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The Amy Commission let us all know on Saturday night about the new ball in use at the World Cup that is “more round”. For this comment she instantly copped a river of shit before backing up her statement with actual facts that she’d read somewhere. The legendary powers of this new mystical ball grew throughout the night as more beer was consumed and TAC has since alluded to them here. So, for the information of all truly spherical ball lovers, here is a great rundown about the new magic ball.
UPDATE 15 Jun: Two of the world’s top players on the telly talking about the new ball last night:
Zinidine Zidane — “When you kick [the ball] it goes in the right direction”
David Beckham — “[The changes] help the ball go in one direction… and it’s stylish”
Technology’s amazing, innit?
Thursday 15 June 2006, 4:54 pm #billybob
I found the interview with the ‘Adidas Ball Expert’, on SBS last night, particularly exciting