The England manager said of the Jabulani: "For the players it is terrible. It is terrible for the keepers because it is impossible to deal with the trajectory.
"It's good when you play short passes but when you try to switch the ball with long passes it is really difficult to understand the trajectory."
Safe hands: We're guessing this isn't Robert GreenCapello joins a whole host of players and coaches who have criticised the ball, though not surprisingly none have come from the German team.
As mentioned previously on this site, the ball has been readily available in the Bundesliga. England only had access 15 days before the finals, though Adidas claim they sent a batch to Wembley earlier this year.
So what's the bottom line? Are we getting to the stage where there is so much fuss about the ball that the players are actually starting to believe it? Or is it genuinely causing world class players and keepers to suffer embarrassing cock-ups?
Personally, I think if it encourages a game to be played with shorter passes and closer control, rather than players receiving it and simply looking to lump it to an even bigger lump up front, then it's fine with me. What do you think?
As mentioned previously on this site, the ball has been readily available in the Bundesliga. England only had access 15 days before the finals, though Adidas claim they sent a batch to Wembley earlier this year.
So what's the bottom line? Are we getting to the stage where there is so much fuss about the ball that the players are actually starting to believe it? Or is it genuinely causing world class players and keepers to suffer embarrassing cock-ups?
Personally, I think if it encourages a game to be played with shorter passes and closer control, rather than players receiving it and simply looking to lump it to an even bigger lump up front, then it's fine with me. What do you think?
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