EDIT: This article was written before Nike surprised us and released their Hypervenom Phantom III DF EA SPORTS. You can read about them HERE.

Not so long ago, Nike released a really interesting model Mercurial Flyknit Ultra, completely out of the blue. We love such surprises, just as much as we love such colourways themselves. It’s September now, the time when new FIFA is released. We are not into this game, but there is one thing connected with it, which was released a year ago and we liked a lot.

In September 2017, soon after the premiere of the most recent generation of Mercurial, Nike presented a special colourway of Superfly V called EA SPORTS, which was an obvious reference to FIFA. The design of this model was most unusual, in our opinion it was something absolutely unique in the whole history of the brand – there were releases such as What The Mercurial before, but their designs were never that far from standard.

The shoe is simply magnificent. Not only is it beautiful, but the way it refers to the video game is brilliant – Nike’s Swoosh is pixelled – not too obvious, but easy to understand. Add a nice sole and box to the mix and the result is breathtaking.

We believe that cleats should be used on a pitch, but we admit that we’d feel really sorry to play in these and damage them. Well, the best solution would be to buy two pairs :)

In the summer of 2009, Cristiano Ronaldo joined his current club for what was then a world record transfer fee of £80 million (€94 million). At least 80,000 fans showed up to welcome his move from Manchester to Madrid.

“When I arrived, there were many people around — not just inside the stadium, but outside too,” recalls Ronaldo. “It was an unbelievable day and I felt the power of Madrid.”

Ronaldo scored in his first game with the club and hasn’t stopped scoring since, becoming the fastest to score league goals at every imaginable milestone: 50, 150, 200, 250 and counting. He also holds distinction as the first player to score against every team in La Liga in one season.

His brilliance on the pitch has shone like a diamond and that became the inspiration for his Chapter 5: Cut to Brilliance boots.

The boots feature a diamond-inspired graphic on a white base that sparkles under the lights. The upper includes multi-color knit details that mimic the multitude of colors that diamonds refract. On the medial side of the boot, a textured CR7 logo provides a tactile representation of the diamond graphic, while the heel counter provides a top-down view of a brilliant-cut diamond accompanied by the date of Ronaldo’s Madrid debut. The high heel reads “El Sueño Del Niño” (the dream of the child) as these were the words Ronaldo shared with Nike’s design team to describe how he felt about joining his new team.

“The details of the white boots — the color, the diamonds — they are beautiful; they are cool,” says Ronaldo. “I am sure, 100 percent, people are gonna like it.”

The Chapter 5: Cut to Brilliance boots will be available September 29 on nike.com.

Puma’s revolution continues! It’s been going on for quite a while now and it doesn’t slow down even a little. Models TOUCH and ONE seem to be dead ends, just waiting to be replaced. One of the models which could turn things around is Netfit 18. We’ve mentioned it a few times before, and now we’re finally able to present it for the first time in an official colourway.

The most important feature of this model is a mesh on the upper, which allows us to put laces through whichever holes we like. This solution is not too revolutionary, as it’s been used before in indoor shoes, which doesn’t diminish its usefulness. But what about the rest of the boot? The back is clumpy, the upper looks like borrowed from Magista Obra I and, of course, they had to add a collar with a “slightly different design”.

We’re going to be as honest as we always are: Netfit seems to be a really forced idea. The basic idea was interesting and could work just fine, but it should be a foundation for a solid, well designed model, not a set of random elements, which don’t fit together. If this is the model, which is about to replace evoPOWER, the only decent product left in Puma’s offer, than we are disappointed. What happened to the days when Puma always brought us good news?

As you know, recently we’ve been paying a lot of attention to adidas Predator 18+. Thanks to first decent leaks from a pitch (or from Ratkić’s and Koke’s feet, to be more exact), we were able to create a graphics presenting this model from profile. Today, we bring you more photos from a pitch with more details.

We can now see clearly, that we’ve been too optimistic in our assumptions concerning the collar. It’s different than the one in Ace 17.1 Primeknit, which is the one we based our work on. This one is more similar to Nike’s material. There is some thickness in the laces area and the material there is different. Very interesting. 

This is not the last you’ll read about this topic – we’ll write some more about adidas Predator 18+ this week.

In case you’re wondering – no, adidas is not the only thing we intend to write about this week. But there’s a lot of news connected with this brand, and we simply cannot ignore it – especially when the boot it concerns is that good. It hasn’t been long since the second NEMEZIZ colourway for Messi was released and we can already show you another, the third one most likely.

In the pictures you can see two professional models: NEMEZIZ 17+ and 17.1. Surprisingly, Messi himself prefers the latter, though of course his shoes are heavily modified. The most features of the Argentinean’s editions are Messi logos, NEMEZIZ signing replaced with the footballer’s name, a sole from Messi 16 (that’s important!) and a different texture of the upper.

We’ve heard that these cleats are a part of Pyro Storm collection, which on one hand makes sense, given the blue colour, but on the other the said collection will be released in a matter of days most likely, and Messi has just received a dedicated, blue-white edition. It means that either Pyro Storm is going to be rescheduled, or that Leo will have to wait some time before getting this model.

Today we focus on an upcoming adidas collection called Pyro Storm. It’s definitely one of the prettiest ones released by the German brand this year, though they didn’t manage to keep it in secret. We’ve seen NEMEZIZ months ago, and the Ace we’re presenting in this article is no stranger to us either.

You know how we feel about this composition, it really fits our tastes. It’s a good moment to remind, that if you like Ace 17.1 Primeknit or any other model from this silo and generation, it may be a good idea to stock up on them, as the last Ace 17 will be released in November. After that, in December, Predator 18 will take Ace’s place.

Ace 17 is a model for a wide foot, which means that we won’t feel comfortable wearing it, but we’d really like to test it someday anyway. Perhaps this colourway, our favourite next to Turbocharge, will make a decent motivation to do that.

We have some really hot news for you, the kind that we have to serve as soon as possible, because the collection may as well be released within a few hours. The design is really interesting, vivid, bright and catching attention, and we’re able to show you a leak of a model that you have not yet seen. These are indoors, which will surely be an interest to anyone playing football on P.E. (well, unless you’re on sick note or punition).

This colourway of NEMEZIZ made its way to our website even before the official premiere of the model back in June. If you haven’t seen our episode of TEPY TALK including this model, it may be a good moment to catch up (available in Polish HERE) – we’ve made a lot of comments and assumptions there, which all turned out to be true.

For many of you, the colour itself must be a good enough reason to buy the shoe. On the other hand, we know that there are people who are definitely sceptical, when it comes to such garish shades. Who knows, maybe we’ll take a closer look at this model on our Youtube channel?

Half of the world’s population considers themselves to be football fans. Millions lace up their boots to get out and play the game, but playing EA SPORTS virtual version has proven to be exceptionally popular as well. For every minute of football played by the elite players of the English Premier League, 26,000 hours of the EA SPORTS video game will be played all around the world.

The limited-edition Nike X EA SPORTS Hypervenom 3 is the second collaborative boot with the video game maker and testament to the Nike footwear design team's obsession with both playing the game and the nuances of its production.

Fittingly, the graphic treatment on the upper is a nod to Real Player Motion Technology, which was leveraged for the first time in creating the 2018 version of the game. This new motion capture technology brings data to life to ensure gameplay accurately represents players like Cristiano Ronaldo, who graces the cover of the game. The motion capture wireframe graphics highlight the strike zone of the boot, which features a reflective Swoosh. There is also reflective branding on the heel, where a graphic inspired by the iconic EA SPORTS power bar is depicted. Additional EA SPORTS touches appear on the sockliner, lace aglets and shoebox.

The Nike X EA SPORTS Hypervenom will make its virtual debut on September 21 and will be worn on pitch by Mauro Icardi and Edinson Cavani. These individually number boots are limited to 3000 pairs in adult sizes, with an additional 1000 pairs available in youth sizes.

By now, you’ve seen Zaki’s talent for designing cleats. This time he didn’t design something new, and he didn’t design a concept of continuation of an existing silo. We decided that we don’t want to wait any more for leaks and instead we’ll use our skills to show you cleats as similar to Predator 18+, which adidas intends to release in December, as possible.

So far, we’ve only seen one leak of a cheaper model and blackouts, that Rakitić was testing – we wrote about them HERE. We used those pictures of the Croatian to draw the cleats we’re presenting today. You can see quite a lot of details in them, and we believe that we’ve put them all rather correctly. The greatest trouble was caused by the sole, and that could be the part we got wrong, but not in a substantial way.

That’s why we think we’re ready to start giving opinions about this upcoming adidas model. We already mentioned how big the expectations are in THIS article. Do you like it? And here’s a question for some of our older readers – do these look like a real Predator? We’ll write more about this topic in the next article. 

More adidas 2018 leaks! Earlier this week we showed X17+ and today we have one premium level boots for you: one of the future NEMEZIZ 17+. Next quarter we’re going to see two colourways, one of them a special made for Messi and another, this one, a serial one.

adidas doesn’t release pink cleats very often, the last time was back in the days of X15. That time, there was a lot of black on the upper. This time, however, it seems like there’s nothing but pink in different shades. It’s unusual for this brand, but less so when it comes to the whole market. It’s not surprising that adidas wants to make the most out of the good model they have, also by releasing unusual colourways. Do you like it?

Usually, we don’t often write about some more exotic shoes, and when we do, it’s mostly because we feel obliged to mention all sorts of cleats, than because we’re actually interested. But this time is different – not only we find these boots interesting, we like it a lot and we’d love it to become more popular.

It’s not the first time we write about Mizuno Rebula in its second, pink colourway. Moreover, we’re really one of the best ones, when it comes to bringing you news about this model. We were the first ones in the whole world to show you its launch colourway in one of our TEPY TALK episodes (available in Polish HERE), then we’ve had leaks of a pink and a white design.

From what we’ve heard, the new Rebula is a limited edition and in the cleats version, it is only available in Made in Japan release – the best, most exclusive one. We have also seen indoor versions of the shoe, but they are probably available only in Asia.

Mizuno Rebula is an almost perfect product, especially if we consider all the challenges that the producer had to face. The model is consistent with a spirit and tradition of the brand, and at the same time it’s a top quality boot with a competitive design – same as most Mizuno products. This colourway only enhances the good looks presented by the shoe.

New Balance Football has officially unveiled its latest Limited Edition Visaro boot, the Visaro Vante. This unique design, specifically for the midfield creator, comes in Black / Alpha Pink and features an iridescent contrast N logo.

The Visaro Vante is for the players who control the game, who excel in possession, who deliver defence-splitting passes, moving into spaces undetected before the opponents have a chance to react. They are constantly on the move to elude their markers. Visaro players, Yohan Cabaye and Massimo Luongo, will debut the Vante on the pitch this weekend.

The Vante Edition features a supple microfibre upper, giving the player a closer to ball feel with laser etched impact zones. The boot retains the stability and control features that are synonymous with the Visaro range; an athlete inspired pro form last and a one piece form fitting moccasin construction deliver ultra-precise long and short passing, and game changing invention. Data driven multi-directional stud placement, an engineered soleplate with lightweight chassis, and Fresh Foam midsole unit all contribute to outstanding dynamic maneuverability and enhanced comfort.

General Manager of New Balance Football Richard Wright said, “The Visaro Vante is for those players who aim to control the outcome of the game by moving into spaces undetected to receive and distribute the ball. It continues our tradition of innovative and striking limited edition designs and we’re looking forward to seeing how this looks on match day.”

This is the time of year, when our leaks slowly focus more and more on cleats designed for 2018. We must have mentioned such models a hundred times already, for example when we discussed adidas Predator 18, but this is the first time when we know for sure, that the shoe we’re talking about is meant for the first quarter of the year.

We’re very pleased to welcome this model, X17+, because it looks amazing and from what we’ve heard, it works great on a pitch. The colourway surprised us a little. We thought that X for January was supposed to be gold, but we’ve heard about completely gold 18.1. In “plus” we can also see bits of red, especially on the sole. We’ll see how the situation develops, because this could be just an informational chaos connected with samples. But so far, visually, this is a 10.

If someone asked us, what kind of shoes we’d like to see most in a prototype version, worn by footballers, we’d answer Predator or Superfly without any hesitation. Unless we’d get a chance to see something extremely special and secret, that we don’t know about. Last week, we were very pleased to see one of these prototypes.

We’ve seen Predator 18, because that’s what the new model is supposed to be called, on Rakitić’s legs, but the pictures we had back then were so bad, that we weren’t able to make out many details. But now, he entered a pitch once again, along Koke, wearing once more this adidas model, and so we were able to take a slightly closer look at new adidas model, ready to be released in early December.

