Football Fans and Football Stars Wannabes,

You probably watched Cristiano Ronaldo's goal against Porto thousands of times on TV, on YouTube, everywhere. And you also probably know that he (and many other Nike sponsored players, such as Ibrahimovic and Pato) are now wearing the newest Nike Vapor boots that uses a technology called Flywire. But What the hell is this Flywire technology? What does it do? Well, with little research I was able to find out the answer but as many of don't have time to go round interpreting scientific terms and big word I'll simplify it here:

The concept of the Flywire technology was created six years ago when one of Nike's shoe guru showed up with one of those molds that look like a foot and where they sew the shoe around with wires attached in the strategic points of support of the foot. That was pretty much the idea: a shoe that would be ultra thin and ultra light but giving the athlete the necessary support and still maintaining the durability.

From that initial concept the shoe maker, I mean, shoe engineer/scientist, went to the lab and developed what we can see on these top footballers feet now.

What Nike did was to reprogram the stitching machines so they could "wire" the shoes in the way he had designed the technology. "Stitching straight across the upper (rather than using a large jump stitch) would have made something no more effective than decoration on the side of the shoe. Creating a long stitch means the structure comes entirely from the thread. With its radical reduction of weight, Flywire also spells the end of using layers of material to create support, all of which adds weight and decreases flexibility." (from www.nikebiz.com)

The Flywire technonolgy became first available for running shoes, track & field spikes and basketball shoes. Now it's available for football in the new Nike Mercurial Vapor Superfly. CLICK HERE to check out the SoccerPro website where can watch a video explaining the Flywire technology and also get your pair of Nike Superfly for a great price.

Oh and here's a fun video of Zlatan Ibrahimovic testing his:

And this one is even better with the new Brazilian sensation Neymar:

Ciao

 

There's a rumour going around saying that Arsenal will resurrect the green away kit. If that's true it would be a bad PR for the Gunners. Seriously. Just look at this top.

In the 1982/1983 season Arsenal wore a horrible green change kit and the Gunners finished in 10th place in the old Football League First Division (yes, there was something else before the Premier League was created). So there's not even a tradition excuse for bringing back the awkward combination of navy blue and green as the away kit for the club.

I really hope this is just a rumour. I'm not an Arsenal  fan and I could care less about what happens at the Emirates but it would be a little weird to see Fabregas, Eduardo and Van Persie posing for a release photo like these blokes from the 82/83. 

 

Click here to see all of the past Arsenal away and third kits.

Click here to get your official Arsenal gear from SoccerPro.com 

Winter is near. That means that we will have a break from most of the football leagues around the globe. That means no more live football and 500 re-runs of Premier League matches on TV. Some Serie A and La Liga too. But it's holiday season.

Thanksgiving for the USA and for the rest of us there's Santa Claus bringing us some cool gifts. My list to the good old man is pretty simple :

#1 -> A smoking hot girl (Keeley Hazell would be perfect!)

 

 

 

 

 

#2 -> A keg of Chimay

 

 

 

 

#3 -> New soccer boots - I want some Pumas this time.

 

 

 

 

 

#4 -> The new Aston Villa away strip (I like these colours)

 

 

 

 

 

#5 -> The new France home shirt (well, I'm French what did you expect?)

 

 

 

 

 

#6 -> The new Brazil home shirt (I grew up in Rio)

 

 

 

 

#7 -> A new Nike Omni ball.

 

 

 

 

That's it Santa! C'mon mate, I've been a good boy...

NOW TELL US,

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In this second part of this contest you guys will vote on the MOST BEAUTIFUL FOOTBALL STRIP of the Italian Serie A for the2008-2009 season

Here are the contestants:

SERIE A - ITALY

 

AC Milan

 

 

Fiorentina

 

 

Inter Milan

 

 

Juventus

 

 

Napoli

 

 

Sampdoria

 

 

AS Roma

 

 

Torino

 

 

 

 

LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS VOTING ON YOUR FAVORITE

AND YOU COULD WIN A OFFICIAL REPLICA SHIRT

OF YOUR CHOICE!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTEST RULES:

1) YOU MUST HAVE A VALID AND UNIQUE OLEOLE PROFILE. (I will ask the OleOle Team to help me monitor that)

2) YOU MUST LEAVE A COMMENT EXPLAINING WHY YOU THINK THAT SHIRT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF THE BUNCH

3) YOU CAN SEND AS MANY COMMENTS YOU WANT. YOUR NAME WILL GO INSIDE THE BOX EVERYTIME YOU LEAVE A COMMENT ON A NEW BLOG POST. THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU LEAVE AT LEAST ONE COMMENT IN EVERY NEW POST YOU WILL HAVE 10 ENTRIES FOR THE DRAW.

