full I'm not too sure about the formation I think it might be a four two three I'm not entirely sure but the way that they're they're building up their attacks they're waiting for the passing Lanes to open doing the step overs into space to get the speed boost it's great play there from Texas it's Cafe Tex the captain of this team driving down the byline and putting on a plate for his teammate two goals to kneel fanatic leads they might have come into this and said look we're The Underdogs but what a start they've had they've silenced I'll be Leipzig Sensational play there from text there darting down the line and of course it's something that they look for at the start of the the game we saw that they looked towards the the byline very frequently trying to play The Driven pass across gold it didn't work out but it worked out then as you say we go in at two nil into the halftime break and as we said we haven't seen anything at all from Ananda so far well when we've got a moment just to have a preview for ourselves right let's go down to Carl Walker who's joined by the coach complex too must be over the moon thank you Brandon yes I am indeed Jesse you'll be the man in the middle of the complexity guys when they face one of these two out of Red Bull Leipzig and fnatic who do you want who don't you want considering that you know that fnatica Tuna look uh you know I'm not gonna lie to you we don't we're not too too concerned about who we played we don't really watch uh too many other teams but I mean by yourself now you have to say Red Bull uh we know how good the Personnel is for both teams uh so neither game is going to be easy but I'd say for now uh you know we'd rather play uh Red Bull for sure right well we'll see what happens fnatic tune up let's get back to the second half of the first leg cheers Carl I mean if I was asked that question I'd say neither if possible yeah we're complexity quick word on those Ryan yeah fantastic fantastic as Max said in his interview early on at the start of the the master tournament they sort of have have been disrespected I think people forgot their the accolades of course last year they didn't have the greatest cup I believe it was in the team of the season cup they didn't perform anywhere near their standards or previous standards anyway but they've come into this tournament they've backed their ability to put the work in and they deserve to be amongst the top four teams back on the way for this one if you have missed the headline news so far that is a fanatic are beating the force the German force that has been RB Leipzig game and there's a limit so far silence cannot find their feet in knockout football here in London after a dominating display in the group stages 24 points they racked up sorry 20 points they're racked up we're scoring 24 goals and so it's all no doubt one of the biggest matches you'll remember if you followed this tournament all the way through is that fnatic game shot from distance we'll take you back for a free kick instead what can we see here played Short sedan back to R9 that's not going to make them happy at all there with Ronaldinho and oh and I just run into each other it's just a bit disorganized I know you can't do much about that sometimes it's gonna say I thought that was in maybe shooting territory we've seen a lot of direct free kicks go in this year I think the first goal we saw as well in this competition in the group stage was actually a free kick from Texas potentially seeing if maybe Uma or Anders could have lined up for a direct free kick at that moment but again played Short is also a viable option we saw with yoxan as well in the first game of the day fantastic play on the edge of the box to score but other than that though the the shot outside the box that's really all they can resort to as we see fnatic build up again but it wasn't meant to be with that pass look at this press it's nice very nearly ton of room up found himself in a spot of bother driving forwards forward finds Pele do you go back to Texas that blue Castle above his head his teammate with the that was green circle across here yayato with the Run watch it this could be special oh it was clever Diogo tried to find the one more pass and if he came off it would have been magnificent Ryan but in that moment I think he had to be greedy would have been a pass we associate we call it the the German Cross in the FIFA Community it's something that you associate with Emma himself triggering a run from Deep with the midfielder or center-back and whipping the ball in and it usually results in an opportunity and it was but it was a Bad Touch there as we see a little bit charging into the box great defending again from text there proud Liverpool fany's techs and that interception with Virgil Van Dyke might have been that a little bit sweeter keep an eye on the red cursor of an RB Lively player that is Anders that yellow triangle does well and it's to win the ball back for his team great press from Arnold he's gonna be Panic stations though sooner rather than later if they do not find a way back in Papa great feet limit finds out of this edge of the Box this is where he has to come out and play again Virgil Van Dyke called upon and delivering a superb Time Tackle see that I've just managed everything right I was just about to say you can see the way the tempo of this this second leg has changed with the way Tech San Diego are building up they're not rushing any passes forward they're only going forward if the opportunity arises they're not being too risky even though that pass there was enough side one there but again two goals down from okay they're in a position now we've seen them four now down and come back but I think this could be a different proposition with the way I just don't see how RB likes if they're not creating anything they need to sort of up the tempo maybe create more chances because they just Resort into the step-overs on the edge of the box but they're not really getting there okay let's just get close into that Booth of RB Leipzig to see if anything is being said between these two not much from Anders you can imagine he's not happy with how things are going but how important is it Ryan you've been in these situations you know winning and losing in this tournament when you go into ports like that it is natural to just want to just sit there and say nothing yeah but you need to talk it out don't you it is it's very very true I just said it's very easy to fall into the you get you kind of get deflated very easily especially well now it's a little bit different because you do have the second leg to fall back on but at that moment in time if you're down by a couple of not too long left to go in the game you sort of think to yourself is it going to be your day and that interception there potentially could mean that it might not be but again there's still a long way to go we've still got the rest of this leg and the second leg to play by the aim here from football fanatic anyways it's a slow possession slow the clock down just keep possession and make sure they don't give up any easy chances for RB Leipzig to capitalize on so he tackles all that will not help can not argue against fnata they have not put a foot wrong so far this is text now turn out small omit enjoying himself back inside Diogo one more oh no it's horrendous goalkeeping from Donna rumor wow but they're not going to care are they three nil great play there as well as you spent you mentioned the build up there with text with the drag back so bringing it back to the old school text using the dribbling on the edge of the box there slice of Fortune a huge slice of Fortune but you have to take it when it comes your way at three nil to Diogo and text something comes into my mind here Ryan Footwear yes I know I know please what was the score in that game as well I'm not saying it's gonna be like this but there's a team that can come back Maybe it'll be these two but something has got to change as soon as possible what blows my mind even more Ryan is that throughout the group stages fnatic averaged one goal a game they've just scored three in a quarter final with 25 000 on it and all the pressure this is without doubt though the best I've seen fanatic play I know it's easy to say that they're winning against arguably the tournament favorites so you can say that it's always going to be their best game but just to build up play the discipline the structure in defense the composer in possession has been perfect and rightly so they go into the second leg three goals up well I hope I'll be Leipzig Daniel's got the hair dryer treatment ready because he's gonna need something to change the mindset of his two players now who are three nailed down they are deflated you can see them sulking in there chair he's got a change if there is a way back for them into this tie but Tex indiogo wow we if there's one way to come back into the new year it's with bats three nil they lead at the halfway point in this quarter-final stage this would be one hell of an upset on one hell of a storyline still so much to come between these two runs yep a long way to go we still got 90 more minutes to play at four RB Leipzig to try and get back into this game try and get a foothold in this second leg but if it's anything to go back from the first leg they're gonna have to make some changes because offensively I just didn't see anything they didn't offer anything all going forward well they've got a couple of minutes now because we're off to a quick break we're in return it's the second leg between these two giants will they turn around RB Leipzig or fnatic Booker spot in the semi-finals we'll see in a few [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] foreign welcome back to London for the EA Sports cup if you have just joined us you're joining for a bit of a headline story at the moment and that is that as it stands Anderson umit three nil down at the halfway point myself Brandon Smith and Ryan but summer guiding you through the action here right let's have a look at the summary of that first leg because there is still a second act to come in this game but what went wrong we'll have a look at the highlights before we jump into the uh the deeper stats between these two what a start and what a performance from fnatic yep it all started off from actually a blistering start from Diagon text 4 fanatic it was a corner that led to at the first goal we saw there as we see build up play from our relaxing that was in my opinion the only chance they sort of had there but it was this run here from text The Driven pass across the goal from the old goal and it was an easy finish to go tune it up going in to Half Time and this was another chance here we call it the German Cross whipton I think it was a pass or maybe a poor touch there which could have been another goal for fnatic but this is where the goal came towards the last couple minutes of the first leg a poor mistake from Donna Roma giving an easy goal there for fnatic three goal lead going into the second leg as we look at the stats here I was expecting it to be a little bit more favorable in terms of possession and expected goals for fnatic but honestly it is sort of even let's have a look at the shots as well if we can see between the two teams the shots on the left-hand side of the screen as well I'll be live seated in the game then one shot from the edge of the box one that came a little bit closer but on the flip side you can see where all the goals came from the three greens were the goals they scored but what was so impressive Ryan was just yes they both play such a role in this team Diego scored I believe two of the goals but Texas involvement in making the chance creating the skill moves yeah and even when it wasn't coming off just making your opponent think oh my god I've got texts running at me yeah doing all of these skill moves I've got to dive in or I've got to just sit back next to you know I've considered the goal it's been vintage text as I said It reminds me of the FIFA 19 text where anytime you got to the edge of the area you were sort of Frozen because you didn't know what he was going to do whether it's a reverse elastic or a drag back a shot cancel and it's great to see it again as we said because that's sort of what is what separates him from other players his decision making around the area the skill move and again his lethal nurse and creating chances and you can see three goals to the good well here we go then second leg between these two I'm just looking at both those two in the RB Leipzig side still looks so deflated you've got to get going yeah that's sort of a bad Omen in a way maybe they need a goal just to sort of kick them up and pick them up and kick them into gear because again they just look very very deflated they don't seem as if they they have the belief in their they don't seem like the team Ryan that's what 24 20 four goals and got the point record in the group stages yeah we have to remember that that was a little while ago there's been a an update since then in the game of course that there's been I wouldn't say a meta shift in terms of what's the most effective way to score goals or play FIFA but it's changed a little bit so maybe that potentially suits Tex and Diego well done I'll be Leipzig first chance to get back in the game it wins a corner keeping on those individual player curses Anders with the blue curse above his head it's teammate um if the green text on the flip side in control of the ball now he's got that red triangle above his players in-game cursor and Diogo move that yellow self you mentioned has been a change to the game right what can we expect in that change in terms of a pro capacity that could be obvious Maybe to be honest in terms of the actual patch itself I wouldn't say there's been a huge change but in terms of the way people play the game now you can obviously look for crosses step overs I've always been a key aspect of going forward but I just think it suits having a best of two with the way that the game is for fnatic especially for Techs in a in a 1v1 capacity but in a two in a two's format maybe that sort of filters down to Diego as well not saying he's not a great player Diogo is is phenomenal and he's proven it over the years but from what tech has accomplished it sort of just fits into the way he plays let's be honest to partner with text you need to be a certain type of feedback you have to be at the top and yeah definitely it shows how good um Diego is the fact that text can put the Trust In His Hands as well and also score the score the goals right yeah can they'll look past these two did have two good runs last year in the only 2v2 Majors we saw which was the in club World Cup and team of the season cup team that put in the Reps they face diversity a few times in these moments I know what it felt like and true in that they probably never want to feel it again that's why they've come in with such a incredible impact so far three nil they lead looking for gone before his text now over Bape trying to protect likes run into the box pull past there for a moment [Applause] but let's come back to happen Ryan when do we need to start seeing the goal I mean obviously not ASAP but yeah I'd say maybe one by the 60th 60th yeah I'll give it that long six if it's fair we've seen um the amount of goals that have been scored in in late stages in the games across this whole tournament not just in of course The Knockout stages but throughout the groups a lot of late goals but I'd say to come back from a three goal lead of course you're going to have to resort to go in concert press Susie a chance there to reversed elastic hole wasn't enough to get past the defense of fnatic there and that was Anders there that tried to correct the ultimate piece of movement if that wasn't able to happen it's a good ball in sign though the only thing that worried me about this Duo at times has just got to motivate each other actually in these moments your pass going this way pick your teammate I'm getting going fanatic just cruising popping the ball around well there's no tomorrow though this is not a core fighter one more pass Tex makes it for fnatic burner one hell of a shower and one hell of a performance four-nil see it's not even a celebration from Texas sort of just telling yoga all right it's not done yet let's keep it going let's keep prodding let's keep pushing they want to make a statement here they don't just want to win this game by a couple goals they want to make sure that every other team left in this competition knows and realizes that they back themselves to win they they know that they can do it and to beat four goals up against RB Leipzig I know said we've seen it done before we see a shot there we have seen it up before I just as I said in the first um the first leg this just feels different with the way that fanatical playing is so disciplined they're so structured and I just don't see how how um and Anders come back I'll be completely honest I just don't see it I have to keep giving you that yeah I know eight goals is all they scored in the group stages completely different type of tea these look like definitively we knew they were sound but offensively there was question marks not anymore takes back cooking jardinio this time back inside to the Ogo yeah yeah this is Tex still this is what is this one coming there's one coming from him that's exactly what I'm talking about though when he slows down and makes the defender make the decision are you gonna anticipate me turning left or right and then once you do and you bite into that challenge he just completely obliterates your goals the other way thanks again gelsenio this time and Anders just bearing down on the Brazilian to just try and stop him in his tracks Diogo it's great great movement there from Texas as well just to offer the Run as a supporting past there with jerzinio nice oh Tex want to play Diogo oh no the rest is history five this is wow this is top stuff I'll be honest this might be the best performance for sure it's the best 2v2 performance I've ever seen I'll be honest like