Just reading some comments by the goalies, Howard in particular, and none of them are fans of the official ball. Is it the kind of thing that could make that big of a difference?
Fuck Gerrard and he's a faggot but he's very good from distance and it will be scary if we give him a few open looks. All the keepers seem to agree that the ball wobbles a lot in the air, and Adidas is claiming a vast majority of their gripes is due to altitude. I think it was Julio Cesar who said it was like a ball he could buy at a grocery store.
he's still a hoo for good or ill and i mean pig mounter didnt have any trouble hitting running wingers in the face from 40 yards yesterday against bosnia so if it pisses pussy brazilians and italians off cool wit it
looks like the great and unquestionable rulers of china in their benevolent and omnipotent wisdom forced the chinese free kickers to watch thousands and thousands of hours on cristiano ronaldo's free kicks and ball striking same knuckle effect as his with how the bottom like falls out halfway and shit
I laughed at this fan of a second tier international football team insulting the games two superpowers.
More worried about the altitude than the ball and a lot of the 'faults' with the ball will have more to do with that. Everything is going to carry a little more and have a floating feel to it. You think Elam was knocking 50 yarders through with ease on a roadie in Cleveland?
I'm more worried about the pitch. They said they will be harder than usual and that makes the ball bounce more. Saw a bit of the France vs. China Friendly today (played in Saint-Pierre, Reunion) and they said the fields are similar.