One last dance? Better pull on your best dancing shoes then. For that, adidas equip Lionel Messi with a design fittingly known as 'El Último Tango’ (don’t need a Spanish degree to translate that one!)
20 years after his first World Cup, Lionel Messi prepares for what will be his sixth – and surely final – World Cup. It’ll be an emotional occasion no matter the outcome, but Argentina go to Mexico, United States and Canada as defending champions. So adidas needed to get Messi dressed out for the occasion. For that, they went back to that first World Cup back in 2006 for inspiration, and the F50.6 TUNiT that Messi wore.
The new Messi F50 merges the classic aesthetic of the 2006 World Cup era with cutting-edge 2026 performance technology. The official colourway of “Ivory/Semi Blue/Icey Blue” is presented as a white base with sky blue accents, gold detailing, and stylised 'claw-like' Three Stripes, drawing inspiration from the Argentinian national team colours.
Under the hood (or should we say lacecover?), it’s a thoroughly modern boot, with the upper featuring the Halocage+ TPU frame for targeted support and a HybridTouch+ outer layer for precise control. So everything you'd expect to allow the great man to perform, wrapped up in those clean aesthetics that will tie in with the National team kit so well.
Messi has had countless signature edition boots over his unbelievable playing career, but there's definitely a sense of poignancy with this one. It feels like a bit of a full circle moment, and you can't help but hope that he plays in them and scores a couple, just for good measure.
Shop the adidas F50 x Messi at prodirectsport.com/soccer
