The sound and visuals in Football: Champions Cup are all related to the beautiful game. Joining the low value playing card symbols are a ref's whistle, a goalie's glove, a football boot, a shirt and a dribbling player. The latter is the best of the standard symbols - land 5 in a payline and you'll shimmy away with a 1,000 coin payout.
The golden football is the game's standard wild. Joining these in the base game are overlay wilds - between 2 and 5 of these can land at random during the base game to create some extra winning chances.
Land 3 or more of the Bonus symbol to trigger the Bonus Game feature - it's a variation of the pick me round that takes the form of a 2-part penalty shootout. In part 1, you take the role of the attacker and place your penalty in 1 of 4 points in the goal. If you score, a coin win is awarded. You'll have 5 shots in all.
In part 2, you play the goalkeeper and try and save penalties. Manage to do so and you'll win a multiplier prize which will be applied to the coin win from the first part of the shootout. Once again, there are 5 penalties.
The precise multipliers available vary depending on how many bonus symbols activated the shootout - 3 and the multipliers range from 1x to 12x. 4 and they increase to between 3x and 14x. Trigger with 5 and it's 5x to 15x.
Football: Champions Cup also comes with a Free Spins feature which is triggered when you land the scatter on reels 2, 3 and 4. This bonus round is based on the knockout stages of a football tournament where the goal is to progress from the last 16 to the quarter final, semi-final and then final.
You start off with 6 free spins. If blue wilds land, you'll be awarded a goal - if a red wild hits, your opponent scores. If you end up on top, you'll go through to the next round and receive a further 6 spins. If you make it all the way and win the final, you can look forward to a coin prize in addition to the wins already accrued. Lose in the semi and a consolation prize of 6 extra spins are awarded. A 500x stake prize is on offer if you lift the trophy.
Football: Champions Cup has the unmistakable look of a NetEnt-produced slot. Expect super slick visuals and animation as well as the roar of the crowd accompanying your spins. If you like interactivity with you play, then this fits the bill too. If your penalty taking technique is better than Gareth Southgate's and Chris Waddle's, then there are some decent opportunities in the bonus game.
The free spins round is a good one too. Reach the latter stages of the tournament and some fine winning opportunities await as you can win over 1,050 times your stake on every single free spin! Football themed slots are a hit and miss bunch - this one largely hits the back of the net.