 What’s interesting, the quality of pictures still leaves much to be desired, but we can see that what Rakitić was testing now is definitely different from what we saw at the beginning of the year. Apparently adidas made some improvements in the meanwhile, and by now they probably are almost ready for a serial production, perhaps even now they are starting.

Clearly, adidas chose to borrow Nike’s idea for a collar. We can also see three characteristic adidas stripes in black, and some unevenness, created with long lines, changing their directions in key places.

The questions remain, whether or not adidas will manage to fill in the empty space and face the huge expectations connected with Predator legacy, and how much different will this model be from Ace. It’s certainly wouldn’t be acceptable if the only thing the company did was swapping names. What do you think about this shoe so far? Do you like it more than Zaki’s design (HERE)?

As you surely noticed, this week brought us some interesting bits found on footballers’ feet. One of them was a complete surprise to us. Nike is known to be giving special editions of cleats to some of their players without making much fuss about it. Then, it’s only websites like ours that make observations and share the news with the rest of the world – just think about Pogba and his countless boots. This time, however, was much weirder than usual, because special cleats were given to a player we don’t know.

Omar Abdulrahman play In Arab League, but that’s not important. What matters are the cleats! He was seen wearing Nike Hypervenom Phantom II DF in... whiteout! We thought at first that the design was simply made with NIKEiD service, but that doesn’t explain the white collar, which is not an option there.

And it’s hardly surprising, because a white collar is something disastrous to maintain clean. So far, white Flyknit was only used once in a limited edition of Superfly V Victorias made for CR7, released in 777 pairs. And now, this rare treat was given also to another, less known footballer. As always, we’re extremely jealous and we congratulate Nike on an excellent idea!

Designing our own cleats is really turning into our hobby and who knows, soon it may become more exciting for us than leaks. After all, apparently we’re capable of creating something equally good-looking. The difference is that you have to think in reverse – instead of looking at a picture and imagining how certain solutions were made, you have to visualise first, and create later. That’s how we’ve made what could become X 18.1.

Designing a continuation of a famous silo is much harder than creating something from scratch. You have to remember the history of the model, understand its soul and everything that makes people love it. That’s partially why we made this model in a design matching Ocean Storm collection, so that you can compare them easily.

The foundation for this idea was how to improve this model. We started with our expectations for X17 (which didn’t come true). We wanted the thin, synthetic upper to be elastic, completely different from what we eventually got. Making it thinner requires extra support, hence the TPU stripe at the front, some transparent hardenings on the sides and an impressive heel counter.

We decided to keep the concept of a stretchy knit and minimise it, to refresh the shoe visually. The brand new elements are three cushions, covering the lower part of the lacing system and creating a soft area for ball reception. The idea was to improve reception and create a new feeling that every user would appreciate. The cushions are like filled with air, synthetic, slippery, but covered with a blunt mesh, to make sure it’s possible to control a ball well.

At the front of the upper there it a dotted pattern which improves ball control, but which disappears where it is no longer needed. Obviously, such a construction would require a special stiffening frame inside the upper, on the sides.

We assumed that the sole would only have relatively long, oblong studs. Everything would be moulded from a single piece of material, with only a few transparent tips.

We are really proud of this project, we think it would be warmly welcomed both because of its looks and quality. X 18.1 is a model which has not yet been leaked. We are interested in your opinions of our work and of adidas’ final product, once we get to see it. Will their ideas be better than ours? If you like this design, read more about it on footballbootsdesign.com, a site with Zaki's desgins (HERE).

In the past few days we’ve had so many novelties, that we actually start falling behind with sharing our impressions on new cleats. One of the most recent collections which requires our attention is Nike’s Academy Pack. Or maybe rather Tech Craft? Actually, this set of cleats is actually two in one!

The last full Tech Craft Pack – a collection of cleats which are made of leather instead of normal synthetic – was also a black one, but had some silver elements. It was definitely not the best of Nike’s releases; we’d even dare call it really poorly made. The only good part of it was Tiempo Legend VI. But luckily, this time the company did not fail, as we’ve learned from examining Hypervenom Phantom II and Magista Opus II. 

There are many reasons to like these boots. First of all: joining two concepts. As you can see, the shoes are completely black, which means that we can call them also Academy Pack. It is a set of cleats characterised by its completely (or almost completely) black colour. Personally, we think joining these two special editions is a brilliant idea and we’re glad that Nike decided to take that step (even though it caused some trouble with choosing a name for the pack). Quality before anything else! 

Leather used for this set is exactly what we’d expect from such a special collection. Well, truth be told we’d like to see it in every collection, be you can’t always get what you want. Anyway, this one is really top notch and we chose exactly these two models to be able to show it. We’re dealing with an unusual approach to a leather upper: there are no sews or soft cushions, everything is attached to synthetic lining. The fact, that the cleats are really good, shows just how important the quality of the material is.

The uppers are really soft; we’d even say that they are softer than the standard ones. The material is quite surprising: it’s thicker than it needs to be, just to give us an impression of being even softer than it is. How splendid!

We have gathered opinions from some people who tested these two models and they all agree that they are a bit “different”. They make all other shoes look pale in comparison with them and make our blood run quicker. Excellent work, Nike! We’d love to examine also the other two models, but we don’t have access to them.

It’s hard not to think about the competition with adidas. Both companies released black cleats. And actually both of them succeeded, each one in a different way. adidas emphasises their modern approach and brilliant design. Nike delivers beloved brand and models with excellent quality of materials. Same colour, but completely different traits proving their quality. 

Earlier this week we mentioned interesting Predator Mania, which one of our colleagues from another country examined during his visit to adidas headquarters – you’ll find the article HERE. Today we have more treats of this kind, brought to us once again by thepredcollective.

This is a prototype of Predator. We’d say it comes from 2006 or later, because it uses the heel counter made for Predator Absolute. As you can see, one of adidas’ ideas for next releases was a zigzag a bit similar to what later Puma started to use for their EvoPOWER, especially its second generation. In our opinion, the pattern looks fine on Puma’s shoes, but we’re glad adidas didn’t follow this path with this silo.

Last week brought us a few interesting bits from the world of samples and this one seems to be following its footsteps. We came across adidas cleats, which are different from standard products. We believe that this is a version created months before the official premiere. 

Do you remember Red Limit collection? Its cleats had red fronts and black backs. One of the boots in the pictures has reversed colouring. There was no X16.1 or any other level that would have a red heel. Interesting, isn’t it?

This is not the first time when we see final adidas cleats coloured in a way opposite to samples. The same story happened with adizero from a white-green, reflective Hunt collection. Do you remember it?

Not long ago, adidas invited some people connected with the world of cleats: bloggers, influencers etc, to their headquarters. Unfortunately, we were not a part of that crew, because, as you know, we’re not on the best terms with adidas, but luckily our friends from abroad shared their impressions with us. One of the best treats was brought to us by thepredcollective, whom you can find on IG. He showed us an unusual Predator Mania.

It was a mix of many things we love. First of all, it’s a Predator, secondly – Mania, our beloved model. Moreover, it’s an unreleased colourway, a prototype, something that has never seen daylight before. On top of that, we can see a modern element from the premium level, a chrome effect on a sole.

The subject of Predator Mania has recently gained on popularity, when a re-edition of these cleats was announced. We thought that it must have been made rather recently, but on the other hand we can see screws and an old construction of a sole. Ah, what can we say... We envy so much people who get to enjoy making these wonders!

This is the rivalry on the top level, something we like a lot. When the brands compete with each other not in the traditional way, but by creating something out of the box, something that overshadows other products – that is when we feel a breath of freshness and a spark of excitement.  Nike returned to the days of Nike GS and out of the blue released a brand new model.

It belongs with the Mercurial series, so perhaps it’s time for another story, about Mercurial SL, which Zaki recently refreshed in a form of... stilettos (CLICK). The official name of the new model is Mercurial Vapor Flyknit Ultra and you have probably read about them in an official press release – CLICK. We continue the topic and add some of our own thoughts.

Let’s start with pointing out that Mercurial Vapor Flyknit Ultra is probably a onetime event, a rare one, might we add. Two colourways were released: a black one, fitting well with the last serial colourway, was released in an amount of 2.5 thousand pairs, and a black-gold one – 1.5 thousand pairs. We don’t know yet if they are going to be available in Poland at all, but given the numbers we just gave you, we are optimistic about our chances.

The sole of the new Mercurial is exactly the same as in all the top models from this silo. We take that as good news, because we’ve always stressed how brilliant the sole of Vapor XI or Superfly V is, as you’ll learn from our review of the later model HERE. The rest of the shoe is much more interesting. All in all, this boot is basically Superfly V without a collar. There are some details which prove otherwise, but as a general analysis this statement makes a lot of sense.

The base of the upper is made of Flyknit and covered with Nikeskin. The difference between this model and Superfly V is that unevenness on this one is tighter, looking more like thin lines than humps.  We believe that these lines are made the same way as the upper of Magista Obra II, with knit. It would make sense, especially since Flyknit is part of the name of this model.

The redaction of TEPY.PL considers at these cleats first and foremost in terms of functionality. First of all, do they hold feet well? We don’t think leaving the solution from Superfly is sufficient, especially near heel, so there must be some modifications inside the boot. This must have been an even bigger challenge than the one adidas faced when designing NEMEZIZ. The surface of the stretchy upper is much bigger here. We won’t be able to check that ourselves, because Nike won’t send us a pair of these cleats, but we think they managed to find a way to make everything work.

There are some things we are really glad to see here. Most of all, we enjoy reference to some older models, as we’ve learned from press release, and understanding the value of Mercurial series. As we’ve learned from example provided by the competition, this value is not always appreciated. We like the little detail – Italian flag – which harks back to the origins of the silo, also the colours used for the designs and the amount of pairs released. The only thing we don’t really get is Hazard, who doesn’t seem special enough to be wearing these cleats. Who would be better? Zlatan. We think he might have been considered, but recently there’s been some dissonance between him and Nike.

We like the cleats, as expected. They are very well made and seem to be the beginning of the Mundial rush. What’s next? We’re sure that Nike has not yet said their final words in this matter.

It’s a busy time in the world of cleats! Everything comes down to watching the competition between the two leading brands. Nike drew the first blood releasing Flyknit Ultra, a very unusual model of cleats. adidas doesn’t fall behind and soon after they have finalised the long story of leaks and teasers with presenting officially renewed version of Predator Precision.

This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, because we’ve mentioned both the colourways and versions of the shoe many times before. Let us remind, that Predator is one of the older models made by the German company, and can be considered the third of the most characteristic from this silo. We must admit that adidas’ plan is really clever: a few years back they released remakes of Accelerator, Mania and the first Predator in the classical black-red-white design. This year, we saw white (or rather “champagne”) Mania and now this. Well done!

Apart from the new cleats made of slightly updated materials and bearing some new elements, such as external heel counter, adidas released some modern products. For example: street-wear shoes with a BOOST sole – they surely didn’t have these back in the 90’s.

Predator is most definitely a silo that deserves proper celebration. And this demonstration is not an accident – adidas intends to start making this model once again in 2018. Let’s just hope that this whole deal won’t turn out to be a lot of fuss over nothing, because our expectations are huge. Let this new Predator be at least as good as Zaki imagined it (CLICK), as good as it can be.

Chelsea’s star midfielder Eden Hazard is back in training, and the Belgian's much-anticipated return to pitch coincides with the debut of the all-new Nike Mercurial Ultra Flyknit Vapor. This is fitting, given that the evolution of the Nike Mercurial and emergence of unique aesthetics in football boots has paralleled Hazard’s career highlights. 

“I’ve played with Mercurials for 15 years, and they have always been good. There hasn’t been a colorway I didn’t like,” he says. “I actually haven't had a lot of bad moments in my career — only good memories.”

Here, Hazard, who is taking time out from his rigorous routine, discusses his career-long relationship with the iconic boot's dynasty.

EDEN HAZARD'S TOP MERCURIAL MOMENTS

Origins

Hazard's mother bought him a version of the original Mercurial, which was worn by the legends he worshipped.

“From that day, I started playing with them on the pitches in my neighborhood and in my club, Braine-le-Comte," he recalls. "Before that, I didn’t have football boots. And since then, more or less, I have been wearing Mercurial."

International Debut

After moving to northern France at 15 to start his career with Lille via the club’s academy system, it didn’t take long for Hazard to get an international senior side call up at the distinctly un-senior age of 17. With only a couple of professional games under his belt, that first cap came as a substitute in November 2008 with the Mercurial Vapor IV on his feet. “I think I got 15 minutes in the end, and it was a great experience for a 17 year old – to get to join all the big names from your country,” he says. “The first game for your country is always special.”

