"If Mumbai City FC win eISL, I deserve the FIFA Global Series spot": Mumbai City FC player Karman Tikka
India's biggest FIFA tournament, eISL, is just a few matches away from concluding. Mumbai City FC finished third in the table after a strenuous league campaign. Having defeated Chennaiyan FC in the Upper Bracket fixture, the Islanders are one win away from reaching the final.
Karman Tikka, a 19-year-old FIFA pro, lost in the semi-finals of the Mumbai City FC qualifier. However, under particular circumstances, he was selected for their eISL roster. Over the last few months, the underdog has grown into a champion player.
In conversation with Sportskeeda Esports' Yasho Amonkar, Karman revealed why he was included on Mumbai City FC's roster, his favorite FIFA pros, and why he feels he deserves to represent the country in the FIFA Global Series.
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Karman: My earliest memory of playing FIFA was when I was ten and played FIFA 14 with my cousins and friends. We used to play casually during night stays.
After playing casually for 2-3 years, I went to my first local LAN event to assess my abilities. I got knocked out in the quarterfinals, so I was happy with my performance as a first-timer.
At that point, I started seeing it as a competitive game instead of a casual fun activity. But because of my studies, I could not entirely focus, and I stopped playing for two years.
When COVID-19 stopped everything, including schools, colleges, etc., I was free and had nothing to do. So I started playing the game again. The mechanics of FIFA 21 favored my gameplay. I started enjoying the title, and by the end of FIFA 21, I was confident of playing against professional players in India.
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Karman: I would like to call myself a skilled gamer because rather than playing only FIFA, I feel like I am half decent in many other games,
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