Adidas WC Top Ball

This ball, actually, isnt a bad ball to play football with at all. The World Cup 2002 showed us many, many fantastic games, in which a new element was added to the mix - Adidas' New Football Technology. What Adidas had managed to do, was something other manufacturers of Footballs had never gotten, and probably had never tried, or even thought about doing. Adidas had made a football, that was still subject to the same forces of Gravity as anything in this world... but it was lighter. Less of the junk that goes into making a football was taken out. So what? I hear you cry... Well, lets say you put this ball down on the ground, ...  Read the complete review

I have had the misfortune of having purchased and played with the Adidas Fevernova. I purchased it for £14.99 a couple of years ago because I thought it was a very good football, I was wrong. This ball was the official football in the 2002 football world cup in Japan and South Korea. It was supposed to be the most revolutionary football of all time and make the games more exciting. I play quite a bit of football and have used many different balls in my time. They have ranged from Mitre, Nike and Umbro balls. I had generally found Adidas balls to be the best, the UEFA Champions League balls in particular, until I purchased the Fevernova. I ...  Read the complete review

World Cup 2002 was the best international football tournament of this decade, and therefore, playing with the official ball feels intensely cool. In terms of playability, it is more than suitable for back-garden/jumpers-for-goalposts footy - and the thick leather means that sharp hedges and whatnot are no match for this beauty. The enhanced cushiony feeling of the leather also means that it's somewhat immune to being mauled by a tarmac or gravel. Yeah, you might lose the cool matted colour on the ball, but that is an adequate sacrifice when you're having a cracking game of footy on the playground. At the end of the day, you get to re-enact the ...  Read the complete review

These are my views on the excellent Adidas ball that was used at the World Cup in Portugal. There is not very much to write about when describing a football, however I will do my best to share my opinion on this ball. Firstly my experience of this ball has been a positive one. The ball is made from an excellent leather which gains good leverage with a decent kick. This is important as some balls, no matter how hard they have been hit, will only travel a certain distance before descending. When I first bought the ball, about 6 months ago, I only used to play with it on grass, as I didnt want to scuff the leather so that the patches wore and started to ...  Read the complete review