River Plate expand to CS:GO

9-7-2020 02:45

The Argentinean football club River Plate has signed a team headlined by Ezequiel "⁠KUN⁠" Palmero.

River Plate formed their esports division in 2016, setting their sights on reaching their younger fans through football simulators, before unveiling a League of Legends team in late 2019 to compete in LVP's Liga Master Flow. Deemed a success, they have now added a CS:GO team to their repertoire.

The Buenos Aires-based organization reached out to 22-year-old KUN midway through the year, but negotiations didn't prosper until recently, when the player was benched in Coscu Army and brought on to spearhead El Millonario's first foray into Counter-Strike.

River Plate have incorporated a CS:GO team in their esports division

KUN and River Plate decided to sign on his with former teammates Ariel "⁠arieldidi⁠" Ramirez and Mariano "⁠MRN1⁠" Santa Maria, who had recently joined the free agent market after leaving Hawks. They then brought on another free agent, Thomas "⁠christo⁠" Navales, before rounding out the squad with Guido "⁠guidimon⁠" Romano, a former member of LVP Unity Flow's current top team on the leaderboard, Malvinas.

Hugo "⁠rew4z⁠" Cáceres was then decided on as the team's coach, marking the skipper's return to the sidelines for the first time since 2017, when he was put in charge of Miami Flamingos after Jonathan "⁠JonY BoY⁠" Muñoz and company moved to Gale Force.

River Plate will be competing in Aorus League, FiRe League, Logitech G Challenge 2020, Argentina Game Show and La Liga Pro Trust, among others.

River Plate are:

Ezequiel "⁠KUN⁠" Palmero
Ariel "⁠arieldidi⁠" Ramirez
Mariano "⁠MRN1⁠" Santa Maria
Thomas "⁠christo⁠" Navales
Guido "⁠guidimon⁠" Romano

Hugo "⁠rew4z⁠" Cáceres (coach)

Pog

2020-07-09 02:46

10 replies

Cool

2020-07-09 02:51

1 reply

KUN AGUERO NOICE

2020-07-09 10:36

Boca Juniors when?

2 replies

Not today, TOMORROW

2020-07-09 02:55

hahahahagaagaggagava

2020-07-09 10:38

another tier 300 team yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

2020-07-09 03:47

Yee River vs Vitality tier 300

2020-07-09 04:34

jorge jesus wil coach them

2020-07-09 17:23

cool

Whoa! Great news to boludito's cs

2020-07-09 16:17

nice

Are they going to hit their players and burn their PCs too?

2020-07-09 02:47

21 replies

About to right the same thing

2020-07-09 02:50

write?

2020-07-09 11:05

no, raiit

2020-07-09 14:03

09/12

2020-07-09 02:59

7 replies

09/12 X2

2020-07-09 03:02

5 replies

x3 (-1 Martinez to the goal)

2020-07-09 03:58

4 replies

Anyone here with 7 libertadores in his palmares? No? Ok cya

2020-07-09 06:34

3 replies

Just indesingente have 7

2020-07-09 07:42

how do you watch those VHS? KEK

2020-07-09 08:18

Ayyyyyyyyyy lmao

2020-07-09 12:33

Oof

2020-07-09 04:47

why u bully me? :,(

2020-07-09 03:25

sorry men))) just laughed and had to copy it

2020-07-09 03:31

2020-07-09 03:45

9/12

2020-07-09 04:28

they gonna rush B

2020-07-09 04:54

+1, with lots of mollys

2020-07-09 07:37

can't wait to see the supporters of River Plate vs MiBR. Guns blazing... LUL

2020-07-09 11:35

What? Did that happened for some team lol?

2020-07-09 14:02

what happened

2020-07-12 07:02

how big is the argentinian scene?

2020-07-09 02:48

16 replies

meyern+isurus(yes)

2020-07-09 02:52

+Luken and that's it

2020-07-09 03:04

i mean atleast thats good

2020-07-09 04:14

Locally there are many teams and many leagues/tournaments. Regionally, only a few teams are at the top among the brazillians teams. It's an emergent industry, maybe in a couple years we will see argentinian teams in NA leagues reaching tier 2/3.

2020-07-09 03:07

If there are many leagues locally, you guys have bigtime sponsors right?

