The Pepsi Football Vending Machine will give you a soda, but first, you've got to work up a thirst by showing off some of your sports skills. The interactive vending machine from Pepsi is part of the #FutbolNow campaign, which will be set up this spring and summer, so that you can up your game around the time of the 2014 FIFA World Cup games are going on in Brazil.
The #FutbolNow Skills Challenge on the machine involves performing virtual kick-ups and other skillful tricks, and if you manage to get enough points, the Pepsi vending machine will reward you with a free can of pop.
While this Pepsi vending machine focuses on improving your own game, ahead of FIFA this year, Coca-Cola released a vending machine too, which rewarded fans on rival teams with a soda.
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