Sukar diramal ni Jabulani...

Siapa tidak kenal dengan pic diatas ni. Ini merupakan bla rasmi bagi perlawanan FIFA World Cup 2010 yang diberi nama 'Jabulani' walau apapun nama yang diberikan ia tetap bola yang paling pelik dan sukar diramal.  Saya sendiri pun telah melihat keadaan bola ini sebenar apabila melihat perlawanan pertama S.Africa vs Mexico, sungguh luar biasa sekali dan sukar diramal lamtunan bola tersebut

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From The Sunday Times

June 13, 2010

Verdicts on the Jabulani fly in different directions

The altitude’s the problem, not the ball. Or is it?

“I realise a number of players have made complaints,” says Dr Harland. “But with the best will in the world, there isn’t a player who can kick the same way twice. Our kicking robot can.” Strike it the same way, however, and according to Dr Harland’s wind-tunnel tests the Jabulani will respond more consistently than any before it. “Footballers should be rewarded for their skill by a ball that responds uniformly. The desire wasn’t to flummox the players with unpredictable flight.”

Lampard’s Chelsea team-mate, Petr Cech, has also been fairly positive about the ball. “At first when I saw the ball I thought very nice ball but is it going to be disturbing much when it flies? I would say no, because when the ball is in the air you hardly see too much colours because the white one is really dominant so, in this respect no problem for the goalkeeper,” Cech said.

Top 10 Complaints About The Adidas Jabulani World Cup Match Ball

1.“The ball is dreadful. It’s horrible, but it’s horrible for everyone.” – David James (England, goalkeeper)

 2.“The ball is a problem. You can’t anticipate which direction it is going to go in. It is difficult for defenders to deal with and you can’t take your eye off the ball until the very last second.” – Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Japan, defender)

3.“The new ball is not decent, not just for goalkeepers but for everyone. Its trajectory is unpredictable.” – Gigi Buffon (Italy, goalkeeper)

4.“It’s very weird. All of a sudden it changes trajectory on you. It’s like it doesn’t want to be kicked. It’s incredible, it’s like someone is guiding it. You are going to kick it and it moves out of the way. I think it’s supernatural, it’s very bad.” – Luis Fabiano (Brazil, forward)

5.“It’s like a beach ball.” – Claudio Bravo (Chile, goalkeeper)

6.“It’s terrible… like a ball you’d buy in a supermarket.” – Julio Cesar (Brazil, goalkeeper)

7.“Maybe they should stop trying to keep developing the ball and just change the look of it. The ball goes all over the place.” – Seigo Narazaki (Japan, goalkeeper)

8.“It’s a little sad that in a competition as big as the World Cup to have such a poor ball. It’s not just the goalkeepers complaining, but the outfield players as well.” – Iker Casillas (Spain, goalkeeper)

9.“It’s a catastrophe. I played with many different balls, some of which wiggled or changed directions, but this one is the worst of them all.” – Vladimir Stojkovic (Serbia, goalkeeper)

10.“It’s a disaster… It moves so much and makes it difficult to control. You jump up to head a cross and suddenly the ball will move and you miss it!” – Giampaolo Pazzini (Italy, forward)

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