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

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The rougher texture would also help solve other issues, like when you kick the ball there is more friction between the boot and the ball. Adidas is confident the Brazuca will not come in for the same level of criticism as the Jabulani, the official ball of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. 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. We maximised adidas' World Cup partnership in in an innovative way that brought the essence of Brazuca to life.

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The tricolour flag and cockerel - traditional symbols of France - were used as inspiration for the design. The term is also used as slang for "Brazilian" and became well-known abroad due to the Brazilian diaspora. This results in a smaller wake-area of low pressure - behind the ball - reducing the pressure difference and reducing the force, which slows the ball down.England captain David Beckham and team-mate Steven Gerrard with the Adidas Fevernova ball used in the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea.

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From Friday, the World Cup chatter will be all about who was drawn against who, who’s playing where, as the draw begins to make next year’s tournament suddenly seem very real.If 2010 was the year of the most hated World Cup ball, 2014 was unarguably the year it was best loved. The ball has a multi-colour design referenced from the traditional wish bracelet to represent Brazil.

Brazuca and the history of the match ball - BBC World Cup 2014: Brazuca and the history of the match ball - BBC

This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay.The name of the 2014 World Cup ball has been selected in an open vote, which was attended by more than 1 million of Brazilians. adidas today unveiled the Brazuca Final Rio Official Match Ball, the official match ball for the Final of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. A gold Jabulani followed for the final between Spain and Holland in South Africa and now the Brazuca awaits two nations at the Maracanã. A colleague of mine, Dr John Hart, scanned the surface of the Brazuca and the Jabulani using a laser scanner. to avoid problems and criticism of the ball like the 2010 FIFA world cup in south africa, a disguised version of the ‘brazuca’ was used for the friendly between sweden and argentina in february, which received positive feedback from all the players.

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The ball used in Brazil's victory over the host nation in the final was pinched from the referee by Brazil's masseur and hidden in the dressing room.Whilst the technical aspects of the ball are the same, the colour is different from the Brazuca balls used in the group stages and other playoffs, with a green, gold and black colouring. Players involved in the process included global football stars Leo Messi, Iker Casillas, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Zinedine Zidane. The Telstar was the official ball used in the 1974 World Cup finals in West Germany, having been first used in 1970 in Mexico to help aid black and white television viewers. We decided we would make Brazuca, named by its fans, into the REAL star of the tournament - by turning it from a ball, into a baller. The World Cup and adidas footballs seem like a match made in heaven, one that has created countless iconic moments throughout the last 13 World Cups.