Football News : Champions League, footballs, adidas

adidas Celebrate Special Wembley Dates On New UCL Match Ball

Soccer_Boots — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:32:00 GMT

The return of the Champions League knock-out stages brings with it the official unveiling of the new adidas Finale Wembley 2013. This year, the Champions League final returns to Wembley Stadium and adidas have re-decorated their famous Finale for the biggest football spectacle of the season. ...(read more)

adidas & UEFA Launch 2012 Champions League Final Match Ball

Soccer_Boots — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:32:00 GMT

The Champions League makes its overdue return to our screens tonight as the race to the final hots up! To mark the beginning of the knock-out stages, adidas and UEFA have taken to the Allianz Arena pitch to officially launch the match ball of the 2012 Champions League Final. It's our first glimpse of the new ball on pitch, and it certainly looks the business!...(read more)

adidas Finale Munich 2012 Football - White/Slime/Cyan/Indigo

Soccer_Boots — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:34:00 GMT

Champions League fever is returning and to wet everyone’s appetite, adidas have landed a new ball design for this years final in Munich! Strictly speaking, it's the same ball as last year...but with an eye-popping new design reserved exclusively for the biggest club match of the year, this could be one of our favourite Champions League footballs to date! ...(read more)

adidas Unveil Champions League, Europa league & Super Cup Official Match Balls

Editor — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:01:00 GMT

With the group stages now drawn for both the Champions League and Europa League, adidas have unveiled the official match balls for the 2011/12 European competitions, along with the one-off European Super Cup ball....(read more)

adidas Finale 11 Football - UCL Official Match Ball 2011/12

Editor — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:03:00 GMT

Unveiling the new official match ball for the UEFA Champions League 2011/12. The new adidas Finale 11 football will be used throughout this seasons Champions League competition, en route to the final in the Football Arena Munich. Once again incorporating the star design, the adidas Finale 11 features a very colourful White/Ultra Lilac Metallic colour-scheme......(read more)

Champions League Ball - Designer Interview Marc Makowski

Editor — Fri, 27 May 2011 16:15:00 GMT

It's the ball that millions of football fans dream of kicking if they could play in the Champions League final, and which has opinions divided over whether you want to see it nestled in the back of the Manchester United or Barcelona goal! Ahead of the Wembley showpiece, SoccerBible caught up with Marc Makowski, the man with the honour of overseeing the design of the adidas Finale London football......(read more)

adidas Finale London Champions League Football

Soccer_Boots — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:41:00 GMT

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There's always something special about adidas Champions League footballs and adidas' new Finale London football is the latest addition to a long line of impressive balls!

We can't put our finger on what makes Champions League balls so special. Maybe it's the connection we have with them to some of footballs historic Champions League moments, or the dream of our own team scoring the winning goal in the Champions League Final! Whatever it is, you can't deny adidas have produced some iconic Champions League balls over the years and the new adidas Finale London football may be one of the best yet...

Visually, the adidas Finale London football is packed with a host of unique design features. The famous Champions League stars, that feature an inside hollow blue star, form a network of stars that link up to the bright orange 'Wembley 2011' star.

One of the best parts of the new adidas Finale London Champions League football is the graphics featured at the centre of the ball. The design theme centres around the symbolic lions of England that can be seen within the two stars connected to the bottom points of the orange star. The famous Champions League crest, that sits beneath the orange 'Wembley 2011' star, is adorned by another two opposite facing lions.

The adidas Finale London football is stitched in a seamless design from the highest quality materials, offering superior flight, touch and control. High-end materials in cover, backing and bladder are designed for perfect performance. According to adidas, this is as good as footballs get, with the adidas Finale London football achieving the highest FIFA rating.

The new adidas Finale London football combines a lot of design features and visuals that come together to create a ball worthy of the occasion. The 2011 Champions League Final will be played at Wembley Stadium in London which is one of the most advanced football arenas on the planet.

