2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship - Match Ball

Match Ball

The match ball for the competition is called the Adidas Terrapass, which was unveiled at the tournament draw in Gothenburg on 3 December. The ball is bright blue and yellow, the colours of the Swedish flag. It features 12 watermarks including one containing a map of Europe and one of the tournament logo. It is composed of 14 thermally bonded panels, which are claimed to improve the ball's accuracy and swerve.

Read more about this topic:  2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Famous quotes containing the words match and/or ball:

    Poor Desdemona! I am glad thy father’s dead.
    Thy match was mortal to him, and pure grief
    Shore his old thread in twain.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    The symbolic view of things is a consequence of long absorption in images. Is sign language the real language of Paradise?
    —Hugo Ball (1886–1927)