Arthur Friedenreich rippled nets with exceptional regularity during Brazilian football’s infancy. And if that wasn’t enough, just look at the boots he did that in (top left). They are displayed in the Museum of Football in Sao Paulo, along with the typical footwear used at the 1970 FIFA World Cup™ (middle left). The boots Helmut Rahn used to score two goals, including the winner, in the Final of Switzerland 1954 are also a far cry from the modern day (top right).
The revolutionary Adidas Predator was launched in 1994 and made a striking impact at that year’s World Cup (middle right). Award-winning designers have also been absorbed by the football boot craze. Esteemed Japanese Yohji Yamamoto concocted the limited-edition adizero F50 for Northern Irish midfielder Jonny Steele and American forward Gyasi Zardes (bottom left).
To commemorate James Rodriguez winning the adidas Golden Boot at Brazil 2014, the German sportswear superpower produced the specially inscripted miadidas adizero f50s (bottom right). Only six pairs of the boots were made – one for each of the goals the Colombia No10 scored at the 20th World Cup.
We are sure you’ll agree seeing the above montage, football boots have come on a long way.
Source: FIFA.COM
