The Brazilian eFootball Mobile National Team won Week 2 of the FIFAe Nations League after defeating Colombia. With the victory, Brazil earned another 200 points in the consistency ranking, practically securing a spot in the Continental Championship, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro from August 21 to 23.
The road to the title began in the semifinal against Peru, which had eliminated Argentina in the quarterfinals. The first match was tough: a 2-2 draw against an opponent that relied heavily on long balls. In the return leg, however, the Brazilian duo changed their approach and raced to a 3-0 lead in the first half.
Then, in the grand final against Colombia, Brazil was the better side in both matches and gave the opponent no chances. The 3-0 and 3-1 wins sealed another trophy for the Canarinho.
Rentao highlighted the change in strategy adopted by coach Thiago AvaréCredits: Junior Souza/ CBF
Despite the changes to the competitive format, which limited national team squads to only three epic players per team, the Brazilian duo of Juninho and Rentao came up with an interesting strategy so they would not feel the difference in the game.
“We built a team with more focus on attack and runs into space. It turned out we connected on a lot of plays that way, and we also trained set pieces well, which were crucial in almost every match,” said player Rentao.
For Juninho, consistency within the continent is a very positive point and helps build confidence in a format that is still new to Mobile.
Juninho highlighted the national teams’ progress in Week 2 Credits: Junior Souza/ CBF
“This is the first official tournament we’ve played as a duo, and I’m happy that everything is going so well. In the first leg of the semifinal, against Peru, it was perhaps our toughest match so far, but we reset mentally and took great advantage of the openings in the second leg,” Juninho said.
Coach Thiago Avaré highlighted the duo’s progress from one week to the next.
“We noticed that the other national teams had improved a lot, and that pushed us to improve even more. We got better especially in the transition from midfield to attack and increased our variety of plays. The boys are very good, two world champions at club level, and that makes the job even easier,” the coach said.
*This article was written by our athlete Renato Graciano, who besides being a Pro Player for the eSeleção is also a trained journalist.
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