PES banned Barcelona from taking part in Charity FIFA tournament

Archie Blade | 22/03/2020
PES banned Barcelona from taking part in Charity FIFA tournament

PES banned Barcelona from taking part in Charity FIFA tournament. The coronavirus outbreak has bought a halt to sports across the world.

The financial ramifications of the pandemic have been felt across the world. However, in spite of earnings taking a beating, several football clubs and footballers have done their part to provide as much monetary support to the ones that need it the most in this time of crisis.

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La Liga footballers took part in a charity FIFA tournament that has so far raised €20,000, with the money going into the fight against the Covid-19 virus. The tournament is currently in the quarterfinal stages. However, Barcelona were eliminated from the competition despite not playing a single game.

PES banned Barcelona from taking part in Charity FIFA tournament

According to ESPN journalist Samuel Marsden,  Konami, the developers of Pro Evolution Soccer, did not allow Barcelona’s Sergi Roberto to represent Barcelona in the charity tournament. PES and FIFA are the two biggest football games in the world.

It is natural for competitors to not want to concede an inch to the other. However, in times like this, PES, who renewed their partnership with Barcelona for a further three years last summer, clearly did not care about those that are currently suffering from this devastating illness.

Konami displayed even more pettiness by banning Alejandro Pozo, Mallorca’s representative.

At a time when the world has tried it’s best to stand together, Konami will not come out smelling like roses when it should have put aside it’s ill will and instead could have garnered even more praise for coming out in support of a rival at.

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Archie Blade

Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.

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