Last Game for Lille

Having developed into a budding world-class player during a seven-year stint in France, Hazard was voted player of the year in his final season. Wearing the mango makeup of the Mercurial Vapor VIII for his last game, he scored a memorable hat trick for Lille. “I wanted to finish in a good way because everyone knew I was leaving after the season,” he said. “The game started, and I think I got three goals already in the first half. In the end, when I was substituted, I saw a lot of Belgian flags in the stands and I saw all the people who came to see me."

According to legend, that match was played after some premature celebrations the night before. Hazard laughs at the memory. “It wasn’t a party but we knew we’d finish third, so we said we would go for an evening together. It’s true that I didn’t sleep a lot before the game!”

Chelsea Debut

Despite a nerve-wracking relocation to London, Hazard scored in the first exhibition game and first league game wearing the unmistakable contrast of the Clash Mercurial Vapor VIII. He remembers those summer 2012 moments vividly. “In general, that time was like a dream, to play at Stamford Bridge, to score and to see all the fans — not just in the stadium but also after the game. To see the fans in the streets celebrating the game was something very good for me.”

Hat Trick for Chelsea

Another benchmark with Chelsea arrived when a more experienced Hazard scored his first Premier league hat trick for a 3-0 victory in early 2014 while wearing the Speed Control assisted Mercurial Vapor IX. “I’ve only scored one hat trick with Chelsea, so I remember it well. We were playing at home and everything worked out for me. I was flying on the pitch. Everything I tried seemed to work.”

Title Winning Goal

For Chelsea fans, bright red on a Mercurial X might represent glory, but for the self-critical Hazard, even 2015’s league title the winning goal didn’t meet his standards. “Yes, I scored the goal for the title, but before the goal, I missed the penalty,” he notes. “I took it but I missed, but I got lucky that the ball bounced back to me and I finished with my head. It was not the most beautiful of goals, but the goal was important.”

That penalty technique is still very much in development. “I have my style — waiting for the goalkeeper to make a move first," he says. "I think now I need to change my penalties a little bit because all goalkeepers know how I shoot.”

The Favorite Goal

Despite his exacting standards of what constitutes a glorious goal, Hazard has his favorites and notes one stunning shot during a London derby as a standout. That February 2016 masterpiece captured the player's style and technique and showcased the Mercurial Vapor XI. "That is always a massive game," he says. "They are a good club. We lost the first game we played against them so we needed to get revenge, and we won 3-1."

He explains: “I tried to bring the ball forward. I dribbled some players and then I just tried to finish. I was a bit lucky in the end with the finish, but the most important thing is that the ball went in.”

INTRODUCING THE MERCURIAL ULTRA FLYKNIT VAPOR

Hazard's Mercurial memories are still being made. Making significant progress since his ankle injury earlier this summer, the Belgian has been working tirelessly to make up for lost time. "When you’ve got an injury you always want to be back as soon as possible, and that means you have to put in all the work necessary to get fit again. I’m a professional, and if I need to work in my holiday I will work in my holiday,” he explains. “It's part of the job and at least now I’m training on the pitch again.”

On seeing the lightweight Nike Mercurial Ultra Flyknit Vapor for the first time, Hazard saw new potential. “I said ‘Wow!’ because I think they look great and they are perfect for my style of football. I think these boots are special.” And despite his early career successes, Hazard still has big plans for the coming season. "I want to win many trophies and maybe even the Ballon d´Or. That would be great.”

With a greater understanding of new manager Antonio Conte’s philosophies and strategies, plus a remarkable chemistry that makes up one of the most fearsome attacking trios in the league, it’s understandable that this star is aiming high. “We want to win something big with Chelsea and that is always what we want in the start of the season,” he says. “It is never easy and this year is no different, but we have great players and we have a great manager. So we are ready for the season.”

On being asked what the opposition makes of Chelse’s high-speed attacking line-up of Hazard, Willian and Pedro, Hazard says he isn't sure. “I don’t know. You need to ask them," he says. "But we are lucky to have such great players on our team and we can switch positions with one another, so I guess it might be difficult for the opposing defenders – but that´s their problem!”

There will be 2,500 pairs of the limited-edition Nike Mercurial Ultra Flyknit Vapor available in triple-black, and 1,500 pairs available in a black/metallic gold colorway on nike.com and at select retailers.

We have just finalised the subject of special chrome Puma ONE, when the model was officially released, and we already have a similar topic to be excited about. Silver cleats were a special edition already, but this... this seems to be even more special. Special squared?

We’re pleased to present gold colourway of Puma ONE. It’s made the same way as the previous one (synthetic upper instead of leather) and has chrome lacquer on the sole. Only the colour is different. What is the reason for Puma to use this special shade on cleats? We have only one idea. Is it possible that Usain Bolt, who declared his love for football countless times, will show up on a pitch? Or maybe you have some ideas? Share them with us!

Last week we showed you Puma One cleats for the first time on TEPY.PL. Well, it wasn’t the first time in general, but the first time we physically had them in our redaction and were able to share our impressions on the model – you’ll find them HERE. The connection with that article is limited, however, because today we may be presenting the model with the same name, but the shoe itself seems like a completely different boot. A unique one so far, may we add.

The limited edition of Puma ONE was made for Antoine Griezman and recently has been officially presented by Puma. The footballer himself hasn’t used them yet – during his last match he was still using EvoSpeed – but he’s already posted picture of them on social media. A keen eye can easily spot special ID placed on the upper. Brilliant work!

As we mentioned when commenting leaks of this boot, the upper of the silver ONE is synthetic, unlike all the other. We wonder if we’ll see other boots like this from this silo, or if this will be the only one before the premiere of One 18.1 (we wrote about them HERE).

As it often happens, a footballer sponsored by a brand posted a picture of his newest treat on Instagram. We love these occasions, because they give us amazing opportunities to take a close look at special cleats, so different from what we can buy in shops. The most recent chance was provided by Cristiano Ronaldo, who presented his Superfly V.

The said shoe was a part of Lock In, Let Loose colourway, the most recent one worn by CR7. As always, we attach pictures of Chapter 4 as well, in this case the version with a lower collar. Ever since Superfly IV was presented, Portugal’s crown jewel has been wearing this modified version. At first sight this is the only significant difference, but who knows of what materials is his boot made?

Of course, we can see more other examples of personalisation, such as CR7 signing on the sides. An unusual one, written with a font we’ve never seen here before. Let’s remind that it’s time to start wondering about what the next generation of Superfly will look like. After all, we’ve already seen Hazard testing new Vapor (CLICK), so it’s definitely a good idea to start paying attention to Ronaldo, who seems to be the first person capable of providing us with interesting leaks.

The end of the last week was not only the end of leaks concerning adidas’ Thunder Storm collection, but also the moment when Messi first used his second special NEMEZIZ colourway during training. Our readers won’t be surprise when we say that the new composition is the blue-white one.

What’s interesting, Messi put them on for training, but so far adidas didn’t officially say anything. We guess they are waiting for sites such as ours to make some noise before they officially confirm anything. Not that they would ever admit that, officially they disapprove leaks and don’t want people releasing info about their products before they do. Well, not everything in life makes sense.

Anyway, if their number one player is already using them, it means that everything is ready. We have even seen close-ups which show personalisation on Messi’s shoes. We always look closely at such photos and look for any differences. Here, the back of the boot is made in a completely different way that the serial composition, which causes abrasions. Why not do that for every shoe?

This week begins with a piece of information, which turns many of late leaks into reality. It’s still not an official press release yet, but this is one hundred percent confirmed, because we’re dealing with real shoes we can see in shops. Although... It’s a bit more complicated – we’ll get to that.

The German producer presented three new colourways for their three top models. Not surprisingly, the one omitted it Copa 17. You have seen all of these shoes on TEPY.PL, some of them more, some less often. That shows perfectly which models are the most popular ones and explains why it is sometimes so hard to get hold on leaks of cleats made by less popular brands. In this case, we’ve shown lots and lots of X, some NEMEZIZ and only a little of Ace – this is how the popularity looks like, in case of these silos.

The name of the collection is Thunder Storm. “Storm” is a common thread in recent adidas collections: there were Dust Storm, Magnetic Storm... And now this actual storm, coming in a form of a limited edition. An interesting pattern!

We feel like we want to write as much as we can in this article, just to create more space for pictures - that’s how beautiful the new collection is. And it’s worth noticing, that their good looks cannot be simply pinned on usage of popular, nice colours. adidas did a great job with the design, one that would be sold on eBay for loads of money even if this wasn’t a limited release.

adidas' greatest stars probably won’t play in these cleats, but we’re sure that many other people will be pleased to buy them, just like back with Magnetic Storm. Moreover, we are sure that many players, for example Suarez, will be really disappointed to hear that they won’t get to advertise this collection on their feet.

Recently we’re had a chance to inspect closely one of Puma’s new models. Those who follow our articles and social media know, that we have some serious problems with this company, but luckily we managed to borrow one pair from a shop that happens to have this rare model – Puma ONE.

We have shown you many colourways in our leaks, but there are more important things that design. Quality has always been our top priority and that’s exactly what we want to focus on in this article, after examining the shoes closely in our redaction.

The upper is partly leather and partly synthetic, with an unusual proportion of both materials. In most cases, only the front of the shoe is leather, but here the natural material reaches far to the central part of the boot. That makes ONE a truly “leather shoe”. What about the quality of materials? The leather is sufficient, but we definitely wouldn’t call it elite level. It’s soft, but when touching it, you can feel unnaturalness. The synthetic is thinner than it looks and uses support of a heel counter and some other, hidden elements. But its quality is far less important.

The collar/tongue part is interesting, because it replaces the standard tongue, reaching far into the shoe with its knitted material. It creates a surface holding a foot tightly fro above and from sides, which is a really good idea. Of course, this is just Puma trying to catch up with the fashion and release an overdue boot, but at least they managed to do it well. Another fine idea was improving a lacing system, where classic holes are mixed with loops anchored near the sole. We think this solution will work very well on a pitch.

But there is a shortcoming – the shape of the front of the shoe could have been designed much better. Leather is soft, most likely tensile, and has very few seams. That will most likely result in a limited feeling of a ball and the front will most likely loosen in time. Perhaps we’re wrong, but our experience tells us this is exactly what we can expect from this construction. On top of that, the sole seems cheap and too stiff. Honestly – it’s really far too unyielding.

Puma ONE is an interesting model, mostly because it’s new. Of course, don’t think of our opinions as of ultimate truths – we haven’t tested them after all. But in most cases we are right about those things, so...

More samples! :) How many of them did we see this week? If you haven’t read the previous articles yet, we recommend catching up and moving on to this piece. Today we honour an old adidas model, Predator Pulse. You can find its serial edition in Zaki’s collection, see if you can spot it in this video – CLICK.

You may not see this at first, if you’re not well familiar with a standard release of this boot, but it’s clear that at first adidas had some other plans for it, before they decided on the final version. In samples, the differences between the left and the right shoe are better visible. The most obvious one is the tongue, which has different colours on both boots. But that’s not all!

Rubbers on the instep have different colours as well. And another thing – different insoles! We can’t believe that the laces are the same colour!

A few days ago we showed you a rare treat – we were the first ones in the world to present samples of X 17.1 in leather. Usually when we manage to find some pictures before anyone else, it’s about models which have not yet been released, but that situation was quite the opposite – the model was made in the past and never put on the market.

Today we have similar news for you. We showed you before a white X17.1 from Dust Storm collection, now it’s time for something more recent – yellow shoes from Ocean Storm. They are made in a similar fashion as the previous ones. As of right now, they are probably one of a few pairs made worldwide.

X17 was released relatively recently and we think these leather samples could have been made only for the first quarter after the premiere. We’d be honestly surprised to see more of such leaks further in the future, because adidas must have killed off the idea of leather versions of X17 not long after making these samples. Which makes today’s titbit even more special!

On TEPY.PL we have always enjoyed playing with colourways. The society of people interested in cleats warmly welcomes modifications to official designs and attempts of making some original colourways. We ourselves do that every now and again too. Among others, we’ve shown you our version of Phantom II for Lewandowski, EvoSpeed for Kuba Rzeźniczak. This time we decided to try making a shoe designed for one of Polish clubs.

We chose Lech Poznań, a team from Ekstraklasa, because of their sponsor – Nike – and one of their footballers. Darko Jevtić is currently one of the most important players of Lech. We value him highly because of his impeccable technique, visible especially during warm-ups, not to mention that he uses Vapor, which makes him an obvious choice for our photo-manipulations.

