Soccer Update

For those people who are huge fans of soccer, they mostly live it. They always want to do everything that relates to soccer. One of those people is my brother. The thing I admire about him is his ability on soccer. Since I live with him, I know by experience that he would not be able to live without soccer. One of his greatest obsessions is playing soccer in video games. He has a collection of the FIFA Soccer games in Xbox. The collection he has right now starts from 2003 to 2008. I believe he had more before but he sold the ones from years before. Anyways, he is obsessed with playing soccer any way he can no matter what and so do other people around the globe. For those people, FIFA has made soccer games that keep improving every year, mostly in graphics. Seeing the video game know, the computerized players actually look real. I’m not exaggerating. You can even see their sweat. One of the features of the game is the Be A Pro Mode. This feature gives you the role of a soccer player that you will have learn the disciplines and challenges of a real player. In this mode, you will play games controlling only that player and having to also be a good team player. Another feature of this game is the Xbox Live. This gives you the advantage to play with other people online! If you have internet, you can go live and play against other people around the world. The 2008 version of the game has many improvements like its size. In this version, there are 30 international leagues which is 5 times as much as the 2007 version. There are 15,000 players divided in over 620 teams so there are good chances you’ll find your favorite players.

Engineers worked hard on making the kicks and curve balls more realistic and accurate. You can alter the power you hit it with, the angle at which you hit it and the images will vary on the way you hit it. There are also many options in the shot aim that you can control manually. The engineers from EA have been working on the players and know, they move gracefully and smoothly. This improvement also applies to the skill moves like body fakes, dribbles and “slow dribbles”, feints, and many more.

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Cleats are a very important part of soccer. You can even see that famous players have their cleats be specially designed for them. One of the most recent petitions by David Beckham, Steven Gerard, and brazillian wonderkid Anderson were the Predator Powerswerve cleats by Adidas. This powerswerve is designed so you can “increase the power of your shot”. The powerpulse is a sole that you can change every time you like with wheight that causes a pendulum effect increases the force acting on the ball giving the shot more power. In addition, there is a very unique feature of the cleat that helps you control the ball easier even when there is rain. This technology keeps the front of the cleat to get slippery and helps you control the ball.This cleat also has a small heel counter that releases less pressure on the Achilles tendonn. This gives more stability and comfort.  This cleat is being used by many famous players like David Beckham,Steven Gerard, Anderson and many more. The cleat is also recognized by its rubber strips on the top of the cleat that helps increase power and accuracy.  This cleat is made in Germany and has a glove material that molds to your foot. The first predator was made in 1994 intended for Zinedine Zidane and since then, a new version of the cleat is launched every year for the every professional league in the world.The version made for David Beckham was made out of lightwheight microfiber while other versions is made out of kangaroo leather. Even though the kangaroo leather is considered to be cruel, it is actually better because it adjusts to the foot better while the lighweight microfiber is considered to be harder.Because of this use of kangaroo leather, there have been protests form the Viva! animal rights group. This cleat at $200.

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