Tournament favourite Pernell Cummings and Jonathan Hutson stormed their way into the semifinal round, following second-leg wins on Wednesday night in the inaugural I-Bet Supreme FIFA 20 ‘League of Champions’ E-sports Championship.
Cummings once again made light work of the opposition, as Manchester United dismissed Liverpool and Marvin Johnson 3-1 in an English derby to end with an 8-1 on aggregate. Similarly, Hutson (Manchester City) blanked Akeem Allicock (FC Barcelona) 3-0 to end their two-match tie with an impressive 7-1 aggregate.
In the other two quarterfinals, Emuwnah Pross (Real Madrid CF) battled to a 4-4 draw with Lorenzo Forde (Paris Saint Germain). Pross would advance to the final four section 9-6 on aggregate.
Meanwhile, Tevin Bremner (Liverpool) defeated Shaquone Prince 2-1 (Manchester City) in the second leg, to progress via the away goals rule, after the aggregate score finished 4-4.
Michelangelo Jacobus, administrator of the event said, “The quarter-finals were completed and we had some really close games, especially the one between Tevin Bremner and Shaquone Prince, Bremner managed to come from behind and book a spot in the semi-finals, Jonathan Hutson vs Bremner will definitely be a big semi-final and Pernell Cummings vs Emuwnah Pross is also certain to be a banger.”
He further said, “The final will be played on Friday night along with the third-place match, we are all excited and couldn’t have asked for a better quality of competition. At the end of the tournament, the final eight will be ranked and they will become Guyana’s first ranked eSports players specifically in FIFA. These rankings will be done based on goals scored, goals conceded and margins of victory along with some other criteria.”
The event is being contested using an elimination two-legged format and will consist of players battling with their favourite European club for bragging rights and the label of best in the nation. It is also being streamed online via the official I-Bet Supreme Facebook page.
Winner of the event will pocket $50,000, two pennyweights of gold, a trophy, a case of Monster Energy Drink and a special Church’s Chicken Meal. Meanwhile, the second place finisher will collect $25,000, a case of Monster Energy Drink and a Church’s Chicken meal.
On the other hand, the third place finisher will receive $15,000, a case of Monster Energy Drinks as well as Church’s Chicken meal.
Sponsors of the event are I-Bet Supreme, Banks DIH under their Monster Energy Drink, Church’s Chicken, A&A Gamespot, Smoke Shack and NCN, who are programmed to stream the semifinals, third place and final. Up to press time, the semi-final matches were underway.
Complete Results
Aggregate scores in brackets
Wednesday (May 6)
Match 24: QF-1: Lorenzo Forde (PSG) (6) 4- 4 (9) Emuwnah Pross (Q) (Real Madrid CF)
Match 25: QF-2: Marvin Johnson (Liverpool) (1) 1-3 (8) Pernell Cummings (Q) (Manchester United)
Match 26: QF-3: Akeem Allicock (FC Barcelona) (1) 0-3 (7) Jonathan Hutson (Manchester City)
Match 27: QF-4: (Q) Tevin Bremner (Liverpool) (4) 2-1 (4) Shaquone Prince (Man City) (T. Bremner won via away goals rule)
Semi-final fixtures
Semi-final 1: Jonathan Hutson vs Tevin Bremner
Semi-final 2: Emuwnah Pross vs Pernell Cummings
Third Place: SF 1 loser vs SF 2 loser
Final: SF 1 Winner vs SF 2 Winner
