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The Greatest Sports Game Created Essay

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The greatest sports game created

Thirty seconds left in the La Liga cup finals. Real Madrid is playing the Notorious FC Barcelona. Everything is on the line. Cristiano Ronaldo has the ball on his foot. He cuts left passing a right midfielder. Ronaldo advances forward towards the opponent’s goal. Again, he dashes toward the next man, double step-over, rake, Cruyff- turn, scissor, and another cut to his left to be the center defensive midfielder. With every second gone the pressure rises. Ronaldo has two more defenders to beat before he has a chance to shoot the ball. Instead, he does the unthinkable, from 34 yards out he strikes a driven ball with the outside of his right foot putting it perfectly in the upper left-hand corner of the goal to win the game. I know what you’re thinking there is no way that is true and you may be partly right. This event did take place, however, in the new FIFA 17 video game.
Growing Popularity

The FIFA video game is ever growing in its popularity. According to the Neil Herndon from the Forbes Insider, “FIFA 12 sold 3.2 million copies in a single week” (Herndon). And it is no surprise why. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world and it does not take a rocket scientist to figure that one out. FIFA also “Holds the record of ‘fastest selling sports game’ to this day, and generated $180m in retail the first week of release”(Herndon). FIFA has so many different features and gameplay modes. Ultimate team by far is the most popular.

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