adidas and Mohamed Salah to launch "Prepare For Battle" boots for the African Cup of Nations

The African Cup of Nations is becoming a great stage to launch various pairs of boots dedicated to the best talents of the African continent. After New Balance and Sadio Mané, adidas and Mohamed Salah have also revealed the boots that will accompany the Egyptian star in the continental competition. Christened with the bombastic "Prepare for Battle", they are a reinterpretation of the Adidas X Speedflow.1 that recovers the pattern used for the 2014 F50 Battle Pass dedicated to Leo Messi. But compared to the previous colorway, in this case to the black and white has been added a touch of red and gold to pay homage to the Egyptian national flag and its most famous representative. In addition, the boots are embellished with an "MO" in gold lettering on the left shoe and a crown on the right shoe.

The release is limited to 1069 pairs because 69 is the number of goals Salah needs to achieve to become the top scorer in the history of the Egyptian national team. The pack will be completed by a pair of F50 Adizero from the same pattern while the signature collection associated with the boots is already available, a series of garments that take up and expand on the aesthetics chosen for the game shoes. In particular, a red t-shirt with a golden crown and a tracksuit with the iconic Three Stripes also gold on a black background. Egypt will start their African Cup of Nations on January 11 by taking on Nigeria and we bet Salah will take the field proudly wearing these shoes made especially for him.