We created a special edition of his cleats and put his club colours on it: white and blue, accompanied by bits of yellow. The last shade has a historical meaning, because it used to be one of the club colours in the past. But that’s not the only reference to history! Bucks are Poznań’s symbol and used to be a part of the city’s crest, so inspired with reflective stars on the swoosh of Vapor XI from Time to Shine collection, we put the heads of bucks on the upper. On top of everything we added simple ID with a name of the player and a flag of his country. We sent our project to Darko Jevtić, we hope He likes it!

Over a year ago, adidas released X16, a model which still celebrates its success thanks to a new-old generation. It was a boot which, like on the market of lifestyle products, made adidas equal, perhaps even better than Nike. This quality and success are something we’re well familiarized by now, so adidas is now putting all their marketing efforts into NEMEZIZ.

We are sure, that this is a good choice – NEMEZIZ is not only a new model, but, most importantly, a very good one (at least when it comes to professional models). That is enough to understand why they would like to make as much noise about the shoe as possible and we actually encourage them to do so. All of us, cleats-freaks, love new models more than anything, especially their limited editions.

There were plenty of them back in X16 and it seems that the German brand wants to pull a similar trick with their most recent silo. In the pictures we present a leak of a future colourway, which will most likely be released as a non-serial edition. Something similar to recent silver Ace 17 and brown X17 (CLICK).

The colourway is really interesting and very well fitted into the consistent upper of NEMEZIZ. All the even colours look great on it and they leave a lot of space for chosen graphic motifs. The designers have a lot of ways to show their skills, which suggests that we may expect many more interesting options coming soon. And by the way, this composition shows that we were right when we said, that the whole “bandage” upper is just a trick, because we can’t really see it here, right?

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As you know, we ourselves try to participate in charity actions, like when we donated Barcelona t-shirt with MSN autographs for WOŚP, we also have a rule that we can cancel your ban on our market if you make a donation to a foundation. In this article we’d like to mention somebody else’s good heart (of course cleats are involved).

Footballers of MSL Philadephia Union visited a hospital for children and met kids fighting cancer and some who have already beaten it. Each footballer worked with one youngling and together, they created designs for cleats, that those footballers would later wear. Once they were done, the designs were passed on to Kickasso, a man known for his artistic customisations of cleats. He turned those projects to reality. 

On the 23rd of September the players will hit a pitch wearing the custom boots during a warm-up before the match against Chicago Fire. They will change after to make sure, that the pictures on the boots are not destroyed. After the match each one of them will sign one boot from a pair and the kid who created the design – the other. Then they will exchange the shoes, creating a permanent bond between the younglings and their idols.

We thought that the story will end with a charity auction, which would help raising money for medications, but we like the idea – doing something simply for those kids. We congratulate the authors of the action and are full of appreciation for the cleats. Well done!

You remember how in a text about leather X 17.1 (CLICK) we said that samples are going to be a common guest in this week’s articles? We have prepared some treats connected with both some new and some really old models and now it’s time for the next one.

This boot takes us back about 17 years, to the beginnings of Mercurial’s successes. As you know, names of the levels change every now and again, especially when of cheaper models. The level from Mercurial known today as Veloce used to be called Talaria and used to be much closer to the professional level than it is now. In fact, many people had problems telling the two top levels apart!

To the point. We came across a picture of cleats, which are described as samples and are really unusual. Their name is (according to the tag) Mercurial Rapid and we admit that it has us confused – we don’t remember such a model. The upper of Talaria was always similar to Vapor, but used different materials. Apart from the stripes arranged in waves, there was a delicate graphic pattern, same as we can see here. The sole was made of different materials.

But this sole uses the exactly same materials as Vapor. If we consider this shoe in terms of quality, we’ll get something between Talaria and Vapor, which were similar anyway. It’s been too many years to find out what the story behind these shoes was, but we’re still glad to find such a treat anyway.

Last week Nike presented a new collection called Rising Fast. A few days later we borrowed some models to take a closer look at them and give you our first impressions. After all, it happened before, that a shoe in reality was completely different from what we expected after seeing pictures.

We are normal “clients” just like you, so it’s not surprising that our attention was immediately caught by Mercurial. The moment we’re writing this article, only Vapor is available and it looks really great. We think that because these colours are so rarely used for cleats, whenever they actually do show up, they make a great impression. The leading shade is something between grey and blue and was used before, about... 16 years ago in Vapor II!

Pink is an unusual colour, when it comes to Nike, so seeing it used even for small accents brings out some nice memories. There is something we didn’t see in earlier pictures – is glimmers and changes its colour depending on the angle. We like to call it “the chameleon effect” and we’re pretty sure it was used in one of Vapor II colourways as well.

Another model we’re really fond of and mention it a lot is Magista Opus. Magista – because these cleats are usually the brightest ones in a set. Opus II – because it’s a good quality shoe which is really underrated. Which is surprising, because the first generation was a big success. The upper of Opus II was modified at some point, which improved the quality a lot!

And which colourway is your favourite? Let us know!

Today is the first day in a series, when we’ll be showing you samples - shoes made earlier and for presentation to show owners, which often come out “publicly”. The interesting thing about samples is that often they are quite different from the final versions, sometimes even they are the only versions which are actually released. This is one of such cases.

X series is a curious thing when it comes to leather uppers. In X15, the leather version turned out to be a disaster and a shoe completely different from the one we’re familiar with. The only exception was Etch Pack. X16 had a regular leather edition, though not available in all collections. The most recent X17 doesn’t have a leather release. But that doesn’t mean, that there weren’t plans for it!

What we see in the pictures is definitely a leather X17.1 Dust Storm. It’s made just like its brothers from X16 – most of the shoe is synthetic, only the front is leather. We wonder why adidas didn’t give a green light for this model after all. Not enough shops ordered them? Or maybe just a simple change of plans? Interesting!

Articles on TEPY.PL are always more interesting, whenever they are made with help of our readers – our common passion gives us real power. Recently we posted an article on X 17.1 from an upcoming Pyro Storm collection made by adidas. In comments below the post we saw a surprise – a picture of the said shoes made by one of our readers, who has samples of the model, leaked from the Polish adidas division.

There is only one thing we can do in such situation – ask him for more photos, so that we can we can show them to you. Let’s remind, that the shoe is a part of an orange collection. Unlike in Ocean Storm, where X in this design was only an alternative version for a bright, garish design, is seems like this is the only one available.

We are really lucky, when it comes to this collection. Months before the premiere of NEMEZIZ we showed its orange release, which has turned out to be nothing else but Pyro Storm. We also found pictures of Ace 17 (CLICK) and, quite recently, orange Copa 17 (CLICK).

This article covers not only the latest Umbro collection, but also the brand itself. Paradoxically, we’re going to talk about Umbro because we’d like to talk more about shoes themselves, but we simply can’t.

Umbro has just presented the most recent collection for cleats, called Bluefish. It consists of UX-Accura in a black version with only a few blue accents; Velocita 3.0 with the same colours in reversed proportions and new Medusae, which you can see in the pictures. All of them look rather interesting, but as you know, we care more about their quality.

Valocita and Accuro were discussed on TEPY.PL many times before, you might have even seen a video with the later. Both models are symbols of the past prime of the company and a foreshadowing of changes – the new generation of Medusae. In our opinion, it’s a shoe which should never see daylight, one of the top candidates for a list of 5 biggest mistakes of 2017.

The problem of Umbro is their failing quality, not just in terms of shoes but their work in general. Our Polish distributor doesn’t deserve to be called a “partner” and we’ve known that for a while. Their actions – or the lack of them – is below any reasonable level. In one of their mails, Miggroup described “plans for 2017” when it comes to cleats. We wonder if we’ll see anything happen before December, because so far everything’s silent. On top of that, there is a case of people in headquarters, who are not professional enough to even send photos of their own product. That’s why in the article about whiteout of Speciali Eternal you saw only a sad picture with text instead of real photos and today you can only see little picture of “bluefish” collection.

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New Balance Football has today revealed that its latest Furon and Visaro boots are now available in the popular Blackout and Whiteout colourway.

Furon 3.0 is designed for players that step onto the pitch for a single, momentous opportunity, defining the outcome of a game by devastating the opposition’s defence. Furon players use their skills, blazing acceleration and devastating strike accuracy, to produce quality on the ball in critical moments.

A lightweight-engineered hybrid mesh with zonal support frame allows a cleaner strike for deadly finishing. Engineered with a lightweight TPU/Polyester mesh upper for explosive power and ball feel, the Furon encompasses a Fantom Fit selective melt process which forms fused areas on the boot for increased durability, structure and support around the foot. A data designed REVlite foam insert provides directional in-boot traction, targeted for acceleration motions and cushioning.

Complementing the release is a Blackout and Whiteout version of the Visaro 2.0, the boots for players who take to the pitch for one reason; to dictate the play. With movement, passing accuracy and game changing creativity, they influence the game everywhere, all the time.

The Visaro 2.0 features data driven Hexaprene control and strike zones and an athlete inspired pro form last. A one piece form fitting moccasin construction helps to deliver ultra-precise long and short passing, as well as game changing invention. Data driven multi-directional stud placement, an engineered soleplate with lightweight chassis, and Fresh Foam midsole unit all contribute to outstanding dynamic maneuverability and enhanced comfort.

General Manager of New Balance Football Richard Wright said, “The Blackout and Whiteout boots have been phenomenally popular since the launch of New Balance Football, so we had to continue with these striking designs for the latest editions of Furon and Visaro. We can’t wait to see them on the pitch this season.”

Last week’s articles brought us many curiosities. One of them was a citation of New Balance, which is not a common thing. When a company does something right, we should mention it. When they do something exceptionally innovative (even if we can so far only guess that from some pictures), it’s worth to put some extra effort and praise them after confirming earlier suspicions about the new product. That’s why we decided to check out, if Furon 3.0 is really as good as we assumed it’d be, so we asked New Balance to send us a pair for tests. Here come our impressions!

We wrote an article about NB’s youngest child and our expectations towards it, you can read it HERE. We also mentioned a leather version of the shoe (HERE) and you can expect to see some leaks of two other colourways coming soon on TEPY.PL. You’re all probably thinking “but are they even worth checking out?” and we’re eager to answer – yes, they are. As usual, we were right in our guesses and assumptions. Moreover, our careful analysis revealed some new interesting bits, which we didn’t see in the pictures, along with some questions and potential weak spots, which we can’t deal with without full tests.

Let’s start with the positives – Furon 3.0 seemed to be a well cut shoe, which holds a foot in a tight grip, and that has proven to be true as soon as we put it on. Not too wide, not to narrow, without any deformations and weird solutions which would stand in opposition with logic or physiognomy. Especially the synthetic version of the upper is stunning, with its soft and elastic material, appropriate for the top level shoe, but most importantly with a huge cushion in the front. It’s construction is not like anything we’ve ever seen in cleats.

When we touch it, it feels like a soft, delicate mesh, which is often used for jogging shoes. We don’t know where it comes from, because all the material surrounding the cushion is greasy and synthetic. Underneath the mesh (which is probably way more resistant than it looks) there is a spongy material (we guess!) and the main frame of the shoe. We honestly have no idea how the transition between the soft and the hard part of the upper works, but we can’t deny that it does. The cushion is perfectly soft (but not too soft either), elastic, doesn’t affect the bending area and doesn’t cause any deformations, which often appear with such constructions.

Some more cushions can be found on the sides of the boot, where they have a different function – they are harder, more stiff and dense and they ensure that those areas are hard and padded. 

It’s the little details that we like most in New Balance Furon 3.0. There are some tiny, cleverly designed holes in the tongue, which improve the air-flow and some little cushions, which make us feel like our feet are in decent but delicate grip. Visually, the model doesn’t disappoint either –reflective accents are something that can only improve our already good opinion about the shoe.

After the first analysis we must admit, that New Balance Furon 3.0 stood up to our expectations and looks really promising, even more so given the rather unfortunate history of the brand. That’s the kind of progress we always welcome. But there are some elements, which can potentially become problems – right now we’re not able to test them ourselves. One of them is the lack of padding in the back of the shoe, replaced with a protrusion just below the collar, which is meant to stabilise a foot. We fear that in this kind of footwear proper padding is essential, and when its omission may cause grazes. Another question is raised by the arrangement of studs, which seem to be weirdly close to the main axis of the sole and far from the edges. We doubt it’s the most optimal solution, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will result in problems with traction.

