In an age where we have a huge choice of football boots of all kinds, sometimes the simplest thing, which is tying the laces, takes a back seat, when in fact it is something of the utmost importance. As Puma has shown with the Puma Future football boots, the fit is totally personal and can be an art in itself, so let's take a look at the ways and means of lacing up our football boots.
Classic lace-up football boots
In boots with classic lacing, i.e. not hidden, like in the Nike Phantom Venom or Nike Phantom Vsn football boots, the best way to tie the laces is in a criss-cross way. Normally, when you buy a pair of boots, one of the pairs comes in the box with the laces attached and therefore, you can copy this lacing system and leave it the same on the other pair.
This cross lacing is the correct one, since the intention in football boots is that the boot hugs our foot and therefore the sides are close to it, improving the fit of the boot. This will not only give us more comfort, but it will also prevent the boot from causing distractions in every shot or pass. If the laces are too long, you can always cross them and pass them under the boot, always in the centre, reinforcing the concept of central adjustment and also preventing the laces from flying by themselves.
The upper side usually feels uncomfortable
If you are one of the classics, who still wear boots with a tongue like the Copa Mundial football boot, it is very important that you check if you have a kind of hole, eyelet or perforation that allows the laces to pass through. This is used so that when you pass the laces through there and cross them, the laces act as a fixation and the tongue does not move or get in the way.
Another trick to adjust the upper or tongue if the boot is too wide is not to cross the laces at the last eyelet, but to pass the lace through the same side once more, forming a kind of free roundel, as we can see in the image.
This will leave a gap that we will use to cross the laces to further tighten the top of the boot.
And finally, we will have our knot done to better adjust to our foot, as we can see in the image.
All football boots
Nowadays, we have an infinite number of alternatives, boots with central laces, side laces, hidden laces, where we always have to tie the laces by crossing them to give us the best possible fit. We must be aware that football boots are not sneakers and therefore they must fit snugly to our feet.
Therefore, we shouldn't cross all the eyelets and leave only one strip of lace towards the last hole, as it doesn't work as there is only one lace doing the fastening. In fact, if you are one of those people who do tricks with the laces until you get a perfect fit, I can't think of a better option than recommending you the Puma Future football boots, which have an infinite number of ways to adjust the laces depending on your foot.
En conclusión, tenemos opciones para todos los gustos, pero como digo, debemos cruzar los cordones para tener el mejor ajuste para cada uno de nosotros. De hecho, en las botas con la lazada oculta así es como vienen de serie, y tienen estudiado que funciona. Y por último, si no os gustan los cordones y os molestan en exceso, tenemos la mejor solución para vosotros que son las botas de futbol adidas, las cuales ofrecen varias gamas de productos totalmente sin cordones.
In conclusion, we have options for all tastes, but as I say, we must cross the laces to have the best fit for each of us. In fact, in the boots with hidden lacing, this is how they come as standard, and they have studied that it works. And finally, if you don't like laces and they bother you too much, we have the best solution for you which are the adidas football boots, which offer several ranges of products completely without laces.
