The 16 gigantic football boots erected in the Vienna Museum Quarter have proven to be a massive hit with football-supporting photographers. By now, the word of the popular photo opportunities has begun to spread among fan circles.
Giant ball
"There are hundreds of fans pouring in here daily, even more on match days, to have their photo taken with the boots," stated Georg Kovacic from adidas. For every participating nation at UEFA EURO 2008™, a boot was designed by adidas in the country's national colours. Unsurprisingly, the most popular have been the boots from the individual fans' home countries. On match days, the two boots representing the countries playing are placed next to the giant EUROPASS ball, which has also proven a very popular attraction among the fans from around the world.
Football development
The EUROPASS, which is the name of the official UEFA EURO 2008™ match ball, is the result of over 40 years' research by adidas in the field of football development. The ball is faster, more precise and smoother than all of its predecessors. The adidas employees at the museum complex have enjoyed informing interested fans about the story behind the UEFA European Championship ball. The first adidas ball to be used at the competition was the Telstar back in 1972.
Special edition
Thereafter, the development moved forward rapidly with designs called Tango (1980), Tango Mundial (1984), Tango Europa (1988), Etrusco Unico (1992), Questra Europa (1996), Terrestra Silverstream (2000), Roteiro (2004) and finally EUROPASS. "The very unique surface lends both players and goalkeepers more control over the ball and makes the flight of the ball more predictable, even in the worst weather conditions," commented adidas corporate affairs spokesman Günter Pfau, before explaining that a special edition called EUROPASS Gloria will be used in the final.
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