The encounters in the DFB eCup will be played in a best-of-three format. The two 1vs1 matches come first with the Leverkusen eSports players Mario ‘Bulji’ Lovrinovic and Furkan ‘FURKY’ Kayacik first playing in individual games against the PHIRONIX eSports players.
If there is no overall winner from the two matches then a third (2vs2) game will be played to determine the result. The winners in the Round of 16 progress to the quarter-finals on 16 June.
The games against the team from Karlsruhe will be streamed live on the Bayer 04 Twitch channel.
The DFB-eCup:
The DFB eCup is a nationwide eFootball tournament organised by the German Football Association (DFB). Professional eFootball teams are joined by amateur sides from Germany. Winners from the qualifying rounds can meet teams from the Virtual Bundesliga (VBL) in the main rounds. The Bayer 04 eSports team ended up seventh in the North West section of the VBL
Final rounds:
Round of 16: 24-25 May
Quarter-finals: 16 June
Semi-finals and final: 17 June
Issa Traoré is moving from Bayer 04 Leverkusen to Slovakian top-flight side AS Trencin. The club has loaned the centre-back out for one year to this year’s ninth-placed team in the Slovakian league.
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