ADIDAS ADIZERO

The Adidas F50 range of football boots is Adidas's signature line of customisable, lightweight boots. First released in 2004, in the build-up to UEFA Euro 2004, the range was released as a successor of the X-Line range and as a direct competitor to Nike's Mercurial Vapor range, which had been released two years earlier. The name F50 (Football 50) is a reference to the year 1954 when the West German national team won the World Cup in revolutionary Adidas boots with exchangeable studs. Adidas decided to mark this occasion with another revolutionary boot exactly 50 years after the event in 2004.




                                                                       

 

 The F50+ was a 2005 update designed by Rob Cook with a very distinctive "Spiderman" design. The lacingsystem was more user friendly and the TPU cage improved stability and durability of the mesh. The design had a totally smooth "sock-like" forefoot area for kicking, and was lightweight. The inspiration for the pattern on the outsole came from similar patterns in architecture that use cables and grids. For the boots, it provided a minimal way of creating flexible, lightweight and great fitting support for the players