Gigi Buffon has added his name to the growing list of players expressing their concern about the official ball to be used at the World Cup in South Africa.
The ball, newly designed for the tournament, has also been slammed Julio Cesar, Iker Casillas and Giampaolo Pazzini.
“So far preparations are going well, apart from one negative aspect that I feel the need to underline, just as my colleagues have done before me,†said the Juventus and Italy star. “I am referring to the football that is used in all the games for this tournament.
“The new model is absolutely inadequate and I think it is shameful that such an important competition as a World Cup with so many champions should be played with a ball like that.â€
Complaints by the players have centered on concerns that the ball moves mid-air and can suddenly change direction.
“It is truly sad that we have to play in a World Cup with such a horrendous ball,†said goalkeeper Casillas when speaking about the ‘Jabulani’ ball.