As always, we'd love to hear you opinions on the new adidas Finale London football and what teams you'd like to see playing with it at Wembley this year!

adidas Finale 10 Football - Champions League Match Ball 10/11

Editor — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:37:00 GMT

With the performance of adidas balls a hot topic at the moment, we thought we'd unveil the adidas Finale 10 football, to be used throughout the Champions League competition during the 2010/11 season.

The adidas Finale 10 Ball is the eleventh incarnation of the adidas Finale, and will be used throughout the Champions League tournament, culminating in the final played at Wembley on 28th May 2011. The Finale 10 Ball maintains the Champions League star motif, that has adorned the ball since it's debut back in 2000/01, and is coloured White/Satellite/Night Sky.

The adidas Finale 10 Football uses a PSC texture for better power, swerve and control. This surface structure allows players to control and direct the ball better in all weather conditions, along with providing optimum grip between the ball and boot. The Finale 10 is constructed from 14 panels using "revolutionary Thermal Bonding Technology" which removes the need for seams and stitching - great for prolonging the life of your football.

As adidas has supplied the official match balls to all major UEFA and FIFA tournaments since 1970, we can expect another high-end performance product. One that will hope to satisfy the performance needs of such great players as Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Wayne Rooney, Arjen Robben and Kaka. We're expecting the adidas Finale 10 Football to hit the shelves from 1st July for around £75 GBP, although it is available to pre-order now!

adidas Finale X Madrid Football

Editor — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:14:00 GMT

Unveiling the adidas Finale Madrid football, the brand new Champions League ball to be used for the 2010 final in Madrid on the 22nd May. The Madrid ball is the tenth edition of the adidas Finale ball, so to mark the occasion SoccerBible is taking a look back at the previous nine Champions League final balls....(read more)

Football News - adidas Roma Champions League Final Ball Revealed! 16/03/09

SB Editor — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:39:00 GMT

All roads lead to Rome... following the release last week of a triple header of adidas Rome football boots, here is the match ball that will be used for the climax of the "World's Greatest Club Competition" - the adidas Finale Roma Football for the UEFA Champions League Final on May 27th, 2009.

So what's different with the Finale Roma? As you may have guessed, the design is based on the UEFA Champions League star logo and as is now tradition with adidas' football releases, both the colours and details of the new match ball are inspired by host venue.

A traditional Roman colour burgundy is lined with gold detailing around the stars, whilst mosaic figures from key sporting and Roman values such as speed, teamwork, justice and power feature in each star - all designed to honour the biggest night in European club football.

Like the Europass football that came before it, the adidas Finale Roma uses the same surface, excitingly named "PSC-Texture". This surface structure "allows players to control and direct the ball perfectly in all weather conditions and consists of a sophisticated and extremely fine structure on the ball's outer skin that guarantees optimum grip between ball and boot."

Perhaps the easiest way to describe this is to liken the ball's surface and texture to thousands of tiny goose bumps, designed to give this extra grip and longer ball contact. The Finale Roma is constructed from 14 panels using "revolutionary Thermal Bonding Technology" which removes the need for seams and stitching - great for prolonging the life of your football!

As the authority on all things football, here at the SoccerBible we've already had a good kick around with the ball before it makes it's debut in Rome. From our short play test we noticed immediately that the ball certainly has enough presence and is very direct - just as a top level match ball should be! Our SoccerBible test kickers also reported that their passes were just as accurate and they could easily get loads of power into shots, as well as plenty of swerve for wall-defying curlers - all adding up to make this ball a goalkeeper's nightmare!

The adidas Finale Roma is available to purchase from 1st April, and we expect this to retail around £75 GBP. As with last year's Final football, the winners of the 2008/09 Champions League have the exclusive use of the ball in their home matches the following season - a nice bonus along with the title of Champions of Europe!

Did you know?

adidas has supplied the official match balls to all major UEFA and FIFA tournaments since 1970, and since 2008 they are also the Official Supplier of the match ball for the Africa Cup of Nations - check out some other adidas footballs here!