Tricolore FIFA World Cup 1998 Official Match Ball Pro - Made in Morocco - Adidas review & unboxing

Описание: Official Match Ball of the FIFA World Cup 1998 - Tricolore Adidas
Made in Morocco
Product code: B 77 03 99

Tournament details
Host country France
Dates 10 June – 12 July
Teams 32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) 10 (in 10 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Croatia
Fourth place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played 64
Goals scored 171 (2.67 per match)
Attendance 2,785,100 (43,517 per match)
Top scorer(s) Croatia Davor Šuker (6 goals)
Best player(s) Brazil Ronaldo
Best young player England Michael Owen
Best goalkeeper France Fabien Barthez
Fair play award England, France

The tricolour flag and cockerel, traditional symbols of France were used as inspiration for the design. Made by Adidas, it was the first multi-coloured ball to be used in the tournament's final stage and was also the final World Cup ball to bear the classic Tango design, introduced in the 1978 tournament. The design of blue triads decorated with cockerel motifs was adopted to represent the colours of the flag of France. Tricolore was also the first Adidas World Cup match ball manufactured outside of Europe (made in Pakistan, Morocco & Indonesia) since the 1970 Adidas Telstar. "Tricolore" means "three-colored" in French.

More than twenty roughs had been proposed by the Adidas design team before the definitive version was approved. The aim was to amalgamate symbols of the French culture and heritage, adopting the colors used in the French Revolution. The Gallic rooster and the TGV were some of the symbols chosen to represent the French identity on the ball.

Adidas Tango Argentina, that was built using the same technology of Adidas Tricolore, was used as official match ball of Argentine Primera División until 2003–04 Argentine Primera División.