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Arthur Friedenreich rippled nets with exceptional
regularity during Brazilian football’s infancy. And
if that wasn’t enough, just look at the boots he did
that in (top left). They are displayed in the
Museum of Football in Sao Paulo, along with the
typical footwear used at the 1970 FIFA World
Cup™ (middle left).
The boots Helmut Rahn used to score two goals,
including the winner, in the Final of Switzerland
1954 are also a far cry from the modern day (top
right).
The revolutionary Adidas Predator was launched
in 1994 and made a striking impact at that year’s
World Cup (middle right).
Award-winning designers have also been
absorbed by the football boot craze. Esteemed
Japanese Yohji Yamamoto concocted the limited-
edition adizero F50 for Northern Irish midfielder
Jonny Steele and American forward Gyasi Zardes
(bottom left).
And to commemorate James Rodriguez winning
the adidas Golden Boot at Brazil 2014, the
German sportswear superpower produced the
specially inscripted miadidas adizero f50s (bottom
right). Only six pairs of the boots were made –
one for each of the goals the Colombia No10
scored at the 20th World Cup.
As we’re sure you’ll agree seeing the above
montage, football boots have come on a long
way.