as in this is ridiculous the team with the lowest points to qualify for The Knockout stages as well were fnatic with 12. forget that rip up all the stats about group stages they don't matter anymore this is what matters Turn It Up In The Knockout stages not looking for five maybe looking for six is the Ogo gonna get six surely not I could have put up he could have but wow this is a demolition job this is destruction here from fnatics Tex and Diego and as I said it's just been one-way traffic it's been outstanding as I said I just feel as if they've not put anything in terms of nothing tackled passes Ryan everything has been perfect genuinely it's been perfect and as I said you sort of could say there's been a there is a there's a slight rivalry between text and version and Anders there is because again people are sort of saying if Anders could compete that that era when he was going 500 games I'm beaten in foot Champs if he was able to compete he would have won it all but then Texas somebody that has actually won it all somebody that sort of who might feel as if there's been a an unfair comparison and I know it's not 1v1 it's 2v2 but he would feel like he's doing or so you know it's worth saying foot Champs to foot champions cups you know they're both incredible cheaper yeah yeah absolutely you're right there is there is that argument there and there always probably has been yeah everyone wants the the fame on them sometimes as well and you saw the the rise that both of these two did have across the last couple of years there is more then just to win behind this isn't there yeah exactly it's been dominant though five nil going into the second half of the second leg I think we'll see more goals I don't I don't think I think it's going to be a job where I think I'll be Leipzig will have to push bodies forward if they want to just sort of leave the game with any sort of I don't know you don't want to leave a game thinking what could have been maybe if we had pushed forward but even still I just think five is too much five is way too much if you're telling me at the start of play today that we're going to see I'll be largely not leave sorry leave the talk without scoring a single goal I'll set your line yep five nil there's no Second Chances here you lose you're out that's it you can forget about the 33 Club World Cup in terms of a short quick ticket gonna have to go the long way here's our night maybe a cutback available for Obi Leipzig runs it out of play that sums up the performance so far yeah it's just one of those days for Anders and um if I had to ask you right before the ball was kicked what would your prediction be I did say it would be high scoring and I edged it slightly to fnatic but when I'm in high scoring I thought it would have been maybe six five seven six well I joked about didn't I said what for both teams or one yeah I didn't think it would be uh a five nil or a six nil or anything like that I thought it would be a seven four seven five maybe but yeah to have it five nil is completely one-sided Good Feet with R9 again Virgil Van Dyke has been immense at the back every single time alongside maldidi not many have gone for that duo at the back fnatic have and they've not looked past and they've kept said incredible defensive line for out has to look for goal number six now a lot of players in that position they're just dribbling with just you know with text there would lose possession I'd be susceptible to a counter but it's just the way he's managed to to bait Uma and Anders in to make a challenge and sort of lean One Way pretending he's going to cut inside and then go towards the the byline it's just an easy way for them to keep possession keep the ball in um I'll be leipzig's half and again it's been outstanding Cafe over the top fine pull it 29 minutes away you'd have to sit around wouldn't you have a performance like this fanatic to win it all maybe or it's so hard to say I think it's too hard to say because I I said earlier I don't really see a huge difference in the 2v2 um scene with with a lot of the tops teams I think they're all on a similar level but this as I said for me is probably the strongest 2v2 overall performance I've seen I've seen that I've said how footwears are fantastic as well and tgnip I think are great but I haven't seen an overall performance there's always been sort of slight drawbacks with the overall performance maybe that they've given up an easy chance or anything but this has been resounding this game and what do you think held them back from the performances they showed us in group stage was it just the one leg they couldn't handle the one leg or is it just they needed more time to jail and get used to it yeah it's of course the the group stages was at the start of the the season so of course the sort of learning the game how it's meant to be played of course that's a very important factor but they played before they played last year they competed last year they've done um relatively well but still below the standards they'd hold themselves accountable for but I just feel as if they back themselves now there's a you can see I said it's mind game before the game the way that they're speaking saying that they're The Underdogs but honestly we could see that they still bat themselves and believe that they're the best team and they're clearly showing it here 27 minutes left on the clock I don't think we're going to be seeing five goals or more but we may be seeing one or two more out of them to the scoreline [Applause] when I saw this RB Leipzig team at the start of the tournament when it was drawn when it was created I always thought it's great when it's going well I always thought what was it like when it was going wrong yeah unfortunately because they might be able to pull one back now there's just there's not much going on they're not really speaking to each other sort of with them is very a similar theme throughout all of his years of competing he doesn't really give off to emotion when he's playing so even if he concedes a goal he wouldn't really you wouldn't see the frustration in his in his emotion however with Anders he's very very expressive with his emotions and each goal they consider a chance a giveaway or an easy gift of possession to fnatic you could see that it was deflating more and more but stopped in his tracks and there's that time it's fanatic look for goal number six maybe they might just find it now of Tex back with R9 takes time to grade semi-finals in the books if it wasn't already done so and a little celebration to add on that's all we've been missing that's where the celebration has come out you felt as if you needed another one just to seal the deal maybe because he's been sort of laying it on a plate for the yoga to finish those chances that was his one there to green and put it into the back of the net six nil six nil fnatic against RB Leipzig to say again six oh my goodness six nil you're not dreaming oh my Lord this is a quarter final with twenty five thousand dollars on the line and they're not done yet I've got another one thanks he's having the time of his life you know what let them enjoy it towards the back posts we won seven all right [Applause] they've nearly scored eight goals Ryan they only scored eight goals in the group stages and then he scored eight in one game I can't believe what I honestly cannot believe it I cannot believe there's not even a show of emotion for Amanda's ultimate they're just they've just been glued to the screen glued to the same spot in shock and as a coach behind me they've got their their coaches sort of what do you say um late flights tonight back home but I can't speak man we came last night in our group but yeah seven seven nil is yeah there's losses but there's and look there's no doubt about it this was a result never to be spoken about again on the left-hand side of your screen but there has to be time to look back at it and go what went wrong from the prep to the way we just did not maybe change things up but it wasn't going well but on the flip side fanatic maybe they needed a winter break because they've come back like two absolute monsters oh we're gonna see a consolation at least we will but unfortunately it won't mean much than just a stat on the screen seven one fanatic we can say we'll be taking on complexity on Wednesday in a top four semi-final game one more ticks with R9 tries to chip the goalie I need to save us some of the chapters one is the squad battles oh God can't be saying that unfortunately these are the scorelands you you get giving them foot Champs [Music] again no it's been a it's been a one-sided game it's been a fantastic performance from fnatic doggo and text they've been the best team from the first minute and they've showed it and they could even get an eighth here here we go logo stop moving Texas gonna score with four nine eight goals [Applause] it's gold tally they got acrossed eight games of FIFA they've done in the quarter final wow we bought away to announce yourself back for 2023 Texas set in the mark setting the pacemaker don't forget anyone be able to keep on with them if they go like that that was incredible incredible performance from the fnatic boys of course commiserations to Anders and umer they're done incredibly well to get to this stage unbeaten but it wasn't meant to be and yeah it is it's tough to go out in a competition when you feel like it's just been a blowout result it's really hard to to see yeah I don't I really don't know what to say I'll be honest I don't think anyone associated with RB logic have much to say you just I don't yeah I really I'm speechless in the way that that game turned out it was very very one-sided a demolition job seen out by Diogo and text and rightly so they Advance into the semi-finals up against complexity I just think right we said we wanted this game on paper for so long oh it's gonna be this a crazy game where you're right it would have been six five or it would have been crazy that's what I thought we didn't expect this eight one fanatic have just won a quarter final they've just won 25 000 as well they've sent home a bit the current world champion the Danish wonderkid and this Virgo gang they're out of the tournament that's it that's done forget building that story anymore I think attention has to turn to those two boys on your screen they actually said that they are a great team yesterday they're a little bit modest but maybe they're playing to go mentally but what a performance they're in the semi-finals absolutely again a huge congratulations to both Tech and Diogo the advance into the semi-finals and if they can perform anything like that I'll be honest it's going to take a lot to beat them amazing stuff two quarterfinals down for now it's down to Carl Walker who's joined by a few guests Brandon thank you so much we are joined by some guest myself and Richard Buckley jock San Diego Diego will be coming to you in a few moments we'll let you cool down after that performance joxanne Ryan Passover has just said it's going to take a lot to be fnatic we've just seen their performance how are you going to do it because this is the team you'll be facing on Wednesday yeah honestly they're a really good team we saw the last game they score like 10 goals um they're a good team but you know we're we're the world champions as well so I mean we can do it you've just said you're the world champions and we all know that but also maxing yourself you've been talking about the disrespect that you get as a pairing as a group and as an organization as well I mean you're coming up in a semi-final against the team that we could say equally as competitive equally as good obviously within the FIFA scene as well but you're the world champions that confidence you must take that forward yeah honestly like I said like they're a really good team and I know we know it's going to be like a really tight game and it's going to come to the margins so honestly we got to prepare tomorrow and hope for the best on Wednesday do you think that they respect you or do you think that they can do the exact same to you honestly like I don't really care what they think like yeah right well Richard let's get a response a right to reply from Diogo there yeah we'll get on to that uh firstly Diogo That was supposed to be the Floyd Mayweather match up that was supposed to be the hardest game of the tournament you made it look really easy what's your just first thoughts like you came away beaming how are you feeling you almost have forgot man like we're getting caught The Underdogs and I'm with you like they had a really good group stage we didn't to be honest like we had a really subpar group stage but this is knockout like knockout stages is different best of two um game by game honestly life is good like I still think they are top two teams um but they are top two teams behind us and today I think we showed that uh you've obviously seen the performance you know who you're going to face in in the semi-final um what do you make to complexity and Mendez never forgets man I mean there's no forgets that's what I'll say honestly no um we're gonna we're gonna take this game with the same amount of like respect and preparation as we took this game just because everyone expected Leipzig to be um to beat us and maybe now we're the favorites against complexity on paper it doesn't mean that you know we're not gonna try as hard but Mendes never forgets can we Israel a little bit on that I've seen you to remember penalty shootout potentially a penalty kick can you can you go on that yeah yeah just know if we get if you get the penalties I will be peninkering every penalty down the middle every single penalty down the middle because the Mendes never forgets but we'll get him back wow there you go there we go let's fast forward to Wednesday I cannot wait for this match up complexity against fnatic it's going to be absolutely incredible congratulations to you both as I said before we uh we're about to get in the middle of these two Richard congratulations you made it through to the semi-finals let's get your response in your thoughts Rachel Mike wow fighting talk on this side of the Arena I can't last for words over here I mean I kind of mentioned it didn't I nobody wanted to play Leipzig and I'm going to say especially Diego I actually was chatting to him before the match I said how are you feeling he said anybody but this team but he said Rachel do I get to do a pre-match interview I said I think you do he's like right cool I'm gonna get in their head and that is exactly what they managed to do Michael Bell this was all mental and when I spoke to both techs and yoga separately before everything got underway today I was like how does it kind of feel to be an underdog because usually when they go into competitions of course everybody's talking about fanatic talking about their partnership and they're like underdogs oh that how you feel and then you heard it when we came on they did that pre-match interview every one of them they were handling it where they were saying Underdog Underdog Underdog I think they got in their head and it showed I mean this was a dominant dominant matchup the most impressive 2v2 we've seen thus far well they worked that Underdog performance title they they're not The Underdogs they weren't The Underdogs as they proved but maybe they liked to use that's the advantage Mike and it worked for them it shows some experience there and you just saw goal on goal on goal and they could have slowed up they didn't have to continue they could have showed a little bit of Mercy had more possession play but they just kept adding goal on top of goal and I was so impressed with a lot of their build up play they as you see Tech celebrating he doesn't see him he doesn't hear him it's all mental again between the skills between the reading of the game a lot of The Possession play is so impressive especially against two players that are known to be able to press really well you would have never noticed that press and yes there's a consolation goal here but it didn't mean anything and it does kind of send RB Leipzig back home where they have to go back to the drawing board to a certain degree because there was such a separation in this matchup against fnatic in RB livestock you don't talk about mentally though you think that Leipzig lost it you're talking about a current world champion losing it mentally but but if we're playing 2v2s you have to be as a collaboration there you go down a few goals things aren't clicking what are you going to shift what are you going to change and I really feel like if you watch that back you can see the emotions on their faces there's not a lot of communication and I think that was a big difference for RB Leipzig not being able to get mentally back in the game they weren't able to bring it together as a group I mean in text he added fuel to the fire didn't he with the celebration there do you think a little Showmanship it's part of it it's part they might feel certain type of way they they might so you see text bringing out a few celebrations here to me that looks like he doesn't see you he doesn't hear you they're in a different light a different space that's probably going to go out on social media quite a bit I was gonna say they didn't see it then they will do a little bit later on this evening when they actually have a time to think about what happened tonight they don't make it through to the final four on Wednesday Mike you have a highlight as well for us in the analysis presented by PlayStation tournaments where is this coming from which leg well we're gonna go to the first leg and I actually think it's a big moment here and the goal might not be as impressive in the First Watch but we talk about mentality and this just shows you you're mentally in a different place you're going to see goalkeeper movement gone wrong as you see the close-up here you've got R9 the goalkeeper is going to slightly be moved manually to try to cut off an angle of a pass and he notices that uh Texan Diogo has this collab they hit it on the near post it kind of fumbles