Adidas Roteiro

I have had many balls over the years, approx. 6 replicas and 2 originals. I bought ROTEIRO and TANGO 12 balls lately. Both of them are superior balls although any of them is absolutely different, bought them at very low price (33% discount on both of them).

ROTEIRO is supposed to be a very contraversional ball for the most of players, not for Beckham or Zidane who like this ball. That ball has got 32 panels that are thermally bonded together. The ball is very durable and after several kicks it even doesn´t have a scratch on it. As a free-kicker, if you really put the power into this ball when kicking it, that´s a weapon and a goalkeeper killer. When you try to catch the ball as a goalkeeper, you must be very careful for the ball not to hit you. It´s like a rolling thunder, the ball flies very fast and goalkeepers should be scared a little in my eyes. On the other hand I do not think that it is an entry level ball, neither good for kids or weaker players.

Feels like a bomb when kicked hardly.

VERY GOOD BALL, maybe THE BEST for someone including me.

I have had many football balls over the years. This one is by far the best, because it is durable. Its not to heavy and its not to light. I have found that certain balls hurt my feet even with boots on. Maybe thats just being sensitive but the perfect ball has to comfortable to work with.

Over all the Adidas Roteiro is a good ball for a kick around, wally, and records but difficult to put power and accuracy. Acts as a flyaway plastic ball.

The Adidas Roteiro ball is a good, and is easy on the legs (beginners) can be bend fairly easily. Light on the head. Other that the cracking coating, the Glider replica of the Roteiro is a good entry level ball.

I play with the Adidas Roteiro at my football club (the official ones, not the replicas) and I personally as free kick taker find these balls absolutely horrible...as you have to change the way you play as the ball is lighter and blows around more. Also when you curl it as it is blown by the wind so much you have to aim in a totally different area.. This is a horrid ball and should never be played with its £130 for a piece of leather filled with helium basically

The Adidas Roteiro is really light and blows around easily; it makes a dodgy sound when you kick it. The ball is very expensive, if you're going to buy a ball because it looks nice you're crazy!

The Adidas Roteiro is not the best ball out, even though it's the first with hidden stitching, but it is not as good as the champion's league ball. The roteiro is to light when you hit it and it does not fly as high as you want it, and also it moves too much in the air, but I still think that the champions league ball is the best ball out still and will always will be

The Adidas Roteiro ball is quite good, from a foot to ball view. It is very soft to kick and even it is pumped to it's fullest it still moulds around the foot.

The Adidas Roteiro is the official ball of Euro 2004, and is my opinion is quite average. Silver balls are quite nice but are nothing new, Nike released the much more stylish scorpion ball last year. It is supposed to appear like the globe I think because of Portugal's past of exploration, but it just appears a bit 'nothingy' rather than simple and stylish, or is that just me? It is also quite light compared to most other balls. Several of the pros at the tournament complained about it (except those paid huge sums of money by Adidas like David Beckham), and I would have to agree. However this does it make it nicer for heading. It's a bit pricey at the mo, because of the tournament but would be worth a buy in a year when they'll be filling the bargain buckets.