These two potential defects stop us from putting Furon 3.0 in the shelf with the very best models, at least for now – it may turn out that they very well deserve it. We have a leather version in our redaction as well, which we’ll soon describe in our TEPY TALK series on YT. If you’re not already subscribing to our channel, you can fix that here:  https://goo.gl/V1QUgf

NEMEZIZ football cleats are obviously the apple of adidas’ eye. Once again we witness a situation, when this model is released before all the others included in a given collection. The German brand has just presented one of the most anticipated models of this August – the yellow NEMEZIZ 17+ 360Agility, which all of our regular readers should already be familiar with.

These cleats were the leading roles of countless leaks, but that doesn’t make them any less interesting. They catch an eye and are a perfect match with our tastes, mostly because of some silver elements, which we didn’t spot in earlier leaks. Still breathing heavily and slightly drooling because of NEMEZIZ, we slowly start to think about other models we should be awaiting. 

As you know, a Pyro Storm collection is heading our way, with orange as its leading colour. So where does this yellow NEMEZIZ come from? Good question. We don’t think they foreshadow the next collection, more likely they supplement the previous one. Interestingly, NEMEZIZ is not the only model which was given two separate looks in one set – X17 also was released in an alternative version, though we can’t say we’ve seen the dark shoes with yellow dots anywhere in Polish shops.

New football boots are always a reason to rejoice, but when they are as good and as pretty as this NEEMZIZ we simply have to stamp them “tepy mark of quality” and recommend them to all of our readers.

After an earthquake caused by a leak of a brand new boot Puma Netfit, there comes another big news, this time dealing with a new generation of Puma ONE – 18.1. As you can see, not only the shoe is going to be changed, but the nomenclature as well, so that it will match the one used for Netfit.

Following adidas’ footsteps, Puma will most likely start using a system which uses a combination of a number corresponding with the year of premiere and a number informing us about the level of the shoe. These names are simple and clear, but we hope that the brand won’t copy a silly idea of keeping a shoe alive next year, when the name won’t fit. And as we wonder about learning from adidas’ mistakes, we start thinking intensively about the premiere.

Releasing a new generation of ONE at the beginning of 2018 would be weird, as it would give its predecessor only a 6-month lifespan. On the other hand, presenting new models in January is a solution to the problem of messy, not fitting names. Who knows, maybe Puma will now start making new generations at the start of each new year?

As you can see, we have a synthetic upper here, which suggests that this is a prototype of a special edition. The main, standard, leather one still remains a mystery and we’re really eager to get our hands on some leaks concerning it. We like seeing new models, but we admit that from the very beginning  we’ve been rather sceptical about ONE, so we’re not too excited about them.

We mentioned a prototype of Nike Mercurial CR7 chapter 3 (released in November 2016) a few times already. As you know, originally the shoes were meant to look differently than the final version and were meant to use the effect known from the last, special edition of Hypervenom Phantom’s first generation – colour of the upper changes when the boot gets warmer.

So far, we only showed you Vapor and thought that it was the only prototype Nike has made. In the previous article on them, we linked a video showing how they change their colours, you can find it HERE.

Apparently, Nike has also made Superfly in this version. Whoever manages to get these shoes is sure to have one of the most interesting and desired prototypes ever made. The transform effect is still something highly valued. And by the way, did you notice that both Vapor and Superfly which we found are in AG version? A little titbit :)

Recently, Umbro has been lying low, not releasing many cleats. We can’t even remember what they presented before the most recent blue-yellow collection (check them out!). There used to be times, when Umbro showed something new almost every month, but well... everything changes. Another one of their colourways has just been released – maybe they’re getting back in shape?

This is one of the boots that the redaction of TEPY.PL simply cannot dislike, it’s just too beautiful for that. This is a classic from the British brand’s offer, Specialy Eternal. The shoe has been on the market for a long time, so we’ve had plenty of changes to praise its quality and company’s general approach towards this baby.

The most recent of Umbro’s models, Medusae II is in our opinion a disaster, both in terms of quality and visuals, but this shoe is a completely different story. Once again we see a proof that simplicity can be the best way of making good-looking boots. As you can see, they are completely white and so (for those who don’t know it yet) we call them whiteouts.

Umbro Speciali Eternal is a model which has not been changed a lot in all the years since it’s been released, but Umbro has ways to still make it look fresh. Part of the success is probably the fact that new designs are released rarely, but that doesn’t diminish designers’ excellent taste and intuition. All it would take to completely destroy this miracle is a single idea like “why not colour the tops of teh studs black?”.

We are definitely not the greatest fans of this model, because we doubt it has much to offer in terms of quality. As it often happens, these kinds of shoes are really interesting as leaks, not so much as a real shoe.

But we feel obliged to mention that Under Armour released the second colourway for Spotlight. In case you don’t remember, that’s the model with a zip.

Even this new colourway doesn’t get us excited; we still put the UA cleats in the same category as we do New Balance. But NB recently released a model called Visaro 3, which we like a lot, and so it seems that Under Armour is now far behind anyone else and remains the company which just said “hey, let’s play football” without any further research or plan.

We’re always pleased whenever we can write on this topic. All the cleats custom made for football stars are always an interesting topic, the more so the more alterations. And recently there have been quite a few examples of substantial modifications.

One of the most recent ones was Bale, you can read about his boots HERE. Another piece is connected with a Hoffenheim player you may not recognise, Andre Kamariæ. He posted a picture on his IG, showing his new X17+ Purespeed. As you can see, the heel has been heavily tampered with. The material, which normally hides below the outer part of the upper, remains on top and reaches far to the heel. We’re interested about the reason for this change. What problem did the player have with the standard version? This modification alters the visual side of the boot as well.

And while we’re at it, we stumbled upon another picture showing Bale’s adidas X17. It’s a heavily modified white Dust Storm colourway, completely different from the standard release. The border between the outer and the inner part of the upper is only made for show, and in fact a whole shoe is a single piece. One thing is certain 0 we have to pay attention to the Welsh :)

Maybe you noticed or just read it on TEPY.PL that in the past few collections adidas omitted a certain model – Ace 17.1 L, a version without collar and with a leather upper. It was not a matter of a new generation, the shoe simply disappeared out of the blue.

We are very fond of this boot, we even think it may be better than 17.1 Primeknit, but many people seem indifferent towards it and most likely hence the cancelling. As you can see, the model has been made for the upcoming colourway, but whether this is only a prototype or a shoe that will eventually hit the market, we don’t yet know.

As time goes by, more and more articles concerning leaks of future colourways are focusing on adidas’ new collection. You’ve already seen the orange set known as “Pyro Storm”, for example in THIS article on NEMEZIZ 17.1 TR.

It seems that two boots in the pack are going to be bright, two other dark, just like in Ocean Storm pack. In that collection, X and Copa were the brighter ones, and this time it’s going to be exactly the other way around.

In the pictures you can see Copa 17.1: black and orange, perfectly fitting the spirit of the line. Unfortunately, fitting far lest most customers’ tastes. But still, there is a silver lining, because the quality of leather in different Copa 17 varied, and this one seems really good.

Shoes for walking or light training copying designs from cleats were never our favourite topic, but adidas, especially their NEMEZIZ line, is starting to change our minds. Even more so when we realise, that we’re not talking about some extremely expensive boots, but something that many people who have certain cleats may actually buy as a matching product.

NEMEZIZ 17.1 Trainer we have shown you before in our TEPY TALK channel on YT, so you probably already know quite a lot about it. You know that soon another adidas collection will premiere, with orange as a leading colour. NEMEZIZ from that pack should also be familiar, because a long time ago we shown them as the first site in the whole world, when we were discussing our first impressions on NEMEZIZ 17.1.

What you see here is a matching TR version. What’s interesting, in the first release, black and white Dust Storm, the three adidas stripes were black, while in normal cleats they were yellow. In this edition the situation has changed and they all have the same colour. Unless of course what we see is a sample, which will still be modified.

Paying close attention to training pitches can result in loads of benefit, because it’s the place where we’re often able to gather information about upcoming models. Chelsea fans who keep a watchful eye on their team might have spotted a little curiosity on a pitch (of course if they’re interested in sport footwear).

Eden Hazard, a person closely tied with Mercurial, not Superfly, but Vapor, has recently been seen training in blackouts. That gave us an idea, that he may be testing the next generation of Mercurial, which Nike has probably already finished and not gathers footballers opinions and special demands.

Unfortunately, pictures are low quality and not matter how hard we try, we can’t say much about these shoes, which most likely are Vapor XII. The only detail which stands out is a taller tongue area. Apparently, Nike had a different idea than Zaki, when we presented his idea of what Vapor XII could look like (check it out HERE), but it still looks promising.

It hasn’t been long since adidas’ new collection in characteristic yellow colour was released. The name of the set was Ocean Storm pack. Along a very bright X we’ve seen an alternative, which is practically not available in Poland. We’ve known all these shoes as leaks before and tried to fit them all in our calendar. And now that we have them, it’s time for the red ones!

Pictures showing one of the future colourways of the German company’s most popular shoe have been leaked. The design is really similar to the alternative version of Ocean Storm. Above you can see the top level version, X17+ Purespeed. Interestingly, the yellow collection included only professional model, while here we can also see 17.3.

What does it mean? Either the cleats have nothing to do with the yellow pack, and simply have a similar pattern on the red upper, or there is another scenario. We like their design, but it’s not really breathtaking. Just like we said about Ocean Storm collection, in this case we also thing the shoes would look much better if they were brighter.

Last week we wrote about the premiere of Nike’s Academy Pack, a collection of black cleats, released about once a year. If a model has not been upgraded since the premiere of the last Pack, it is released once again in the exactly same design. That’s why we’re always much more interested in the models which were released meanwhile. This year’s premiere brought many excitements.

Recently, Nike has not been officially announcing premieres of their new collections, as since the shoes often arrive in shops late, it’s hard to pick one, explicit date of premiere. We thought that AC pack was officially released last week, deducing this prom photos released back then. We also thought, that this pack lacks the cleats with a “sock” – Dynamic Fit collar.

It turns out, though once again we cannot be 100% sure of this, that premiere took place later. The boots are still not available in Poland (at least not when we’re writing this article), but we know that, fortunately, the collection consists of all professional models after all, including the ones with collars. All the cheaper models are, as always, not available in this edition.

The most interesting bit is obviously Hypervenom, which has never had a chance before to show up all in black, unlike Tiempo, which already had its limited, black edition. Blackouts are a subject not meant for everyone, but those who are into it will surely go crazy about these shoes. Soon, we hope, we’ll be able to buy them in Poland as well.

Yesterday Nike officially presented a new collection of their football cleats called Rising Fast. It’s one of those unusual releases, which don’t stand out from the standard editions, but which have hidden depth in them. The name of the collection is “Rising Fast”, and after the Academy Pack, the American concern makes a clear reference to their juniors.

This collection will be worn only by Nike’s footballers born in 1995 and after, which explains why we haven’t seen Robert Lewandowski using it. But all the exceptional young players will surely use it well not only on professional fields, but maybe on pitches visited by our readers as well.

We always try to describe not only a collection in general, but each model separately. In this pack we like thepopular Superfly V most. It has one of the brightest “socks” we’ve ever seen in DF type cleats. The silver sole, known from Time To Shine collection, looks amazing here as well and the only think we’d change is make a clear separation between the inner and the outer parts of the shoe, like Nike used to do in first release of this model. And perhaps the shoe could be a bit brighter.

Magista is definitely bright enough. Almost entire upper of Obra II and lower models is grey. Magista is usually the shoe with the most vivid colours, like in yellow Lock In, Let Loose pack. Hypervenom we like the least here, but that still doesn’t mean it’s ugly. Phantom with its separated parts of the upper is bound to have certain looks, though we suspect Nike may abandon this rule soon, as they did with Mercurial. Let’s hope so, Hypervenom could use that.

Tiempo Legend still uses black, once again set in the front of the shoe because of leather. It’s not a necessity, and we don’t expect Nike to use this trick forever, but it’s hard to tell how the change will affect the quality of the material, which so far has been outstanding. The sole is interesting, we think it may be silver, like in Mercurial. If that is the case, it would make Tiempo our second-favourite in this collection, at least when it comes to visuals.

The fact that professional footballers use different shoes than are available in shops is hardly a secret to anyone. Not everyone uses the possibilities offered by brands that pay them for using specific boots, but some people use their special privileges a lot. Not that we blame them, we’d do exactly the same thing in their position. Most recent pictures revealed some interesting curiosities concerning cleats of Real Madrid’s players. Let’s take a closer look at them

Firstly, for some reason Marcelo showed his shoes on a press conference, our guess is he did it for the sake of advertising. As you can see, the upper is much different from what we know. It has a standard tongue, and just that itself already changes the construction of the boot a lot. Lacing system is standard, not based on loops sticking out of the shoe. We can only imagine all the other, less visible changes applied to this model. For one thing, the material of the upper of this X17 is nothing like the one we use.

