There's a new ball being used at the World Cup. It's an Adidas Jabulani ball. Here it is.
It would be easy to criticise FIFA for introducing a new ball just for the tournament, but actually they haven't. That's just an English point of view. The BBC says: "The ball has been used in domestic football in Germany, France and Argentina since February, but not in England."
Well now, what's going on? Surely the English should have been working with the new ball in anticipation of the World Cup!
As usual, it all comes down to money. Sponsorship deals to use other balls in the Premier League and even England internationals have meant that England's players have had no practice with the new ball until just before the World Cup.
Those in English football (players, managers, administrators) like to think of themselves as the ultimate professionals with the best preparation. Frankly, at times, they ook like a bunch of rank amateurs.
It is, as we might say, another English own goal.
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