The Mercurial Vapor is a football boot manufactured by Nike.
The boot is known for being lightweight. Because of this, the boot is
favoured by many players for whom speed is a very important part of
their game, notably wingers or strikers, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Frank Ribery or Mesut Özil.
The boot is now in its ninth version the Nike Mercurial Vapor 9.
The boot is available in either Soft Ground (SG) (Now Soft Ground Pro
SG-Pro) or Firm Ground (FG) versions. The SG version's sole plate is
fitted with six NikeSnap removable studs,(now with molded plastic studs)
which can be purchased in different lengths, for the first and second
models, and traditional screw-in aluminium studs for versions 3 to 8;
the FG version has seven moulded blades.
The origin of the Mercurial Vapors can be traced back to as early as 1998, when Ronaldo
debuted the original Nike Air Mercurial boots. The boots were
originally released in black, but a version in silver/blue/yellow was
released for the 1998 World Cup
and a blue/black version followed soon after. All boots were made in
Soft Ground (SG) and Firm Ground (FG) varieties, with the SG version
using non-removable studs. In 1999, the Mercurial 2 was released in two
colourways: black/blue and black/red. These were identical in shape,
size, and fit to the originals, but they had a different insole and a
smaller swoosh on the side of the boot. The Mercurials were Nike's first
boots to be made using synthetic materials, and also their first
venture into the market of lightweight boots designed for speed
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