In the past, we did see football clubs rely on the database of Sports Interactive, the company behind the globally popular game Football Manager. It even happened that some clubs hired gamers who had success on the Football Manager as analysts. However, the Ecuadorian giant Emelec went one step further and hired a gamer who proved to be good at playing FIFA in the coaching staff!Allegedly, the head of the coaching staff, Hernán Torres, decided to hire Sebastian Esparza, the best gamer in the country when it comes to the game of the Electronic Arts company, more precisely EA Sports.It’s a video game that was called FIFA for years, but the new edition has been called FC24 since EA Sports lost the license to the name that was branded by the World Football Association. However, Esparza is the best in Ecuador in it, he has played more than 520 games in tournaments and in Emelec they think they could use his knowledge.Sebastián Esparza y es eGamer profesional Emelec 🔵⚡️ lo contrató como parte de su cuerpo técnico para analizar y recopilar datos de sus rivales a través del videojuego FC24. Vía @Juezcentral pic.twitter.com/5jdIxKXb5F— Gabriel Solorzano (@GaboSolorzanoEc) March 23, 2024 How? That is not very clear to us. Apparently, Emelec believes that the gamer has a unique perspective on football tactics and that Torres could get some valuable tips. Indeed, an original idea, not only for South America but for world football in general.Emelec was disastrous last season, historically bad. They finished Apertura in 13th place and Clausura in sixth position. For this reason, the team was reconstructed in January – 11 left and as many as 15 new players arrived.##NAJAVA_MECA_7984856##
