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Zlatan gets Wired for Speed

DonJulio — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:24:23 GMT

With Inter Milan’s crunch encounter with Manchester United just days away, Zlatan Ibrahimovic got the training ground delivery he’d been waiting for – and the one that United’s defenders had been dreading. To the untrained eye, it may look like an ordinary boot, but hidden beneath that prototype black paint job is the fastest footwear known to man: the Mercurial Superfly.

Press play to see the boot’s journey from the finest raw materials all the way to the feet of the world’s fastest players.

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Next Level: Behind the scenes

ryangriffin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:51:38 GMT

You’ve seen the TV ad as it followed the evolution of a non-league player into a European star. Now watch the banter flow behind the scenes as the likes of Cesc Fabregas, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Wesley Sneijder give their advice on how to make next season your best.

Pato On Point

akqa — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:38:58 GMT

Every Brazilian from the time they pop into the world dreams of scoring for the national team.

Well, on Wednesday, March 26, Pato's dream became a reality. The 18-year-old striker laced up his orange Vapors before the match as a Serie A star. He unlaced them afterward as an international superstar.

Pato's killer instincts earned him a goal on his debut for the full senior side. And, what a goal it was. The stunning strike won the game for Brazil and certainly won over his coach, Dunga, who had some glowing words for his young forward.

"He knows how to score a goal," said Dunga. "Pato is in the style of Ronaldo."

Dunga will now be hard pressed to keep this new phenomenon out of his starting eleven, as Brazil prepare for some tough World Cup qualifiers this summer.

But with speed, skill and an assassin's eye for goal, why would he want to?