2020-07-09 03:08

50 euro for first place OMEGALUL

2020-07-09 04:13

given they are being sponsored by turkish airlines i think its a little more than that

That's just because turkish airlines sponsors the football team

2020-07-09 04:31

There are a couple big sponsors, but the hard economic situation is an obstacle for the development of the industry. The LVP (Professional Videogames League) has a prizepool of barely ARS $100.000 (US$1500) for a 18 matches league. The organizations also get a percentage of the league's earnings beacause it works as a franchisee sistem, but still not enough to maintain the orgs. League sponsors are Fibertel, the main internet company of the country, a secures company and BGH. There's also others team sponsors like computer companys but there's much work to do yet.

2020-07-09 08:16

Having a huge club backing a team will help develop the scene

How much do you spend to get a decent pc over there? I heard the pricing is terrible

2020-07-10 11:35

Well, not less than 1500 dollars. Also consider that an average salary is in between 300 or 400 dollars here. (Average, not minimum).

2020-07-14 10:26

Then, how average person (or their children) play cs? Is internet cafe still a thing? gaming internet cafe I mean

2020-07-14 15:25

Many start with a shitty pc and then with time improving it, or many have jobs but still living with their parents so they use his money for pc and gaming stuff. The "gaming culture" was born in internet cafe's but now there's only a couple remaining

2020-07-28 22:40

1.6 x10^-35

2020-07-09 04:16

electron's charge (or somewhat "close" to it) poggers

2020-07-09 06:42

as a river plate fan i can say this is actually awesome. nice roster tbh

6 replies

+1K

Nice roster have isurus or 9z, that is shit

2020-07-09 07:45

Maybe they sorprise us.

2020-07-09 09:40

Future will tell...

2020-07-09 16:34

ne, good for de ARG scene, shit for SA scene...

2020-07-10 02:08

that is not a nice roster lmao, even as a RP fan i prefer to cheer for FG

2020-07-23 01:31

they literally signed the worst arg team lmao

2020-07-09 02:49

this is quite a solid team, i would say they are at malvinas gaming level

2020-07-09 02:53

you sure? the oly one that i know from this team is KUN and he's game is quite meeehh

2020-07-09 02:58

Anything could happen

2020-07-09 09:42

they are used to the B tier of argentina

2020-07-10 17:27

WOW Poggers

Actually pog

tier 80

waaaaaaat

they will choke if they face flamengo e sports team kek

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

2020-07-09 03:15

Wright likes this.

2020-07-09 03:22

atletico and sport didnt like this

2020-07-09 13:54

kkkkkkkkkk

2020-07-09 15:06

Will they choke on grand finals again but this time in cs? 🤔

2020-07-09 02:54

NICE

kkkkkkkkkkk, going to be beaten by BR just like in libertadores

hahaha need Boca Juniors and ez qualify to major )? kkkk

2020-07-09 03:09

no, we need Gremio. Easiest semifinal of my life

2020-07-09 03:10

Ez libertadores arg. independiente 7 boca 6 River 4 estudiantes 4... Ez arg

2020-07-09 04:22

ez when refs r robbing to u team

2020-07-09 13:58

gremio 1 River 2? i was there in brazil ;)

2020-07-09 20:00

no, Flamengo 5 x 0 Gremio. Also, Flamengo 2 x 1 River xd

2020-07-09 23:47

Wow, unexpected. I always liked River since my childhood in football. GL for the boys))

2020-07-09 03:00

KKKKKKKKKKK San Lorenzo > River Plate

2020-07-09 03:01

boca csgo team when? imagine river vs boca on lan :D

if someone doesn't break the opponent's computer I will be disappointed

2020-07-09 03:03

2020-07-10 00:24

PLS NEED SQUAD BOCA JUNIORSS PLS NEED SQUAD BOCA JUNIORS PLS NEED SQUAD BOCA JUNIORS PLS NEED SQUAD BOCA JUNIORS PLS NEED SQUAD BOCA JUNIORSS PLS NEED SQUAD BOCA JUNIORS PLS NEED SQUAD BOCA JUNIORS PLS NEED SQUAD BOCA JUNIORS

Amazing

BOCA WILL BUY ASTRALIS

IF ROMAN CALLS YOU?

2020-07-09 08:20

Gabigol. Kkk.

2020-07-09 03:12

Boca fan, but cool to see the scene growing like this, good news.

2020-07-09 03:17

Nice!

