Regional cover stars included: Andreas Möller in Germany, Roy Lassiter in the US, Paolo Maldini in the Italian version, David Ginola again in France, while Spanish fans got Real Madrid’s Raúl. | © EA Sports 1997/98 - FIFA 98 CoverĮngland and Manchester United’s superstar David Beckham graced the UK cover of this one, which had the successful Road to World Cup mode, the only one to include all national teams on the planet. For the rest of the world, it was Bebeto who was featured on the cover. The cover in Europe featured French star David Ginola in the Newcastle kit. The game dropped the “soccer” clarification and its title got its current form. Welsh defender Andy Legg and Romanian midfielder Ioan Sabău were on the cover in the US, while Frank de Boer and Jason McAteer were the players for the European cover. They already made it clear who’s the global leader in sports video game sales with this one. Then-Tottenham Hotspur and Norway goalkeeper Erik Thorstvedt was one of the very few goalies on the cover. The game introduces the familiar title pattern, introducing the iconic year. Some versions of the game got Packie Bonner and Ruud Gullit on it. We want to push for first, the DFB Cup too and then go far in the Champions League.David Platt and Piotr Swierczewski are historically relevant, as they are on the cover of the first one ever, then called FIFA International Soccer. You can’t just go for second, third or fourth. We have to start quick, now, and hopefully be clear. “We’re always focused on winning or pushing for the title, like last season. “There are are almost no words to describe it. “I couldn’t play in the last two games because of injury and watching it was just really sad, we had worked so hard to get there. “It was very hard,” he said, having made 20 appearances, scoring three times. Yet, it was to end in heartbreak as injured Bynoe-Gittens watched from the sidelines as the title slipped away. Going into the game top, Dortmund were expected to end their 11-year Bundesliga drought, capping Bellingham’s three starring years in Germany. In May, on his final appearance, Bellingham sat devasted on the Signal Iduna Park pitch after a 2-2 draw with Mainz on the final day of last season handed Bayern the title. How he prepares for games, how he prepares for training. “They took me in as their little brother…I’d beat Jude at FIFA all the time. Or when Jadon was there, we would go to get a haircut together or something or go to his house for three or four hours, maybe play FIFA,” said the Under-19 European champion, who remains close with team-mate Gio Reyna. “Jude would take me out into Dortmund sometimes. Thankfully the new England Under-21 international can ask for a little more than shampoo – along with a cheeky offer of giving lessons to Bayern Munich new boy Harry Kane while at St George’s Park – although he misses his friends. Now he is the only Englishman left at Dortmund after Bellingham’s initial £88.5million move to Real Madrid this summer. “Seeing other players before me doing it persuaded me I could try it as well and try to progress like Jude has done right now or Jadon did.” “After Christmas, I started playing more games and then that’s when I broke into the senior team. Then when we came back in 2021 I was injured for four months. “The first year was tough, because Covid meant that there were no games. “I was a very shy person back then, so I had to learn to speak more and to ask for things that I might not ordinarily have asked for. German is difficult – it’s really hard to learn and it takes time. “At school I tried to speak French and that didn’t really work. “The word is the same, so maybe that’s an easy one to find! But maybe if you were going to the shops or getting the bus to town and having to find the right way to go… “I remember looking for something like shampoo in the supermarket and you’ve got to find where it is and you might need to ask someone. That was very hard for me because, at the time, I only spoke English. “Not everybody spoke English when I arrived. His lessons, having joined from Manchester City in 2020, have left him “near fluent” as he matures away from the Premier League spotlight. The last of Dortmund’s English trio, the former Chelsea youngster has developed while Bellingham and Jadon Sancho shone to earn their mega-money moves.īynoe-Gittens made his debut less than 18 months ago but has settled well. The unassuming 19-year-old sits in St George’s Park explaining how his life in the German city has helped him grow. Beating Jude Bellingham at FIFA and two hours of German lessons a day have helped Jamie Bynoe-Gittens settle in at Borussia Dortmund.
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