Nike Football Adverts

[Wavant]

Just clocked, that was Roger Federer playing ping-pong with Rooney.

PMSL

Nike went IN.

KJAH

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GF

GFGGH

DFG

FG

GD

SHET!

[Drift]

that was epic

smh @ dinho not going to the world cup

[MrJibbles]

Had to watch this a few times and Nike went for it;

*Drogba

*Cannavaro

*Walcott

*Rooney

*Evra

*Ribery

*Federer

*Bryant

*Ronaldo

*Homer

*Ronaldinho

*Ferdinand

*Diarra

*Howard

*Donanvan

*Fabregas

*Iniesta

*Pique

*Nilmar (I think)

Couple I've missed

[Michel Kane]

I swear the #14 Brazilian was Thiago Silva?

[Uncle Man]

smh @ dinho not going to the world cup

?hes a wasteman

[RaiKkoNen]

Tbh Dinho's a wasteman, had a decent season, has shown that he still has it at top flight and should atleast command a spot on the bench. Who the f*ck are Brazil bringing on for inspiration in those tight games where the teams park the bus? Kaka is solid, but Ronaldinho will make something out of nothing, not saying Kaka can't do that, but better to have 2 players who can no?

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On topic, advert is sick and I love football.

[Flojo]

Dinho hasn't had the best season but he still has the ability to produce moments of magic that win games.

Dunga is filling the current team with clones of himself which will make Brazil pretty solid but low on creativity, especially when there's doubts over Kaka's fitness.

Man like Baptista is gonna be kicking ball at the World cup while Dinho is knocking back mojitos somewhere?

Fuming.

[CRACKHEAD]

Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu

(21 grams / amores perros / Babel)

him and nike >>>>

[Guest Wheres Wally]

dear o theo

[Agony]

Bare man got hit by the Nike ad curse

Drogba - Got injured before the world cup when his elbow got tiger knee'd, didn't leave the group stages

Cannavaro - Finished bottom of the group

Walcott - Where's Wally?

Ronaldinho - Where's Wally Ronnie?

Rooney - "32 - Wayne Rooney has lost the ball by being tackled in possession more often than any other player at the 2010 #worldcup finals."

Evra - Captained a sinking ship and drowned

Ribery - He drowned too

Diarra - Didn't get a chance to drown cause everybody loves Raymond's training f*cked him up

Ronaldo - 1 good game against N Korea then ko'd by Spain

Ronaldinho - Where's Wally Ronnie?

Ferdinand - Heskey fell on his leg

Howard & Donanvan - Donanvan had a good tournament but these guys got a 2nd round knockout punch that left them seeing black stars

Spanish guys got lucky. Lost against the Swiss but they shook off the curse so far

Robinho has a great tournament so far but now he's filmed a scene for the ad so boy...

[MrJibbles]

"Is the Nike advertising campaign cursed?" asks Rory Saunders.

Let's take a quick stroll through the advert. First to appear is Didier Drogba, weaving past Italian defenders before dinking the ball over a goalkeeper called Palermo (presumably the other unnamed defenders have names like Padova, Lecce and Chievo on the backs of their shirts). Drogba, of course, then broke an elbow in a warm-up game with the Ivory Coast meaning he could only make the bench for the Elephants' opening game against Portugal. A draw, a defeat and victory over North Korea later and Drogba and co were on their way home.

Next to appear, clearing Drogba's shot off the line (and sparking a future full of talk shows and dancing girls), is Fabio Cannavaro. The Azzurri's World Cup-winning captain was arguably culpable for Paraguay's goal in Italy's first game and caught napping for Slovakia's third in the final group fixture. Italy, below New Zealand and bottom of the group, were out.

Next up is Wayne Rooney, chesting the ball down and running at France defenders (called things like Rennes and Metz if Nike's Italian naming system runs true). It's pretty-much universally agreed that Rooney had a nightmare tournament, and England exited in miserable fashion at the weekend. Still, Rooney certainly had a better tournament than Theo Walcott (the intended target of Rooney's pass in the ad), who did not get picked in Fabio Capello's 23.

The pass is picked off by Franck Ribéry (while Walcott is marked by Patrice Evra) and little needs to be added to the tales of woe from the France camp this tournament: one goal, one point, out. Not to mention the feuds that erupted in South Africa, at which Evra was at the centre (of at least one, anyway).

Landon Donovan and Tim Howard are next up, looking smug as they flick through the papers bringing news of Rooney's misery. And though that means a slight upturn in fortunes – the USA at least made the knockout stages with Donovan scoring a couple – there's nothing to look too smug about. They too are out.

After Rooney tracks back and prevents Ribéry romping through on goal (remember, this isn't reality) Cesc Fábregas, flanked by Andrés Iniesta and Gerard Pique, grumpily toss the tabloids over their shoulders. It's pushing it a bit at this stage but Pique suffered a bloody nose in the group stage, Iniesta hasn't reached his admittedly vertiginous heights, while Fábregas has played a grand total of 59 minutes in Spain's four games. Still, Spain are in the quarter-finals where they face Paraguay.

Next, after everyone calls their baby Wayne and Rooney beats Roger Federer at table tennis (why would Roger Federer be good at table tennis? It's like expecting him to be good at badminton. Though, thinking about it, he probably is quite good at badminton), we see Ronaldinho producing stepover after stepover. All the stepovers in the world, though, couldn't get him into the Brazil squad. If la Seleção win the thing, he'll have played no part.

And for the grand finale we see Ronaldo romping past Dutch defenders. He didn't romp past many Spanish defenders last night, though, and Portugal are heading home, leaving Nike's Spanish contingent the sole survivors of the Nike Curse. Roque Santa Cruz and co must fancy their chances.

Nike's ill-starred campaign is not the only one to have carried something of a curse. Marks & Spencer's advertising during the tournament featured Steven Gerrard, Matthew Upson, Emile Heskey and also the hapless Walcott, while the 'Curse of the Gillette Three' was a talking point last December. Within the space of a few days Thierry Henry transformed himself from likeable, if slightly smug, va-va-voomer to Biggest Cheat In The World Ever following his handball against Ireland, Tiger Woods' life unravelled following his 2am car crash, and, slightly further down the scale admittedly, Roger Federer crashed out of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in the, er, semi-finals.

And, away from Association Football, there's also the much-feared Madden Curse.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/30/nike-advert-cursed

[Bruno Di Gradi]

and Now federer

hold tite the Sly nike ads i just seen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzUrp5CL1Lo

shout outs to Arda Turan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUW8wYA49tI

Spain team

[Bruno Di Gradi]

and obviously

Robinho's

[Mr. Gayle]

http://www.footytube.com/video/nike-world-cup-curse-51175

[BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT]

Lolwut?

[VicGrimes]

[RYDER.]

pretty cool, too bad we won't get to see Zlatan at the world cup 

 

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loved this one as a kid 

 

so many legends

[Flojo]

Sick, sick advert

[Afroman]

Sick, sick advert

tbh 

 

Nike > _____

[Mame Biram Diouf]

 

Sick, sick advert

tbh 

 

Nike > _____

 

 

fucked

 

best one in years

[imhim]

fukin love it when nike do these adverts

 

sends shivers down my spinal reflex

 

faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak

[imhim]

 

pretty cool, too bad we won't get to see Zlatan at the world cup 

 

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loved this one as a kid 

 

so many legends

 

pmsl at cantonas laugh at the end

 

sums it up dsgdfsbvzg

[Black Ant]

That.

 

Was.

 

Awesome.

 

JONES!!....SILVA!!

 

World Cup year>>>>>

[Wavant]

FUCK. OFF.