‘We look naked’: Footballers criticize their grotesque appearance in FIFA 23

The virtual football match FIFA 23 It is one of the best sellers in history and, year after year, many buy its latest edition, which claims to improve graphically. In recent times, many of its players have been transferred the poor quality of their avatarsso much so that he has shown signs of showing them hairless.

While for many players the visual section It has more relevance than its game mechanics, the graphics of said video game being its strong point, since they consider it very real and imagine having the best footballers of the moment at their orders. However, it also receives criticism.

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This was the case, for example, of several players from the National Women’s Soccer League, the top division of women’s professional soccer in the United States, who expressed their disagreement with their avatars in the latest update of the video game and who have not hesitated to criticize it on the networks.

One of the hardest was sydney lerouxwho plays for Angel City FC, and after sharing the photo of his appearance in the famous video game, he didn’t hesitate to guarantee that “it will scare my children”.

In another tweet, Leroux says: “I know you expect us women to thank you for giving us some publicity but please stop wasting our time“.

And he added: “Some of us have gone bald,” he denounced, attaching a photograph of another gamer who appears without hair. However, she took it with humor and even put her profile avatar picture on Twitter.

Another soccer player who showed his disagreement with his avatar was Madison Hammond, also from Angel City FC. In his message on the aforementioned social network, he asked that, please, “someone warn me when he finds me because this … It’s not just me!“.

Houston Dash American player Caprice Dydasco also complained about her representation in FIFA. In a new message on Twitter, the athlete thanked that “EA Sports finally includes the National Women’s Soccer League” but “this does not represent me,” she concluded.

His tweet was also widely commented on Twitter and even had a response from American Katie Stengel, who plays for Liverpool, who was very clear with a “thank you because they gave you hair”.

FIFA 23: new content

The anniversary celebration of its Ultimate FUT Champions game mode continues this week with the release of Team 2, a battery of players with dramatic improvements in all their overall stats and will add two versions of it to the pool of packs available in Ultimate Team. : One with 5-star skill and another with a 5-star bad leg.

FUT Birthday Squad 2 features an array of global football personalities from top European clubs including Real Madrid, Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan and many more.

FUT Anniversary Squad 2 Players:

• Stephan El Shaarawy (Rome)
• Timo Werner (RB Leipzig)
• Vinicius jr (Real Madrid)
• Anthony (Manchester United)
• Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle United)
• Alex Telles (Seville)
• Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
• Simon Kjaer (Milan)
• Matthew Pessina (Monza)
• Matteo Guendouzi (Marseille)
• Matthew Pessina (Monza)
• Joakim Maehle (Atalanta)