Here are some of the complaints from different news on the net.
Even before the tournament began, players from countries around the globe attacked the ball with a fervor they usually reserve for free kicks. This isn't new -- there are issues with the ball before every tournament -- but the complaints have only grown louder since play began. "It's uncontrollable." "The ball does crazy things in the air." And so on.
That ball is the adidas Jabulani, and it already has sparked a storm of controversy. The manufacturer claims it is the most accurate ball ever made, but some weird plays on the field say otherwise.
Its unpredictability may have benefited the United States on Saturday night, when Clint Dempsey’s tame effort worked its way past England’s Robert Green. In truth, both Green and Algeria’s Chaouchi should have made comfortable saves on the goals they conceded. Yet on both occasions, there was significant movement in the air once the ball had been kicked.
“For sure, it is the ball,” said Algeria defender Madjid Bougherra. “You could see it moving, and once it bounced in front of him it just took off and gave a crazy bounce.”
Source: g.sports
“The ball is very complicated for the goalkeepers and for us (players). I hope we gradually get used to it because we have no choice,” he added in a news conference at Argentina’s University of Pretoria camp. Lione Messi, Argentina
Source: business maktoob
“This ball goes and goes and goes. I hope the goalkeepers go, go, go, too,” Buffon said, while American keeper Marcus Hahnemann said the Jabulani was too light and allowed too much spin.
Other top goalkeepers, including Spain’s Iker Casillas and Brazil’s Julio Cesar, have also raised concerns about the ball, as have Brazil striker Luis Fabiano and Denmark’s Daniel Agger, who had a Jabulani bounce off his back and into the wrong net after a header by teammate Simon Poulsen, gifting their Dutch rivals the first goal of their 2-0 victory on Monday.
Italy striker Giampaolo Pazzini has called the ball a “disaster” and Agger’s teammate Jesper Gronkjaer described the Jabulani as a “lousy football.”
Source: daily item
Fabio Capello branded the adidas Jabulani the worst football he had ever seen.
Capello is furious because he fears FIFA's World Cup ball is ruining the tournament as a spectacle and damaging his careful planning for England's campaign in South Africa.
The issue has even prompted the deep-thinking England manager to consider Jermain Defoe as an alternative to Emile Heskey up front against Algeria in Cape Town on Friday because he feels the ball behaves more predictably when passed on the floor than in the air.
Source: Dailymail
Capello said: 'This ball is the worst ball I have ever seen in my life. For the players it is terrible. It is terrible for the keeper. It is impossible to see the trajectory.
'When you shoot you can see it is difficult. When you play on the floor it's good but when you play the ball longer it's more difficult.
'It is good when you play short passes but when you try to switch the ball it is really difficult to understand the trajectory.
'When you shoot you can see it is difficult. When you play on the floor it's good but when you play the ball longer it's more difficult.
'It is good when you play short passes but when you try to switch the ball it is really difficult to understand the trajectory.
I hope that the organizers of the Lesotho Soccer World Cup futbal will adress the growing complaints about the Adidas Jabulani, match ball.
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