The next titbit appeared after a match Real vs. Barcelona and with it, things went completely crazy. Bale’s cleats not only have a standard tongue, but also an upper with dimples like the previous generation of X used to have. There is also a TPU stripe hardening the front of the shoe, which has never been used for any of these models. The collar is different than in Marcelo’s shoes, as it is placed also behind the top of the tongue. In our opinion, such a construction must hold a much tighter grip on a foot than a standard X17.

As always, all we can add here is how awfully jealous we are!

Not so long ago, we’ve had a key moment in history of New Balance on TEPY.PL. After writing some positive words when the company was making the first appearance in Poland and when we took part in a meeting with Aaron Ramsey, there came a long wave of sharing our opinions about their shoes. And these were mostly below average, definitely not the level we’d expect a brand this important to present. But recently NB managed to release cleats which, for a change, seem really promising.

We’re thinking about Furon, the third generation of which in synthetic you might have seen HERE. The brand follows this lead and releases an alternative, leather upper for this shoe. After a good reception of the green “threes” in standard edition we’re really pleased to be able to take a look at this version as well.

It seems to be another model which we’ll be able to approve. In our opinion, the most vital role of cleats is to not handicap. We often see boots clearly made by people who know nothing about football, but Furon 3 is most of all a product without any obvious faults, which is already an achievement.

The leather edition doesn’t disappoint either. No special effects, but we weren’t expecting them anyway. As long as leather is decent quality, and it looks like it is, things should work out. Sewings are well placed, the shoe is generally attractive and seems to be well designed. We don’t often get to write this, but well done New Balance, keep up the good work!

It’s been a long time since we had a chance to discuss sample differences in cleats. But today we got a chance and intend to use it, not only showing you catalogue pictures, as we usually do, but also some “live” samples of the product made for presentations. Can you see the difference between them and the final versions?

Samples are boots made in quantity of a few hundred pairs worldwide about six months before the official premiere to allow sellers visiting Nike headquarters to see what they are ordering. Sometimes they differ from the final versions of the products, and our job is to point out those differences. In this case it’s mostly the swoosh, the Nike sign. The shoes in shops had it completely black, the samples have a white gradient on it. You can compare it on the pictures of Phantom III.

There are other details as well, clearly visible on Opus II. The cleats had a rather even, smooth, white front, while the samples’ upper are grey in what we call the “control zone”. We encourage you to follow such subjects, as you are surely able to find even more details such as these. Some of our readers are very keen on helping us with that, actually.

Last few editions of adidas’ cleats all had names connected with storms. There was Dust Storm, Magnetic Storm and Ocean Storm. And where storm is, there must also be thunder, the theme of the German brand’s future collection. From what we’ve heard, it’s going to limited both in numbers and in silos.

To be more exact, there is only going to be one model, just like when cleats for Confederation’s Cup. The cleats we’re talking about are X17+ Purespeed, which clearly have some lightening patterns on the upper. Visually, they strike us as a mix of Turbocharge from the previous generation with Ocean Storm from the current one.

The shoe looks stunning and the fact that it’s limited only boosts the attractiveness. Let’s hope that it will reach all the markets, where a lot of cleats-freaks are waiting for them. We count ourselves among them and already start counting down days to the premiere – even though we have no idea when that will be.

Some time ago we brought up a fun fact connected with Mercurial prototype, Vapor XI. It was meant to be the first concept for what the third chapter of Cristiano Ronaldo’s history written with cleats – simply CR7 Chapter 3. We weren’t the greatest fans of the official release, but this one... that’s a completely different story!

Do you remember Hypervenom Transform? Take a look at THIS video. That was the last colourway made for the first generation of Hypervenom Phantom and had a fascinating property of changing colours when temperature changes. When “cold” the shoe is black and dotted, but when warmer it gets green.

It’s a shame that in the end this solution have not been applied, but this prototype gives us some proof that Nike at least considers using it again. We can hope to see it in one of the upcoming editions. It would be great, because this trick deserves a better design than we can see above – it is interesting, but not as visually striking as it should be.

Nike doesn’t slow down, even if they move quietly. Recently we wrote about their Tech Craft collection, which was officially released but somehow missed the spotlight. Another boot that mostly stays in the shadows (though this one was supposed to) is Premier. Not long ago the second generation was released, and two colourways for it have already been released, not counting the one with Anti-Clog (described in THIS article).

Nike has just revealed yet another edition of this classical football boot, for the first time with a white upper. This colourway reminds us of one from the previous generation, from the cheaper version of the shoe, Premier SE. The visual change in this shoe, in a form of the tongue, makes it a bit similar to Tiempo. This set appeared earlier in the fifth generation and two limited releases.

We wonder if the American brand intends to keep up with this pace of new releases for Premier. It doesn’t seem likely, because as much as we find the shoe interesting, it’s not really the top league and obviously is not as popular as some other models. And perhaps it should be, as you’ll learn soon from upcoming episodes of TEPY TALK on YT, where we’ll present both the first and the second generation.

It’s only been days since we speculated about next evoPOWER VIGOR colourway (in THIS article), and in the meantime the German brand managed to surprise us with a new composition for their cleats. In the said article we presented a colourway similar to the previously released black-red one, hence the idea that that composition would be next in line. But apparently we were wrong and before that collection, there came an interlude – a lovely one, we must say.

This is the most recent version of Puma evoPOWER VIGOR cleats. It’s very bright, but it’s not too garish. This kind of red may seem rather common, but it’s actually a rather rare guest on cleats, especially as a leading colour, responsible for our visual reception. This composition is stunning, which is a nice change, given that VIGOR usually leaves disappointed when it comes to how it looks.

Let’s remind that sadly Puma decided to shut down evoPOWER and replace it with a new model called Netfit. You’ll find and article on them HERE. It makes sense that the mentioned yellow-dark blue cleats are not the only ones about to come out. After all, there’s still a lot of time left before the end of the year and we can expect to see at least a few more models, even if Netfit was about to be released in December.

To make a proper introduction, we should remind you that Sergio Ramos’ cleats have been a subject of our articles many times before. Last year he flirted with adidas and was spotted wearing X17. This time Real’s player doesn’t go as far as changing a sponsor, merely a silo. 

Last week many of you sent us pictures showing Real’s training session and it’s clear that Ramos was using there a very interesting combination of yellow Legend VII and Phantom DF from the same collection. Later in the training he only used Hypervenom. Those revelations made us observe him very closely.

And we were right to do so, because that was not the end of surprises. During a recent training Ramos was once again using Legend from Pitch Dark, a version with Anti-Clog sole, which is a rare thing in this model. We don’t think we’ve ever seen such a mix before.

What’s next? Trainings are one thing, but official matches are another. The time for Supercup came and Sergio was once again wearing Legend VII. It’s really unusual, because Pitcch Dark is not the most recent colourway, and stars as grand as him tend to use the latest releases. We wonder how the story will develop, especially because Ramos has been associated with Tiempo for many years. What can these tests mean? We doubt it’s just about the model, because Nike could tailor it to any players needs.

In one of the previous articles we foreshadowed a new colourway of Puma’s evoPOWER and the shutdown of the silo. We also mentioned a brand new shoe, which the company is going to launch in 2018 or towards the end of 2017. Today we’re pleased to present them for the first time as a blackout made for Puma’s contracted players.

The name of the model is Netfit 18.1, where the level is clearly marked the same way as in adidas’ shoes. As you can see, Puma decided to introduce a solution used for the last 6 months in indoor boots to cleats as well. It’s not incredibly popular, so to remind you – THIS is what we have in mind.

The main theme is a mesh with many little holes instead of typical lacing. We choose through which holes we put our laces, which allows better adapting of the shoe to the unique shape of our foot. A lot depends on the quality of the material of the upper, but there’s not much we can say about that before the premiere. Another thing that strikes the eye is a strong heel counter and a popular nowadays tall construction without a typical tongue.

All in all, the model looks quite promising, but we’re not visualising it as something new, but as a replacement. It’s meant to fill the space left by evoPOWER, which makes us seek for continuity with evoPOWER VIGOR. And not many people may realise that, but it means a really big challenge for the new shoe.

Clearly, Puma cares more about keeping up with the trends than about introducing something with substantial quality increase. Netfit system has it’s pros, but their importance in football may not be as great as in other sports. We find the new cleats interesting, but we’d like them a lot more if they were added to Puma’s offer, and not used as a replacement for evoPOWER. And if they have to replace something, why not ONE? :)

You might have missed this, because the cleats we’re discussing today hadn’t made it to all the shops yet, but last week Nike released another collection of their shoes. About once a quarter the American company presents leather editions of all their cleats. There are some exceptions; the last time they actually released the whole collection was in last November and consisted of completely black boots. We last mentioned this topic just after the premiere of Hypervenom, when the third generation was given their first leather version. Because that’s what Tech Craft is (in case you don’t know): shoes which are normally synthetic, released in leather.

The new collection is not only interesting because of the changed material, but also because of the choice of colours. Apart from Tech Craft Pack, Nike has one more collection released occasionally, the Academy Pack. These completely black are released about once a year. This time, it seems that the Americans decided to join these two concepts and present us with a special edition of “academic” leather cleats.

Surprisingly, this collection comes with some limits – top models Superfly, Obra and Phantom DF are not available. We didn’t see that coming, given that rumours about Obra II in this version have been spread around the Internet for quite a while now. But perhaps Nike intends to release this collection in parts and we’ll still get to see these. Moreover, some other rumours mentioned Premier being a part of the set as well, even though we can’t see it on the list either.

What we don’t expect to see is Tiempo. When Nike released Pitch Dark we thought that Tiempo which fits the pack was the first one to be released, completely black and limited. But later it turned out that another edition came out, which was a far better match with the pack. But in this case we think that the lead of beautiful black Legend VII is a correct one. That limited edition suited this Tech Craft perfectly.

Especially when we consider the quality of these products. The last Tech Craft wasn’t too brilliant (apart from Legend VI), but this release seems to be using good quality leather. Visually, our reception varies. Phantom III is really nice, but Vapor comes to us as slightly repulsive. Apparently th eleventh generation was not meant for leather.

For now, we have to put our ideas and opinions on hold until the collection arrives in shops. We’ll do our best to verify our first suspicions and show you these models up close.

About a month ago we showed you Mizuno Morelia Neo cleats in one of the future colourways, here and on our YT channel in TEPY TALK series (available in Polish HERE). Time’s up! The Japanese brand has officially presented the said cleats and used the occasion to remind the world what their strongest suit is.

It seems that a few Japanese websites were invited to factories that produce Made in Japan cleats, the best shoes offered by the company. Visually they may seem similar to cheaper, also professional models, but the quality is from a whole different world.

In the pictures you can see the production process. Wherever it’s possible, cleats are handmade by employees’ smart hands. Not only the process is different than usually, but the materials as well, most importantly the incredible skin of a kangaroo. Morelia Neo visible in the pictures is also the lightest high quality shoe in the world.

Don’t get a wrong impression from the number of pairs visible in the pictures – in the whole world there are relatively few of them. If any of you decided to buy a pair, you can probably see it in this very photo.

On Monday we described adidas’ latest collection called Ocean Storm. In THIS article you’ll find all released shoes. And as promised, we chose one model that we like most and described it in detail in this article.

Not surprisingly, our pick was a bright X17+ Purespeed. X17 is adidas’ most recent generation, which is basically the same as the previous one. X16 gathered very impressive reviews and so adidas decide to play it safe and simply refresh the visuals a little, leaving the construction unchanged. The name is different as well – the number has been increased and the top level changed from Purechaos to Purespeed.

In the pictures you can see an SG version, but standard FG and rarer AG are also available.TPU studs are added to the cleats, which allows us to use them in natural surface as well. Apart from that, Purespeed set consists of a bag and a cool, solid box.

The sole of 17+ Purespeed is covered with a lacquer, which is one of the most important elements that make this edition so visually striking. As a sticker informs us, the effect disappears after a few uses, but we can enjoy it at least for a short while. And even without it, Purespeed is gorgeous. The simple upper, the collar... all of them great! Let’s add to the mix the fact that this model works excellently on a pitch and as a result we get one of the best football boots available.

We have to admit, that Diadora seems to have mobilised their forces, as they appear more often in cleats-media. Last week we mentioned two interesting models created by this Italian company – a re-edition of Match Winner and a special synthetic version. You’ll find more in THIS article.

