Meet Your 2008/9 Champions League Matchball

This is the Adidas FINALE 8 ball that will be used in every Champions League game this season. No, not this actual ball – there’s more than one of them. But this model. If you’re viewing this on The Offside front page then click for a larger image.

Hard to say how this ball differs from previous Champions League balls, but the press release says that:

the ball’s new surface structure allows players to control and direct it perfectly in all weather conditions. The revolutionary PSC-Texture™, which gives the ball goose bumps, consists of a sophisticated and extremely fine structure on the ball’s outer skin that guarantees optimum grip between ball and boot.

Basically, it’s round and it bounces. So game on.

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