Finally FIFA world cup 2006 is just round the corner. This year the event will be held in Germany. I don't really watch world cup because of the time zone differences - I will have to stay up late if I wanted to watch the match. If somebody asked me which team I would support, I would say Portugal as my first choice because of Christiano Ronaldo. I like to see him playing, especially his passion for football. Probably it just the beginning, but I do hope that his spirit during Euro 2004 final match will be the same here in the world cup, where he never give up until the end.
Speaking of world cup, of course there are new jersey provided by sports brand to each national team. I particularly like the jersey for Japan team from Adidas. It's very nice (and the price is very nice as well - RM 259.90). Still, even though it's nice, it's still made with the climacool technology, which Adidas has been using to made the team jersey since its introduction some years ago. Plus, I don't really wanted to pay for such a price because of the material that Adidas used to create the jersey, which I find it not very comfortable to wear.
On the other hand, Nike came out with a new line-up of jersey based on their new Sphere Dry technology. This time the design of the national team jersey is not as nice as the one from Adidas, for they concentrate more on the fabric design. The reason why it's called Sphere Dry is because underneath the jersey, you'll notice that there are ball-like shape stiching out all over the shirt, which according to Nike is to create space between the skin and the shirt, which allow air between the shirt and the skin for better ventilation and allowing the sweat to vaporize quickly into the air. Of course, the price for the national team jersey costed at RM 259.90 as well, so I don't really wanted to spend so much money for it. Instead, I bought a training jersey of Holland team at the price of RM 169.90. I would like to buy Portugal training jersey, but it's only available in green, one of the colour that I don't really like. I tried the Sphere Dry, and I would say that it's comfortable. Still, I prefer the Total 90 jersey design because of its lightness and very comfortable. Sphere Dry jersey that I bought tend to be very tight around the neck. Probably because it's a training jersey, therefore it's not as good as the national team jersey. Well, hopefully there will be a sale season that I could buy the new national team jersey at half-price.
