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

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Keep collections to yourself or inspire other shoppers! Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. 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. Before that happens though, one more detail of how the tournament is going to look has just been confirmed, as adidas revealed the design for the World Cup Ball, the Brazuca.

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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. 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 will be an integral part of the Final on 13th July when the top two federations battle it out for a place in history. 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. 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.The name of the ball was revealed on 2 September 2012. [2] It was selected by a public vote organised by the Local Organising Committee and Adidas, with over one million Brazilian football fans voting. [2] The name Brazuca was chosen with 77.8% of the vote. [4] Two other voting options were given: Bossa Nova (14.6% of the vote) and Carnavalesca (7.6% of the vote). [2] [4] a b c "adidas Brazuca – Name of Official Match Ball decided by Brazilian fans". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012 . Retrieved 3 September 2012. adidas unveils brazuca, the official ball of the 2014 World Cup". SBNation.com . Retrieved 12 June 2014. Argentina: 2013–14 Argentine Primera División (Torneo Final) and 2014 Argentine Primera División ( Adidas Argentum)

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We maximised adidas' World Cup partnership in in an innovative way that brought the essence of Brazuca to life. The campaign was primarily designed for the adidas target audience, but also to be accessible and relevant - and entertaining - for football fans around the world. In 2002, when the “Fevernova” debuted for the Japan and South Korea World Cup, it was labelled a “ridiculous kiddie’s bouncing ball” by Gianluigi Buffon, while the 2010 “Jabulani” was described variously as “a beach ball” (Iker Casillas) and “dreadful” (David James), after its “grip and groove” surface on 3D panels appeared to perform erratically at altitude in pre-tournament friendlies.As might be expected, adidas are talking up the performance and stability of the latest ball, but expect opinions on it to form one of the minor discussion threads between now and the World Cup. And then expect the same in four years time — the ball reveal comes hard on the heels of adidas and Fifa extending a partnership that began with the 1970 World Cup in Mexico and will now run until at least 2030. Adidas unveiled the Brazuca at a launch event on 3 December 2013, two days ahead of the traditional unveiling of the World Cup match ball at the draw of the group stages of the World Cup Final. [2] The launch event took place in Rio de Janeiro at Parque Lage and featured a 3D light projection, which revealed the Brazuca to everyone in attendance. [3] [18] It brought fans closer to the game than ever before. Lightning-fast real-time reactive tweets made its wit and perspective a part of the biggest tournament conversations, from France's flirtation with goal-line technology to Germany's triumph at the Maracana.

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adidas have unveiled the Brazuca Final Rio - The official match ball to be used in the World Cup Final on Sunday 13th July in Rio de Janeiro.Brazuca was a storming success. Millions followed in the first week of the tournament. Brazuca achieved worldwide media coverage in publications covering everything from fashion to football; and built a community of over 3.4 million @brazuca followers. Mashable even interviewed our talking ball. The Adidas Brazuca, being used in the 2014 FIFA World Cup quarter final between Brazil and Colombia