There is no doubt that the quality of his shoes is extremely important in the equipment of any football player. If you can play football equally well in any T-shirt or shorts, then the quality of the athlete’s game directly depends on the shoes.
Soccer shoes
Football shoes have a long history. At the beginning of the 19th century, when playing football, they began to use special shoes - boots. Most often, the football boots were leather, with special spikes on the soles. They served to better grip the athlete’s legs with the covering of the football field.
Football boots produced in our time are made of artificial or genuine leather, and sometimes using special materials of artificial origin. This, for example, polyurethane and carbon.
Modern boots are unusually light, manufacturers are trying to make the game of football players as comfortable as possible. From time to time, new products from the football equipment industry appear on the market.
NIKE Soccer Shoes
One of the main world leaders in the manufacture of sports shoes is Nike. Its latest development was shown in Madrid. These are the football boots of the Mercurial Superfly IV.
As officially stated by Mark Parker, President of Nike, Superfly is a completely new design with which a huge leap in time has been made. He is sure that it is in these boots that football players will be able to maximize their sports potential. The new model uses the latest Flyknit technologies, and the shoe shape itself has been significantly updated, especially taking into account the features of the game of the fastest players.
The company has been developing the Mercurial Superfly model for more than four years, the upper part of which is an anatomical part that reliably fixes the athlete’s lower leg and creates special comfort for the leg.
The use of this texture creates the feeling of a bare foot for an athlete. That is, he does not even feel shoes. In addition, in conjunction with the Brio technology, which is the knitted cables located on the upper part of the shoe, which make football boots especially durable, the comfort that Nike products are famous for is achieved.
Flyknit Technology
The idea of implementing Flyknit technology is to place as little material as possible between the foot of the player and the ball when it is touched. The sole of these boots is made of soft carbonate, and its spikes are so that the footballer can develop maximum speed when running. In addition, this boot model also has a fifth spike located on the heel, which gives the athlete additional stability. By the way, probably, everyone notices in which boots the players play, and after all, it was in them at the championship in Brazil that the famous football player Cristiano Ronaldo spent all 3 matches.
ADIDAS Boots
Before the World Cup in Brazil, in 2014, Adidas updated its line of football boots, which is called the Battle Pack. The Predator Instinct boots, which have already become a legend, have been recycled, giving them a rather warlike color.
In addition to appearance, the design of the boots was changed. There was a Comfort Frame - a wear-resistant sole, and in the lethal zones model, to improve impacts and touch the ball, they used a rubber mixture.
Special areas for football boots
In addition to the main four zones, the boot has another one - a gel panel. It is with its help that the amortization of the impact force of the ball occurs when it is received in the air. The effect is not very large, but it is present and helps the player handle the ball.
Similar changes affected other areas of football shoes, including First Touch and Dribble, located on the toe.
The Drive Zone is the most important boot area, as it affects the power of the kick. The zigzag appearance and soft top give extra grip to the ball during impact and provide stretching in two planes. The rubber surface helps to twist the ball.
With Adizero F50 the difference is noticeable - the force of impact on the ball increases, although the applied force to the ball is the same. In addition, the new model has a special transparent sole that makes shoes more flexible.
Between the large spikes on the sole, an area with small spikes has been added. This is necessary to stop the ball and improve control of it and football players' boots. Photos provide an opportunity to consider these areas.
These boots also use Hybridtouch technology - shoes are lighter than leather shoes by 40%, and in order to lose their basic properties, you need to collect four times more water than leather. These boots weigh only 280 grams.
PUMA Boots
The German company Puma has released an updated version of the boots Puma EvoSPEED 1.3. Studying the characteristics of the new football shoes, it becomes clear that the Puma EvoSPEED 1.3 - is the preservation of the best opportunities for Puma boots, along with the continuation of evolution.
The single-layer upper boot material, which feels like genuine leather, is lightweight and water-repellent, while GripTex improves the ability to control the ball in wet weather.
The main difference between these boots is that everFIT has changed its location. Previously, the design was on the inside, and now it is located outside. It is designed to improve foot fixation. Due to this change, the loss of energy, which is transmitted from the foot to the plantar spikes, has significantly decreased, and therefore, the acceleration of the football player and his maneuverability have increased. Spikes on the boots of football players play a crucial role.
If we compare the boots of the Puma evoSPEED 1.3 model with the others in this class, they have additional protection and give stability to the athlete's foot thanks to the special design.
It is stability that is the most important feature of the evoSPEED series. To improve it, special changes were made in the sole of the shoe. The update of the Puma lineup can be seen on such well-known football players as Marco Royce, Radamel Falcao, Olivier Giroud, Sergio Aguero and others.
Often you can see football players playing in different boots. At the World Cup, the Italian national team players were the most motley. In the boots of different colors at the same time goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, defender Giorgio Chiellini, striker Mario Balotelli played in the national team.
On the left leg is pale blue, and on the right leg is deep pink. In addition, football boots are personalized. So, Balotelli played in the boots of “Pia” (the name of his daughter from the famous model from Naples Raffaella Fico) and “SuperMario” - in his own name.
It is no secret that fifteen years ago a football player in multi-colored boots would not even be allowed on the field, taking this as a violation of the established sports regulations. The boots of professional football players could be only one color, according to the established rules. Previously, even the judges entered the field only in black. The famous goalkeeper Lev Yashin was even nicknamed the black spider in due time for its strict form. And now, both referees and goalkeepers can wear a multi-colored uniform for the game.
And the breakthrough was made by one of the companies competing in the voluminous and tough sporting goods market, which hit Diego Godin, Sergio Aguero, and Cesc Fabregas.
The International Football Federation has made significant concessions on the issue of the uniform of football players, largely for the sake of a lot of money. It's no secret that colossal funds are being paid for this. For example, Messi and Ronaldo have registered boots (of course, from different companies).
Fans did not take multi-colored boots unambiguously. Many did not like this innovation, as multi-colored football boots distract from the game. Goalkeepers are also not very comfortable when boots of all colors of the rainbow flash before your eyes. But no one even thought to ask their opinion when they introduced a new form.