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There is only a handful of qualification matches and each league is using a different ball anyways: http://football-balls.com/balls http://football-balls.com/ba
by nmehner 5y ago
There is only a handful of qualification matches and each league is using a different ball anyways: http://football-balls.com/balls http://football-balls.com/balls
Probably they are all quite similar and having a new type of ball for a tournament is more about marketing and sales.
- endominus 5y agoBut having the ball available to practice with would still be useful. The ball can indeed make a difference; I seem to recall quite a stir during the Brazil World Cup when the players kept complaining that the seven-panel ball they were using was uncontrollable - like "kicking around a beach ball."
- smcl 5y agoThey can still practice with it, and (I think) use it in the friendlies in the run-in to the finals.
- smcl 5y agoDepends. CONMEBOL has a pretty arduous qualification process, eighteen matches against the likes of Brazil and Argentina :-O UEFA has ten (and potentially a couple of playoff rounds)
- iainmerrick 5y agoRight -- a decent quality football might cost £5-10, an official 2022/23 Champion's League replica ball costs £25.