“Continue to mark the history of eSport with AS Monaco”
Barely crowned for the third time winner of the eFootball Championship Pro with the red and white banner, Usmakabyle named himself bluntly on this new major title, the sixth of his dazzling career. Maintenance.
A title has to be won, and he only wins! Triple world champion on PES and already double winner of eFootball Pro before the 2022 edition, Walid Tebane alias Usmakabyle is marked by his reputation… and his prize list! However, it is with new teammates and a (very) shortened preparation that this great French eSport champion went to seek yet another trophy. Back to the film of this new victory with the interested party. Honestly, as usual!
I tried to transmit this mentality to him as well as possible. Things were quite simple in the end, because he was in my old team with Imad, our coach. At the time, he had made a few appearances in amateur tournaments, so we knew he had potential.
On her relationship with Nekza
Hello Usmakabyle. To start, what was your first reaction after this 3rd victory in eFootball Championship Pro?
I would say that the first feeling is a phew of relaxation! Because we even had to adapt to the change of roster in a short time, to a new competition format, it was complicated. We knew there was potential in this team, but the preparation time was really short compared to normal. In a month and a half, we had to make up for what usually requires seven to eight months of work. There is no secret anyway, only hard work pays off. Then, it is granted a great pride, because it represents once again hours and hours of training, to be rewarded at the finish. So we are very happy to have achieved this victory for the Club. Because even if we are AS Monaco, a reference, it is perhaps the time when there were the most questions. And we responded appropriately.
🏆 Champions of this #eFootballChampionshipPro !
Congratulations to our players @NekzaTwitch, @Usmakabyle and @ GuiFera01 who will have made the Club’s colors shine throughout the competition 🇲🇨
You made us vibrate, thank you 🤩👏 #RiseRiskRepeat I #RampinàRiscàRepetà pic.twitter.com/lDGJS0ckKU
—AS Monaco Esports (@ASMonacoEsports) June 26, 2022
What makes you always have the same desire to get the titles?
Oh I’m always hungry! I don’t know how to explain it, but every competition I start, I want to win it. I’m the one who always starts before everyone else and finishes training last. I want to be at the top of eSport, which is a complicated discipline, because you reach your “prime” in 2-3 years maximum. For my part, I’m lucky that it’s been going on for seven years now, and as long as the competition is there, I’ll be motivated to go all the way. And when you have more niaque than the others, there is no secret, you are close to reaching your best level.
Tell us about your relationship with Nekza…
Precisely, I tried to convey this mentality to him as well as possible. Things were quite simple in the end, because he was in my old team with Imad, our coach. At the time, he had made a few appearances in amateur tournaments, so we knew he had potential. Then, when you play competitions like this, you have to bond to get to the end. There is such adrenaline and such pressure, at the same time as a common goal, that it welds. Even with GuiFera who was in Brazil, we maintained this relationship. I had Nekza on the phone every day, even the day before a match. I remember that just before the second round, we went out to Paris to enjoy a moment together. That’s how you manage to create something.
I score much too early I think (6th), then I score two goals in quick succession with 60-70 minutes left to play. This is where I finally get back, I even trailed 4-3 at the start of the last quarter of an hour. But at that moment I know that I will have at least one and that I will come back!
On the scenario of the final
Did you expect him to reach this level of performance?
I’m going to be very honest, no! We knew there was potential, that we could create something. The fact that he listens from A to Z to what I told him during the competition, that helped him. Which means that even when I make a remark to him or something, he understands. I really expected him to lose a few games due to lack of experience, that’s normal, but he blew me away. In the end, he produced exceptional performances, he ended up undefeated, and it is above all deserved!
First participation in the eFootball Championship Pro and the title with the@ASMonacoEsports and @Usmakabyle @ GuiFera01 @ID7Kun . Many thanks to them for their trust. I also won the title of best player of the competition 🏆
DAGHE MUNEGU 🔴⚪️ pic.twitter.com/NQK46ZTVRd
— ASM_Nekza (@NekzaTwitch) June 26, 2022
Tell us about this crazy match in the final that you ended up returning against Mestre?
Already Nekza is doing the job by winning his duel (1-0), so I tell myself that I just have to finish the job, and that GuiFera can be decisive in case in match 3. Which means that I I have less pressure unconsciously, and that I have the right to make mistakes. Even if in the final you are never calm! Those who know me know that I have never won a trophy by more than two buts. And each time these are incredible scenarios. I score way too early I think (6th), then I score two goals in quick succession with 60-70 minutes left to play. This is where I finally get back, I even trailed 4-3 at the start of the last quarter of an hour. But at that moment I know that I will have at least one and that I will come back! And it does not miss, I come back to 4-4. Mestre then makes more mistakes in front, so I feel there will be another one, and I end up crucifying this Bayern Munich team with Myron Boadu.
🎥 Goals, goals and more goals; relive this intense final of the#eFootballChampionshipPro 🤩 pic.twitter.com/kOb1MpBkLi
—AS Monaco Esports (@ASMonacoEsports) June 27, 2022
How would you qualify this victory?
To the experience, and to the mind! There are no better words to define it. I know I haven’t reached my maximum level despite everything, but there is still a lot of talent to return such a match.
At the end there is a hat-trick in eFootball for you and AS Monaco Esports. Where will you stop?
We are AS Monaco, so we have to keep winning the titles! In any case, this is a pleasure, because Bayern had recently won a Cup, so we felt a little tension between us. We were keen to show that we were the best team, the biggest European club in the discipline. That’s what we want at AS Monaco Esports, not just me: to raise the Club’s colors very high against these very big teams!
Personally, do you also want to mark the history of your sport a little more?
I’m starting to have a good little career on PES / eFootball actually (smile), so I hope it will continue. I have won the World Cup three times in as many appearances, including one with AS Monaco, and now three victories en eFootball Championship Pro, which makes six major titles. So it’s true that I hope to be a little more considered in French eSports in view of my career, and to continue to make history with this Club.