First entry - Messi Ballon d'Or Adizeros

  My favorite sport, and activity to participate in, is soccer. And one of the things I enjoy about soccer the most are soccer boots. I always love to see what boots are being used by professionals and learning about them. But anyway, I've decided to take this out of my main blog and make it a side blog. Occasionally I'll say what I think about a certain boot looks-wise (or perfermance-wise, if I've used it) just because that's what I wanna talk about. It's my blog, after all. But these are the boots I wanna talk about tonight:

The Messi Ballon d'Or edition of the f50s. These boots were made for Lionel Messi for his winning the Ballon d'Or for the fourth time in a row. I've owned two types of f50 boots. First, the f30i in the cyan/white/black colorway. I'm a fan of bright colorways and flashy boots, so if you've ever seen them, you know why I chose them. Quality boots, from what I've experienced. Lasted me for all the years I used them (about 3) and they're still match-ready if I wanna pull them out again. Never had a problem with the comfort while wearing them or any ripping or tearing. I love them and have nothing bad to say about them. The second pair of f50-type boots I've owned are the F50 Adizero second edition, the electricity/infrared/anodized synthetic colorway. I love wearing these boots because they're so light. When you put these on, you literally feel like you're playing in your bare feet. Pretty crazy. The only complaint I have with these is the comfort. I seemed to get a lot of blisters on my heels the first few times I got to play with them. But other than that one thing, they've performed very well.
      But back to the boots I wanted to talk about. I've always been a fan of adizeros and always will be. But as for the colorway, I don't really like these. I definitely do like the base colors they used in black and gold...you can definitely make a class boot out of those colors when used correctly. Unfortunately, I think Adidas went a little subpar when designing these, but that's just my personal opinion. I definitely respect their implementing Messi's heritage into the design through the suns surrounding each year he's won the Ballon d'Or (which represent the sun found in the center of the Argentinian flag), but they seem out of place. Naturally, they included Messi's logo, which definitely looks good on this boot.
      Overall thoughts: a quality boot performance-wise, but lacks a certain amount of attractiveness to it. I might get these for a show piece or as a collectable, but definitely something I wouldn't wear in a game.