Once the registration process is finished, the first rounds of matches for the ‘Donosti Virtual Cup 2020’ begin today, the alternative tournament that has been organized due to the Covid-19 crisis and with which it is intended to keep the international spirit alive. of the Donosti Cup during this first week of July.
A total of 340 teams have registered that will represent 18 different countries: Spain, Portugal, France, England, Denmark, USA, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Honduras, Peru, El Salvador, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Singapore, Palestine and South Africa . Gipuzkoa, with more than 200 participants, will once again be the province with the highest representation, something that is also common in face-to-face editions. It remains to be seen if the Gipuzkoan teams also manage to get a place in the prize list of this online edition as they often do in traditional editions.
The competition will start today and will last until Saturday 11 when the tournament finals will take place. The matches will last 15 minutes and will be played under the “friendly mode with average 85”. FIFA 20 will be played with the Play Station and 1 against 1. The qualifying rounds will be for the best of three matches and if a match ends with a draw, the ‘golden goal’ will be disputed, with the winner being the first to score.
It should be remembered that the champion of the tournament will have the privilege of playing a friendly match against Real Sociedad captain Mikel Oyarzabal. On the other hand, the best player in Gipuzkoa will have the opportunity to also face a friendly match with the professional player of the eLaLiga Santander of the Real Sociedad Yeray Zaballos, a young man who was the winner of the Draft organized by the Real among more than 500 applicants .
It so happens that the participants will be able to choose FIFA 20 teams for their matches, among which there are numerous players who participated in the Donosti Cup as youth. This is the case of Barrenetexea, Sangali, Busquets, Jordi Alba, Marcos Llorente , Mauro Icardi, Manu Trigueros, Yuri, Nacho and many more. And they will also be able to choose players like Nahikari, Mariasun Quiñones, Irene Paredes, Jenifer Hermoso or Ainhoa Vicente.
The participating clubs include the presence of ‘Special Olympics Madrid’, a non-profit organization that is part of the International Olympic Committee and that works with young people with intellectual disabilities.
Solidarity goals
The Donosti Cup Foundation will take advantage of the tournament to carry out a solidarity action and will pay € 1 for each goal scored during the final phase of the tournament (about 700 matches). The total amount raised will go to the Gipuzkoan NGO Zaporeak, which continues to feed thousands of refugees.
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