Why is that “buttock-clenchingly awful”? I mean, the fog machine was a bit melodramatic and the song was annoyingly enthusiastic but I thought it was funny. It’s the unveiling of a fricking soccer ball - what do you want, the Academy Awards?
It’ll be funny if it is the lowest scoring tournament in history… hang on, no it wont!
Because it illustrates the ludicrous commercialisation of football now. And because it prominently features Sepp Blatter. Like you say, it’s just a football. Why do they need a ceremony for it? Why do they even need a new ball every time? Answer: because Adidas like it that way.
I bought the official match ball the other day, and can testify that it is garbage imho. Having played with the last 3 world cup balls, and several other high quality ball, this one stands out as being extremely hard to play with.
The only soccer ball a goalie would like would be one made entirely of lead.
Hope the goalies are at least starting to change their tune after the opening games of the tournament.