it into the the the back of the net but at the end of the day it's again showing that I'm seeing the game quicker than you I'm in your head I'm reading everything that's happening and it added a little more of that extra insult going into that second leg it really sets the tone sets the tempo they have to chase the game and because their possession playing defending was so special in this matchup they never felt the pressure from RB Leipzig they were seeing the game and they obviously are seeing Leipzig they now have to go and see complexity before Wednesday because that's another match up entirely there well guys we've seen two teams go through to Wednesday we've still got four to see in action tonight there we have it complexity gaming they'll now face fnatic in semi-final number one next up though we have our Letty Riders up against team footwears who Rich has ever the resurgent team but they are the club world champions of course the Riders they're the ones I guess everyone would be worried about in this side of the draw they're up against those two Ethan and nixler that's coming your way next [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] Sports cup is presented by PlayStation tournaments welcome back to the EA Sports cut we're halfway through our quarter-final stays but believe me do not go anywhere we've got plenty more FIFA 23 action coming your way and let's get to our next match up and what a matchup it will be this next team gave us one of the most exciting games in the group stages they'll be full of confidence coming into this one the runners-up of Group B it's team footwiz now both of these will be coming in high on confidence as I said ready to take on the big stage here in London let's get a quick word with both of them I mean I've got to start with you Nick snap coming into this tough game however you guys you're up to the challenge yeah it's off game indeed obviously clubwalk up Champions would you know you take that in mind but we pay well in the group so I think there's a lot of improvements being made so hopefully we can chat today and Ethan very quickly pressure on yourself considering the achievements you've had recently um no this is a different board game of course I'll be happy without fgs went but this isn't the same this is TV2 now and I'm here to focus on that and hopefully perform well well good luck I'm looking forward to it make your way over get yourselves ready and let's get into introducing their opponents wow what a team this is maybe sporting a new name but the same Unstoppable drive to win the winners of Group C it's Atletico de Madrid mother star Riders as I said they will be coming into this one with a new name and some celebrations to match it as well a quick word with the team right here at Letty riders coming up against their footwears they're confident we can see that in them but anything can happen as we've seen in the last match up how have you prepared for this one yeah we're prepared from a long way we know if it was uh he's playing a really good FIFA we know that everything can happen so we prepared the best way to to go to the game and get a win right well I'll let you get off and get yourselves ready as I said the timer now has started the FIFA 23 action is on its way our third quarter final finding out who's making their way to the semi-finals on Wednesday let's get to it thank you so much Kyle I'm joined by Ryan I'm up top I'm not trying to Pat myself on the back but every time I've come up here it's always a classic game give us a little bit of the overview with these two uh teams facing off because we have very different gameplay Styles yep absolutely we saw with foot was in the group stage you like to score a lot of goals they of course were probably involved in the most entertaining game we've seen where there were four goals up and gave it away Riders of course topping the group um the same group as fnatica we've just seen demolish um I'll be Leipzig so you can see how incredible they are but again anything can happen and they're the current reigning Champions with that being said we should take a look at what they've accomplished as a team we've seen andoni and we've seen two good in action time and time again yep foreign [Music] Riders from Spain a Portuguese and a Spanish player zombie roulette even better finish he can make it to Mummy star Riders will make their best ever outing in a FIFA Club World Cup will he make it two yes he will avoid avoid I say Riders anti-football anti-football yeah with the fire building again in 209 will be star Riders it can be boring but we are the best so come and get this [Music] I don't even think they're boring like that at all I don't think that's fair I don't like that statement all these guys do is win they're the most organized team it's got to be safe they are I agree I actually think they are the most organized team not just in twos in 1v1s as well two grand and only are fantastic players they've been so consistent over the years reaching multiple World Cup finals so again they're they're forced to be reckoned with and we've seen that they're reigning 2v2 Champions so yeah yeah I'm just thinking we've seen what they have to offer we I know Footwear is going to score goals they're going to go forward they're very offensive and let's take a little look at how they got here why we're building up footwears the way that we are [Music] how can you ignore foot widths making a lot of noise right now one day young two they're very confident and three they just seem to know how each other play FIFA what a stop cancelo threw the leg to the defender charts now you might want to play David Sanchez just like that rule square at 2-2 I'm looking forward to playing lipstick now that's three drawers for footwears and that's part of the takeaway Ethan and Nick snap you see the new footwiz kits corner kick expect this to go Direct whips it in rude hold it back post Green Time finish I talked to him before the day they were saying that they feel good with the corners you see it on display two for two two nil [Music] koi love it is it there hey yo that is something spectacular it's almost like a relief because I've always about to be one of the bad two e two players back in January we'll take on Riders uh in the court of fun how you feeling about that one yeah they're very good TV too and they've shown that so yeah we'll be good game foreign wow so coming into this we've got I would say two that are are building their path of being Legends in the FIFA scene we're looking at two again and dhoni then you have kind of the New Kids on the Block that have a success individually and also as a collective with Nick snubb and Ethan walk us through this build it up a little bit because I already think there's gonna be a lot of goals in this game I think it's gonna be different than what we normally see when we have tuga and dhoni in action yep absolutely there the two players that know really well um in both Ethan and McNabb they're fantastic going forward you've seen about goals they scored deadly from set pieces as well of course coming into this Ethan mentioned it he is the current fgs1 champion which happened I believe a week or so ago so again he's coming in with a huge amount of confidence and I believe they deserve it as well they're a team to be reckoned with and I think they're going to show that as Ethan said they believe they're amongst the two or the top 2v2 teams and I think they'll show it today and I think a big key for footwears coming in this is getting the early goal or not conceding that first goal yeah that's because it doesn't allow to get doesn't allow andonia to sit back and play from a comfortable position yeah and of course you don't want to allow them of course giving up a one Elite against some um a team like athletic Riders you don't want to allow them to set the tempo of the game because it falls into their hands they're happy to keep possession whether they're one nil up or no no it's just about being composed and not dragging Defenders out of place see jarzino here down the wings that's going to be a common theme looking for the entry pass to mbappe not quite big mistake out of the back and Bob Bay working a couple skill moves good defense there from Hernandez and some that you're going to see from riders that not every team's doing as we see our first corner kick as well is they play three at the back yeah the three fours who won it is incredibly hard to defend against when they build up slowly they get their the overloads on the the right or left side of the pitch and there's going to be a corner whipped in here surely we're trying to isolate the likes of rude holiday if possible I think this is direct I could be wrong there it is kind of a ugly flick on it kind of wins the header maybe it deflects off of him it wasn't that clean of a connection and that's probably the best case scenario ball goes out and you get a reset something that I find with playing a lot of fifas one corner kick turns into two turns into three turns into four where I can't get myself out I can't get out of that situation and this here in my opinion probably the most effective it has been to score directly from well score from equine I don't necessarily mean directly in straight past the line but there's so many options where you could play it short you can whip it back post you could drill it into the towards the penalty spot and of course I mentioned you can just take it directly and it could result in a chance which more often than not results in goals we even spoke off camera how many goals we anticipate from corners and again these two are give them the numbers if you're gonna say that give them the numbers I gave seven and I said ten I don't know about being overly I think we're up to four already though to be fair at the halfway point yeah so there's been a few opportunities from Corners so it remains to be seen if um foods can continue from best succession in the group stages with set pieces as we see Nick snub mbappe looking for space route hole is a great feed to Ronaldo looking for a turn really wasn't able to deal with kafu and on the build up from athletic you're going to see much slower out of the back and he's trying to utilize those wings because they have those extended overlapping runs with the additional Wingers absolutely they're just gonna play it slowly as I said they're gonna play for the overloads in Attack Of course you've got the right midfielder linking up with the right forward so again it creates that overload it allows them to potentially um forced footwears to pull a Defender out of position to try and cover the extra man um that's pushed forward from the the sides of the pitch and I was just going to ask you I struggle a lot against this formation what's the best way to counteract when somebody's playing the three four one two or even the three four two one yeah we've struggled with this ourselves it it's sort of potentially matching it if you're comfortable enough to do that and of course it's pretty similar because I believe footwears will be using the the 432 on which um has had a lot of success we saw it in the 1v1 with um the 1v1 tournament with Footwear's Ethan winning that using the 4-3-2-1 she's a zidane here looking in the Midfield has become a staple player mainly because he offers you some of the defensive Chase pack but the offensive capabilities maybe doing a little bit too much extra there was rude hold it there was nothing open trying to get your timing and Alignment lined up but the reason we make a big deal with this three at the back basically with those extra Wingers somebody's always open yeah yeah look now as you can see they've got sort of a five spread across the front line you see potentially oh I'm gonna say a back post cross there was good goalkeeper Ellie's working space Oh almost takes it off him nearly with the ball roll scoop turn I was just going to count uh speak on what you saw the cross was open there with captivity the right player right time could have whipped it in a lot of space to work with here though counter attack I don't know if I love the recycle they had a little bit of momentum when I'm looking at footwears and it's very difficult to build up and beat the likes of endoni and tuga again we talk about their organization that's because we mean it these guys we've had so much success there was a triggered run there from yeah it was offside in the end and it was it was a great offside trap from I believe it would have been tuga there another recycle here from Cafe and again your entry ball here is always going to be through the wings they're always looking to switch the pitch because you have that extra player you send them on the moves even if it draws a Defender out of position that's still beneficial yeah absolutely and I think it's very hard to defend against but again it's sort of a formation where you sort of have to build up slowly so you're not really going to be too susceptible to counter attacks oh sorry you're gonna you're not gonna be looking towards counter attacks a lot but you are going to be susceptible to counter attacks just because you're right midfielder and left midfielder are bombing forward and are so hard to pitch and that sounds a little bit disappointed foot was hit that one break and you have to you have to go go forward you have to be a little more direct you even see R9 there chasing back on the wings because they really can't deal with it nobody's there yeah you want to pull someone back in just to to help with the overload on the sides of the pitch but it's going to be a free kick nice shooting range but it looks as if they're gonna potentially lay it short here I've got Lucio big switch goalkeeper easy for vanders are another recycle and again and these type of circumstances you can't even counter attack so if you're not able to get the ball off of riders it puts it where you almost to play their game where it's gonna be a lot more of that traditional build up play to try to get that that extra middle pass or even finding some space on the wings I think as well we can see we associate footwears with I wouldn't say gung-ho FIFA where they push a lot of bodies forward but they seem to create a lot of chances they haven't done so far could this be the moment got options is it down with the step over a lot of Step overs a lot of ball rolls we'd love to see that the swing is open R9 back this is done a little bit of a cancellation there goes for the speed boost that you can receive from those step overs almost gives you a half second of shielding the ball and you do have that counter press but it's got to be said athletic does a fantastic job of controlling it yep they really do that was a great bit of dribbling there as well from Nick snub my opinion one of the best dribblers that we have in the FIFA scene he's incredible going forward and I think Ethan and next they've complement each other very well I think as I mentioned Jacob going forward I think Ethan is very disciplined and he's sort of the mature player out of the two of them where if they are I'm about to say if they are leading he's going to be the person that to say let's slow it down a little bit but they were leading we've seen them give up leads so I hopefully anyway for their sake they would have sort of ironed out those flaws defensively which it seems as if they have done they seem a lot more structured today than we have seen as we sort of run as well from yo-yo this could be in can he do this quickly not a lot of time for the recycle here coming up to halftime there's the big switch jarzino looking for mbappe doesn't find him Yaya Tori outside of the boot safe hands for vanderstar and that should take us to half not a half of a lot of opportunities maybe I'm a little bit disappointed with my own yeah that's been nothing anticipation I built it up a little bit I say I come upstairs I see goals happen but if anything you walk away with two again and don't you have to say that was a good half yeah there hasn't been anything at all I'll be honest this has been the the more laid-back set of games that we we have seen so far um throughout the quarter finals today but again it's still Auto playful of irrespective of the the current score line it just seems as if neither team are creating anything going forward they're just sort of recycling a lot rather than penetrating the area they're sort of happy to go back but as I was mentioning I think footwears don't usually play like that but you're forced to play there because of the way unless you Riders play you're kind of scared to give possession away well I was going to say it's because of respect yeah you're going up against somebody else maybe it'd be a different story you adjust your tactics you go for it you have more of a counter press but because it's the likes of tuga it's the likes of endoni you say to yourself all right maybe I'm gonna sit this out and see if we can break through see if we can find a little bit of that additional space through that one counter attack and that's why we stress the importance of that first goal yeah absolutely because we're back into the action here footwiz this time starting with possession we see the likes of Virgil Van Dyke being included in almost all the squads I think that he's kind of came to fruition as being a must-have or a staple center back yep definitely and a few Acquisitions in the side we see Ronaldinho as well being used jazzino some of that so surprised me but he's like again we saw with fanatic how useful he was um on the wings with their build up play in the 4-2-3-1 it was um very effective with his skill moves and dribbling speaking of Ronaldinho though with team footwears building up here fake shot cancellation again bodies are coming Zidane cancels out of the locker this is good work from R9 needs something special I was hoping for maybe elastico there something to just disrupt this is the first Corner that Focus have got this game I spoke about how effective they are from Corners we've said they're the best at corners oh a little bit too much there and it reminds me I'm