in 2022 in Qatar which will be held World Cup Preparations for this are slowly being completed. The ball named Al Rihla, previously developed by Adidas, and now the mascot of the 2022 World Cup, managed to divide social media users into two.
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Why is the World Cup mascot and ball criticized?
Adidas in Qatar Soccer ball for the 2022 World Cup designed it. Ball means ‘journey’ in Arabic.Al Rihla‘ and allegedly has the distinction of being the fastest ball ever used in a football tournament.
According to Adidas, the ball, named Al Rihla, was developed with a velocity shell to improve hitting accuracy and consistency, as well as improve aerodynamics. However, all these features could not prevent the Al Rihla ball from causing controversy on social media.
Users said the ball looked like it was designed with water-based ink and glue. Many football writers also expressed doubts about the design of the ball.
Adidas Design Director Franziska Loeffelmann, on the other hand, claimed that the new design allows the ball to maintain its speed while floating in the air. “Until now the fastest and most accurate World Cup ballLoeffelmann, who stated that they designed the ”, said that they opened the door to radical innovations.
introduced yesterday 2022 World Cup mascot la’eeb He also managed to enter the agenda of social media. La’eeb means super talented actress in Arabic. The official mascot of the World Cup Qatar 2022, according to FIFA, will be “full of energy and will instill a love of football in everyone”.
The official mascot of the previous World Cup (2018 World Cup) means “scorer” in Russian. it was zabivaka. The mascot of the 2014 World Cup held in Brazil is the name created by combining two words in Portuguese. It was Fuleco (Futebol and Ecologia).
But La’eeb for Qatar is receiving more criticism than any of the mascots of the past two years. Many social media users think that the mascot has a meaningless design.
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