She’s beautiful, isn’t she?
World Cup supplier adidas officially unveiled the ball
for next summer’s extravaganza in an event at
Parque Lage in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday.
The brazuca is different from any other previous
World Cup ball in several ways. What you notice right
away is that it consists of only six polyurethane
panels, down from the Jabulani’s eight panels. This
follows adidas’ trend of reducing the number of
seams on their balls; adidas’ first World Cup balls
consisted of thirty-two panels.
The six thermal-bonded panels are irregularly
shaped, almost propeller-like, and are meant to
produce faster flight speed, a more stable flight path
and maintain true roundness. This should be music
to the ears of goalkeepers and players who
lambasted the Jabulani for its unpredictable flight
path.
The surface texture of the ball is also new. The
Jabulani was the first ball that featured tiny, raised
nubs to improve traction and control in all weather
conditions. The Brazuca also features these, but are
round like on a basketball. The Jabulani’s nubs were
more rectangular in shape. We’re not sophisticated
enough to understand why, or even if, that makes
much of a difference, though.
Then there’s the name itself, of course. For the first
time ever, adidas let fans of the World Cup host
nation name the ball. Millions of Brazilians turned out
to vote, with “brazuca,” an informal word used by
Brazilians to describe national pride, taking 77.8% of
the vote. “Bossa Nova” was a distant second in the
voting.
When adidas hosted media outlets at its World Cup
kickoff event last month, we learned that their
innovation lab already started developing the ball
three years ago, and began testing the prototype just
six months later. The brazuca thus became adidas’
most tested ball ever, with over 600 players involved
throughout the process. The ball was also secretly
tested at this year’s Under-20 World Cup.
The brazuca is adidas’ most tested ball of all time
All that hard work seems to have paid off. Many of
the game’s top stars have already taken a liking to it.
Take a look

This will be difficult to catch by the goalies.

It kinda looks slippery cos of the spirally lines

ok

Eseharrison: This will be difficult to catch by the goalies.

It kinda looks slippery cos of the spirally lines

I don't think so coz they would have tested it with Good keepers!!

Wow

Awwww she's so beautiful! I love it

The Brazuca will favor the super eagles ....amen