World Cup Match Ball Unveiled

[Mellotron]

Called the Jabulani. Pretty flair name.

How long until goalkeepers start complaining about it dipping, swerving and bending a frankly ludicrous amount?

 

[Fourteenth Eye]

it looks like a flyaway

 

[sam86]

"A study by Adidas shows that altitude at the World Cup will have an impact of up to five percent on a ball's speed. A free-kick from 20 yards during the final at the Soccer City Stadium in high-altitude Johannesburg will reach the goal line five percent faster than it would at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in sea-level Durban. Goalkeepers beware."

 

[Trigger]

I think you can get them in most petrol stations or seafront souvenir shops for about 99p

 

[ali jenkins]

This was in The Sun the other day.

Is it me or do Adidas seem to invent a ball thats "The roundest ever" every year?

How much mor round could a Football get?

 

[RM-Taylor]

It looks well.... pretty normal

 

[Wardy]

It looks well.... pretty normal

You missed the logo?

 

[RM-Taylor]

You missed the logo?

No, it's nothing compared to the previous two.

 

[Forster's Armband]

That does look pretty cheap! Who f***ing cares though really as long as Wayne Rooney belts one of those into the goal to win us the World Cup!

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

This was in The Sun the other day.

Is it me or do Adidas seem to invent a ball thats "The roundest ever" every year?

How much mor round could a Football get?

** pedant alert **

The word is "spherical", m'boy

 

[ali jenkins]

** pedant alert **

The word is "spherical", m'boy

**pedant alert**

As you can see from the " " I used I was quoting from The Sun!

 

[Trigger]

Bring back the ADIDAS TANGO... Now that was a REAL football!

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

The France 98 one was flair


http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:nQiS_yq4pEqAFM:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Tricolore1998.jpg

 

[Simster]

Hold on a mo. The OYRISH have complained, so they've modified it.


That's better. Though they might change it back in the unlikely event of the Oyrish stopping MOANING about it.

 

[7:18]

really dont like it, much prefer the Fevernova

 

[Storer68]

This is what all international matches shoukldbe played with

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

The ball looks very pretty now, but what's it going to look like after they've rubbed dubbin into it?