As "Official Team Partner", Konami receives extensive name rights , crest, uniforms and various club legends and will have access to a wide range of marketing opportunities. Lazio and the Olympic Stadium have been recreated in every detail within the eFootball PES 2021 Season Update. To celebrate this partnership, all PES 2021 console and mobile gamers who log in to the game from 10/12/2020 until 16/12/2020 will get free Lazio Legend Players: Paul Gascoigne and José Marcelo Salas Melinao.
Founded in 1900, and based in Rome, the Lazio Sports Society has competed at the highest levels of the Serie A championships for much of its history. The Biancocelesti have won the Italian championship twice, the Italian Cup seven times and the Italian Super Cup three times. This new partnership of Konami for the video game eFootball PES follows a series of agreements signed in our country, including the one with the FIGC (Italian Football Federation).
Naoki Morita, President of Konami Digital Entertainment has declared: “Thanks to this new important partnership signed with Lazio, we are sure we will be able to reach an even greater number of Italian and world fans and gamers. We are confident that it will be a long and successful partnership. "
Dr. Claudio Lotito, President of the Lazio Sports Society declared: “I welcome the entry of the Konami brand into the SS Lazio family with great pleasure. I am sure that this partnership will lead us towards the development of projects that will allow Lazio to increase its notoriety and visibility at an international level. The spirit with which Konami has worked through these difficult months to create a winning collaboration has been extraordinary. We will be happy to work with Konami to promote activities aimed at developing and increasing the popularity of the Lazio brand as soon as the pandemic allows. The values of Konami, world leader in games, are fully married to the spirit of the Lazio family, developing together for the benefit of the wider community of Lazio fans and gamers. It's great when two international brands come together to create and develop added value. "