This is the Euro 2008 match ball. I love it. It's got the new touch and stitching but a throw-back black-checkered look. You should buy it and let us play with it. $129.99.
It is half the price. It also has thermally bonded seams. The reason it is better is that is has the traditional soccer panel design (hexagons and pentagons), which have shown to perform better in wind tunnel tests than the new designs.
"Perform better" means they go where you want them to go. The new ball designs send the ball swerving in unpredictable ways. This is why the goalies complain about them.
Of course the best part is that it is half the price.
Actually, according to this article:
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this ball is better:
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It is half the price. It also has thermally bonded seams. The reason it is better is that is has the traditional soccer panel design (hexagons and pentagons), which have shown to perform better in wind tunnel tests than the new designs.
"Perform better" means they go where you want them to go. The new ball designs send the ball swerving in unpredictable ways. This is why the goalies complain about them.
Of course the best part is that it is half the price.