Business as usual

When all eyes are on you, what do you do? If you’re Cristiano Ronaldo, you do what you’ve always done. Just 27 minutes into his European debut, he fired in a trademark free kick. Then added another in the second half. Same again next time?

T-90 Ascente Testing – Man Utd

Date: 05.02.09 Location: Carrington Weather conditions: Very cold and windy. Conditions ranged between cloudy, snowing and sunny. Temperature range 0-1C without wind chill. Well below freezing with wind chill. 0-20 mph winds throughout. Pitch conditions: Good, short grass. Players and st ...

Sometimes it’s what you can’t see tha ...

Speed scores goals. Two steps ahead of your opponent can mean the difference between scoring a goal and losing the ball. The Mercurial Vapor has been delivering on that promise for years. That's why the Vapor is the boot of choice for CR7. And now Ronaldo has a new secret weapon, the Mercu ...

The History of Speed – Mercurial Vapo ...

The original Mercurial caused the kind of stir a shark makes in a fish pond. And with its standard-bearer R9 still ruling the world four years later, the new Mercurial Vapor was the most highly anticipated boot ever to emerge from the Nike Lab – in time for the showpiece event of 2002. ...

The History of Speed – Mercurial Mark ...

When our designers at Nike HQ first decided to pour their energy into developing the lightest boot in the world, there was only ever going to be one candidate to wear it. Brazil's Ronaldo - the original "Phenomenon." Winner of consecutive World Player of the Year awards in 1996 and 1997. Win ...