Empa researchers investigate tournament footballs - also for the 2018 Football World Cup in Russia.
The official ball for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia has received Empa's «OK» after numerous tests. Some goalkeepers may be critical of its flight characteristics, but the reason for their criticism may lie somewhere else - the rather unconventional appearance of the new ball. Football lives on emotions. When it comes to this year's World Cup ball, however, Empa's experts are completely unemotional. When asked about their impression of the flight characteristics of the Adidas model «Telstar 18», which have already been criticized many times: «Impressions are something subjective,» says Martin Camenzind of the «Laboratory for Biomimetic Membranes and Textiles». «We rely on objective parameters that characterize the Telstar 18. That critics such as Spain goalkeepers David De Gea and Pepe Reina or the German goalie Mark-Andre ter Stegen accuse the ball of «fluttering» is therefore hardly impressive for Camenzind.
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