Casillas Unveils adidas Tango 12 Finale Match Ball

The official match ball for the UEFA Euro 2012 Final has today been unveiled by the safest pair of hands in football - Iker Casillas. The special edition design features a silver colourway across each of the triangular panels that are thermally bonded together to ensure a true, stable flight path.

The new adidas Tango 12 Finale will begin a three week tour across the 16 nations taking part in the tournament this summer. At each stop, a surprise sports star will be there to present the ball. Its first port of call was of course Spain, where it was met by the man looking to lead his nation to two successive European Championship titles.


It's a change in colourway from adidas' limited edition 2010 World Cup Final Jo'Bulani (not Jabulani!) football, that featured a re-designed gold colour scheme. This year it will be a silver final for whichever two teams meet at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev on July 1st.




The adidas Tango 12, which has been developed over a two-year period, underwent two rigorous types of testing - qualitative player testing, which was conducted across eight different countries, using players, federations and clubs from both elite and grass roots football, and quantitative lab testing.