Premier League Goes Online with This FIFA 20 ePL Tournament

Apr. 22, 2020

As the Novel Coronavirus-led pandemic hasaffected numerous global eventsincluding UK’s major football league, the EPL, the authorities are turning to FIFA 20 to bring out the players on the field again. Confused? Well, the Premier League authorities are bringing some of the EPL stars head-to-head in FIFA 20 via the first-ever ePremier League tournament.The authorities announced the draw for the inaugural ePremier League invitational tournament via this tweet.

Now, this etournament is entirely invitational and the authorities invited players from different Premier League clubs to represent their own team in the tournament. However,there are not only players representing the clubs, but there are also fan celebrities who will be representing their favourite clubs.

For instance, popular singer-songwriter, Josh Franceschi, who is a die-hard Arsenal fan will be representing his favourite team. Manchester United also did not appoint any player of their own, but instead, they have drafted in musician and fan of the club, Josh Grennan, to take on arch-rival, Liverpools’ Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Now,the tournament has already started yesterday and the results of the first four “Round 1” matches have come in (picture below).

However, if you’re thinking that you have missed it, don’t worry.The ePremier League will continue throughout this week till April 25and the semi-final and the final matches will be televised live on Sky Sports in the UK. You can check out the fixture below.

ePL Invitational draw

21 April (from 12:00 BST)

1AJohn McGinn (AVL) v Neal Maupay (BHA)

1BJosh Franceschi (ARS) v Nathaniel Chalobah (WAT)

1CDwight McNeil (BUR) v Ryan Fredericks (WHU)

1DPhilip Billing (BOU) v Angus Gunn (SOU)

22 April (from 12:00 BST)

2ARaheem Sterling (MCI) v Wilfried Zaha (CRY)

2BTom Grennan (MUN) v Trent Alexander-Arnold (LIV)

2CReece James (CHE) v Andre Gomes (EVE)

2DMoussa Sissoko (TOT) v Christian Atsu (NEW)

23 April (from 12:00 BST)

2EDiogo Jota (WOL) v Wilfred Ndidi (LEI)

2FTodd Cantwell (NOR) v Lys Mousset (SHU)

2GWinner 1A v Winner 1D

2HWinner 1B v Winner 1C

24 April (from 12:00 BST)

QF1Winner 2B v Winner 2D

QF2Winner 2C v Winner 2A

QF3Winner 2E v Winner 2F

QF4Winner 2G v Winner 2H

25 April (from 15:00 BST)

SF1Winner QF1 v Winner QF2

SF2Winner QF3 v Winner QF4

Winner SF1 v Winner SF2

The prize fund of the ePL will be donated to the #PlayersTogether initiativethat is created by the Premier League players to generate funds for the National Health Service (NHS) to fight COVID-19. The tournament also aims to encourage people“to follow official advice by staying home and saving lives.”

Footballfans from all over the world can stream the matches liveon theofficial websiteand app of Premier League as well itsYouTube channel,Facebook pageandTwitter page. Apart from these, theYouTubeandTwitchchannels of Sky Sports and theFootball Daily YouTube channelwill also cover the matches.

So, what do you think? Can Trent Alexander-Arnold take Liverpool to the victory that they missed this year in the actual Premier League (although theoretically, they won)? Tune in to find out.

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