adidas Brazuca Final Rio Official Match Football White/Black/Metallic Gold - size 5

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At the last World Cup, the footballing world hated the ball. For the 2014 tournament, World Cup sponsor adidas had the perfect ball. But we didn't just want people to like it, or even love it - we wanted them to idolise it. So, it was time to bring adidas's World Cup hero product to life; for football fans, media, and influencers, everywhere. In fairness to adidas, most complaints have tended to come pre- rather than mid- tournament — suggesting one or two athletes have historically got their excuses in early. The company can also claim one truly historical significant tech innovation being met with approval by players — their innovation of replaceable studs is widely credited as helping West Germany come from behind to beat Hungary in the rain in the 1954 World Cup final. Technical aspects [ edit ] Iran striker Reza Ghoochannejhad heading Adidas Brazuca in the Group F match against Argentina

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It even enjoyed the honour of exclusively tweeting the shortlist for the FIFA Golden Ball Award, which is given to the best player at the tournament. Eagle-eyed viewers may actually have seen a disguised version of this ball already. Under development since the end of the 2010 tournament, the ball has been tested by some 600 players, including the Adidas-sponsored Lionel Messi and Bastian Schweinsteiger, and by teams including Milan, Bayern Munich and Argentina. Most notably the ball was used in a recent Argentina v Sweden friendly and in the Under-20 World Cup, painted in an older design.

Previous balls have met with varying degrees of approval. A variation on the “Tango” design ran from 1978 to 2002, but since that 2002 World Cup in particular, both the design and the structure of the World Cup ball have been changed with each iteration, often prompting debate among players, especially goalkeepers and dead ball specialists, about how the alterations affect the consistency and flight of the ball. The ball is a developmental successor to the Adidas Tango 12 series of balls, with the same bladder and carcass but a different surface structure. [2] [5] The ball weighs 437 grams and has a circumference of 69 centimetres. [6] The ball has been made of six polyurethane panels which have been thermally bonded; the reduction in the number of panels is claimed to increase the consistency in the ball. [2] The Brazuca ball has been stated to avoid aerodynamic problems with the Jabulani ball used in South Africa for the previous World Cup. [7] It is textured to feel more like the Adidas Finale 13, the official UEFA Champions League ball, than the Jabulani. AFP. "Football: Sialkot workers fire 'Brazuca' ball to Brazil – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk . Retrieved 12 June 2014. According to FIFA, "the informal term 'brazuca' (our fellow) is used by Brazilians to describe national pride in the Brazilian way of life", and "mirroring their approach to football, it symbolises emotion, pride and goodwill to all". [1] [2] The term is also used as slang for "Brazilian" and became well-known abroad due to the Brazilian diaspora. Ghani, Faris (23 May 2014). "The hands that formed the Brazuca". Al Jazeera English . Retrieved 14 June 2014.

Brazuca: the 2014 Brazil World Cup ball unveiled by Adidas

The Adidas Brazuca, being used in the 2014 FIFA World Cup quarter final between Brazil and Colombia Clubs involved in testing included AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Palmeiras and Fluminense. Players involved in the process included global football stars Leo Messi, Iker Casillas, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Zinedine Zidane.

a b c "adidas brings brazuca into the world". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 3 December 2013. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013 . Retrieved 4 December 2013. The original Brazuca balls for the World Cup finals were contract manufactured in Pakistan, [11] however bona fide replica balls are made in both China [2] and Pakistan. [11] Argentina: 2013–14 Argentine Primera División (Torneo Final) and 2014 Argentine Primera División ( Adidas Argentum)