National TIM Vision PES: qualification for eEuro 2021, Italy in search of an encore

Winning is difficult, repeating ourselves is even more difficult. The boys of the TIMVISION PES eNazionale are well aware of this, who as reigning champions dream of reliving the emotions experienced last May, when after an extraordinary ride they graduated as European champions, giving the FIGC its first trophy in the world of esports.

The draw for the qualifying rounds for eEuro 2021 will take place on Monday 8 February at 8 pm (live on the eNazionale Facebook and Twitter channels), the second edition of the continental tournament in which all 55 UEFA federations will take part.

Italy, seeded in the draw by virtue of the first place in the European ranking, will be included in a group of five or six teams, with home and away matches scheduled for March and April. The 10 group winners will directly qualify for the final phase, while the 10 runners-up will be divided into two groups of 5 teams, with the top 3 in each group who will take the pass for the final phase to be held on 9 and 10 July .

The TIMVISION PES national team will be composed by Nicola "nicaldan" Lillo, Alfonso "AlonsoGrayFox" Mereu, Carmine "Naples17x" Liuzzi and Raffaele "Rafinter934" Pagliuca, the latter the only new entry after the qualifying tournaments in where the FIGC has given away the four blue jerseys.

A long selection process that experienced the final act last week, when the 8 winners of the online qualifications faced the 4 eplayers of Europe in office in a tournament full of competitiveness and with a very high technical profile. And now Italy is ready to dive into a new adventure.

A year ago he won his own qualifying round two points clear of Montenegro and three points of Ukraine, collecting eight wins, one draw and one defeat in the return match with the Montenegrin national team. It was only the first step of a triumphal European, which saw the Azzurri pass the group stage with full points and then beat Israel in the quarterfinals and France in the semifinals, until the thrilling success in the final with Serbia, decided at the end of the goal scored. from an unprecedented couple of the Neapolitan school, the one formed by the eplayer Carmine "Naples17x" Liuzzi and the avatar of Lorenzo Insigne.