You can never rule out the game of Soccer in the heart of humanity. It is a big deal for huge numbers of fans around the world especially in Nigeria with strong followership for the Premiere League matches. Although, some fans of Premier League soccer matches inside the US and some other countries hardly have access to these games. The exciting news is that Facebook is getting into the live streaming realm for Premiere League matches.
Firstly, if you don't follow soccer or have no idea what a testimonial match is, it's basically a practice game; where a club has a match to honour a player for service to the club. However, this is the first time that Facebook has ever streamed a Premiere League Match and the game will be between Manchester United and Everton. The game is also Wayne Rooney's testimonial match. The England and Manchester United team captain shared his excitement on his Instagram page @waynerooney.
Meanwhile, the official Premiere League season is a few weeks away, but these tune up games are important for the teams and players, they also give fans a chance to see what the season holds for their favorite teams.
Facebook boast of an audience across the globe of 1.7 billion potential viewers.
This testimonial match further gives fans a look at Manchester United's new batch of players including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and Eric Bailly. This particular game will see proceeds for the match shared between four charities that Rooney chose and will kick off at 7:15 BST, or 2:15 ET and will be streamed on the Manchester United Facebook page and Rooney's page. There is no definite figure of how many Facebook users are expected to stream the game.
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Wow. That's great. The testimonial match was great watching. Though, the match between the two teams ended nil for both teams. However, the aim of the match is to raise funds.
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ReplyDeleteI'm not a big sports fan but this seems really cool! I already know a few people who're definitely going to be super excited for this :D
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