manchester city midfielder yaya toure blast carabao cup ball

The Manchester City midfielder has echoed the
sentiments of his manager Pep Guardiola by saying
the Mitre ball used in the EFL Cup is ‘rubbish’
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has laid into the official
ball used in the Carabao Cup, branding it “rubbish” and worse
than the infamous Jabulani.
City boss Pep Guardiola complained that the ball,
manufactured by Mitre, was “unacceptable” and “too light”
after his side overcame Championship leaders Wolves on
Tuesday night.
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Guardiola’s annoyance was clear but Toure went one step
further with his criticism, insisting everything about the ball is
rubbish.
“I don’t like it, to be honest,” the former Ivory Coast
international told reporters. “They can do better than that. It’s
too light.
“Even in my country they can’t use those kind of balls. I think
they have to be better than that because the ball was too soft.
It’s rubbish, but that’s fine.”
Asked what was wrong with it specifically, he replied: “It’s
everything. Shooting - the ball is very light, when you touch it,
it’s floating, it’s rubbish. And in this weather it’s difficult.”
Toure also says the Carabao Cup ball is worse than the Adidas
Jabulani, the official ball of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa
which was the subject of global scrutiny for being too light and
bouncing too high.
The midfielder was part of the Ivory Coast squad for the
tournament in 2010 and, having played with both balls, he says
Mitre’s effort is worse.
“The World Cup one was better than this one,” he added. “A lot
of players were complaining. The FA can try to do something
because we just want to enjoy it. It’s difficult to play with these
kind of balls but we try to find a way.”