Brazil keeper backs official World Cup ball


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Brazil's national soccer team goalkeepers Julio Cesar (L) and Victor attend a news conference in Teresopolis near Rio de Janeiro May 27, 2014. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

TERESOPOLIS Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's goalkeeper Julio Cesar has backed the official World Cup football, playing down possible worries over the performance of the adidas-made Brazuca.

“The ball is a good one, we had contact with it today,” the former Inter Milan and Queens Park Rangers player said of the Brazuca, which is a playfully slang word for native Brazilians.

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