KAZAN, February 23, Adela Ziatdinova. Former Russian national team footballer Andrey Arshavin compared physical football with Nordic combined.
On Friday, Arshavin spoke at a press conference dedicated to the “Football for Friendship. Phygital” championship as part of the Future Games in Kazan.
«»Physical football involves a kind of Nordic combined event, where people jump and run. Here these are games on the console and physical football. I played physical football well, but played poorly on the console. I never liked simulators at all. I like to play more. to managers, where you pressed one button and that’s it, if it’s unsuccessful, you quickly reboot everything,” Arshavin told reporters.
“It’s too late for me to participate in fidgetal, I’m already old, a phone is enough for me. But the guys are interested. Without numbers, without a computer, it’s hard to imagine our life. Even though I’m a retrograde, the future lies with this,” he added.
From February 21 to March 3, the Games of the Future are being held in Kazan — innovative international competitions in hybrid disciplines in the physical + digital concept, which combines classical sports and e-sports or VR/AR technology.< br>