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Tradition dictates that with every World Cup there is a new official ball used for the tournament. But it seems that with every new ball there also comes a great deal of controversy.

Every World Cup it always came down to where one athlete would complain about the ball. Sometime how it favored strikers other times where goal keepers thought it was a ridiculous bouncing ball. Alot of the players that got a chance to play with this new ball were not convinced that it would be easier. Instead it makes the ball alot harder to control, this new ball is perfectly round and extremely aerodynamic.

According the Jabulani's creator Adidas, revolutionary "grip and groove" technology combines with high-tech 3-D panels to make a ball which is both perfectly round and extremely aerodynamic.
But a string of top players from the 32 participating World Cup teams have complained that the more lightweight ball is hard to control and can be unpredictable in the air.

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-Knahs