still having nightmares for Guild when we're going up against Nicholas and it was goal on goal on goal when it came to some of those Corner kicks and and they're Unstoppable we place them right this year in particular you just have a lot more options with some of the customization yeah and and we're seeing it used and abused so well from corners and boppy into space can he find help beautiful step overs still has it looking for the extra pass I think we're gonna have a corner kick as well so go kick oh great defending there from um Jacob from Nick's neb otherwise known as Jacob just sort of joking backwards not diving into a challenge to potentially give away a penalty or force your or force your hand and basically make the decision for the attack he just waited by this time and done enough there to see the ball out and I don't know about you with the FIFA fan in me just wants to see footwears kind of go for it I don't know if it's in their best interest I'm not the coach but I'd love to watch it Give It Away possession there though as well rude hold it looking for options they've got space to work with gotta be careful with zimbape jarzino attacking that space gonna be another recycle and this is just right up the alley of tuga and dhoni 101 and you're gonna see andoni often be more of the crater in terms of some of those key areas with some of the skills but as an organized Duo as you actually see a little bit of a rare mistake here but I think footwash has to go quicker every time they have these slow build up plays I don't think it plays to their strengths they're very good with some of the free flow they're very fluid you see Dino they're linking into space and a big reason that I feel that Ronaldinho's become another Staple in teams is because of his body type his movement his animations yeah if you remember when he was a cover star he had all that motion capture goodness and it just does things different absolutely the animations of course are a key factor in the selection of course not to mention he does have the the pace to shooting the dribbling the five-star skills he's sort of a a perfect Winger on this game and when you're able to choose any player oh looking for outside of the box I wish they would add another maybe pass their jarzinho to Rude hole it they're probing Yaya Torre it's a good splitting pass I got the overlapping run hesitation oh it's got to be a penalty nice a lazy challenge there it is always [Applause] for sure is Ethan Gonna Save it here oh he's in the middle sir again my goodness incredible and you see some of those mind games we buy to the goal scoots back to the inside sits tight this might be that little bit of momentum that they need he's just about to say that I think this could be the wake-up call this could be the wake-up call to tell them all right we need to kick into gear now because we've given away a chance there that has led to a penalty it was a rash challenge there we've saved it we've given our sofa a Lifeline to not go away down by one as you mentioned you don't want to go down by any sort of lead against adletti Riders jarzino a little bit sloppy there with the fake shot I don't love that uh if you're looking at measuring frames of when you're doing some of the skill moves he left that wide open had a chance I think with R9 could have played a little bit of a 1-2 game there Virgil back to zidane a lot of splitting space here you see the running fake shot still looking for options those options have disappeared might have another recycle there it is Ronaldinho Hernandez love Hernandez this year can you do something on the end line here we go R9 big switch rude hold it trying to find Space can't find Space surely it's going to go out wide would love to see some Crossing from footwiz as well yeah that's something that they usually do but they haven't really found the chances because the back three sort of set up to Mark the back post cross it's very hard to break down the three four two one you can see the way they're defending every person they're dragging the strikers back or the one Striker back to help defend and there's no gaps at all well let me ask you this when you're you're going up against an opposition that's sitting so many bodies do you sometimes take long shots or maybe even whip in some of those crosses just as to let them know it's possible yeah that it could happen or you're looking for those second options maybe the bounce backs yeah you kind of have to look for the opportunity to to take it when it comes whether that's a long shot we've seen um Ethan score long shots in the previous weeks in the group stages where if you green time it whether it's a traveler or a finesse shot or a shot across score you of course give yourself a higher likelihood to find the back of the net but with the way it's been set up I don't think there's been too many angles in this game where it's been an opportunity for them to take I think I've Letty Riders have set up really well of course no no we always say it's a it's a boring score line when it comes to FIFA but it's something that it's just so hard to break down the way that they have it set up well it's also a tactical master class that's something we should really bring up and credit the likes of two again and dhoni the way that they're able to adjust or Force oppositions to play the way they wish that they want them to play it's a skill in itself and you see all the communication there as well with these changes you should see substitutions here uh as you're going to have some of the additional speed I'm assuming that footwears will go short but you never know they've had some different set piece situations kind of in the locker yeah this is I just missed how far out this was this could be a strike here you know I've got enough power behind it there I was gonna say the weight lined up and the angle for the the outside of the shot we've seen it with three kicks this year again something that has all that has changed from previous years is that they're settle from free kicks as well as corners and it's it's something that when the opportunity arises even for me I think that's slightly too far out maybe a little bit too optimistic but you sort of have to test your luck I always wonder if there's maybe a little bit of a game of trying to guess if the goalkeeper is going to move as well yeah because we saw that happen in the previous matchup it obviously went for fnatic with Texan Diogo but some of that is slightly a guess of course Yaya rude good step from the reverse Yaya and this is where I'm saying they gotta go the bodies just aren't moving for them yeah there's another slow build up I was gonna say of course we Chris has a photographer but there wasn't really many runs maybe they did trigger a lot of runs here it's Alfonso Davies here we go a lot of space to work with maybe a little bit ambitious there to try to break through the Midfield with the uh the step over we'll call this a veteran foul on a reset the fact that they've pulled the free kick as well it just shows they know that it's what 86 minute or 85 minutes in almost they're just gonna play for lost attack I'll be honest they're happy to do that and of course you don't blame them but it's very hard to this is what I'm saying right when you play against possession teams or possession players you sort of build up in your head that if you give away possession and you concede it's going to be even harder to get back into it but just one lapse of concentration to go one mil down and you are chasing the game for the the remainder so it's very hard to to I guess prepare yourself mentally for these type of games but they would have had a long time to do so they would have known their opponent for a few weeks now so they would know that who they're coming up against there's plenty of footage out there for both these teams oh space was opening up we do have a corner kick here in the 90th minute feel that we can all relate to this perhaps in foot Champs surely they're not taking it with rude Holt you can see that change you want to have them in the box giving you a chance to challenge for something so you're looking at rude holidays again as a potential Target you got Virgil Van Dyke in there of course as well their first attempt was a almost a knock down at the near post no says if there's gonna be something different maybe it's just behind a penalty spot I think he's looking towards and the keeper potentially could have caught it but that's enough to to get it out there there's still time though for Riders to to push forward they've got a minute left of added time in the first leg no they didn't even get an opportunity they didn't get the chance probably not the best end of um best end to the game but Mike no no it was passive it was passive Ryan we gotta say you spoke up about coming I Jinx stuff I'm sorry sorry we've got a a snooze Fest right now I'll be honest there's not much going at all but again you have to stay disciplined you have to keep Focus keep focused for um Team footwears to make sure they don't give up too many mistakes the only glaring chance was of course that penalty that was missed or was saved I should say that's really it that's been the moment of the match other than that it was so much in the Midfield and then it was a matter of who was gonna go for we didn't see like I said those counter presses that I was hoping for or some of the double teams and and so forth and so on um but the players are going to reset we're going to take a quick break we'll be back with the second leg where we have to have a decider there has to be a winner so yeah we look forward to the second leg foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] we're back in Action we've got the second leg before we get into that if you missed the first leg we've got some highlights yep I'm not gonna front there weren't that many opportunities okay let's walk you through what happened how it happened when it happened you say highlights I'll be honest I'm trying to maybe a switch of play might be featured in here but this was a great challenge there from Ethan with the the pre-anticipated challenge with Van Dyke the cross with 10 and we've seen this is this is part of the Highlight right here it was a good idea it was a good idea the cross Riders this was a shot at the end of the first half of javerella that didn't lead to the goal but this was the moment the penalty there it was a lazy Challenge from team footwears but it was a fantastic read and a great save there down the middle of the goal do you go down the middle for penalties I don't know I never do I like to pick a corner yeah don't give out your tactics right now if anybody should get a shout out it's vanders are yeah he's been making stops he's getting out there for the crosses he blocks the penalty kick and he skips back up off his line nobody protected him yeah for like 12 yards yeah let's just hope though that the highlights package features some goals which it has it has to it has to in the second leg so yeah there's been genuinely other than the scoreline obviously nothing to separate them but who would you say these favors I don't really know I don't think I I really have no idea I don't like sitting on a fence I would have said a fast paced game that was open had the free flow fluidity would be beneficial for four whiz uh a slower game typically because we've seen time and time again we're looking at athletic Riders these guys grind out results I think they're the best 2v2 duo and with 2G in particular maybe the best 1v1 player period at grinding out results you may maybe a case or an argument for Nicholas in there as well yeah but they win so many games that seem like 50 50s but they're not 100 I agree space to work with in an early pass big opportunity missed there just from kickoff he finally got the ball into that dangerous area we talk about it all the time but if you can get kind of on the edge in between the the semi-circle and in the edge of the box that's a great place to attack whether it's body faint step over scoop turns ball rolls fake shots something that was sort of the footwears that we've we've seen throughout the competition so far attacking quickly playing quick passes again it wasn't meant to be that time but it's more more of the same will sort of lead to them having potentially more chances this is the overload I was talking about there you see the left back um or the left midfielder sorry pushing up onwards supporting the left forward and it's very hard to mark because the your play is when you're defending it they don't track the run so you have to manually bring a player back in there to support your defensive structure otherwise you're going to be overloaded on the sides of the pitch I actually wouldn't mind if we had that sequence to kind of break down on some of the defensive movement there because they made it the long shots will move the game there's a lot of simultaneous movement happening in order to make that play that looks somewhat simple or somewhat rudimentary it wasn't that at all not at all cat food from the back big Virgil again you're gonna see athlete Riders take their time as much as possible and then again the key is going to be overlapping Wing Wingers or Wing backs or outside midfielders however you want to categorize these types of players in their role on the pitch they kind of do all the above yeah see the building up here with team footwears is Ethan and Nick snibb so it's been too slow yeah this is too slow I think they've even changed formation maybe to offer something different here in this second leg because as we said look at the structure they bring back their Striker look how deep R9 Ronaldo is it is oh that's a good pass mbappe outside of the boot goalkeeper's gonna have that clear but we're seeing a little bit more aggressive you got to push some bodies into the dangerous areas and what foot makes Footwear special and this might be a big statement but I would argue they might be the best attacking Duo that we have in the competition yeah even after the fanatic game we just saw even after some of the previous RB Leipzig results these guys go forward and there's something about how they attack where there's usually no fear this game's had a lot more hesitation way more hesitation than they're usually a custom Tuesday I spoke about how Nick sniper is very effective in and around the area but they just haven't even got there or when they have got there they've recycled it and it's another Corner that was all about drawing that corner I think that's the Amy I bet you Riders are happy if they can get a goal up here and whether it's from a corner or a lucky goal whichever it may be but as long as it gives them that goal they'll be completely content and just seeing out that one goal game yeah rude hold it at the near post you know a couple done dummies R9 back post matchups strange header not your perfect animation vanders are to the rescue again and if you're feeling nervous when that happens in Game anything can come afterward yeah okay and FIFA we've all experienced it Dino again with the outlet see right here I don't like that recycle you had bodies to go forward with and this is not what we've seen from them uh in terms of being a little more aggressive a little more decisive with that attack yeah that of course they're lacking the other sentiment they triggered the run there but recently it wasn't there to support the pass inside because they triggered Van Dyke and of course he covered the position capella here a little bit of pressure but not that much that's another critique I might add in the Footwear's game we really haven't seen them with any counter presses not a lot of double teams they've allowed athlete Riders to have the ball for the initial buildup we go Captiva they've triggered the run here see if you've got a takeaway here you could make that counter attack yeah it's good it's a good step there from my team from it's good pressure on the ball just to negate the chance for the German Cross we call it we trigger the run from the midfielder or Defender and whip it in but as I mentioned you see how they're tracking back with mbappe they have to in order to help with the overall but that's sort of it it works against them because look he's not there now so it's kind of hard to counter attack oh breaks through R9 B and R9 what you're gonna do with it for the Finish goalkeeper is is moved backwards actually so he doesn't really switch to the left doesn't scoop to the right I think if it's green time finish it might challenge him you might be able to beat him up top but otherwise the goalkeeper's in the right place at the right time yeah it's a it's a chance of course we saw a goal goal in very similarly in the The Fanatic RB Leipzig game I think it was a goal to make it 3-0 for fnatic where it was a shot in at the near post from a similar angle keeper pushed it into the goal but it just wasn't meant to be that time the goalkeeper move was a little bit different in that game though they were yeah yeah this was bringing them back this big opportunity from footwears they finally got a breakthrough a little bit of good fortune there but once R9 gets through a lot of time to work with maybe too much time these are the chances now they have to push forward all right we've seen a missed tackle there rare mistake I I don't love bringing that back you got to go forward while you have bodies here we go with Ronaldinho a little bit of a fake shot attacking the end lines is a great way there we go this is next WoW that is exactly what I'm talking about fantastic dribbling there in the area and it's an easy finish phenomenal timing yeah you you see what Ronaldinho brings to the table again with those animations we saw the body Fame we saw the face shot we had that extra step a little bit of a hesitation and then finally the ball roll with the layoff you can't miss from there yeah those are the those are the situations where we're speaking of when you you drive into the box you force your opponent to make a decision is he going to step off is he going to jump in for