Mixed reaction to World Cup's new ball

The World Cup ball was billed as the world’s perfectly round football, made with thermally bonded, spherically moulded, 3D panels.

The World Cup ball was billed as the world’s perfectly round football, made with thermally bonded, spherically moulded, 3D panels.

But it has already been dismissed by one goalkeeper as being “like one of those balls you buy in the supermarket”.

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