Barcelona will launch a professional eSport team and expects to play against other leading European clubs, the La Liga leaders announced on Tuesday. NaijaBet.com
In partnership with their defender Gerard Pique, who founded the company eFootball.Pro in 2016, Barca will compete in the first edition of the Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (PES2018) tournament, due to start in the next few weeks.
“The blaugranes will have a professional team that will compete against other European teams to be announced shortly.”`
Pique added: “As a player, I am moved that my club has decided to enter e-sport. I’m sure they will be a great opponent for all the other teams.” NaijaBet.com
ESport, which typically involves multi-player games played at a professional level, has enjoyed a dramatic rise in popularity in recent years.
La Liga hailed the creation of its own eSport initiative, “LaLiga e-sports” and promised “to roll out several ambitious projects, the details of which will be revealed in the next few months”. NaijaBet
