Adidas Etrusco Unico

Etrusco Unico is the name of the official match ball of the FIFA World Cup in Italy in 1990 and the European Football Championship 1992 in Sweden.

Properties

Like most other footballs for international sport competitions was also the Etrusco Unico by Adidas manufactured and sold. It is the first ball that was used in both a Football World Cup as well as at a football championship, without having been specially developed. In addition, the ball came at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona used.

The name of the cue ball is due to the long-standing history of Italy, in the ancient Etruscans played a significant role. The appearance has three Etruscan lion heads on each of the 20 panels.

The ball presented the next stage of development of synthetic materials dar. He was the first match ball with an inner layer of black polyurethane foam. Thus, the Etrusco Unico was completely water -repellent. The official replica of the match ball was called Primo Etrusco and had as an essential feature of a blue color of the ornament.