the tackle they've done a bit of both there and neither of it worked it was a fantastic bit of dribbling there and the Easy Pass for the easy finish a lot of space for georginio he's going for the outside of the boot I think it's gonna be a cross actually they had Pele kind of trailing in again we've seen them aim for R9 and rude hole it almost has dummy runs in some of these examples where you aim for the back post then for Virgil Van Dyke it is a bit of a mind game with these Corner yeah it is because again you have to watch for the short hair which they're not really doing well they're allowing the AI to make the run out there but the main priority is just watching the back post as we whipped in here and it's enough to be headed out could there be a slight counter I think it should be a a well resorting to game management here just not pushing forward they know that they're one nilap now so a bit of a taste of a letter writers or medicine in terms of just keeping possession not rushing forward and not giving it away in in areas where if they do potentially give away possession lack here it's not enough time for a counter attack and they go in one nil up in at half time and I'm gonna it is deserved but there's not really other than that there hasn't been anything I was gonna say they made the one mistake we saw a big mistake but I heard downstairs that I I think Kyle might be down with foot with Dan maybe we'll get some Insider track of what the the halftime report's looking like I am indeed Mike thank you yes Footwear's done looking on as his team's score I Was preparing my question thinking what am I going to speak to you about and then Footwear score huge 45 minutes to come I was great timing um I mean obviously we knew the first first game was gonna be very cagey um Riders are a great team defensively that set up really well at the back so um it's a great time to get the goal now we're just gonna keep him out 45 minutes and uh hope the boys can do the business on a scale of one to ten how nervous are you because it's great being inside there you know you've got your coaching there you've got the players but you're on the outside and you're the one that has to watch and doesn't really have a say at this point uh I don't think it's too bad at all you know the boys are in really good form carrying a lot of momentum into this so uh I back him to get the job done and demons been brilliant with them yes indeed right let's see what happens big 45 minutes to go for both teams Mike back to you and this is going to be a completely different 45 because we haven't seen any of the two game dhoni press and again this might be long thought it might be in the past but we have seen footwears struggle to close our games of course yeah is he yeah it's very easy to mention that of course you've got a lot of footwears down there there giving his um his credit to his players I'm not trying to be a negative yeah it's hard though with people because they've had situations where they have but again the moments that they they gave it away have been headlining moments where the four nil one is sort of Unforgivable but again you're in a position now where just die the clock down against that Letty Riders because they're gonna have to go forward and it's sort of out of their comfort zone in this is they're always used to taking the lead I'll tell you right now this is not going to end one nil there's going to be more goals on display that's why I kept stressing the importance of that opener now we have it you can see the gamble the press the double teams the wrist that's being asserted by athlete Riders to get that ball back you said that we never usually see them in in a in a position where they are the ones that are one nil down they always are the team that they take the one that will lead they're happy to see it out they force the opponents to pull Defenders out to go a constant press so there's more gaps to to capitalize on but now they're they're in the position where they're one nil down great play here great defending as well from from Ethan and Nick's there it's been fantastic defensively and again a great bit of Defending there from our athletic Riders as well the entry pass was top tier unfortunately it was the Captiva didn't have the same creativity uh to attack within the box so right on the edge of the Box Pele looking for space Maybe drawing another corner kick indeed strong another corner kick and I'm not here it'd be the curse of the commentator but at a certain Corner kit count I just expect one to go in yeah I think they're up to like five now Within These two different uh legs and to me that says okay they're knocking on the door something has to bounce for them of course there's a there's always a chance when you do have a corner we know how good tugo and andoni are they're incredible players they've been in positions where the going is getting slightly tough and they need to get a goal and as we said they have the experience they have to know how they have the trophies and success behind them and they'll be hoping that can help push them on give them a boost of confidence because there's still a little way to go in this game and having a corner in FIFA 23 is always a great way to try and get back into it yeah you see a lot of conversation between both teams here uh and it's gonna be a matter of what the last 15 20 minutes are gonna look like because at some point Once you turn on that press the entire game it does not know it does not matter what you've done previously it shifts completely yeah absolutely from the Rhythm uh the atmosphere the pressure players are on you instantaneous instantaneously yeah it's going to be a difficult one because of course having a coach behind you need to sort of picked the right moments to give feedback but this is the corner here from andonian tuga can they get the goal back in this game it's more of the same working rude hold it at the the front post oh it's a great had a fantastic save from Vander saw we've seen a number of those as well and it's got to be said this rude hold it procedure is really to pull players out of position he's been used more as a dummy yeah they've been either looking to go short or that back post to Virgil there's Virgil again I don't know how this has stayed out it's very this this is what I'm talking about get out of it you can't get away from the corners we genuinely spoke about this but can it tuga anandoni for Electro Riders capitalize on multiple Corners in Iran now this will be number three in a quick succession the need to make them count here [Applause] you can feel the tension in the room oh I think Davey's with the delivery almost goes direct but again fourth Corner consecutive number four happening in a row can we get here before one finds the back of the net I've already had two great saves from vanders are it's a great corner and it's a great goal that's a huge goal full ride is identity Riders two Canada we said how many more corners could there be before it hit the back of the net it was coming I didn't mean it Ryan but curse of the commentator is right again and you're gonna have that instant pause we're gonna have more changes more shifts maybe some early substitutions going into the 60th minute uh but the opportunities it almost looked as if two again and Doney had figured out the corner kick procedure to be fair that's probably their fourth or fifth attempt yeah they started putting them on frame they just tried different options so of course for for Ethan and Nick said they had to sort of just think about which option is going to happen it's very harsh still Corners that's why I say Corners are so harsh this year because you can defend it perfectly fine and still concede and I just feel like it favors the attack it's very difficult to concede but again you have to take those chances as they come and it's one one go to piece for both team footwears and atletic Riders we still were around half an hour left to play plus potentially added time or extra time now all of those tactical variations that you would have changed in game completely out the window but let me ask you something what happens here you're playing in this matchup rhyme your your team foot Wizard or your uh at lady Riders what are you doing are you going for it are you sitting back because if you look at two again and dhoni they're very precise with picking their moments and some of you said the whole time through is that footwears really hasn't look like footwears yeah they haven't played the their scintillating attacking football today but again I think they would have had a game plan set out there to sort of negate the chances that allergy Riders could create from sitting on the fence so well I don't know but I feel as if they've sort of had a game plan where they don't want to give up an easy chance and end up going one or two no down try later because once you do that it's sort of mission impossible to come back into it and they've seen here they've scored a goal to take the lead a great goal oh and ended up conceding from a corner so again it's something that maybe that's that's something that they've worked on with them and when you're looking at athletic Riders they don't look to speed up their attack it would only be on the defensive defensive and even if they're chasing a game they're really not trying to to go forward that much quicker a lot of space to work with here can they find help might be looking to draw another corner kick good penetrating pass and Bobby with the step overs brings it back big tackle needed to have that tackle and you see a little more of that counter press as well yeah at lady Riders maybe the irony here is I think they look a little more aggressive exactly yeah with how they're pushing the game and pushing the tempo the shark smells blood for which team this is it this is the moment now the last 20 minutes of the game canteen footwears push forward after conceding good entry pass needs options it's gonna be another recycle begin with rude Holt Hernandez might had a chance at a cross there working the end lines another recycle Yaya ah it's a little bit forced I would have rather seen them attack that end line because they already scored the goal but maybe even drawing a corner kick yeah it looks as if as if it was very difficult though because of I said they've got a lot of bodies back there defending with the way that the 3421 is set is set up defensively and offensively is such a hard formation to play against especially when you attack slow against it or oh well if they attack slower um with it as well it's very very hard to play against and again identity Riders have mastered it Davies with options he's wiggling he's working I think we're going to see another recycle it's pretty decent defending there rude hole it probing great entry pass Pele great challenge slight hesitation yeah those are going to look towards the step over downwards there to to get the speed boost and go for a shot at goal we've seen which is a common theme in FIFA 23 but it's a great challenge there from Team footwiz oh that almost could have been [Applause] a mistake there you've seen that offside trap as well again lady Riders is they're a little more risk taken on some of the defensive end and they've been playing opens up his body needed to be time green overpowered it may be a little bit surprised there they finally opened up that space yeah R9 can score from there the thing is those moments you rarely we've rarely seen in this game that was probably one of the the more open chances in terms of black player personal the way it was set up for electric Riders there's a lot more space than we've seen throughout these two legs but final 10 minutes ago are there gonna be any changes from either side here to try and maybe push and prod for the winning goal and we should reiterate if this ends a draw it continues we've got extra time we've got penalty kicks we have to have a winner today this is an elimination matchup yeah there has to be a winner but Which side will it fall on again I don't really know who's more afraid but I just think it's been a completely even game if you're in the chat right now you should let us know fire off yeah who do you think's winning this I'm gonna ask you who do you think's winning this the way this game's gone you know I I I'm not here to knock foot Woods in any way shape or form but I've been around for way too many of these andoni and tuga late game master class out control the players draw that penalty kick make a big defensive stop whip in a back post cross even penalty kicks the confidence that they have within that sort of alignment I think they're squeeze this out how I don't know I'm going put me on the spot I'm good with it I'm going opposite I'm going to say footwears I'm gonna roof of the foot was boys to get a winner or possession not even a winner potentially it could go into extra time or penalties oh a lot of space there mbappe needed a skill maybe a step through even a ball roll something to work with we are seeing footwears a little more aggressive here but again the way this formation works as you were saying the late releases you always have options you always have space big switch there's that space again that was Rush that's the first time that's the first time across the two legs I felt as if they've rushed an offensive pass and I think that was another opportunity there maybe they could have kept possession but again you don't really want to give up her those are nerves yeah surely those were nerves they should not have sent that deep with the goalkeeper they had enough time to hang out somebody I think to put up to pick out a pass there now we're going to see electric Riders build up for the last attack something that's very common with their game they're not afraid to keep possession whether it's from the 80th minute or the 85th for that last attack because again mention it in the first leg you want to try and keep possession because even if you lose it there's not enough time for your opponent to come back into it but this is it Mike can there be a chance here to find a winner Davies and Kung Fu they take it off and Conquer that's a big mistake a lot of space here extra pass made it's a huge challenge there from van back and I think that's the right moment there to just press Circle and get it out of there and that is it 1-1 it has been nothing I genuinely completely different than our previous leg which I will say was one-sided I like a little competitive Spirit yeah I can feel the sweat here I can feel the drama the tension in the room it's really quiet in this room yeah I I don't think they have a microphone back there but the only talking that's happening only back and forth between the players and their coaches yeah that that genuinely hasn't been anything of course we take a look at the stats here possession slightly in favor of atletic riders the the XG is exactly the same at 1.3 of course the goals are the most important is that one one as we go into extra time it's not a lot to read into here um maybe the only point that we should make and I know we've talked about is some of the corner kicks and the the differentiating factor of corner kicks because I would say coming into this that footwears maybe has been the most efficient with scoring corners but they didn't draw any Corners in in either of these legs they really weren't able to take advantage of having multiple options or variations of scoring those Corners yeah they also defended the corners really well it's slightly unfortunate I'm hoping to concede from it after defending what was it four in a row done enough to negate that between the two legs though more than ten Corners yeah I'm you're bound to concede one you're bound there's not much you could really do but again you have to take the chances when they come and it was a bullet header there I believe it was from Van Dyke but of course we will be able to see the highlights after this game and what's been happening if you've missed it as we go into extra time I don't think any team should change anything I have a feeling Davey's Gonna Make a Difference here in this extra time period he's been a new iteration as well at the competitive scene have you been using them yourself I haven't actually used him myself but I know the next step is a huge fan of him usually he operates in sentiment this is the first Corner they heard us talking about I said Davey's whips in the cross here's the corner kick it's been drawn and now it's a matter of that game of cat and mouse you've got R9 going short rude hold it big Target man a couple different switches to see if you can get a different look you got Yaya whipping it in well defended and this is what's dangerous afterwards the counter press here we go oh that was back to him oh was that bounce back I thought it was straight through but regardless it's a an all-important goal there from Team footwears I really want to see the the Highlight here of this goal to see whether it was a nutmeg I'm not sure if it was a second like okay that got past me whether it bounced back to him it was hard to tell by the way that is an incredibly important goal for team footwears for for his nickname and Ethan as they take the 2-1 lead here in extra time and I call that a wake up La croquetta as well uh when you're in a position like that and you're able to push through it might be back to back lock okay as you know you reach I teach quick feet they always eat here we go one fumbles a little bit but let's get the second one oh yeah he's got it it's unlucky I'm gonna be honest I think that's really unlucky for Riders I think he's actually press tackle there but again you have to take it when it comes you take the luck when it falls your way and of course they'll be delighted definitely for that I think you also have to credit though that as a reaction you get the ball there's a mistake kind of a strange tackle animation yeah Falls to one of your main attackers and you're able to come with not one but be ready for the second you you do with what you do yeah they fall into your lap