Fifa eWorld Cup 2019 – as it happened: Live stream, video and results as winner is crowned at grand final
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Your support makes all the difference.The world’s 32 best Fifa players have gathered in London to play for the chance to be crowned world champion at the 2019 Fifa eWorld Cup.
Alongside the trophy and bragging rights, the winner will also take home a $250,000 (£210,000) grand prize.
The tournament takes place over three days at the O2 in London, from 2-4 August, with 16 of the players on Playstation and 16 on Xbox. The best of each stream will meet in the final, for a two-legged match to decide the world champion.
Those taking part are the best of the best when it comes to Fifa, meaning any of the players has a legitimate chance of taking home the winner’s trophy.
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This match has very much calmed down in the last few minutes. (It couldn't be less calm than those thrilling first 20 or so.) We're now 40 minutes in and nobody has looked all that close to scoring.
GOAL. 3-1 to MoAuba.
And just as I write that, MoAuba fires it home.
Half time. All looking very much in MoAuba's favour. But if the other semi-final had any lesson, it was not to read too much into a match this early on...
MoAuba still looking very strong here. Nicolas is trying – but not succeeding yet...
Nicolas keeps getting dangerously close to the box here. But MoAuba shuts him down every single time.
It looked as if nicolas99fc had scored there (I'd begun writing the update about it) but actually it went wide. He's getting very close, but is being held back very ably by MoAuba here.
GOAL. MoAuba scores again. It's now 4-1 to the German.
From being 1-0 down almost immediately in this match, he has pulled it back so far that it's hard to see how Nicolas comes back to win here.
MoAuba is absolutely not relaxing here. Keeps trying for yet another goal, apparently unsatisfied with his vast three goal cushion.
Nicolas is much more frenzied (though of course his icy exterior isn't showing it). He clearly knows he needs a goal. But he's not getting any closer to getting one...
Nicolas gets another go. But it just fizzles away, as ever.
Hard to believe that this is a console final that includes one of the top favourites to win the competition... Nicolas – usually the picture of cool, and still looking that way on his face – appears to be falling apart.
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