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Mercurial Superfly: The Machine

DonJulio — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:20:26 GMT

Be focused. Be unstoppable. Be the one they fear.

Zlatan returns.

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DonJulio — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:39:01 GMT

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Barcelona ready to take their place

DonJulio — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:12:35 GMT

No team has ever held every single club trophy at once. None has even come close. Until now.

Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona stand on the edge of history. If the Catalan Kings win the tournament in Adu Dhabi this month, they’ll be crowned world champions.

They will then have won every single club trophy in one season. A feat unmatched by any other team. Ever.

History awaits.

Zlatan takes it

DonJulio — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:17:39 GMT

Reactions tell you everything about a player. How do you react to starting a huge game on the bench? How do you react when you get your moment?

After 50 minutes of El Clásico, Zlatan was sent on to Make the Difference. He’d been on the pitch five minutes when he ran onto a Dani Alves ball and thumped a volley home – 1-0.

Barcelona took the win and went two points clear at the top of the league. Perfect reaction.

No margin for error

DonJulio — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:47:08 GMT

Fighting to retain Europe’s premier club trophy is an all-consuming siege.

Barcelona lie third in their group. Just one point behind Inter. And tonight, the men from Milan come to the Camp Nou for the penultimate group game.

Victory could see the winners qualify for the knockout stages. Defeat, could be disastrous.

Who will take their team through? Have your say on the Nike Football Facebook Page.

Bendtner vs. Zlatan

DonJulio — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:39:05 GMT

Often football is most beautiful in its simplicity.

Sweden are 3 points behind Denmark. Win, and they could earn automatic qualification to South Africa.

Anything else sees them toughing it out in the play-offs. And that’s forgetting what happens in the other games.

Simple. Direct. Uncomplicated.

So both sides need goals. And each has a world-class striker poised to fire his team into the tournament. It’s Bendtner vs. Zlatan.

Get ready.

Strike fastest

DonJulio — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:54:10 GMT

Great players can Make the Difference almost immediately.

Within two minutes on Saturday, Ibrahimovic pulled off an audacious flick with the outside of his boot to spark a 5-2 rout of Atletico Madrid.

Zlatan doesn’t do tap-ins.

The Return of Zlatan

DonJulio — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:32:35 GMT

Just a few months ago, Zlatan said goodbye to Italy. He now returns looking to conquer Inter Milan with the Catalan Kings.

Barcelona go to Milan looking to defend Europe’s greatest prize. While the Italians are desperate to turn domestic dominance into European glory.

It’s a mouth-watering draw and a dream European debut for Zlatan at his new club. Get ready.

Train for 95-minute fitness

DonJulio — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:59:13 GMT

Push it every day in training. Give more than you think you’ve got. Because one day, when everyone else has run out of steam, your chance will come.

Like Zlatan’s injury-time strike against Hungary. It won the game. It keeps Sweden’s qualification hopes alive. And it proves the difference is made in training.

Can he do it against Malta tomorrow? Only a win will do.

Reset the scoreboards: The Spanish League begins

DonJulio — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:19:01 GMT

What has happened so far is past tense. We must forget about past titles, classification rankings or losses. All scoreboards are reset.

The 09/10 season was a milestone, but the League is the League again, a place, where the world’s best players compete to achieve victories.

Cristiano Ronaldo faces the first day with a blank page in front of him. He came to rewrite football history, to erase the past and leave his mark forever. Albiol, the new promise of Bernabeu will help him on this mission.

But there’s fierce competition waiting, starting with for example Zlatan Ibrahimovic, ready to record his name with golden letters in up to 6 tournaments, a champion who never tires of victory.

Furthermore, this year’s League will count on many selected candidates, who will be ready to make the difference throughout this season: Kun Agüero, who will recuperate Atletico’s fame; Bojan, who with just 18 years old has a record many players wouldn’t be able to obtain throughout their entire careers; Iniesta, who will demonstrate once again that he’s great among the greatest; Mata, who got rid of the reputation of ‘young gun’ and will lead his club’s attack and Navas and Luis Fabiano, who will checkmate the Spanish and European defenses.

The hopes of millions of people are in the hands of a few, those who achieved to get there.
No more tests. The first whistle sounds.

Make the Difference

Victorious from the start

DonJulio — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:11:22 GMT

From the training pitch to their first trophy, the season has yet to kick off and Barca have already claimed the Spanish Super Cup.
Zlatan's arrival and Guardiola's intensive pre-season training has so far proved lethal. The pride of Barcelona knows exactly what it takes to win and they’ll stop at nothing to win it all.

Train to Make the Difference – week in, week out

DonJulio — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:29:14 GMT

Starting the season strong is essential for professional players. Fast out of the blocks means an early season advantage. That’s why top coaches put such emphasis on pre-season training. But what about you?

When are you planning to hit peak physical condition? The weekend before your first match? Start tuning your body now and get a physical edge that gets you noticed from kick-off to final whistle.

From August 17th we’re dropping the Nike Football SPARQ Training programme on Facebook. Three sessions a week of pro-level conditioning drills created by top international coaches, Jens Bangsbo and Paul Winsper, who will also be on hand to provide pro tips and advice throughout the four-week programme.

Just hit Facebook, watch stars like Andres Iniésta and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar demo the drills – then get out there and sharpen your edge.

Nike Football training helps you build your strength making you harder to shrug off the ball. Helps improve your speed, making you as fast in the last 20 minutes as the first 20. And toughens your core muscles, helping you avoid injury. All the drills are done with the ball at your feet, so you’ll improve your touch as you build your fitness.

This is your season. Own it.

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Zlatan to reign in Spain

DonJulio — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:20:37 GMT

Europe’s hottest striker is set to swap Inter Milan for Barcelona.

Zlatan would improve any team in the world. Just imagine what he’ll do to the first ever team to achieve a Spanish treble.

Last season’s top scorer in Serie A, this season’s top scorer in La Liga?

Have your say on the Nike Football Facebook Page.

Superfly does it again

DonJulio — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:04:39 GMT

Another week, another double – that seems to be Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s motto these days. Zlatan made it four Superfly goals in two games on Sunday, notching a penalty and an utterly exquisite chipped finish as he led another Inter drubbing at the San Siro. Measure that in goals per minute, and you’ve got the kind of figures that keep defenders awake at night.

Everyone knew they were fast, but even the biggest fans of the new Mercurials couldn’t have expected them to dominate 60-seconds of the weekend’s Arsenal vs Newcastle showdown quite so decisively. All Gunner fans saw was a streak of red and silver as Andrei Arshavin whipped in a killer free-kick for Nicklas Bendtner to finish at full stretch on 57 minutes. Before the clock had struck 58, Obafemi Martins’ opened his own Superfly account, rampaging the length of the field to smash his own debut goal in the new boots.

Two goals. One minute. That’s Superfly scoring speed.

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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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