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Every Team Needs - "The Lightning Strika" - adidas - 22/09/09

Zinedine Zidane is on the ultimate search to find the players Every Team Needs! So far Zidane has found Lionel Messi "The Spark" and Steven Gerrard "The Powerhouse", but now he is on the hunt for "The Lightning Strika"!

Zidane's journey has seen the French maestro travel from the streets of Argentina to the famous gates of Anfield, but now he finds himself in Africa on the trail of the keeper of a legend...Emmanuel Adebayor. Wearing the adidas F50i TUNiT football boots, we find out what gave Adebayor his mix of speed and agility in these awesome short graphic novels, and to give you a teaser of what to expect here are some excerpts from the story...

'The Lightning Strika' (Adebayor) joins 'The Spark' (Messi) and 'The Powerhouse' (Gerrard) in Zidane's team, and next up in this Ultimate Search series is 'The Maestro' (Kaka)...

You can follow the entire journey at www.adidas.com/football

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