Brazil's eSeleção gives Samir Xaud custom pad before FIFAe qualifiers

Brazil's eSeleção gives Samir Xaud custom pad before FIFAe qualifiers

Before competing on the second day of the FIFAe Nations League Regional Qualifiers this Thursday (16), Brazil’s eFootball Console national team presented CBF president Samir Xaud with a customized controller. The gift was a gesture of appreciation for the initiatives of the current CBF administration, which have placed the eSports teams on equal footing with Brazil’s other national teams.

Engraved with Samir’s name, the logo of the “Bate no Peito” campaign, and the motto “It’s Forbidden to Dream Small,” the controller was presented by Brazil’s eNational Team manager, Diego Guapo, and received enthusiastically by the CBF president, who counts video games among his hobbies. Xaud has even received coaching from Thiago Avaré, the coach of Brazil’s eFootball Console team.

The customized controller was presented to CBF president Samir XaudCredits: Junior Souza / CBF

“I’ve only played football video games since I was a teenager. When I meet up with cousins and childhood friends, we hold tournaments. And today, CBF sees gaming as a way to bring us closer to an audience that has drifted away from football and the Brazil national team. We’re renewing partnerships and will soon have even more news,” said Xaud.

The president welcomed the Brazil eFootball Console national team players and played a “friendly”