Konami has today announced the #StayHomeWithPES Tournament pitting some of biggest names in football against each other in eFootball PES 2020.
Participants include FC Barcelona striker Antoine Griezmann and Juventus’ Miralem Pjanić, as well as footballers from UK teams Manchester United (Scott McTominay) and Arsenal (Bernd Leno).
Stars from 11 world-famous clubs will compete in the tournament, which will be broadcast on the official eFootball PES YouTube channel on Sunday April 26th 5pm BST.
“I’m a huge PES fan,” said Miralem Pjanić. “I’m excited to be part of this tournament and play the game on such a stage. It’s going to be a lot of fun. For me anyway.”
Pjanić’s first match will be in the Quarter Finals against the winner of the bout between Celtic forward Odsonne Edouard and FC Schalke’s Nassim Boujellab.
Also competing in the Quarter Finals will be Inter’s rising star, Sebastiano Esposito with his first match against the aforementioned Scott McTominay, Manchester United’s talented midfielder.
“I can’t wait to put my PES skills to the test against some of my favourite players,” said Scott McTominay. “I’ve got my eyes on a final against Antoine Griezmann. He might be a World Cup winner, but he won’t be ready for me!”
#StayHomeWithPES Tournament Participants:
- FC Barcelona – Antoine Griezmann
- Juventus – Miralem Pjanić
- Manchester United – Scott McTominay
- Arsenal – Bernd Leno
- FC Bayern – Javi Martínez
- FC Schalke 04 – Nassim Boujellab
- AC Milan – Rafael Leão
- Inter – Sebastiano Esposito
- Celtic FC – Odsonne Edouard
- Rangers FC – Greg Stewart
- Zenit – Aleksei Sutormin
Rival football game FIFA is hosting its own ePremier League Invitational this week.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
