I'm sick of seeing ads like "Nike - the brand of champions"... What teams wearing Nike have won a championship or European cup? let me see...
1996: Germany (adidas) beats Czech Rep.(Puma)
1998: France (adidas) beats Brazil (nike)
2000: France (adidas) beats Italy (kappa). Both Netherlands and Portugal missed the Final

teams
Portugal: Puma (Boavista)
Spain: adidas (real madrid)
Germany: adidas (Bayern)
Italy: Kappa (Roma)
France: Le Coq Sportif (Nantes)
England: Umbro (Manchester utd)
Scotland: Umbro (Celtic)
Netherlands: nike (PSV weeeeeeeeee! at last one :p )

CL:

98 Real (adidas ?) - Juventus (Kappa ?)
99 Manchester (umbro) - Bayern (adidas)
00 Real Madrid (adidas) - valência (nike)
01 Bayern (adidas) - valência (nike)

So, the big "brand of champions" is quite a failure...

Hmmm let's see what will happen when manutd switch over to Nike :rolleyes:
Here is my opinion:
Best Football boots: ADIDAS
Best football kits : UMBRO
Best keeper gloves: ADIDAS
Best shinguards : NIKE
Adidas rules; I kiss football :D

Originally posted by Alenitchev:
<STRONG>I'm sick of seeing ads like "Nike - the brand of champions"... What teams wearing Nike have won a championship or European cup? let me see...
1996: Germany (adidas) beats Czech Rep.(Puma)
1998: France (adidas) beats Brazil (nike)
2000: France (adidas) beats Italy (kappa). Both Netherlands and Portugal missed the Final

teams
Portugal: Puma (Boavista)
Spain: adidas (real madrid)
Germany: adidas (Bayern)
Italy: Kappa (Roma)
France: Le Coq Sportif (Nantes)
England: Umbro (Manchester utd)
Scotland: Umbro (Celtic)
Netherlands: nike (PSV weeeeeeeeee! at last one :p )

CL:

98 Real (adidas ?) - Juventus (Kappa ?)
99 Manchester (umbro) - Bayern (adidas)
00 Real Madrid (adidas) - valência (nike)
01 Bayern (adidas) - valência (nike)

So, the big "brand of champions" is quite a failure...</STRONG>


haha good one, i also love Adidas, but Nike isn't to bad (hey, give me a break, my home country has som kick ass Nike kits ;) :D )

Originally posted by PhiLLer:
<STRONG>Best football kits : UMBRO
</STRONG>

i would say ADIDAS......

I would say nike for the best kits though, I 'm a big PSV fan (at last one :p ;) )
And I must say they have great kits now, just like the one of the national Dutch team with (finally) black shorts, and much better looking than the other kits in Holland. And since PSV has Nikekits they become league champions for 3 times, and once won the national cup, and 4 Dutch Supercups. Not to bad huh? Now Ajax has Adidas, and they don't win a trophy, maybe they even mis European football because they can stille become 6th in the league. So here in Holland Nike(PSV) are the big winners against Adidas(Ajax).

[ 05-26-2001: Message edited by: Teletoonder ]

Best boots: Adidas preds
Best kits: I would have to say adidas and Nike I like them both....
Best shinguards: Definetely adidas
Best Goalie gloves: Don't know much about those cuz i'm not a goalie....but I like how the adidas gloves look.....
best soccer glasses: Okley LOL....what brand are davids glasses???
Best balls: Adidas.....not doubt about that one!!!! I remember my 1994 wc ball the one w/ the galaxies on it....pretty cool...best ball i've ever played with.....eventhough our home ball is currently a nike one.....it's descent but not as good as the wc balls....

:D :D :D :D :D :D

Overall ADIDAS beats them all at least when it comes to soccer stuff....

Running shoes though.....I would have to go with NIKE.... :D

[ 05-26-2001: Message edited by: Ronaldinho Gaucho ]

Running shoes has to be ASICS for sure, they are way ahead in comfort!

Maybe they aren't the champions in soccer (football). But, in just about everything else they are the champions or number one supplier(i.e. us football, basketball).

And in soccer, look at their boots. I am sure some Bayern Munich player had some Nike boots, henceforth - Nike is the brand of champions. Hehe

Oh, BTW. I hate Nike. :D

Porto and Portugal also wear Nike... and I''m counting the days until they get a decent supplier. Porto's kit look like PSV's but in blue ;)

well, my votes...

shirts/shorts/socks, balls : adidas
boots: Puma (I like it, dunno why)
gloves: uhlsport
running shoes: asics, but TOO DARN EXPENSIVE

im in USA so nike has some kick ass running,basketball,football,and soccer footwear appearel and anything else you can think about i dont think they import them to europe or something i guess but adidas is also the same except for basketball sneakers and i love puma boots i dunno why

Best boots: anything under 30 dollars, I usually wait for a sale, but I take really good care of me boots so I haven't had to buy a new pair in ages.
Best shinpads: Anything under 10 dollars
Best kits: jogging pants and a t-shirt - under 20 bucks from Zellers.
Best gloves: thermal winter gloves from Bi-way, about 5 bucks

:)

OI!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Uhlsport gloves are the best

'feel the passion'

i have a pair of Adidas fingersave II GK gloves and they are by far the best gloves i've ever had!!
and i've had sondico,Reusch,nike,selsport and uhlsport
i have umbro shinguards and
Adidas nova mundial SG boots
so Adidas is the best !!!!

figo wears nike not forgetting

boing.

