Comments on: IKER CASILLAS REEBOK GOALKEEPER GLOVES

By: Wicky

Wicky — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:54:12 +0000

I am a Casillas fan and tried out a pair of Reebok gloves because of it. They are a similar style to the ones that are for sale here. I would like having Casillas’s modifications especially the closure system with the extra grip on the wrist. His style put into these gloves would make me want to buy them much more. I think reebok should take a chance on his personal preferences because his name is how this glove will sell anyway.

By: Chris B

Chris B — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:53:09 +0000

There a number of things different between the two pairs, and this is because Casillas has requested Reebok to make them to the specifications he wants.

One of the main thing is the fingers on the glove. Casillas’ left glove only has a thumb and 3 finger gussets instead of 4. This is because he suffered a hand injury, and has his 3rd and 4th fingers in one single larger gusset, so he can strap them together. His gloves do not contain fingersave, so I’m guessing that this is Reebok improvising another form of finger protection, as perhaps not many of the public would want a glove with only 3 finger gussets and have to strap their fingers.

The wrist strap on Casillas’ gloves will also have been tailored to his demands, so Reebok has given the public something different, as again, maybe the public would not want the same design.

By: elias

elias — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:53:46 +0000

these are definitely not the same gloves at all. casillas wears a negative cut glove, does not have finger protection, and has an ols-school uhlsport double-closure on it (as you can see in the picture of him at the top), and casillas’ gloves dont have indented foam. so basically its only the backhand design and the casillas name that reebok are selling. look at the pictures and research it more, they are totally different

By: LN

LN — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:42:55 +0000

He wears a negative cut anyway, not an embossed flat palm which is the retail version shown.

By: Filip

Filip — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:40:28 +0000

Matt, that’s maybe right.

But there are 2 more things:
The glove on the upper pic doesn’t seen to have finger save and the palm is different.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:00:17 +0000

That is because the wrist strap on the official Casillas replica gloves available for sale in the shops and those worn by Casillas himself are different, with the strap on the official replica glove a far more experimental design. It is constructed from a long piece of fabric, stitched to the lower backhand of the glove and cutting diagonally across it, wrapping all the way round the wrist of the palm side of the glove, coming round the backhand again and fastening on the palm side. But Casillas himself has his gloves tailored, opting for a much simpler and traditional plain white wrist strap with his name on instead

By: Johansen

Johansen — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:20:56 +0000

The gloves that casillas have on the upper pic, and the gloves on the other one, is not the same..