Luís Figo in Dubai for XYoga Dubai Festival

Luís Figo in Dubai for XYoga Dubai Festival. The two-day event is packed with activities for yoga enthusiasts.

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00:00Well, it was a fantastic moment, great atmosphere and I think very positive in the mind way.

00:13Very nice to start the day like this and I think you always have to try to find your

00:20balance in life and for me it was a pleasure to participate in this great event.

00:30Well in the sports way, I think it's very important because it teaches you and helps

00:35you to stretch and makes you find your balance and I think it's the most important in life

00:48if you have your balance in all circumstances and for the football player it's important

00:55like I said, stretching and to help you to concentrate in what you have to do.

01:01Is it any different from the way you work out in football?

01:04Yeah, totally, but what I said before that until you don't start to do yoga you don't

01:11know what is the real stretch because we used to stretch in one way and sometimes

01:18you don't give so much importance when you finish your practice or your exercise to how

01:25it's important to stretch for the muscles.

01:28What is your best career moment?

01:32Very difficult in 20 years, but in terms of team, I think it was when I got to the Champions

01:41League and the individual, the Golden Ball.

01:45And who is the best player you played against?

01:51Against the chance to play against big names like Roberto Carlos, Maldini, Liza Razo, I

02:03think they were great players.

02:05And with Zidane, Ronaldo, Beckham, Raul, a lot.

02:13So when you played with Zidane, Beckham and Ronaldo, how was it to not think about individual

02:20play and how was it to play as a team?

02:23Well, I think in this level everyone knows his place and everyone knows what is important

02:30to play for the team and these responsibilities, so the atmosphere was really nice between

02:38us, so that allowed us to win a lot of titles and have a good team.

02:44And after playing for a team like Real Madrid, how was it to play for Portugal?

02:49Was it any different in the way you played?

02:51Well, it's different because it's your country, you defend the colours of your country, behind

02:58of you is a lot of people, it's a united country.

03:04So I was really proud any time that I had to play for my country, so for me it was a

03:13unique moment.

03:15You're one of the very few players who played for Barcelona and two Spanish giants basically,

03:21how were the two different?

03:24Well, I think you know that normally the difference is how the people manage the clubs, because

03:31they are big clubs around the world, they have a lot of prestige and they always play for win.

03:37Will we get to see Figo the coach?

03:40Not really soon.

03:42You also visited Pakistan recently, are you trying to promote this kind of football?

03:47Yes, we were there to promote football legends, a game that we're going to make in April,

03:56so for sure we will be back in April to play two games in two different cities.

04:03Thank you so much for talking to us.

04:04Pleasure.