When World Cup games kick off in Qatar, the best players on the planet are passing, heading and shooting with the new “Al Rihla” football, whose glossy design offers state of the art speed and accuracy, according to its maker Adidas.Millions of the Al Rihla balls — the name means “the journey” in Arabic — have been shipped from a factory on the secluded outskirts of Sialkot, a small industrial hub in northern Pakistan, where the German company’s contract manufacturer Forward Sports runs one of the world’s largest football-making operations.
当世界杯(World Cup)在卡塔尔拉开帷幕,地球上最优秀的球员们开始使用新款足球“逐梦之旅”(Al Rihla)进行传球和射门。据其制造商阿迪达斯(Adidas)介绍,这款足球光滑的设计提供了最高水平的速度和准确性。