But that is not all yet! The company from the land of pizza released also an alternative of their remake of an old shoe known from the World Cup 1994, worn by Roberto Baggio. The name of the composition is white/corsair.

The new version is much “cleaner” in reception. Let’s remind that a this re-edition harks back to an old model but uses modern materials. There are plenty of historical elements on the upper, like the “94” number on the heel or Italian colours.

Here is another offer from the founder of TEPY.PL, who since recently has been designing all kinds of shoes. Usually we focus on cleats, but Zaki has spent some time with simple walking shoes and some more elegant as well. Not so long ago we presented on TEPY.PL concept arts of next Predator or Vapor XII, but today we have something completely different for you. It has some football themes and it will surely interest all the girls following TEPY.PL :)

In 2008 Nike released a limited edition of Mercurial SL completely made of carbon, which made history when Cristiano Ronaldo himself played in them during the finale of the Champions League in Moscow. Today, those shoes are a collector item. Zaki tries to design all kinds of shoes, so he picked up this idea and decided to connect it with something completely separate from the world of football – stilettos inspired by the limited collection of Nike cleats.

The upper of this shoe is supposed to be made of carbon; you can also see a pink sole and strings in the same colour, which serve as loops for lacing. The spike heel is synthetic and has a hardening like carbon cleats. There is also a nod towards performance based elements in a form of hardenings on the sides just behind the area where toes bend. We are sure that ladies could use that form of stabilisation as well :)

We promised that this week we’ll publish some articles with more detailed analyses of cleats. We know you are all probably waiting for X17+ Purespeed, but we decided to start with another interesting model. Please welcome Copa 17.1 in TF version.

This boot is a part of a recent Magnetic Storm collection, which we enjoyed a lot and which set the bar really high for many of the next compositions. But Copa 17.1 form this pack is more than just good looks, more importantly it’s great quality, which is always our prime interest. Before the premiere of this model, the best classical indoor shoe in adidas’’ offer was Mundial Goal. Now, with a new shoe worth over 600 PLN, the situation seems to have changed. 

The upper is almost identical to the one used in top level cleats (in terms of construction). The back is synthetic, the leather front has a characteristic shammy stripe to toughen the boot. The tongue is thin, rolled out, attached inside with two tapes not to the upper but to the sole, which means that the upper will be holding a foot substantially tighter.

The most important feature is obviously leather, its quality to be exact. In cleats, Copa 17.1 uses top notch materials and this model is no different. When compared with other indoor and turf boots, we would dare call it one of the very best in the world. There are Mizuno, but they are extremely rare, and Mundial Goal is definitely worse.

The sole is rather standard, apart from one detail, which is important also in terms of appearance. We can clearly see a white stripe, which indicates the same material as in running shoes from BOOST series. Athletes’ most valued system found its way to football and is used in the areas most exposed to overstrains during a dynamic run. It improves comfort and decreases strain on our joins and tiredness of our feet. Usually, we prefer when black shoes are completely black, but this is an exception. Copa 17.1 in this edition looks absolutely stunning.

As expected, this model is really interesting and has more to offer than we had expected before we took them in our hands. Not to mention that this edition is visually striking and fits the model perfectly, which will surely not go unnoticed by clients. Is it worth all the money? Well, it’s not cheap, but if we’re not extravagant with this model, than with which should we be?

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Lukas Podolski recently debuted in J-League – Japanese league. This country is known for almost fanatical interest in football, but rather few world class players. In most cases it’s European footballers who decide to move to Japan instead of retiring. But there are exceptions.

Older readers of TEPY.PL may remember Captain Tsubasa, a Japanese animation from 20 years ago that used to be broadcasted in Poland on Polonia 1. Whenever the show was on, all the pitches and playgrounds were suddenly empty and football emotions were experienced in front of TV. We think that Lukas Podolski, who spent his childhood in Poland, may share the same fond memories as we do.

In his first match on Japanese ground Podolski wore an unusual set of cleats – adizero IV with Tsubasa on the upper. Not only is that an old model, but more importantly this customisation is one of the most original we’ve ever seen a top level footballer wear. We think that all the local fans were thrilled to see him like this, as were we.

In an article covering adidas’ new collection we promised to continue that topic and write more about the colourways we’re still awaiting. We’ve seen quite a lot of leaks, but recently even adidas’ footballers make us more confused instead of clarifying which boots we can expect to see next in shops, and which we’ll still have to wait for some more. The biggest problem seems to be colourway for X17 which you can see here.

Not only have we seen it on countless pictures, but also one of adidas top players tested it on a pitch, and not just during a training session but in a real match. James Rodriguez, the said footballer, used this composition of X17+ Purespeed in a match against Liverpool.

We can think of two scenarios. First: these cleats will be released really soon as an alternative version of garish, yellow X17. Second: they are a part of the next collection. This option makes sense especially after we’ve seen first leaks of yellow NEMEZIZ. In that case, the next pack would consist of cleats with similar design as the current, but with inverted colours. Bright X and Copa will be darker, while NEMEZIZ and Ace will become “light bulbs”.

We’re pleased to return to the subject of Puma and another leak of their cleats. We are not too enthusiastic about ONE, but evoPOWER, which we recently received from company’s Polish division, is a completely different story. A new, black-red edition came up not so long ago, and yet another one, with a similar design, is already on the way.

The colour is different, which completely changes the reception of the upper. Black and red have been replaced by yellow and nicely complementing it dark blue. The silver, shimmering logo remained, improving the already impressive design. The pattern on the shoe once again reminds us cracks in dirt, perhaps in some volcanic areas – though that concept made more sense with the previous set of colours.

The cleats are really good, but there is a bad news accompanying them – Puma intends to shut down the silo soon, as they did evoSpeed or evoTouch. That last one was a relatively young model, so its disappearance was not such a shock, but this is a completely different story, especially when we treat evoPOWER as a successor of Powercat. Cancelling this model is a bold move, which leaves Puma with nothing but Puma ONE and a new model, Puma Netfit, about which we’ll write soon. All in all, the situation doesn’t look well.

Some time ago, a new person has taken charge of Puma’s cleats department – we’re not going to point their name, as we’re only interested in their actions relating shoes. What’s interesting though, is that that same person used to work for adidas and we wouldn’t be surprised at all to find out that they were the one responsible for ending Predator. The revolution in adidas was not warmly welcome and we have a feeling that Puma is going to fall for the same mistake.

Last week adidas presented a new colourway for NEMEZIZ, about which we wrote in THIS article. As expected from all the leaks of other models, we didn’t have to wait long for the rests of the collection to come out as well. We did know that they would be released soon, but we weren’t sure which boots exactly as a part of this pack; we’ll write more on this topic later this week. For now, let’s focus on the latest treats from the German brand.

The most important model, the one that premiered the earliest, was NEMEZIZ. This time, the shoe is toned down, mostly in dark colours, with only splashes of brighter colours visible here and there. There are other more vivid shoes in this set, but NEMEZIZ will still have to wait for its brighter release, for example like the current X silo. Frankly, we’re not too keen on this colour, not to mention that by now we are a bit bored with it, as this was the first colourway of this model ever leaked. Nevertheless, the quality of the shoe is splendid, as we described in detail in one of the TEPY TALK episodes on YouTube (available in Polish HERE).

In our opinion, the prettiest item on the list is definitely X17; especially its top release, 17+ Purespeed, looks splendid. We can’t take our eyes of it! Zaki has already praised them on his profile, but we are also going to discuss them in a separate article.

Copa, which since recently has to battle a serious opponent in a form of Nike’s Premier II with Anti-Clog (you’ll find out more about them HERE), shares X’s set of colours. The boot looks fine, these bright shades will surely help to convince anyone who is not into leather, that Copa is a shoe worth buying. Most of these people are young and like vivid cleats – well, here they are!

The last boot, Ace, is made in style similar to NEMEZIZ’s. Purecontrol and all the cheaper models are dark and only have some brighter elements near the heel. What’s curious, Ace 17.1 Leather was once more not included in a collection, which is a real shame, given that it’s a really interesting shoe. Even Vincent Kompany has recently shared on Facebook some of his thoughts on how bad is when marketing considers only what clients buy most, which in result often makes good cleats disappear.

This is a really nice treat coming from IG user Mania_expert. You may remember how we posted countless pictures of unreleased models created by adidas. We created whole series of articles about that and one of the most interesting boots presented back then was a special edition designed for Africa Cup of Nations.

Mania_expert has just posted a “live” photo of adidas F50 adizero IV in the very same colourway. To remind you: back then we had three models: adiPure, Nitrocharge and Predator. You can find old articles about these cleats HERE, (in Polish) HERE.

How many times have we already written about adidas Glitch, an interesting model put together from parts like old TUNIT? In a few months adidas managed to released over twenty colourways and made it possible to buy them not only in the UK, but in Germany as well.

Two latest colourways were called Pyro Skin and today’s is a continuation of that series. We don’t know why they are given the same name, as we can’t see any obvious connections between them, but as long as they are this beautiful – we don’t really care. This is our favourite so far. Simply wow!

But as always we have to add – so what? adidas releases these cleats in two countries and thinks that makes the shoes more mystically limited and will score them come points. But for us, limited editions can mean a thousand pairs, not two countries. That is simply the easiest way. That’s why we decided it’s time to ban Glitch and we’ll only mention them now if we get a good reason for that.

Concept art – another chapter. This week is filled with our attempts to show off as designers. We had a NEYMERxPREMIER crossover (HERE), which is quite nice but not so creative, and there was something far more testing and gratifying – a concept art of the next adidas Predator, which you can check out HERE. Zaki decided it’s a lot of fun to design future editions of cleats, so he’ll probably try and do just that every now and again. Today we’re presenting another one of his attempts.

This artwork shows a pair of cleats which could easily become the next generation Nike Mercurial Vapor. It is yet another legendary model, which surely requires a lot of consideration on producer’s side. It simply cannot be messed up, or the fans will rage. There are a few elements that characterize every Vapor. There needs to be a certain Nike spirit and the soul of this silo, it needs to be light and quite simple, but also handle innovation and don’t fall even a step behind in the race of progress. On one hand, Zaki’s project is very calm, on the other – it’s bold.

Starting with the looks and conception: this is a reference to the launch composition from the eighth generation. It’s not a coincidence, because Zaki assumed that Nike would return to that ultra-thin upper, which provided the best feeling in the history on this model. Nike abandoned that colourway just after two colourways! As you can see, there is a collar, much shorter than in Superfly and the area covered with Flyknit is different as well. The design assumes that it’s time to put Vapor on the same level as Superfly – for which Zaki has some ideas as well and maybe he’ll share them at some point.

The upper is mostly bright, it brings together fashion, Nike’s history and the progress in improving bell feeling, but the really interesting thing is the sole. It’s like from a different universe completely, joining fibreglass and transparent material. Graphically, it won’t be as striking as on the mentioned earlier Predator, but let’s remember that this is a much harder matter. We assume that the sole of the next Vapor would be transparent, with a proper insole inside.

Do you like the direction this model is headed? Would you like to see Nike releasing something like this? We think this shoe would meet fans’ expectations, make a lot of noise and guarantee good quality. You can order this artwork on a poster, contact Zaki HERE.

A phrase “New Balance released new cleats” is usually the only part of the article you’d read, because why waste time on something that will probably be just another disappointment? Today, we made sure to put in the title something that would draw attention, to encourage you to spend a few minutes on this text and see if New Balance started to learn something about football and managed to, for a change, release a good shoe.

In press release we find everything about how they are designed for improving speed and blah blah blah – yeah, which cleats are not? The important part is whether the design managed to pull it off and was then manufactured well. As you can see, the new Furon reminds us of Umbro UX-Accuro or other similar ideas from years ago, Maestri or first releases of evoPOWER.

On the synthetic, spare base (which could be really thin then!) some pads have been placed. They are not too thick or too tall, someone has given some thought to them for sure, because they didn’t turn the shoe into a cheap marketplace treat. They are separated in the right areas to make sure that toes can be flexed easily. It seems that some hardening elements have been used here as well. It seems that we’ve found the first good New Balance model, the one which doesn’t seem to be designed like “tralala let’s do them cleats tralalala” but instead in a really professional way.

Well done! With a few improvements, the next generation can finally use the brand’s potential and become a real player on the market.

PS. New Balance released this colourway also for Visaro, but let’s not write about that... :)

This day had to come! After the first rumours showing that after a controversial shutdown of adidas Predator the company intends to renew it in 2018 we have finally gotten the first leak. It doesn’t present the most interesting to us top model, but its importance cannot be underestimated, as it shows us, what direction adidas decided to take.