you got to make the best of them you rarely ever see a back to back like a credit nowadays I remember back in the the FIFA 19 days you would see 15 to 20 in sequence this is you see more than a back-to-back but that was a a rare situation I'm not sure who it was I believe it could have been um if it was Ethan there with the skill moves but again I've said it many times you take luck when it falls your way but again you have to create your luck sometimes and they've done it there now I like to ride his mate can they bounce back I don't root these guys or I I I don't put them off again guys that have faced so much adversity individually and as a collective a lot of space to work with the recycle is on in kunku looking for help again with the step over it's great defense great great defense there from Davies not to get baited it's a lot of space a lot of time to work with you got to go for it R9 R9 back to Yaya maybe a switch of the pitch they're looking for a little bit of that possession play oh that was maybe the wrong choice there to potentially don't love it lead to a chance there for atletic Riders now they're attacking a lot faster than they have done in the game Davies looking for options trying to find an extra pass there's the recycle to Route hold it top of the box Yaya Tori lovely entry pass need some skill moves I think it's offside it's coming back we haven't seen a lot of those double tap passes as well no we haven't seen any of that throughout the two legs that's to just pull that out in the 103rd minute it's pretty impressive just out of nowhere yeah it was a a good bit of play there they look for the recycle with Yayo Tori and again I think what was asked to go forward they're great at scoring goals don't try to see it out like that go ahead and add one more and Gigi's and move on oh great step there I believe it was from maybe one more chance gotta go forward they have to know they can't turn back okay this has to go out of space oh that'll take a second portion and I think we're gonna have another pause here and where every both sides adjust those tactics as we go in the last stage of the extra time yeah foot was up a goal it's going to be time for constant pressure has it reached that point yet for you I'd say it's official yeah 15 minutes isn't too long in a game of FIFA you have to make sure that you you leave the game thinking that you've done everything you can do to come back into it but again you were just mentioned how if you were team Footbridge you would still go forward and I think that's something that they've done wrong against or I can say done wrong because in handset it's a wonderful thing but again in the um the game against RB Leipzig they sort of try to Sharp Shop and invite too much pressure and conceded so maybe it's not saying yeah a little bit like also you're going up against a pairing that's used to to being in positions that have discomfort you're maybe used to Leading games if you're looking at footwears here yeah and they're playing for every cutback they're playing those passing Lanes if you push forward it'll give you some more options you add another goal and you can wrap the game up if you lose the ball in the middle of the pitch or between any of your Defenders which you saw starting to happen in that first stage of extra time after they got the lead yep you set them up for a perfect counter attack space on space on space and their players are now looking electric they're motivated yeah I think of course Ethan is incredibly um effective at seeing out leads I feel as if of course it's very very I was gonna say it's difficult to transition back to 2v2 where you're both on the same wavelength but that's what separates the best teams and that's why I think I think footwears are amongst the best 2v2 teams I genuinely believe they are and I've said that from week one I remember speaking to you about it I was saying watch out 14 footways and I think they've learned from their mistakes and for their sake hopefully they can see it out but of course for let's see Rider's sake they need a goal as soon as possible we had the debate earlier today the best type of partnership is it having the Maestro and then maybe more of the structure player yeah or is it better to have two structured guys and we we have this constant conversation with 2v2 because it's still relatively new as we've got the game queued up Davey's on the ball again nothing's really changing here offensively a lot of these switches the pitches fantastic defending there but can you get out of this position that is the question they do a great job with that a lot of space to work with big switch of the pitch do you challenge them down the wings looking for the bring back there it is mbappe interesting skill move choice and a cancellation maybe doing a little bit too much yeah I think he's going one more thing I'm almost certain he's going for a different skill move there I think it would have been the the I don't know what exactly what it's called but it's the different Hill to Hill I was thinking maybe even a McGee cancel and he held the trigger here we go a lot of space again and Buffet can you work with it fantastic timing from Virgil zidane long distance this is perfect hold it with vanders are you probably can't go short that's the concern you almost have to send it deep this is good though finally Riders because they backed himself here to win possession which they actually haven't done that's done corrected there's that McGee spin hello Ryan looking for options finds options and Kaku here's the layoff goes back to unconfu and the clock's now becoming the biggest enemy if you're an athletic bride or it's a fan incredible stat there again I believe that's from Ethan stepping forward with Yaya Touré and another great step there from atletic Ryder I think that was too good there as well now they need to go forward the last couple of minutes here Mike can they get the equalizer Nino's got space he's looking for the pullback doesn't find it Vieira can he get it out one more attack Davis out wide Ronaldinho pulls it back and Bobby elastical cancellation oh oh Michael do I saved keep it incredible oh my gosh oh my gosh he's done absolutely everything right there with the reverse elastic hole I'm not sure what happened to the Finish Corner wow that's gonna wrap it up that was it that was the chance to equalize fantastic build up there but team Footwear output was Ethan giving a little shift to the camera I can't believe after all those skill moves the composure and the 120th minute he and then messes up the Finish he doesn't pick a side I don't know what's happening there I we I can't wait to see the highlights we have to see that again because front that back incredible wow congrats to full wisdo getting the job done we said vanders are was looking good act defeat active hands I I'm I'm still speaks I really need to see it back first before I give my my input on it but it looks as if the shot went down the middle he didn't pick a corner as you said and yeah wow that was a an interesting way to end the game an exciting way compared to the well have them on however minutes we had throughout those two legs and and Letty Riders are eliminated the reigning champions in the club World Cup in tuga and then dhoni and not only are they eliminated from this competition but now they have to qualify the club work up again that's a big thing that hasn't necessarily been talked about from the competitor standpoint but you know firsthand yeah you don't want to have to battle through those online qualifications in order to get yourself a chance you want the opportunity not only for for the extra money but also to solidify that position and then start preparing for the event exactly wow wow wow so congrats on footwiz again we're gonna send this off I think Rachel's down there with Brandon I'd love to hear what they have to say about that matchup was our first man first man which a brand and we pop it because we had the riders in that who if you've been following The Narrative of these EA Sports cups right back in October everyone was saying they're kind of played boring football so we'd expect that kind of score line wouldn't be very even very kind of one-sided from both sides absolutely I think well look history shows that movie star riders or aleti Riders nowadays days is a team that wins tournaments yes they're boring and we've made the whole narrative about them being boring but on paper Rachel they're 2v2 Champions however doesn't always work maybe you have to change up your game what's more impressive I think we'll talk about a bit more Rachel is how footwears were pushed into a position to play a style that they don't like to play you know they score a lot of goals they'll score their opponents they do concede quite a few they're the defended superbly well and they just were sort of shoved down this sort of rabbit hole were made to play a different way and they did it perfectly well yeah they did indeed and we've been speaking already about Ethan and maybe a Resurgence of being top in Europe and maybe he's kind of I guess installed that as well into Nick's neighbor and they kind of said well a bit like we saw as fanatic with coming up against a team that everyone expects to go through we're The Underdogs how do we approach this game and they approach it like they did here just sit back wait patiently for chances yeah speaking of patience look at the chords we have here probably Riders I think they had like four corners building up so that then they finally found a way back into the game that is what they look for in these games that are so tight the smallest them margins like the corners and then there was this chance for footwears which was the winning goal in the end brilliant feat from the Saudi Arabian foot hero and that is a massive goal which makes them 25 000 richer the biggest payday that I believe a footwears player may have ever had can I ask do you think ride is going out is a bigger shock the lights are going out the we've got world champion we have um obviously Club world champions now in the form of riders two world champions would just say goodbye to both of them I mean it's a great conversation to have but I'm sort of on the fence there because you are right in terms of a 2v2 team that's a massive shot but then of course you look at those individual accolades of them in Anders it's a tough one to call but no regardless massive shot but what's great two English teams in the top four maybe one of them is going to go the full way they're all opposite sides of the bracket and in terms of footwears their achievement of getting to the best sport in the world 2v2 how would you rate that amazing I mean you've got to remember this team is still unbeat I believe is one of the incredible run uh top two they got they just about squeezed through uh in the end and look they're in the top four anything can happen anything can change now they'll be playing the winner of focus or tgnip it's going to be a great semi-final regardless we've had some amazing quarterfinals yes you could argue it was a little bit different to what we've had but at the end of the day footwears aren't going to care they're through 25 000 richer and they will be in Wednesday's final well it is focused then and team ninjas in pajamas two great mates as well they're coming your way next for the final space in the semi-finals foreign [Music] [Music] foreign welcome back to the EA Sports cup our final quarter final is heading your way so do not go anywhere only one more team will make it through to Wednesday's semi-finals with the hope to get their hands on this trophy right here let's introduce our first team that will go head to head our winners of group d a team that's hotly anticipated to go all the way and possibly even win it please welcome Focus thank you while the celebrations are out it is time for these two quick word of yourselves Donald Mike let me come straight to you a huge match up here you've had to wait all this time you're the final quarter-final what have you done have you been practicing in the back yeah it's been a long day yeah I mean we practiced a lot to get the hands warm and watch obviously we watched all the games and now we're just excited to find a play well now's your time to show us what you've got make your way over and you can get ready next up standing in their way the team that finished second in a bitterly contested group a please welcome the formidable tgnip these two know what it's like to be on the big stage and they know exactly what they need to do tonight let's grab a quick word with yourselves guys as I said before to dull and Mike and to the other team there your opponents you've had to wait all day for this but you know when to turn it on and right now you need to do that yeah I think we've been playing a lot today been a long day but hopefully we saved the best for lost hopefully you've saved the best for last we're looking forward to hopefully a very exciting game tell us is it going all the way to extra time to penalties after two legs I don't mind to be honest if you just win the game I'm very happy well we'll see what you can do make your way over you guys can get ready the countdown clock is on it is nearly time for us to get started with our last quarterfinal of the evening let's throw it over to Richard Buckley but first Brandon Smith thank you Carl yes here we go last quarter finals to decide who will be in our top four on Wednesday back here of course in just a few days time for our grand finals what a game we've got as well too we've had so many good ones yes you can argue the last quarter final might not have been full of goals but regardless it was still a massive game that needed extra time this one though Richard I think we might see goals we've had three games that have all been fantastic in all they're on different ways I mean the first game of the day back and forth Affair all the way to the almost final whistle PSG with a Last Chance the demolition of RB leibseeker then that last game 90th minute 120th minute drama can it get any better than that and just a quick one as well rich I was speaking to both of these two teams especially on Alito earlier today said look I'm excited today but it's just a bit annoying that I've got to play last there's a lot of time he's had to be here for quite some time today how do you think they would have been feeling just sitting back seeing all the emotions of both going through and then of course being knocked out um I think we'll have dealt with very well they're both very mature professional players oil it all leviedoe they know what it takes to get over the line and I don't see any I don't see that being an excuse in any way of the the world if they were to be unsuccessful and get eliminated at this stage yeah well we mentioned early lead so he's a foot Champions Cup winner in his own right and a player that is part of this ignorable team of tgnip let's find out why we're so excited to watch him today all the leader works pretty much with analyzing his opponents and right now looking to continue on same accident the running scoop here is a signature ball for him really oleito has been there he's won a major [Music] yeah I think we will just play our game stick to our style and then if we play well we will have a very very good chance of winning team holidays in pajamas building towards created a bit of danger Holy says yes why not alelito one of the best FIFA players in the world [Music] of course we can't not look Pastor Elite so without speaking about his teammate and Levy David he's the second youngest player that has competed tonight Richard and at 18 years of age what this man has also achieved during the online era where he was a European Champion not once but twice it was comfortably the best player in Europe I mean when you look at what he achieved during that online era I think there might be a couple of question marks about him during the the land period of the season now we're back in these offline environments but this would be the ultimate stage to silence a lot of the doubters out there yeah well we said about one German team that's been knocked out the tournament today I'll be live there's another German team and that is team Focus [Music] I think tonight we're going to see a runaway leader Delight dancing in the balls [Music] Focus clan look alive and breathing in London and obviously you've seen the goals so obviously I'm pretty confident going into this so although Focus have got themselves in a great position today on 10 points stranger things have happened how does it feel to be leading this group and to still be undefeated it's great to get three wins in one raw and we're looking to replicate that today from an observation standpoint neither of these guys have really been in their best form today hookers have not guaranteed their way into the top two just yet [Music] make it three but I will focus they're into The Knockout stages so we're glad that we're first and we were never done [Music] well what was crazy about that game as well although I should say the second round of fixtures which they were so convincing in week one when we saw them but then it took them three games to get their first win just before we obviously we broke up for the Christmas break they drew their first game lost two bats about the need of the big win against team Heretics just to get them back up and feeling alive but I spoke to Donna Mike he just said look we thought we had it in the bag this time that can't happen yeah and that level of uh clock sort of letting you letting your hair down and allowing your opponents to get back into it the complacency will not be on show here tonight that will be one thing that isn't present at all in this matchup I'm gonna speak to everyone at home if you are watching this game right now if you think Focus Clan will be successful in this game and progress but a one two three in the chat Focus one two three if you're thinking somebody team white ninjas in pajamas all I'm looking for is a TG nip let's see Phil slope and see which way you