War Is Hell—But So Is

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War Is Hell—But So Is Soccer

Is it sports, or is it an epic battle for survival? Adidas compares soccer with Napoleonic war in a billboard that went up earlier this month in Paris for its F50+ soccer shoe (detail at right). At 40 meters long, it is Europe’s largest billboard, according to 180 in Amsterdam, which created the ad. The board shows Adidas players Djibril Cissé, Javier Saviola, David Trezeguet, Arjen Robben and Alessandro Del Piero, among others, locked in an intense struggle for the ball.

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