Lift the trophy, with the Football: Champions Cup slot

You could really ask for better timing. NetEnt has chosen to release their rather generic looking Football: Champions Cup slot in time for this summer’s edition of the European Championships. If you’re going to be watching the footy this summer, why not spin a few reels at half-time and in-between the matches with this cracking new NetEnt football themed game. Is it really that good? Find out in our Football: Champions Cup slot review.

Well…it looks the same as the others

Truth be told, the Football: Champions Cup slot graphics don’t actually say much about the game. In appearance, it looks the same as pretty much every other football themed video slot ever released. However, once you get to the bonus rounds, you’ll see just how creative this slot really is.

Standardised wagers

The Football: Champions Cup slot machine features a pretty standard wagering range for a NetEnt slot. You can alter your coin sizes and values all you like, but you cannot adjust any of the 20 paylines which sit upon the slot’s 5 reels. This is going to leave you facing a wagering range, which stems from a floor of 20p per spin, up to a ceiling of £100 per spin.

Sink or swim with penalties

There’s plenty of action in this slot, though. Football: Champions Cup slot bonuses number two, and the first of these is the most intense. It is a penalty shoot-out bonus, and to trigger it you need to land bonus symbols at least 3 times on the reels in any position. In the bonus, you must take on the dual roles of a striker and a goalkeeper, saving and scoring penalties against your opposition. Players will bag prizes for every goal they score, and shot they save. At the end, if you have beaten your opponent, you can pocket an extra special cash prize.

Lift the cup and win big

The second bonus in the Football: Champions Cup game is a round robin tournament. It runs as a free spins bonus round, and takes place in the Round of 16 to start off with. Players will find two wilds in the free spins bonus. Blue ones give your team a goal, whilst red ones give your opposition a goal. After the free spins bonus round ends, if you have outscored your opponent, you can progress to the quarter-finals, for another free spins bonus, and so on and so forth, until you can win the cup. Doing so results in you bagging a massive non-progressive cash prize.

A cracking way to spend the summer

The problem with football themed slots is that all too often they are generic looking, and may not last the tournament they were released in time for. The Football: Champions Cup slot will be hot during Euro 2016, although it is unclear it will fare well once the summer footy tournament ends. Only time will tell. Until then, spin and win with this cracking football themed game.