Unreal Foos - Frederic Collignon vs Zeke Cervantes Open Singles

Hall of Fame 2011 Las Vegas. Open singles match between Frederic Collignon, the world's best foosball player, against Zeke Cervantes.
This was the first time I played Collignon in singles. He definitely dictated the pace of the match. I didn't get as many offensive possessions as I typically do, and that is a testament to Collignon's defensive prowess.
I played well defensively, on both the 5 and goal. He is too good of a player for all the mistakes I did. Either way, it was fun playing him.
-zeke

[@hetarra]

Wow, Zeke, you've been one of my teachers. I learned a lot from you. it's amazing how Collignon did you bite the dust, almost did not see that you used your 3-Bar. Collignon is not a human. Practice a lot, soon to conquer!

[@sujrw]

@zeke, firstly your videos have been very helpful in learning the game, thanks! :-) I wanted ask about rico's straight shot, is he spinning the rod with the open grip to hit the shot? it looks different from his push and pull shots off the frontpin

[@zekefooser]

@Zazmiz So that the table surface is flat. The corner guys allow you to retrieve the ball when it goes there. They also allow you to set up the ball faster on the 2 bar. Other tables have ramps so the table surface is not completely flat.

[@24MartinONDS]

You did a very nice job, respect!

[@zekefooser]

@Chipadychuck I wasn't nervous. I blocked him well. It's just tough to score on him out of the goal. He also played great 5 bar D, so my chances were limited on my 3.

[@fooser1]

Zeke is a great player. Watching this match, however, was like watching a 10 y/o have a head-butt contest with a fire truck. The 10 y/o got a couple of good shots in, but the fire truck just dominated.

[@jeromevids]

Thanks for the precision Zeke :) It looked kind of odd and a little "cheap" ;) Lucky for you to play the master of the game!

[@zekefooser]

@iLemonable The match is 3/5 games. If you do end up going 5 games, you have to win by 2 points but is capped at 8 points. So the 5th game can potentially go 8-7. Also in some specialty events, or amateur events, the loser side of a double elimitation is usually one game to 7 points (race to 7).

[@n77774]

I also played against collignon and he blew me away :P He is amazing

[@zekefooser]

@shrt64 For sure! :)

[@TheOpinionatedPerson]

Are there any tricks to defend against someone hitting the ball really hard at angles and having it ricochet off 5 guys into the goal? That happens way too often with the people I play

[@idris09]

What kind of balls do you use in professional games? I just bought some Thompson textured balls but my buddies at work are telling me the "red slick" balls are the real professional balls. They tell me the Red Thompson textured balls I bought are too slow. I disagree. I tell them better to pull of the controlled pull shots. Could you clarify?

[@EasyRidersParis]

Hey Zeke, I really love your game. Rico plays also always good against Tony Spredemann. And your game is really in many ways the same on the 5 bar. Thats why he reads your better then you maybe wanted to be read. Colli is the best in both ways, offensive and defensive. Its not a shame to loose againts him. I played couple of times against him. He let you play so that he can read you and then its over hahahaha. Great player, great personality!!!

[@EvilSam75]

Still well played Zeke!

[@fooser1]

When Rico starts hitting banks out of the back, it was more a matter of a cat playing with a ball of yarn. It sucks being the yarn.

[@zekefooser]

@SuperSlowball Collignon is very good, and has a ton of experience.

[@EricOrtego]

@idris09 I'm pretty sure it's the Genuine Tornado Textured Foosball

[@zekefooser]

@SuperSlowball LOL I don't know where he gets those. They are made of some thick rubber and very grippy. He should be promoting his own TTR MasterWraps though instead of those "condom" looking wraps :)

[@chrisvan1980]

this guy

[@zekefooser]

Damn he cheated me! J/K. It's a legal shot. You can shoot while the ball is stopped. It would have been illegal if he caught the ball on the 3. So passing from the Goalie area to the 5, or from the 5 to the 3 while the ball is stopped is an illegal pass.

[@andystrankman4951]

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[@Chipadychuck]

Yay Phill Collins in the background music :D

[@jensonbutton5778]

Frédéric glove brand?

[@andyluong2008]

Is spinning allowed in this tournament? The guy controlling the yellow team seems to spin the bar.

[@dataplayer555]

@zekefooser These are made of latex. It's the grippiest combination when used with a glove, than wraps. I don't know about US, but you can order them in Europe. I really don't know the name tho (u can search griffgummi on ebay.de). And I guess Collignon doesn't use TTR wraps all the time, is because they are too expensive + shipping from USA, compared to cheap + more control "condoms".

[@EricOrtego]

@andyluong2008 You can spin but you cannot spin over 360 degrees. Looked like most of those were backward spins for positioning around on the 5 man.

[@smokecigar]

Ahhah at 17:44 this is the biggest Aerial I have ever seen in competition

[@andystrankman4951]

Damm no breaks for zeke

[@haydenwilson8463]

Zeke you forgot to count a point in the 3rd game!

[@jeromevids]

Isn't the shot at 44 sec illegal? the ball was stopped...

[@Stellarffxi]

Professional balls are actually pretty inconsistent. I believe Tornado makes their own balls and preferably they are not too slick, but I suppose slick could be relative to the ball that you are using.. anyways, just try to get some Tornado balls and they should be somewhat similar.

[@Zazmiz]

Why does this table soccer game have 3 goalkeepers?

[@Chipadychuck]

@zekefooser I was just asking if you were xD I didn't mean you were a bad player :P You're pretty good. But he might be one of the best players around ;)

[@Chipadychuck]

Playing with the man left you nervous? xD

[@comeandgetit87]

Looks like at 3:44 he makes what I thought was an illegal pass from 2man to the 5 man bar.

[@zekefooser]

No that was legal. The ball touched to men and never stopped moving, he wasn't pinning the ball, but rather quickly moving the man from one side of the ball to the other and touching the ball with the side of the man.

[@rubikon2004]

Zeke play very well on 5 but against him on that game didn't do much...

[@zekefooser]

So playing Collignon didn't have anything to do with it? LOL

[@PressPlay00748]

@Unreal Foos You actually scored 6 goals in which only 3 snakes,1 luckily in third game,1 from goal in first game, and 1 push kick so u actually only scored 3 goals and even 1 snake shot was weird so anyways only 3 proper shots!!Your game is not as good as you present tutorials,because playing same shots in practice and in match is different!!

[@spooncvc]

You think you can do better?

[@shrt64]

next time, its your time! :)

[@spooncvc]

omg Rico is a monster. Seem like ur playing 2 ppl at once...but nope...it's just Rico lol

[@meesbaker]

Thumbs up if you were looking for soul calibur!

[@Chipadychuck]

Eric Clapton? Really? xD GREAT MUSIC!

[@PressPlay00748]

Unreal Foos you need to improve your game Sir!

[@spooncvc]

@zekefooser He's always been using those condoms since day one. Yeah, I do agree...He needs to use the TTR wraps for better promotion.

[@bdchis]

FAKE! at 14:48 Collignon appears to make a mistake, and he clearly wouldn't do that if this was real.

[@zekefooser]

@hetarra Yea he got on my 5, and I hardly had many shots on my 3. He is the greatest for a reason. I'll kick his butt next time ;)