2020-07-09 03:20

Riveeeeer gogo <3

Follow @riverplategames on all their social media!

2020-07-09 03:23

Nice to see more orgs join CSGO!

boca should buy old x6tence roster jony boy nikom tomi tutehen omg omg is spanish so to become full argentina maybe nbl, straka or zote for 5th player idk ez

2020-07-09 03:29

Equipo de mierda retirado que ahora juega valorant

2020-07-09 04:24

lol +1

2020-07-10 00:45

I don't think Nbl or Strka are the best options but +1, that's what I thought. I think Zote is retired so maybe any of the ex-Keymotion squad would be great

2020-07-09 08:28

Gabigol

2020-07-09 03:28

vice do Flamengo ggwp

This pic lol

2020-07-09 03:36

BOCA JUNIORS WHEN

2020-07-09 03:38

river v boca when

LOOOL WTF

2020-07-09 03:39

TIER 50000000 TEAM cool

2020-07-09 03:40

hahhahahahaha what a fucking trash team

2020-07-09 03:41

Good news but, could be a better roster.

2020-07-09 03:59

Gallardo has to be coach

2020-07-09 04:04

Easy to guess who is more toxic of them hahaha...Ariel mrn1 or guidi

VAMOOO RIVER ! gl guys have to win everything with La Del Mas Grande Lejos

2020-07-09 04:17

Where is meyern

2020-07-09 04:20

2020-07-09 06:11

In a better team

2020-07-09 07:47

PogU

RIVER, TELL ME WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE??

2020-07-09 04:29

Damm son. i don't think Boca would invest in something like CSGO, anyway this will help a lot their scene since River has a lot of money.

2020-07-09 04:30

Future major winner confirmed?

2020-07-09 04:48

Turkish airlines lul

pog

2020-07-09 11:37

Turkish Airlines donot be sponsor to Turkish sport clubs and cs teams but argentine??

2020-07-09 18:36

Turkish Airlines has lately started expanding into South America so seems logical.

2020-07-18 23:53

Argentina cs scene is back Pog

2020-07-09 05:02

Congrats guidomon!

2020-07-09 05:23

2020-07-09 05:31

Mariano god, disband in 3 months

2020-07-09 05:39

POGGERS

2020-07-09 05:45

NICEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeee

2020-07-09 05:48

Kun palmero > Kun aguero

2020-07-09 05:56

Niceee

2020-07-09 05:58

riVAR plate kkkkk shit club

2020-07-09 06:08

you pretty much destroyed flamengo, corinthians and other mafia cheater clubs

2020-07-09 11:38

no meyern no major

2020-07-09 06:23

lol they should've have bought 9z lineup at least...

2020-07-09 06:36

Wake me up when RM and Barca have cs teams.

2020-07-09 06:59

best shirt easily

2020-07-09 07:06

Lol

2020-07-09 07:07

ok river plate have fun ye

2020-07-09 07:26

NICEEE i wait for legia tho!!

2020-07-09 07:49

Legia vs Ferencváros when? 🤔

2020-07-09 13:17

i see u win your league. We win ours and we can meet in CL qualifers.

2020-07-09 22:00

I don't actually live in Budapest, I live in Debrecen, so I'm rooting for DVSC :D (although they fell down to division 2, I'll still support them)

2020-07-09 22:05

real supporter here.

2020-07-10 07:03

Yep 😎👌

2020-07-10 12:55

nice :D GL

2020-07-09 08:08

It is so good to see the SA (future of CSGO) and trust me it will happen, BR is bigger, people are way crazier about the game than in other regions and they have so many talents that if wasnt because of the mess of the infrastructure that they ahve in these countries, we would definetely see more teams, but thats not the point, glad to see RP joining the gaming world and i hope it will bring more for we all! CS > ALL KURWA

2020-07-09 08:22

+1 thx

2020-07-09 16:42

Woah thats so cool.

2020-07-09 08:30

Already best SA team in the scene

2020-07-09 08:41

Wow

2020-07-09 08:53

Always nice to welcome a new team, GLHF!

2020-07-09 09:09

south america on fire lately :O

2020-07-09 09:35

KUN who? Agueroooooooo!

2020-07-09 09:41

Wonder what they can do when cross world competitions start again.

