Adidas Top 5 Boots

Adidas Top 5 Football Boots

1. Adidas ACE 16+ Primeknit –

These are Adidas’ most recent and radical releases. They are the first ever pair of football boots which don’t have shoe laces. Instead they rely on their superior primeknit material to ensure a tight fit that moulds to the shape of the foot. Removing the laces increases the striking area of the boot, allowing for a much cleaner connection with the ball. These boots have proven extremely popular with professional players, such as Mesut Ozil, but have been met with some resistance by the wider audience.

2. Adidas X –

These football boots have been heavily modelled on the old f50 variant of football boot. They have been designed with a new, dynamic sole plate which allows the wearer to use the boots on both grass and astro-turf surfaces. These are the most widely worn of all the Adidas boots, being favoured by many attacking players such as Gareth Bale and Luis Suarez. The football boot uses the same primeknit material but utilises a sprint frame over the upper to boost the support offered by the boot.

3. Adidas Predator –

There was a time when the Predator was considered to be the pinnacle of football boot technology. It had been worn by many major players, such as Zinedine Zidane and Steven Gerrard. Despite having a huge amount of success, it was phased out last year when Adidas undertook a massive design change with their boots. Scrapping the Predator line surprised many football fans and will go down in history as one of the most loved, and missed, football boots of all time.

4. Adidas f50 –

The f50, just like the Predator, is another of Adidas’ last generation boots to have been retired. These boots were worn by several high profile athletes, including Lionel Messi and Gareth Bale and were the brand’s biggest asset for several years. The boots had an extraordinarily successful 2012 World Cup, with most of the goals from the tournament being scored by players wearing the f50. The football boot was one of the most popular boots, but ultimately failed to match the competition set by Nike and the Mercurial in particular.

 

5. Adidas Primeknit 2.0 –

 

These football boots were released by Adidas to try and compete with the newly released flyknit boots from Nike. They may not have managed to outsell its Nike counterparts, however it did manage to receive many plaudits from critics who were impressed with the positive steps being taken by Adidas. This boot was the first model to utilise the Primeknit technology and was released on the eve of the Champion’s League group stages. The biggest player to wear the boot was James Rodrigues of Real Madrid and was extremely impressed with the performance afforded by the boot.