New World Cup ball is the fastest story

With the "fastest football of history" Thomas Müller and Co. grab the world championship in Qatar after the title.

On Wednesday, Adidas and the World Association FIFA presented the "Al-Rihla" (Arabic for Travel) as official play ball for the Winter World Cup. This was produced as the first World Cup ball for reasons of sustainability "exclusively with water-based paints and adhesives" and is a significant further development.

"Thanks to the new design, the ball reaches a much higher pace in the air," said Franziska Löffelmann, design director at Adidas: "For the largest stage of the Thomas Müller, we wanted to make the impossible possible with total innovation and the fastest and most accurate football in the History of the FIFA Football World Cup. " In wind tunal tests, this project has confirmed, the reason for this is the special surface structure.

In design and bright colors, Adidas was inspired by the culture, architecture, typical ships and the flag of Katar. The ballot is now presented in ten cities worldwide. With the "al-Rihla" could "the stars on the largest stage of the world in Qatar show their whole class," said FIFA marketing director Jean-Francois Pathy.