The Game That Changed the Game – The Athletic

The fixture rollout, the transfer window opening, the first match… the football calendar is a series of milestones that every fan looks forward to, no matter how many times we’ve passed before.

If you live with kids 50 and under, you’ll know we just ticked another child: October 1. Or FIFA 22 days, as it was known in my house.

Sandwiched between the transfer deadline day and the first round of the FA Cup, the arrival of the latest version of the world’s most successful sports video game is now part of the ball’s autumn welcome. rock like the British trip to a country smaller than Barnsley, the first flooded yard or Watford sacks a manager.

You don’t have to play FIFA or even like video games to know this, as chances are your club has recently told you how proud they are to be “in the game” or who Your favorite player has complained about EA Sports, its maker, underestimating their speed.

For example, Liverpool released a seven-minute film Andrew Robertson and Virgil van Dijk presented teammates with presentation packs containing copies of the game and their personal ratings. Robertson is stronger Mohamed Salah, Joe Gomez is a better dribbler Joel Matip and Jordan Henderson is unimpressive.

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