I'm not a subtitute for Sherlock Holmes but I realised this.
Davids wears Nike, Frank de Boer wears Nike and both had been acused of taking drugs, this would hint that the drugs are in the Nike football boots, it's the material.
OK Kids, never buy Nike!

Ahh..I can see that I have yet again gone off-topic :D

Weren't nike shirts that were suspected of having a substance that would kill some men' hormones or something?

Hey guys don't forget about Ronaldinho and Roberto Carlos they also wear nike...... :D :D :D ohh yeah and i was wondering around on the net today and i found a roberto carlos video of about 400 kbs.....its a free kick goal when he used to play for palmeiras against GREMIO it was from midfield almost.....and I also have his famous free kick goal against france.....if anyone want those videos....let me know...i'll send it to you...... :D :D :D http://www.isfa.com/server/web/v-soccer/carlos.jpg

Ohh yeah.....Cole and Guardiola also wear nike...... :D :D

Best Kits: Adidas
Best Boots: Adidas
Best Gloves: Adidas Fingersave or Uhlsport
Runners: Nike

Who wears adidas?
1.) David Beckham
2.) Zinedine Zidane
3.) Allesandro Del Piero + many more top players

Who wears nike?
1.) Edgar Davids (on drugs)
2.) Ronaldo (crippled)
3.) Robbie Keane (Good Player)

This players from PSV play on Nike boots: Van Nistelrooy(played the last two years on Adidas, is now going to Manchester United), Kezman (first year at PSV, scored 24 goals in the league, is topscorer in Holland), Van Bommel(the best PSV player at the moment, captain, his break through in the national team, wanted by Bayern Munich and AC Milan).

These 3 are the best players at the moment in the Dutch league, and they have a great future ahead of them. But yeah, Ronaldo played for PSV from 1994/96, and look what happenned to him. :(

most of the best players wear Nike cause Nike pays them loads of money for them to wear their product...Nike knows football is a cash cow so thats why they jumped on the world football bandwagon...Adidas is a German product engineered to the highest degree and its known for its durability plus they in the sportwear business a lot longer than Nike..also i think Umbro makes the best kits..and i rather jerserys with the collars..those with those V-necks and O-necks look so cheap and shoddy.

World Champions BOCA JUNIORS of Argentina are sponsered by Nike. THis is probaly why Nike says they are the company of champions.
Just a thought. :D

Well... read my new post :mad:

For Arsenal (who, incidentally, wear Nike), we have the following Nike-Wearers:
Thierry Henry,
Kanu (kinda crap at the mo.. Its nikes fault!!! :) :p )
Ljungberg,
Vieira,
Silvinho,
Seaman,
Wiltord,
Tony Adams,
and many more... (of course, some change boots a lot of the time, eg Seaman sometimes wears Puma, and Ljungberg wears adidas occasionally, dunno why)
Pires wears Umbro,
Dixon, Cole, and sometimes Ljunbgberg wear adidas,
Parlour wears Diadora,
Bergkamp wears Reebok,
etc etc

Hey... Arsenal & Barcelona also wear nike! And also Inter!
the nike ball is used in most of the europe leages... like the english premere league.
but... ADIDAS still rulz!

Many players change their boots according to the weather... Alenitchev either uses the nike boots (the ones Ronaldo wears) or adidas... The ones who only use one brand are the ones who have a contract with the manufacturer or simply enjoy so much those boots they don't change.

Originally posted by Alenitchev:
<STRONG>Many players change their boots according to the weather... Alenitchev either uses the nike boots (the ones Ronaldo wears) or adidas... The ones who only use one brand are the ones who have a contract with the manufacturer or simply enjoy so much those boots they don't change.</STRONG>

Are you sure man...cuz I didn't think pro players would wear adidas or nike boots for free like this Alenitchev dude does.....i mean some players in brazil even paint their whole boots black so you can't tell what kinda boots they have on.....and the ones with contracts aren't allowed to wear two brands of boots....

:confused: :confused:

I am completely sure. You see, Nike is Porto's supplier... but Alenitchev don't have a contract with them. It's probably easier for him to get nike boots, but he sometimes still uses adidas boots.