4) A SECOND PRIZE (a t-shirt or a ball) WILL BE GIVEN TO THE MOST PARTICIPATIVE PERSON (The one with the most and the best comments. I will read all comments and chose myself who deserves it)

5) ALL PRIZES WILL COME FROM MY PARTNERS AT SOCCERPRO.COM. (The pictures will link you to their website so you can check out more pictures of the shirts. If there's is no link it means that the product is not on the site but if you win I will still get you the one you want)

This is just to entertain you lads a little bit and to be honest, to attract traffic to my blog.

I will post once a week during the next 6 weeks football shirts of the main clubs of the 5 main Leagues in the world and 1 last category called "Rest of the World" and you will choose your favourites. In the end of the voting process all your names will be put into a box and I'll draw a lucky person who will get the shirt of his choice* as a prize. How easy is that?

But here are some rules:

1) YOU MUST HAVE A VALID AND UNIQUE OLEOLE PROFILE. (I will ask the OleOle Team to help me monitor that)

2) YOU MUST LEAVE A COMMENT EXPLAINING WHY YOU THINK THAT SHIRT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF THE BUNCH

3) YOU CAN SEND AS MANY COMMENTS YOU WANT. YOUR NAME WILL GO INSIDE THE BOX EVERYTIME YOU LEAVE A COMMENT ON A NEW BLOG POST. THAT MEANS THAT IF YOU LEAVE AT LEAST ONE COMMENT IN EVERY NEW POST YOU WILL HAVE 10 ENTRIES FOR THE DRAW.

4) A SECOND PRIZE (a t-shirt or a ball) WILL BE GIVEN TO THE MOST PARTICIPATIVE PERSON (The one with the most and the best comments. I will read all comments and chose myself who deserves it)

5) ALL PRIZES WILL COME FROM MY PARTNERS AT SOCCERPRO.COM. (The pictures will link you to their website so you can check out more pictures of the shirts. If there's is no link it means that the product is not on the site but if you win I will still get you the one you want)

That's about it. Lets then start the competition with:

ENGLAND PREMIERSHIP

 

Arsenal

 

 

 

 

Chelsea

 

 

 

 

Manchester United

 

 

 

 

Aston Villa

 

 

 

 

Liverpool

 

 

 

 

Tottenham Hotspur

 

 

 

Newcastle United

 

 

 

Hey everyone,

Time for a new blog. Time to go deeper in evaluating some football boots (or soccer cleats as they sometimes unfortunately call them here in Toronto). Let's start with an Italian tradition called DIADORA.

In the world of capitalism football marketing can be extremely lucrative and the three big guns of the market (Adidas, Nike and Puma) get way too much attention, especially from the younger audiences.

But Diadora has the same quality as the others and for many years have dedicated themselves in creating some of the finest football boots available.

The Diadora Molded Soccer Cleats collection brings you a good variety of models and prices. For footballers of all levels - recreational to professional.

You might think: "Cristiano Ronaldo wears Nike, Messi wears Adidas, Eto'o wears Puma but I never heard of anyone who wears Diadora"... Big mistake mate, the list of footballers sponsored by Diadora has names like Francesco Totti, Filippo Inzaghi, Ze Roberto and Massimo Ambrosini. They are just some of the international stars that chose the elegance and the impeccable style associated with the ultimate technology from Diadora.

-->Totti and Inzaghi wearing Diadora boots

But you lads know me. I need to test the products myself before coming here to give my approval. And so I got the top of line of their boots: the Diadora Maximus II RTX 14.

The first thing that caught my eyes was the slick classic look. I love boots that maintain the traditional appearance. I got a pair of the white ones and when I put them on I felt how soft and how light they are. It's like wearing a real comfortable pair of casual shoes. Made in Italy of course.

So this weekend I took my new Diadora to a real "test-drive". When I got to the pitch my teammates also admired the fine look of the boots and after scoring a beautiful goal from outside the box (of course with the help of the goalkeeper of our 40+ league the job is easier) I can assure you these boots are top class.

So here are my ratings for the Diadora Maximus II

STYLE -> 10 (Classic, beautiful. I prefer the white with black details)

COMFORT -> 9 (They wrapped my feet perfect. And even for blokes that have wide feet like mine they feel tight without squeezing or hurting the feet. I'm just not a big fan of the blade shaped studs)

PERFORMANCE -> 10 (it's ultra light so it helps you run faster. The laces are positioned a little to the side which gives you a better ball touch. And I scored a goal on my first day wearing them. Perfect. hahaha)

PRICE -> 9.5 (Original price is US$175 MSRP or €107 + VAT. Of course, now that I don't have my own shop anymore, I had to ask for a discount and I got a good one. But it's still the best price for a pair of top of line boots)

So there it is. If you want to get away from the over colorful, high-priced and many times overrated big three and still have the most advanced technology in football boots I totally recommend you to consider the Diadora collection.