{"id":11834,"date":"2020-07-10T03:01:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T03:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=11834"},"modified":"2020-07-10T03:01:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T03:01:38","slug":"river-plate-expand-esports-repertoire-with-csgo-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/river-plate-expand-esports-repertoire-with-csgo-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"River Plate expand esports repertoire with CS:GO roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate, one of South America&#8217;s most successful sporting clubs, have expanded their esports operations with the acquisition of an all-Argentinian <a href=\"\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"CS:GO betting sites\">Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/a> roster.<\/p>\n<p>River Plate first dipped their toes into the competitive gaming scene in 2016 when they signed <a href=\"\/fifa\/\" title=\"FIFA esports betting\">FIFA<\/a> and <a href=\"\/pro-evolution-soccer\/\" title=\"PES esports betting\">Pro Evolution Soccer<\/a> (PES) player Franco &#8220;franoplay&#8221; Colagrossi. In December 2019, the club expanded further into the esports world with the announcement of a League of Legends team that would compete in Liga Latinoam\u00e9rica&#8217;s (LLA) Liga Master Flow (LMF).<\/p>\n<p>Even though River Plate&#8217;s LoL squad failed to see much success in their inaugural LMF split &#8211; they finished ninth and had to fight through the promotion series to retain their place &#8211; the Argentine football giants deemed their esports project a success and decided to go even further with the acquisition of a CS:GO roster.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00a1RIVER PLATE CS:GO!<\/p>\n<p>Seguimos haciendo historia en los esports, les presentamos a nuestro equipo de Counter Strike: Global Offensive. <br \/>Ellos nos estar\u00e1n representando en los torneos que se vienen y llevar\u00e1n nuestra camiseta a lo m\u00e1s alto. <\/p>\n<p>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OgAMLQVrsY\">https:\/\/t.co\/OgAMLQVrsY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; River Plate Gaming (@RiverPlateGames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RiverPlateGames\/status\/1281018996775673857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>River Plate had their eyes on creating a CS:GO team midway through the year when they reached out to Ezequiel &#8220;\u2060KUN\u2060&#8221; Palmero, but the negotiations didn&#8217;t bear any fruit until this Thursday when he decided to continue his esports career at &#8220;La Banda&#8221; after Coscu Army benched him.<\/p>\n<p>Joining KUN in River Plate&#8217;s CS:GO roster are his former teammates Mariano &#8220;\u2060MRN1\u2060&#8221; Santa Maria and Ariel &#8220;\u2060arieldidi\u2060&#8221; Ramirez, with whom he played at Sinisters. Unproven talents Thomas &#8220;\u2060christopher\u2060&#8221; Navales and Guido &#8220;\u2060guidimon\u2060&#8221; Romano round out the five-man squad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a pleasure to be the captain and IGL of this team. I will give my 100% and lead River Plate in CS:GO where they deserve,&#8221; said KUN.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Un placer ser el capitan e igl de este terrible equipo, voy a demostrar todo mi 100%, vamos a llevar a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RiverPlateGames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RiverPlateGames<\/a> en CS:GO donde se lo merece.<br \/>A por todo hermanos <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/christophercsgo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@christophercsgo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MRN1GG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MRN1GG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guidimonster?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@guidimonster<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arieldidicsgo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@arieldidicsgo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rew4z_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rew4z_<\/a> ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kyXLYjMOAb\">https:\/\/t.co\/kyXLYjMOAb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KUN (@ezekunnnn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ezekunnnn\/status\/1281019836257185800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Taking over as head coach is former Counter-Strike player, manager and analyst Hugo &#8220;\u2060rew4z\u2060&#8221; C\u00e1ceres, who returns to the sidelines for the first time since leaving his post at Miami Flamingos in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>River Plate will compete in the Aorus League, Argentina Game Show, La Liga Pro Trust, FiRe League and several other South American CS:GO competitions.<\/p>\n<p>It has been rumoured that Boca Juniors are also looking to expand into pro gaming by creating FIFA, LoL and CS:GO teams, so it might not be long before one of football&#8217;s greatest rivalries extends into the esports realm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Club Atl\u00e9tico River Plate, one of South America&#8217;s most successful sporting clubs, have expanded their esports operations with the acquisition of an all-Argentinian Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":11837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[1323,626,4,1322,850],"class_list":["post-11834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-ar","tag-cs-go","tag-featured","tag-river-plate","tag-south-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11834"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11834"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11838,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11834\/revisions\/11838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}