We have written many times about this model before and we’re vividly interested in the subject. Just a moment ago we presented you with our own visualisation of what renewed Predator could look like being consistent with the history of the silo and fans’ expectations, created by Zaki, the founder of TEPY.PL. You can see it HERE. It’s not a place to dwell on the quality of the project, but we can say for sure that it was a Predator as it should be.

Apparently, adidas had a completely different idea about this model. Their design has nothing whatsoever to do with real Predator and we cannot understand why they bothered with changing the name at all. These cleats, after we skip the story about model’s resurrection, are nothing more than another modification to Ace. We are honestly taken aback by this profanation and giving them the name of Predator. Surely, the top level of this shoe may prove to be extraordinary, but does it have to use this name?

We are all we familiarised with these cleats by now, either by having experience with playing in them or at least by seeing them in countless pictures. The premiere took place some time ago, we don’t recall any special events accompanying it. If there were any, we didn’t get an invitation. But that doesn’t mean Nike doesn’t have all the interesting bits hidden somewhere, the king of we’re seen during the premiere of Hypervenom III in Munich. Pictures of some of their prototypes and we must say, they are absolutely amazing.

There are plenty or things that catch our attention, but it’s impossible not to start with... a Tiempo with a sock, or a Dynamic Fit collar, as we should call it. If we knew before, that Nike intends to make this shoe in this version, we’d be outraged and we’d declare this to be an end of the silo. A change as painful as a synthetic Predator. But now, when we actually got to see them, we are charmed by the prototypes. The collar is short, which changes things a lot. If you look at the model closely, you’ll notice that it’s actually just... Tiempo Legend VI with a collar. One element and it changes so much...

But that’s not the end to the revelations. Take to underside of the sole, for example. Can you see how deep those carvings are? They look like fingerprints. They would surely by a nightmare to get cleaned, but then again isn’t that innovative? It could raise traction on a pitch to a whole new level. We’d love to test that!

In another picture we can see a model without any synthetic fill-in under the upper. This version of the shoe would surely provide improved feeling of a ball. And yet another, which is basically the final version of Tiempo Legend VII from Pitch Dark pack, but with gold border, which was skipped in the serial release. As it often happens, what we cannot have is what we desire most. Each and every one of these prototypes stole our hearts!

We have already mentioned this before, but now we have some new photos to share, and besides we are really fond of these cleats, so we’ll write about them again. In case you’ve missed it (which is not impossible, given the brand’s little effort put into marketing): not so long ago, Puma has released a new model of cleats, Puma ONE. They are quite similar to evoTOUCH, leather, “tall” and so far available in two colourways – a launch white and a black one.

It seemed that ONE will only be made as a leather shoe, but apparently the second most popular of German cleats-companies is going to follow some trends set by their prime past and release a very interesting special edition. Its silver colour is definitely our thing and it makes us gladly remind you of this release.

Some new photos have been leaked, showing the shoe in its full glory. More leaks usually mean a premiere getting close. We’re hoping that with this new colourway we’ll start seeing more people wearing these shoes, not only those few Ekstraklasa players who get their boots for free. We wonder how many top level models were sold in Poland and how many of them Puma has simply given away. This ridiculous situation is a result of poor distribution and late deliveries in our country.

You might have noticed, that we give you more and more articles on TEPY.PL connected with designing. The reason for that is because Zaki decided to try and start creating his own projects of cleats, but truth be told this is hardly our first encounter with graphics, as we published some of our photoshopped versions of cleats before. Today it’s time to reveal something we’ve created inspired by Nike’s latest release.

We decided to play with the new Mercurial colourway designed for Neymar. We often adore limited editions, which are manufactured only in the smallest quantities. They are the biggest treats any collector can imagine, but everyone else, who doesn’t get to buy them, can also enjoy just looking at them and, in some cases, drawing them. We decided to take the design of this model and put in on another model, quite unexpectedly – Nike Premier.

They came to our minds because Nike has recently presented their second generation, though here you can obviously see the first one. We are thrilled with the idea of contrast: Vapor is a synthetic, modern shoe, and here it is combined with a classic model. In our opinion we did a fine job and every fan of cleats will appreciate it.

And there is something else: such a project consumes a lot of time and we feel that the effect could be used in some way, instead of vanishing somewhere on the net. That’s why we decided to launch a new service, which will allow us to share our passion even more. You can order this picture as a wall poster in B2 size, that is 68 cm x 48 cm. We’d like to spread this idea, here’s a trick: the poster costs 99 PLN, unless you share THIS post, in which case the price will only be 49 PLN (shipping already included in the price). If you’re interested in ordering simply reach out to us on TEPY.PL fanpage or on Zaki’s profile. And take a moment to see also another poster with a concept art of Predator we have in offer, you can read more about it HERE.

New Balance Football today officially revealed the third edition of its Furon boot collection and a new colourup for the Visaro boot silo.

Furon 3.0 is designed for players that step onto the pitch for a single, momentous opportunity, defining the outcome of a game by devastating the opposition’s defence. Furon players use their skills, blazing acceleration and devastating strike accuracy, to produce quality on the ball in critical moments.

The new Military Dark Triumph Green / Alpha Pink colour boots have been designed with accuracy and acceleration in mind. A lightweight-engineered hybrid mesh with zonal support frame allows a cleaner strike for deadly finishing.

Engineered with a lightweight TPU/Polyester mesh upper for explosive power and ball feel, the Furon encompasses a Fantom Fit selective melt process which forms fused areas on the boot for increased durability, structure and support around the foot. A data designed REVlite foam insert provides directional in-boot traction, targeted for acceleration motions and cushioning.

The boots will be showcased by Belgium and Everton player Kevin Mirallas, who said, “I’ve enjoyed working with the New Balance product team to develop the Furon boots, they have been designed firmly with the attacking player in mind. The boots fit the way I play on the pitch and are very comfortable. I can’t wait for the first game of the season and to get these on the pitch!”

Complementing this release is a new colourup for the Visaro 2.0 boot worn by Aaron Ramsey, Yohan Cabaye, Joe Ledley and Massimo Luongo. Visaro players take to the pitch for one reason; to dictate the play. With movement, passing accuracy and game changing creativity, they influence the game everywhere, all the time.

The new Energy Lime / Alpha Pink colour Visaro features data driven Hexaprene control and strike zones and an athlete inspired pro form last. A one piece form fitting moccasin construction helps to deliver ultra-precise long and short passing, as well as game changing invention.

Data driven multi-directional stud placement, an engineered soleplate with lightweight chassis, and Fresh Foam midsole unit all contribute to outstanding dynamic maneuverability and enhanced comfort.

Crystal Palace midfielder Yohan Cabaye said, “I’m really excited for the new season to start, and to kick off with this fresh colour of the Visaro boots. The boots continue to look and feel great while suiting my style of play. This colourway is definitely standout; I’m sure football fans will really like them.”

General Manager of New Balance Football Richard Wright said, “With the Furon 3.0, we’ve continued to work closely with our pro players to develop the boot range, evolving it and enhancing it for the elite attacking player. We are excited about the new version of the boot. I am looking forward to seeing our pro players and park players making waves on the pitch with the Furon 3.0 and new colour Visaro next season.”

A new model should be presented earlier and with more spotlights. Take a look at how adidas released their new NEMEZIZ before the rest of the collection. Umbro did a similar thing – last week we wrote about their new Medusae II, you’ll find the article HERE.

Unfortunately new Medusae are not particularly stunning; their best part is actually a really funny advertisement with Pepe. Umbro’s youngest child strikes us a symbolic fall of the brand – perhaps not in their claim to some parts of the market, but in our personal reception of their shoes. Luckily, their older boots are still in offer.

A year ago we bought and shipped to Poland a pair of UX-Accuro. We had to go to such lengths, because in our country the distributor didn’t even have a single pair at their disposal, so we didn’t even bother asking them about the latest release. Too bad, because the design of Accuro is brilliant, cleverly masking the construction with an extravagant pattern. Very likeable! Well done!

There is also Velocita III, the second youngest of Umbro’s boots, which we now think was a quiet foreshadowing of what’s coming. We don’t like them as much as we liked their predecessors, which were really brilliant, but visually the latest release is not bad at all. Fans of Arka Gdynia will surely not be disappointed :)

Last week brought us some interesting twists, which we decided to sum up in one article. Everything concerning contracts between footballers and their sponsors and what follows.

Mesut Ozil started with adidas as a youngster, then moved on to Nike. Then one year adidas “stole” quite a lot of players from Nike, including Mesut. Since then, he has been their bright star, who provided us with loads of titbits on a pitch. This time is no different, as he was spotted training in Ace 17+ Purecontrol from Ocean Storm collection.

Is seems that we’re about to notice a top level transfer: Paulo Dybala, who played for adidas for many years, has been seen a few times wearing blackouts of Puma ONE. Our guess is that e signed a contract with that company and he’s about to change a sponsor. A good treat for Puma, because they can’t pride themselves with too many footballers on that level. And we cannot help but wonder, why give him blackouts, if we all know what the model is anyway. We all read TEPY.PL after all :)

The last but not the least – a nine year old! Some of our younger readers may not be familiar with Kluivert, a former star of Barcelona and Netherland’s national team, a forward with many goals scored. But today we’re focusing on his nine year old son, who is an Instagram star and who signed a contract with Nike. The man in the picture is no other than the founder of the company, Phil Knight. And what was your greatest achievement when you were 9 years old?

A few weeks ago the world was shaken by the news that adidas intends to reintroduce the legendary Predator silo. The hype was huge from that very moment and will only grow as we get closer to the end of 2017. Soon after the first rumours were being spread, we published THIS article about enormous expectations and interest in this model, and how because of their policy adidas is now facing the biggest challenge any company ever had to deal with. What they have to create is more than just a new generation of a substantial shoe. Much, much more.

Predator is not a model you just know, by its status, legend or quality, it’s something you have to feel. Something you grow up with, experiencing for so many years, something with a history and countless ties to events and people. Unfortunately, first rumours suggest that Predator is about to be a next step from X and Ace in getting things weirder. In general, we don’t mind anyone having this approach, but with this model we think it may be a beginning of a downfall.

We decided to try designing new Predator ourselves basing on the works of the few years separating us from the last edition. Creating projects of cleats is by now as natural as breathing for Zaki, but a need of fitting into clearly set boundaries, remembering about countless details which are absolutely NECESSARY and facing the great expectations makes this design far more challenging than one could ever expect. It’s definitely something different to just let yourself get lost in your imagination than it is to follow some strict guidelines.

Above we’re presenting the concept art of the next Predator. As you can see, the shape of the shoe remains in its classical form, with a leather front – an element obvious for any far of the silo – and the middle part of the upper made of Primeknit. Tongue-area would be made of a stretchy knit replacing a traditional tongue, which was only added here in a rolled out form of a soft piece of the upper fixed with a burr, as homage to the whole line.

The bottom of the shoe has multiple elements stabilising a foot, most important being small frames of red material reaching far up on the sides of the upper. They are well rooted in the history of adidas and their clima-cool system. Many ventilations are composted into the sides and they allow a foot to breathe more easily. Another intriguing element is an extra hardening made of transparent material. It’s stretchy in the areas most exposed to overstraining and therefore it slightly improves the general usefulness of the shoe.

How do you like this Predator designed by Zaki? It took many hours to create them, but without feeling competitive we hope that the product released finally by adidas will turn out much better than this one :) A full description of this model can be found on footballbootsdesign.com, a web site containing All of Zaki’s projects.

Last week, adidas surprised us with releasing a new collection for their football boots. Well, “collection” may not be the right word for this, not yet anyway. Messi and his friends presented a new, already well known composition, which we now know is called Ocean Storm. Clearly, adidas decided that their compositions in 2017 will all be somehow connected with storms and we admit, so far it’s working really well.

The new NEMEZIZ is adidas’ crown jewel. This colourway was the first one to be leaked when it comes to this model, so we’re well acquainted with it by now. That’s why it’s so surprising, that it was released as the fifth one! The pace of presenting new designs for NEMEZIZ is really impressive: in two months we saw the launch black and white composition, white-red one for women, Messi’s edition and the last black one from Magnetic Storm pack. Not bad at all!

To be honest, we’re not overwhelmed with this release, but we can forgive that, because we’re still not quite over the outstanding quality of the shoe, which is far more important. 17+ 360Agility which Zaki bought has proven to be remarkable. This composition is less likeable than the previous ones, but adidas still puts there something to catch an eye, as we can judge even from the photos. The season is about to start and the brand must give their best!