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No matter how you pronouce Brazuca….it doesn't matter. The ball itself, it is amazing.
My name is Jochen Raff, I'm the responsible Product Manager at adidas.
People somtimes say, it's just a ball, but it's not just a ball.
I'm completey crazy about footballs. I've been working with footballs for quite a while now. And it kind of continued to be my passion.
My daily challenge is, I would say, putting everybody together and keeping timelines.
We need to look into what products do you take into the range. We need to make sure, everything is running smoothly.
We are kind of holding the strings, but in the end you got developement, you got design, you got marketing, everybody working together, but in a way I'm sitting a bit in the centre of it.
So of course, work is not oly happening in the office, there is also a couple of meetings we have to attend, so I'm going on my way now.
Andrew, are you coming?
Really great moments in the very beginning of the developement, was meeting Zidane and giving him the very first samples and have him kick the ball and waiting for his feedback.
But he was very nice, very polite, introducing himself "Hi, I'm Zinedine"... "Yes, I know"…
It still gives me kind of goosebumps, because this is what gives you the satisfaction and proves that you did a good job.
I have two boys at home, so I work on balls in the office and then when I come home, it's playing football.
You know, the World Cup is the highlight every four years and the ball is the icon of the event.
It doesn't scream that much, but yeah it feels like my baby.