Organized by the French streamer AmineMaTue (2.8 million followers on Twitch), the first meeting won 2-0 by France pitted French and Spanish content creators with millions of subscribers on social networks. The Atlético Madrid stadium has a capacity of more than 70,000 seats. So far, some 30,000 have been sold.
“We’re looking forward to it,” said Spaniard DjMaRio, who has 9.6 million subscribers on his YouTube channel and is one of the organizers of Saturday’s match, during a press conference Friday evening . These matches are part of the trend of real competitions between internet celebrities, where millions of fans follow the games live on the web.
“I feel great,” said French streamer AmineMaTue. “It was something to come back and see this magnificent pitch, and I think that tomorrow with the supporters, it will be another story.”
The French team was recently received in Paris, as part of its preparation, by professional footballers from PSG. The coach of the Spanish team is streamer Ibai, who has 17.1 million followers on Twitch.
These physical competitions organized between content creators generate record audiences, well beyond just the world of “gaming”, like the GP Explorer. This car race launched by Squeezie (19 million subscribers on YouTube), which saw around twenty content creators compete in Formula 4 cars on the Le Mans circuit in September, recorded an audience record with a peak to more than 1.3 million people for its second edition.
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