The adidas 'Finale Rome' was unveiled in the Eternal City by former Roma player Rudi Voller and Bruno Giordano, once of Lazio, in the shadow of the Colosseum.
It features the stars commonly associated with the standard Champions League ball, but takes a palette inspured by the traditional Roman colour burgundy with gold detailing around the stars.
It features the stars commonly associated with the standard Champions League ball, but takes a palette inspured by the traditional Roman colour burgundy with gold detailing around the stars. Mosaic figures representing key sporting and Roman values such as speed, teamwork, justice and power are featured in each star.
The ball will be used at the final in the Olympic Stadium on May 27, with at least one English team likely to get to grips with it.
According to the science garb, the ball is based on that used at Euro 2008 and features 'the innovative surface structure PSC-Texture'. It carries on (an no, this isn't in Italian): 'This surface structure allows players to control and direct the ball perfectly in all weather conditions.
'The PSC-Texture consists of a sophisticated and extremely fine structure on the ball's outer skin that guarantees optimum grip between ball and boot. 'Due to the usage of this material, the ball texture feels like goose bumps. The adidas Finale Rome is constructed out of 14 panels using revolutionary Thermal Bonding Technology.'
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