I tested and rated EVERY World Cup ball from 1978-2026

The official air pressure used in the 1978 FIFA World Cup football (the Adidas Tango 1978) was between 8.5 psi and 15.6 psi. That's a huge amount of scope to have the ball much softer and still within official range. The ball you used was inflated way up into the upper end or even above making it hard as a rock. Nothing to do with the ball whatsoever.

bro hit more shots and less stupid playability and fun factor ratings, i was expecting knuckleball, but na, fcking penalty shoots, bro u don't know how to rate

The old balls allowed for football being played. The new balls just created ridiculous situations for entertainment

meanwhile ronaldinho, messi and ronaldo grew up playing with 5 dollar balls....

Can I have the jabulani😅

Have you reviewed the Rotoero or TeamGeist 2 ? I know neither was a WC ball, but the Rotoero being the first Thermal Bonded 32 was a fantastic ball, and the TesmGeist was tamed a bit with TG2.

I personally really liked the TesmGeist. There were some really exciting strikes with that ball. Schweinsteiger had some real heaters.

That ball was soft, responsive and fun. It was a bit slippery in wet conditions, though... The texture of TG2 helped, but it felt harder and less responsive.

Thermal Bonding and the other advancements changed the game IMO, for the better.

These girls complain about everything

I'll say 8 out of 10. noo you mean 10 out of 10

Respect to the 70s and 80s players

We played on the beach with heavier, harder balls, until we couldn't see each other.
10 years old, barefoot, wet and sandy. Fun factor:10/10

The new one is beautiful the detail is great

Those of us who are 50+ will remember how water logged the footballs got when we were kids, especially us lot growing up in England with all the rain. When the keeper went long, you had to kind of brace yourself to head it, or the ball could put you on your arse. Nasty heavy. They would also sting your hands if you had to go in as keeper. The worst ones were our kickabout footballs, because they would get old and knackered. Stitching coming apart and they could soak up more water than a sponge pretty much. For kickabouts on the Milton Keynes council estates it was better to not use a leather ball, because they'd get all scuffed up. Jumpers as goal posts. Tackling in kickabouts and matches that would get you banned these days (that rough stuff was half the fun).
I recently bought my little 8 year old nephew a MUFC ball by Adidas to offset all the Italian football stuff his Dad's family gets him. I had to double check it was real. So different to what I remember from playing football in my teens etc. Really light and soft too.

These guys have no taste, these old black and white balls are beautiful

Grew up in the 90s playing with an ancient Tango. We absolutely abused that thing. And it abused us back. The coating just kept hardening over time and it ended up feeling like cement. But, I like to think it hardened us as players. The pain from kicking that thing was something else. And good luck to you if you put a bare leg in front of it to block a shot!

Not a World Cup ball, but the Tango Bologna was the best ball

If that guy tries the Pintier ball from the 80s dies right there jajaja.

2/10 for the Tango? Its one of the best balls ive ever played with, then again i actually know how to play futbol

1978 is Spartan's ball ⚽

ofc it hurts with your garbage sock cleats

i like the old black and white ones

The best ball Teamgeist 2006!

Les ballons d’aujourd’hui sont laids, trop volants, disproportionnés dans l’impression des gens en croyant que c’est limite seulement le pied faisant tourner le ballon...
Les durs, d’antan qui te fouettaient le ventre et la peau en hiver sont les meilleurs, c’est ça le vrai foot, en ajoutant justement la qualité intrinsèque du joueur et non par la technologie du ballon...
La bascule pour moi se fait en 2002, rien que sa couleur est dégueulasse, j’avais 15 ans...

If you can't kick an old ball, it's not because of the football...

I think the old balls really suffer from the cold weather, which makes the material itself stiffer than the synthetic materials of modern balls.

Back on the day we used to call the Etrusco "Pedrusco" (big stone) because - without reaching the levels of the Mikasa FT-5 - if felt like kicking a rock. The last really decent ball Adidas has made, IMHO. Today's balls are like playing with small beach balls, way too soft and uncontrollable. Current football is really for softies.

When did soccer balls start sounding like a basketball when kicked. These balls are so over inflated. Old Tangos were great. Champions balls even better. Peope back in the late 80's 90's didnt like these balls because they were so "bouncy". They wanted to use a rock hard ball becasue they had no skill to handle a top flight ball. They were soft and felt great.

In WC 1978 there were scored the most spectacular goals the majority of them with shots outside the box:Tango 1978.

Now you know why we all had leather boots.

I love the sound of the older ones, when you used to catch it just right and munt it from 30 yards

Pelé with modern balls would have 2000 goals. GOAT. Ps i can talk I saw ALL of the candidates play

you can try to use a MIKASA

Striking the old balls with the old boots was great, if you caught them right they stayed hit 👍

18:14 Bro said 8/10 for fear factor, and the editor wrote 10/10😂🤪

i believe the Tango's that you tested from 1978-82-86 are actually relica balls and not the real thing. Thus your assessment is misleading. The originals were were excellent balls, far superior to those on the market today. Great feel, soft, easily bent in either direction and when you really wanted to hit them hard, they would go where you wanted them to go. My favorite ball of all time was the NASL red, white and blue Telstar, fantastic ball.

Maradona graced that 1986 Azteca ball like a god! Best player ever!

Génération de fragile ! Imaginiez le roi pelé avec sa génération de ballon ! bande de fragile !

Please don't take it in a harsh way but it's not very smart to use modern shoes (that are barely more than socks) to kick old balls. Of course it hurts. You should also use shoes of the same time. That would allow you to truly test those balls.
Like this it's just a useless test that doesn't tell the viewers anything apart from how the changes of the balls through time also allowed the shoes to change.

Me crié en los 80s, las pelotas parecian de piedra. Olvidate de cabecear, quedabas mareado.

How fit were players in the 70s & 80s if modern players can't kick the balls they used a few times without it hurting

Oh...that's why as kids our footballs and feet were harder than a rock

I’m so old I had the Mexico 86 Azteca ball as a kid. It ended up destroyed from banging it against the wall in my back garden. Those were the days.

Well im 47 years old grew up with all those balls, played 2. Bundesliga youth and 3. Division adults, there are different versions of these balls, cheaper Training versions for about 40-50 Deutsche Mark and professionall versions for 100 Deutsche Mark these Times. Big differents playing them. The 70- 90s balls, very heavy, i had a left hammer and could do knuckle balls with these. The 2002 Ball was very light, did a 50 Meter goal with it .All The new "plastic" balls , you just need to hammer them to make them move like crazy 😅

It's not the ball, it's the player!