EP 45 · 29:05

The 1930 World Cup used two different balls

From The Physics of the World Cup: VAR, Smart Balls, and Soccer Aerodynamics

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29:05Argentina and Uruguay had actually different preferred balls. And Argentina used theirs in the first half, Uruguay used theirs in the second half. So, they had different balls for the two halves of the World Cup and um Argentina was leading at halftime with their ball and then Uruguay won the match, which is kind of hilarious to think about, right? Um so, that was in the 1930s and then Buckminster Fuller >> Bucky. >> Yeah, he's an American architect. Um and he changed the ball in the 1970 World

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    The Physics of the World Cup: VAR, Smart Balls, and Soccer Aerodynamics

    A World Cup special on the science behind the beautiful game, from VAR and smart-ball sensors to soccer ball aerodynamics, pitch engineering, and match momentum analytics.

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