2020-07-09 09:45

nice Mens

2020-07-09 10:17

Wow cool! W8ing 4 Juniors lmao

2020-07-09 10:35

Fk, I can't cheer for them, I demand they chose a different name

2020-07-09 10:41

ez top 2 soon (BIG stays on top)

2020-07-09 10:43

It's insane that club like River Plate will have it's own division in CS:GO. However I don't know why did they took BOT arieldidi, I have no idea who is MRN1. If MRN1 plays welll, then they still have to play 4vs5 because they have BOT arieldidi. Not a good lineup, for me they could have better.

2020-07-09 10:44

Nice, GL HF

2020-07-09 12:04

Wasted money

2020-07-09 12:08

should have bought meyern and built a team around him imo but good luck to them anyway

2020-07-09 12:19

Weird name for a team.

2020-07-09 12:27

lol

2020-07-10 07:50

better than Wubbalubbadubdub

2020-07-10 11:26

Never did I say it is worse or better than some other team's name I just said it is weird.

2020-07-22 14:26

Lmao, no scene

2020-07-11 00:02

ez cash

2020-07-09 12:40

Boca juniors when?

2020-07-09 13:00

Lmao look at this ayyy

2020-07-09 13:06

rew4z hahaha Good luck!

2020-07-09 13:16

Good !!!

2020-07-09 13:52

they playing cs or going to a boxing match?

2020-07-09 14:24

Now we need Boca

2020-07-09 14:51

2020-07-09 15:34

Nice

2020-07-09 15:58

Great football team. Absolute dogshit CSGO roster. These kids will embarass the brand.

2020-07-09 16:24

Aren't they called "Los Millonarios" rather ? ;)

2020-07-09 16:46

Holy shit never seen so many Argentinians on HLTV xD

2020-07-09 16:50

Great for arg cs scenne 👍👍👍

2020-07-09 17:01

i hope all of Serie A teams sign at least 1 esports team xD

2020-07-09 17:07

so, we have Wisła, Besiktas, Santos and now River, any other football team who wants to join?

2020-07-09 17:41

ALL SHIT TEAMS Wait for PSG build a csgo team as good as their dota2 team

2020-07-10 11:23

ah yes, because their LoL and Rocket League teams were so succesful...

2020-07-10 20:15

LGD is s choke team since they got acquired by PSG

2020-07-12 07:08

By your standard only OG doesnt choke

2020-07-13 05:26

why not Boca Juniors?

2020-07-09 17:58

wasnt rew4z cancelled?

I am from Argentina, have been playing CS for 10+ Years, and a fan of River Plate since I was born. This is literally my dream. Having said that, that team is shit. Get Luken, Meyern, Notske and 2 random support players and we'd have a real team.

2020-07-09 20:13

never see good players for SA except furia and mibr

2020-07-09 21:17

Even if I'm a fan of Boca... GL!

2020-07-09 21:37

another football club that joined esports that will leave after awhile. football clubs basically never last in esports

2020-07-09 22:56

Agree

2020-07-12 07:09

twitter.com/FNATIC/status/12811310206796.. +11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

2020-07-09 23:36

KKKKKKKKK

2020-07-10 00:25

gl ezekiel-kun >///////////<

2020-07-10 00:29

RUSH B

2020-07-10 03:22

Stop hating. Let the CSGO scenario grow. Let's support them.

2020-07-10 03:46

*Clap clap clap*

2020-07-10 07:52

River Plate yes Player: WHO? WHO? WHO? WHO? HU?

2020-07-10 11:22

River decime que se siente Haber jugado el nacional Te juro que aunque pasen los años Nunca nos vamos a olvidar Que te fuiste a la B Quemaste el monumental Esa mancha no se borra nunca mas Che gallina sos cagon Le pegaste a un jugador Que cobardes los borrachos del tablo

2020-07-10 16:27

what

2020-07-11 04:11

MRN1 is this the argentinian guy who used to play with Gaules?

2020-07-12 03:23

yep, and with fnx as well

2020-08-07 03:10

Cool but like all football clubs that join e-sports, I think it's gonna be a flop. But at least they might help Arg scene to grow

2020-07-12 07:14

Coolest CS:GO team

2020-07-12 12:37

this a great move for argentina cs, but roster is garbage rew4z, toxic coach that was cancelled i don't know why he still getting offers arieldidi, cool guy but he's bad guidimon, some kind of a digimon? mrn1, don't know him christopher, the argentinian shox, he is good

2020-07-14 04:51