at home will think this game goes yeah remember the winner of this game will play footwhiz in a semi-final on Wednesday let us know in the chat we know for a fact there's a lot of German fans off this focused side you can't look past tgnip again a team that were involved in the team of the season Cup last year they've traveled out to Copenhagen to play in multiple tournaments both of them did whatever that beat World Cup the Nations Club and rich is looking at the chat who's dominating it there's a lot of focus clan in there there's all one two threes they've got the advantage for people watching at home and supporting them but no Advantage yet on the pitch in the early stages unlimited weed a truly formidable Duo but one thing that they have rich is incredible chemistry on elito and Levy David first chance of the game great save about the salt and why I say that is defensively they were so sound in the group stages only conceded in six showing best defenders alongside fnatic we're also booked a spot in the semi-finals early today of a incredible 8-1 win quarter played Short deflected back inside here's our nine couple of Step overs to try and find a way past tier Hernandez there's been a few left backs in action tonight comes down to personal preference this is nice from Pele one thing that focused love Rich before we for a cup four the Christmas break was early starting games you look back how many games they were up what three now in 45 minutes I'm gonna be interested to see how that game plan may change in this two-legged format his Focus now could be an early goal couldn't find the cut back into Pele well the gameplay completely changes because of the fixture difference with it going now to two legs and the rule set changing so even a three goal scoreline with the length of two legs of FIFA that's not a safe score line that can be turned around very very quickly so I expect there to be a slightly slower Pace on the outset but it will pick up and it will accelerate into a lively Lively Affair throughout the game back over there couldn't find a way through I think one thing that we can probably agree on is there's going to be a little bit of a feeling out process across these two legs similar sometimes we've seen it in 1v1 feet for one thing that both of these two teams have in common is they both got a foot Champions Cup winner on their books to the mic was one of the youngest players to win a foot champions cup all that time ago back in Bucharest Romania speaking of major tournaments these three players matched up at the team of the season cup uh that was when Donald Mike was playing for Neo it was a victory for Neo on that occasion so maybe he's got the upper hand weight comes with 2v2 FIFA he's already secured a victory granted it was last FIFA but in this exact building yeah or not only about nine months ago yeah well my mom's son Richie's left Neo now plays for Focus back inside mbappe this is nice tgno P that's a great start what a goal down the byline the cutback was there but just the movement the werewolf altered out your teammate it's just gonna be peeling off ready to tap it into the back of the net tgnip off the mark and it was all about the build up play the real acceleration into the final third into the Penalty Box not allowing a tackle to to be made and the acceleration that he had so super simple cut back to your teammate fist bumps all around you take a one goal lead there were my sort of dark horse to win this entire thing team Point ninja in pajamas when I was speaking to people around the venue even building up to this when I was asked to give my predictions I said the way that they prepare and sort of the just the the real professionalism that they have whether it's in practice whether it's in scrims whether it's in warm-up games they know what's required of them and they've got a lot of pressure on them team Hall like ninja pajamas two huge Esports organizations and after last year which would you could say disappointing given the players reputation and skill level I think this is a big big tournament that they'll be adding up and thinking we should be going far in this yeah well just a bit more on that story Richard only to actually flew over to the Netherlands last week and has had ages in the boot camp over there with Levy David that's the sort of preparation that he's had before flying over just yesterday A short flight from Amsterdam over here to London they just do things differently don't throw similar nip Chen Alexander Arnold fancied that one from quite some distance these friends are wearing their trucks is a royal lap in the building it's Tony pulis in the building I'm not too sure but we've seen two already Jacob throwings into the box looking for rude holic to try and head it down unsuccessful thus far so Hernandez finds pellet 10 minutes away from half time here this is our last quarter final wolves today's games turns maybe oh no great fee time to Green time to perfection just points to his team and says that's all you what goal outstanding yet again from Team Hot ninja in pajamas Focus client aside that I've got a huge huge ceiling their ceiling he's probably one of the biggest in the esport when it comes to the skill level that dollar Mike and musty have got but I'm sure they wouldn't mind me saying this and the week two performances also back this up they've got a low floor it can go drastically wrong we've seen it go wrong for them they really got eliminated from a group where they had a five-point head start going into the reverse set of fixtures well we saw a lot of support for them in the chat they need to support right now to the German Duo Abdullah Mike and Misty two nil down within a half I was build up the narrative Richard that Focus go up two or three goals by half time not down tgnip if there was any nerves that were living around I've certainly gotten out what's the start could be an edge up it's down the pile and again looks for the cut back corner Something's Gotta Give me watching tuga and nandoni right corner played Short enio back in an unfamiliar defensive position half time a lot to talk about a lot for Coach Stylo to take his teeth into to try and sort it out it's just been it's been one-way traffic we saw The Possession start fly up on the screen very very quickly um when there's about four minutes left to play in that first half 63 percent I was mistaken earlier I said that Renzo should be wearing the Tony police tracksuit actually Stylo should be in the tracksuit because he's tired Focus Clan that's been trying those giant throws into the box unsuccessful thus far I asked the possession there it is on your screen 66 percent with a 1.2 XG right zero shots registered for Focus crazy for a team Rich that it's called so many goals in the group stages but we've seen it go wrong before we've seen it go really wrong about an hour and a half ago of course if you are wondering who is through to Wednesday's final complexity will take on fnatic that's a semi-final in paper there could be another one in paper they thought it would move out the way Jose of course that was offsides the footwears are also in the other semi-final waiting for one of these two teams to join them if you win 25 000 guaranteed and if you win on Wednesday 50 000 alongside picking up that trophy you saw he will be crowned the EA Sports Cup champion and what a way that would be in terms just giving you a bit of momentum and a push moving on to the the rest of the tournaments this year including that all-important FIFA e Club World Cup well the automatic qualification is so important because it eliminates the stress of the club World Cup qualifying it can be a a ruthless ruthless qualifying process if you're not finishing the top two in your specific region you then have to play weeks of qualifying to get through and really competitive matches that all boil down to sort of uh typically a one-off series or a couple of matches if you can get that spot from this tournament June 8 July 18th sorry January 18th I'm getting all my J's mixed up January 18th um it enables you the rest of the year going into June and July to have something to look forward to as well I mean we went a long time there if it was in July it would be however tgnip want to be down on paper to compete in that don't if they can find a third here they're certainly be going the right way about it that would have been even more special if all it was to uh on the back of the net there 60 Minutes gone so far we have not even seen sliver of this attacking prowess that we can see from Focus so many times Dolomite trying to get his team going back to our night the idea was there from Steve but we need a bit more evaporativity in and around the box if it's really gonna test or ask any questions [Applause] yeah it was it was good player down the far hand side just looking to pop a chance into a bit of space quite fortunate everybody gets the rebound but it will bounce straight back for an offside call team holding injured in pajamas managing the game will be number one priority right now going into that second leg with a clean sheet intact with a comfortable two or three goal cushion and really just looking to kill this game off before we even kick the ball in that second leg of action oh nine if that runtees the palace just offside down chance here for teams in pajamas so Dan it's a Pele cut quite Point through the legs of rude he does well defensively from the center of the pitch why do you think they just haven't been able to do anything Rich Focus just not been given the opportunity to defensively sound from TG and IP defensively sound of the muscle made quite a few mistakes you saw another one there passing out the back the ball going straight back into the hands of Team hunting ninjas in pajamas and they've also bossed the ball what was it 66 at half time they've had a lot of the ball to do stuff with as crazy as that sounds [Applause] you're right the dominated possession they've dominated the main chances they've not given a team that loves having the ball and loves scoring goals the opportunities to do that georginio up playing down the uh right hand side here getting him back involved and very simple switcher plate for team hunt ninja and pajamas switches of play more than happy uh Levy and oily so it's also one of the things that separates the players so-called casual to the the elite and the best players in the world worrying not about going forward and scoring another goal but just keeping the ball keep it ticking over you're in no position to rush you're happy to go backwards you're happy to take the Easy Pass so to say when it is on and just managing the game really really well here they've got a good Mastery these knockout games have tgnip I think that comes with experience from individuals both being there cast your mind back to Copenhagen Richard last year when there was the Wake horse era that randomly appeared during the tournament they adapted their team and they they got over the the lump of uh that way ghost who uh believe or not although he's in the talk to football fans these days was actually pretty decent towards the end of FIFA 22 last year we get that pause finally now from tgnmp they're waiting about 25 minutes for it oh we have the winter wild card out didn't they released at center-back can also play striker don't think we we're going to see him I've actually seen Turkish links though wasn't he yes but I've seen him come off the bench a couple of times believe it or not okay could be beneficial here you can see the subs being introduced Kyle Walker alawaran Patrick Vieira all brought on yes they're good tgnip focused then he put themselves here in a little bit of a role player it does well to get out of that until I might drive in crosses into his teammate just not in the same wavelength at this moment in time [Applause] this is only the first leg remember there is a second leg to follow winner of this makes it into the semi-finals on Wednesday take on team footwiz keeping the ball playing for the last chance of the game here uh Focus client you might think well the one little two nil down the trailing by two goals but if you can get just one goal half the deficit see yourself into the second leg with a very minimal defeat you feel great tell you what what a first leg what a first half of the game you can save from tgnip Levy David and paulito have to be over the moon with that performance so no it's not job done yet but just in control of everything I don't think I could sit back rich and think about any real chances that Focus had um no I don't think they did a couple of nice spells of play inside the box where they were looking to get to the byline or maybe cut it back or look for an extra pass but I don't really recall a shot on target or a big save needed for um the goalkeeper obviously later and let me delete well look something has got to change so we'll give them a couple of minutes to do that we're off for a quick break when we get back it will be our last leg of action in tonight's action here at the EA Sports cup we'll see in a few minutes time [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] the EA Sports cup is presented by PlayStation tournaments welcome back to London for the final time today we've got one leg of FIFA ahead of us and the storyline as it stands right now is focus might be getting knocked out off this EA Sports cup of course myself Brown is with a Richard Buckley guiding you through the last leg of play here but Rich something has got to change if you are a team focused fan if you're a tgmop fan more of the same please yeah you could say they uh they really need to focus up you can even do the one two three in there if you want yeah why not um it was just a really really solid first half performance from team ninjas in pajamas they created a chances you can see the stats there from full time 62 percent of the ball Zero they dominated the game you see the passes that and I imagine a lot of those passes were out the back they didn't really create much it was just I really like luster performance out of the hero shots I don't feel like we're being too harsh on them by saying that they just didn't really turn up in that first leg did Focus client and they have to do something different they have to react if they want to try and turn this game around let's create a chance this is a team that I scoring goals if there's two players that you can rely upon to give you a very very similar performance to almost replicate a performance it's oilito and let me know e two of the calmest players in the scene it's a big big ask has to be different for Focus clone has to be it's simply not good enough by their own standards I can assure you the one of the owners of the team a lot I still be watching from Germany now be thinking come on last we were so much better in the group stages seeing the nearly netted 20 goals without a single shot credit though unbelievable credit to tgnip for stopping focusing every single possible way from causing any danger we've seen three minutes already and we've already seen a change in aggression it was pressing high up the pitch there with Focus Clan uh musty force of throwing deep inside team holding ninja in pajamas territory and we've already starting to see the the game I think this is how it's going to take shape it's going to be team pajamas looking to kill the game off whether that's a third goal whether that's playing the clock whether that's playing the ball and focus Clan slow but surely squeezing up the pitch pulling more numbers higher making it Tighter and Tighter and we're going to see this sort again here comes R9 it could be a third for tgmop if they can work this one into the box well every single second win they're there Sudan good idea stopped in his tracks that time no way through speaking of that man on the ball Richard Trent Alexander Arnold why is he the man of choice maybe over Cafe I pick Trent defensively might not be as good as Cafe but on the ball he just gives you so much more and uh I think we've seen he's got the giant throw um a little bit taller yeah I don't think it says that as such he's got the giant throw in uh trait we've already seen in that first League they tried two long throwings into the box and it's just a little bit better on the ball we come to an aldinio mbappe massive chance he timed in green Trend Alexander Ronald trying to get involved unfortunately he is offside but that is the first shot they've had I don't think I could name you a fullback whether it's in real life or in the game of FIFA that you'd want more than Trent Alexander Arnold in the final third whether that's passing whether that's Crossing whether that's dribbling or shooting he is the man for that job and yes there might be a couple of holes in his game defensively and he might be out of position but more than Cafe would be going forward he's the player hello this is Good Feet tgmrp silence any chance of a comeback it's a great first chance that Vape with the time green finish it's the positive the best chances say that we've seen so far from Focus Good Feet when it was nearly hullit and around the Box what are we seeing from this corner Levy's over it charlesilio is short what can we expect to see here pull it towards the front post or not goes back instead and into the goal clever FIFA from two players at the top of their game three goals to kneel they lead what a corner whipped into that back post with a lot of pace a lot of precision on it we've seen Van Dyke that World Cup stories player items score already today he is dominant at the back post and Corners are so so dangerous we're starting to go into a corner meta in FIFA 23 right now where you would rather your opponent have a shot on goal or take a foul out wide rather than tackle him for a corner with how many corners our scored and the consistency that you can create Chances with them three nil what has happened to the two German teams that were in this tournament today that have just come sort of cold turkey Into The Knockout stages have not found their feet until all be Leipzig found