Ronaldo’s Rebirth
30 August 2009
All hands on deck and all eyes on one man. Every football fan in the world had a thought to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Spanish debut, and it would be understandable for even the consensus world player of the year to be a bit nervous. But if you tuned in for failure, you don’t know this coolest of competitors.
In the 35th minute, with the eyes of the world upon him, Ronaldo stepped to the penalty spot. A deep breadth, a swipe of a sleeve to catch the sweat from his face. Then no hesitation. A bullet barely caught on camera whizzed across the grass and passed the outstretched arms of a goal keeper who ...
My expectations are greater than yours
07 July 2009
With Manchester conquered, it’s on to Madrid.
Now the world’s most expensive player has been unveiled before an 80,000-strong crowd, it’s on to business.
For every single screaming fan in the Bernabeu, that means just one thing - snatching the title from Barcelona. ...
Old rivals, new battle
29 April 2009
When Man Utd meet Arsenal for the first time in Europe’s elite club competition, it’s down to one player to step up and take centre stage.
Who’s going to make a name for themselves?
The History of Speed – Mercurial Supe ...
06 April 2009
The pursuit of speed never rests. And just a year after the Mercurial SL blazed through the game, the latest Mercurial boot is tearing into defences.
Mercurial Superfly is inspired by a revolutionary construction method first developed for the world’s leading sprinters. Nike Flywire ...
CR7 gets Wired for Speed
11 March 2009
One sight that will send a chill down the spines of Europe’s best defenders – the world’s best player getting to grips with the world’s lightest boot.
Cristiano Ronaldo debuts the Mercurial Superfly as Man Utd look to reach the Quarter Finals of Europe’s elite ...
The History of Speed - The Mercurial SL
09 March 2009
The designers and engineers at Nike HQ had done it before, and in 2004 they were asked to do it all over again. Their brief was as simple and as ambitious as ever: stop at nothing to create the fastest football boot the world had ever seen.
Four years later, the 100% carbon fibre Mercurial ...