Believe it or not, actual Liverpool FC attacking midfielder / centre forward Diogo Jota is currently the highest ranked FIFA 21 Ultimate Team Champions player on PlayStation platforms. The 24-year-old Portuguese has taken the weekend league by storm, running away with a record of 30 wins and zero losses.
It's not uncommon for professional footballers to have a soft spot for FIFA. Over the years, a lot of players have confessed their love of the virtual game, with many finding it to be a great way to unwind β and potentially embarrass their teammates.
But Jota is clearly very, very good at playing FIFA (and he's certainly not bad at real-life football either β he was banging in loads of important goals for Liverpool back before he was injured in December). In April of last year, Jota won the FIFA 20 ePremier League Invitational β a tournament for professional footballers. And weirdly enough, he beat Liverpool teammate Trent Alexander-Arnold in the final (although Jota hadn't actually signed for Liverpool at the time, and was still part of Wolverhampton Wanderers).
So there you go, Jota's clearly keeping sharp off the pitch. Hopefully he's back on the real pitch sooner rather than later.
[source reddit.com, via twitter.com, eurogamer.net]
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He's also good at pinball thanks to FIFA.
I'm sure he can afford a zillion team packs.
@IronMike I'm sure that's man City and man utd who have sent more then lfc
@Ajfennell77 net spending shows that Liverpool have spent far less than the two Manchester clubs. Liverpool have sold well as well as spent well.
Does that means playing HZD to death made me a potential beautiful redhead heroine in a post apocalyptic world? Even though I'm a bald bearded guy?
@Rhaoulos in your next life guaranteed π
I would not like to hear how much that team cost though
@roe not as much as you'd think. He fills the sub's bench with Bronze players to get his overall team score up, and face easier opponents online.
@Hyperluminal ah fair enough I didn't know that. Never really had an interest in ultimate team
Iβve been playing FIFA 21 over the last week and a bit and yeah, itβs dreadful. The gameplay is legitimately awful, especially defending where the tactic is βstand in front of player and hope they boot the ball off youβ. Coming off PES... not even a competition.
@Rhaoulos No you've got it the wrong way round - it means beautiful redhead heroines in a post apocalyptic world, would be world class HZD players - and by then they might even have a fighting chance of getting a PS5
I bought the PS5 version and by god this game is getting worse and worse. Ultimate team is no fun, defending is crap and it's all still about pace!
But hey I'm glad Portugal has the best player ever, Ronaldo (lol not for me) and the best Fifa player, Diogo. Nice!
At least he's been doing something useful while he's been injured π can't wait to have him back in the team
@AFCC I think you mean Portugal have the greatest player ever, Γder, winner of Euro 2016 and totally not a massive meme π
When ur injured and can't train, gaming is the best thing you can do. As with my luck, PSN was down for 23 days when I got a really bad injury. π
This is kinda crazy.
@get2sammyb I checked 10 minutes ago and heβs down to second place!
Maybe he should control his own team too with their current form.
@danlk1ng You don't know that. He might have gotten good at football because of FIFA.
@IronMike this comment is severely underrated
@nessisonett Without Ronaldo they would not even reached the knock-out fase.
@Flaming_Kaiser phase π
@Hyperluminal Thanks for the correction. π
@nessisonett holy heck I forgot that legend!!!
I remember seeing that game with like 10 people, when Eder came in I started claping and shouting, saying he would score! No one believed me!
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