themselves seven nil down before they even could pull a goal but yes a different storyline here but still one shot they've registered they're three nil down it's got to change now almost we're gonna be looking at four or five Levy Pele dance in so well with olilito olinito at the time of his life in the Box father to show confident these two are feeling I don't know what will dominating the game they are creating more chances they're more consistent possession has been their best friend so far and really they've silenced a lot of the threats that focus of created Ronaldinho focus in need of a miracle in need of a goal just to spark some sort of imagination to say look we can get this back just controlling the tempo of Heath and how this game is being played early into him is in the Box waiter this is Levy now great feat clever idea there is jarzino pilding off the right was waiting for the extra pass in the Box oh that's cheeky what now do you know [Applause] seven minutes away from half time if you're a focused fan still not much to talk about I'll see you corner is this a way back into the game I haven't really seen them get a caller let alone make it if it happened now you see Dylan might looking over to his teammate there trying to work out what he's looking for keep an eye on Virgil Van Dyke impeller in it goes virtual Van Dyke was there and bappa meets it well in the air still recycled and not fully dealt with charge goal game on you saw that strike into the bottom left corner I'd love to tell you who scored it but there seems to be a bit of controller swapping about going on not too sure if that was for the corner to make sure that they have their preferred player over it I tell you focus glance got a lovely a couple of Step overs and that green timed shot into the bottom corner across the keeper it's a goal back just before half time my second real chance of the game well taken finish as well by Dollar Mike could be a chance to meet nothing important play for this up what a chance to Rana in that well that half time they do get a goal back there is still a long way to go though half time with just 45 minutes left it's tgnip that'll lead the game three goals to one however for now Carl Walker is joined by a special guest who will be very happy that his team is in the semi-finals thank you Brandon armandeed and stood with the man who will be in the pit on Wednesday when his team team footwears or your team manager of Denman faces one of these out of the two who would you rather avoid let's go with that one it's a hard one to be honest with you because they're two different teams and folks are very attacking but at the same time nip I'd say they're a little bit more similar to Riders like they take the time to build up a bit more well drilled I think it'll be two different games but at the moment it looks like we're gonna be playing nip but there's 45 minutes to go but I think I'm just happy to be in the semi-finals to be honest with you I can see that smiling face let's get into it big 45 minutes to go Brandon back to you thank you very much Carl yeah no surprise them will be buzzing to see his two players he's not sleepy tonight in the semi-final but hey they've still got a semi-finals to play Forever yeah they do and they need and they need him behind him he's Peter huge part of that success this year I mean go up there with West hamster is one of the best coaching pauses of the day two big wins for two English Esports organizations that are in the top four well then how's that goal just before half time keeping Focus something spot something within the enormously to say come on we're known for scoring goals we're over playing a really good attacking FIFA tgnip just gonna control this game at their own pace they know what's on the line another top four finish something that they know only two well what's that run tries to slow it down Charles edio does well bappa tries to squeeze it through no way much further before him to get for I was going to ask you it's probably the obvious answer which which team has impressed you most today but I'm gonna probably gonna guess you so fanatic uh yeah absolutely I think every team so far has gone through is impressed in a different way as a focus come forward here could be a big chance alive oh wow suddenly there's an eruption on the focus side in that booth two goals we said what as that first goal done it certainly got them going there's the second one and suddenly they're only one goal away Rich from Square this all up it's taken them a long time to get going but they won't care if they can make it 3-3 R9 had the first chance it fell to Pele who's licking his lips as he finds the back of the net you're asking me who's impressed the most today I'll hold out on an answer because it could be the winner of this matchup well they might not mean that much if ttmop can find a response straight away Pele finds Hull it find their best to defend oh wow wow living evade with a goal that might be worth 25 000 and a top four finish [Applause] with the spaces there have a dig why not Green Time curled into that top corner A Touch of Class from Team hunt ninja in pajamas he didn't need a Time green did anything with that just needed Italy and design to open up his body and just to finish that one into the top Corner Richard yeah you'll get to see it here holy just moved it on to zidane just curled it past the keeper out the stretch of the defender and you see what it means there to Levy and Ollie perfect time to score as well just to stop any chance or hope [Applause] of a comeback yes there is still 26 minutes to play [Applause] but I needed that kunku won for Trent Alexander Arnold Alfonso Davies also comes on to play that covers up the fullback well two fullbacks I should say is Carl Walker also comes on three changes the focus goal before the 80th minute focus and we could be looking at a ridiculous last 10 minutes on last ending to our fourth quarter final of the night it's a bit of a Hail Mary pass it worked out well back to Pele I'm not looking for another goal dollar Mike still he scored all three goals he talks about Hail Mary he's just launched It Forward play on the second bounce [Applause] as soon as Dylan might picked up that ball in around the Box he just drove at the defense kept on going kept on going and Pele scored the second scored the third Focus kind of lead this matchup but in the overall series teamholic ninja pajamas first leg dominance still raiding Supreme it just started to find their feet aren't they the attacking sense of things they're fine in their rhythm and when they do no one can really stop them before that zidane goal might have been one to send tgnip into a semi-final Focus might have other ideas though 15 minutes left to play here there's a lot of time left and the Press is gonna be so so impactful right now you saw a glimpse of the formation very very defensive for team like ninja pajamas I'm not surprised at all with the uh the team that's lined up here and the the shutout potential that is on the line if you can keep a clean sheet for the next 10 minutes you are 25 000 better off and in the semi-finals coming back on Wednesday however those two men on your screen right there we'll be pressing the life out of you like an anaconda trying to suffocate its prey just hoping and praying for a mistake out the back it's so good at ttmlp just switching the ball from side to side reducing the pressure when they need to it's the time they're gonna need to pull back on that one the man the airplane fears still is alive for that long mbappe dispossessed 10 minutes to play Focus I've come from behind on three times at the moment can they find the all-important fourth guard with papay lovely ball towards the back post lovely chest down this could be musty looking for his teammate inside massive block there with the left leg from Van Dysart a chance to break oh look at the pace he plays in a running race maybe on his own is there a comeback available lovely scoop turn Cuts back inside Levy again Ronaldinho tries his best to reverse elastico his way through might get it back again great fee even better save chance squandered to kill the game off Focus Clan will come up the other end huffing and puffing and hoping to blow the house down oh what a chance last three minutes Focus in possession with their last roll of the dice of a chance of a semi-final spot great tackle Levy again where's that ball gonna bounce fortunately it finds his way into about the SARS hand it's a case of just letting that time trickle down where's that ball going oh no just about dealing that should be enough tgnip are back in business top four guaranteed only lito and Levy David are 25 000 richer and there's another German upset you could argue Focus out they will not be going any further in this tournament for an outstanding performance from Team Hollywood ninja pajamas live in a weed showing some of his best gameplay that we've seen from him in a lan environment a lot of the goals were let me know when a lot of the goals created by Libby just that sure Brilliance in the final third and the advantage they give themselves from the first leg too much in the end well how many times Rich should we talk about cv250 being a team game yes it is but you need individual Brilliance at times that's a down goal really what's the difference in many moments but so many times both players are stepping up and making things happen well there you have it there was eight teams now there's four we're gonna throw down to Carl Walker who's joined by two of those semi-finalists thank you Brandon I am indeed Ethan from Team footwears joins myself Matt LaBelle and Ollie Leto we'll come to you in a moment we'll let you calm down I keep on saying this Ethan I've got to talk to you you've had some time to process that win you're back with us on Wednesday one step closer to getting your hands on that trophy what have you made of your performance today um is it like a different game like me and Nick said we really do practice our attacking like we want to like go at our opponents but movie star you've got you can't play it's like Tempo and adjust to them but overall I'm really happy with how we defend it and uh hopefully we can turn into our next game sometimes it feels like competitors that get on the stage that come in compete they're very vocal they like to talk about themselves they'll play the underdog or then they'll come and celebrate and there's lots of trash talking as well however yourself and Nick's neb you just get on with the job and you've always got a smile on your face yeah it's like when we made it one nil with not too much celebration they make it one one with a corner goal they're giving it some serious like being so I'm saying like what is the point make it two one I don't do anything but yeah but just keep it humble will you be uh keeping it humble and keeping it calm when you come up against these guys on Wednesday I can't see a reason why not to oh okay Mike well most of the opposite of keeping it calm here we just saw both of you pop off what does this kind of mean for you because we don't always see that energy between yourself Levy Renzo everybody was cheering for this result maybe it was because it's going up against Focus walk it through walk us through the final moments here um I think we by the end of the game we conceded a pretty stupid goal I guess we were a bit too passive and just giving me way too much space on score so the last 20 minutes was nerve-wracking but somehow always is something with me and maybe we always give the opponents a chance so I don't want this to happen in the upcoming games but I think we played good overall especially the first leg I think we dominated then but of course we're playing against a very very good side as well you know one of the best teams in the world in Focus so ggs to them and if you can share it we heard you boot camp what does that actually consist of I know you flew over the Netherlands but that's all I heard I didn't get any of The Insider track no I've been away from Sweden now for I think two weeks so we've been practicing a lot together and I mean the thing with Dave is that he's as hard working as I am so we are playing a lot we are going through a lot of tactics set pieces everything you know because I think that can make the difference into into it too right so we've been putting down a lot of time and I think uh yeah it's shown now and you're next to Ethan you know what footwears is all about what does that look like for you in terms of preparation that matchup in particular I don't think too much we have a lot of respect for footwears of course Ethan now became a European Champion as well in 1v1 so a very very good side that we're coming up against but I think we will just focus on ourselves right and just playing our game and hopefully that will be enough brilliant well congratulations tgnip and team footwears that completes the set of semi-finals are good to go right here on Wednesday Rachel what a day it's been FIFA Esports is back in 2023. it is indeed Carl we've had so many upsets haven't we highlights then from that final quarter final between focus and team polit ninjas in pajamas we heard then from olalito being on that boot camp I mean what I take from these guys as well as the such champions of each other oleito and Levy there they really kind of back each other and then Renzo is a coach we saw what they did I guess in the summer before Copenhagen in the finals there they just really bring out the performances when it matters and I I'm gonna say as well to focus here coming back like they did I think we all possibly thought ninjas in pajamas were better even even better than we saw them out here today and maybe it would have been more one-sided it didn't end up like that which I think shows how focused Focus were coming into this event and we said they kind of had a little bit of a wobble didn't they so the comeback how they did up against arguably one of the best 2v2 Partnerships that we've seen this tournament the focus got disruptive and maybe the Achilles heel here is we saw them start amazing coming into the tournament in between struggled a little bit today they showed some of the form but they didn't have the same consistency that we had seen on display to see the brackets kind of finalized but I think that'll give a lot of credit to Alito uh Renzo and the coaching and Levy these guys just feel like they should always be in the finals you can almost sense that or energy off of them and they're disappointed if they go out early at any point in any tournament well don't write their name on the final just yet they won't want you to that's the kind of partnership they have as well they don't want to Big themselves up too much you can hear from them they're so humble all the time when they win and when they lose of course but that is going to be a great semi-final Mike before we go there we want to look at the goals we know you guys at home not the girls we love them as well we have quite a few especially in that fnatic game but my goals of the week talk to us we've had some spicy ones today and speaking of that fanatic game I think we've got to start out with that R9 steps into space another day in the office space you see the celebration what do you see what do you hear what do you see absolutely nothing goals on goals on goals the and a celebration that's what he's doing yeah there's definitely a message that was sent R9 a little bit of a cancellation top Corner best corner we just saw that happen with ninjas and pajamas and team Holt Daniel working the end line look at this beautiful ball roll get out of my house the extra layoff R9 can't miss from there a little bit of that Razzle Dazzle something that we can appreciate and bop it with a step over some is good more is better take the space my friend walks it around the goalkeeper that's number two and easily for me the same game we saw it early on I told you I think it would be the game or the goal of the day or I thought it would be the goal of the day here it is you see R9 just working coast and boast and he's so proud large and in charge he's giving you a little bit of everything Mr Fantastic the one man show his Clinic he's buying a doctor he's biased he's North American of course I'm just saying tell me there was a better goal of the day I'm still saying obviously it was going to come from complexity anyway let's put our differences aside Mike what a day we spoke at the beginning about the eight weeks we had prior to Christmas sudden what was possibly an upset upset today you already had nip written in the other three names did you expect them to all get the spots I had complexity going through which we saw early at the top of the show I think the the results in between footwears with a big upset taking down the reigning Champs so congratulations to Fort Worth and then I don't think anybody could have expected fnatic to win by that margin maybe it's not that they won but that ended eight one you sent people home I saw tears I saw emotion it was one-sided they were celebrating they're almost mocking them he said they're doing their celebrations they're sending a message a statement of intent absolute statement of intent so I definitely think that builds up a new rivalry in the scene they're going to see each other again absolute drama we had tonight and it's only Monday we get to do it all again on Wednesday we get a day off tomorrow and you guys do as well because we have our semi-finals and finals on Wednesday night same place of course here in London we'll be live at 6 p.m to see which Duo go home Victorious at EA Sports cup they take 50 000 US dollars as well and a spot remember in the FIFA e Club World Cup in the summer massive Stakes up for grab we can't wait for you guys to join us back here we get to see who's a champion but for now we'll see on Wednesday good night [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music]

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Length: 229min 0sec (13740 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 16 2023