Hates

Brazil goalkeeper Júlio César - A supermarket ball that favoured strikers and worked against goalkeepers.
Giampaolo Pazzini, Claudio Bravo and Iker Casillas agreed with him.
Italian keeper Gianluigi Buffon - It is very sad that a competition so important as the world championship will be played with such an inadequate ball.
Brazilian striker Luís Fabiano - Supernatural, as it unpredictably changed direction when travelling through the air.
Brazilian striker Robinho - For sure the guy who designed this ball never played football. But there is nothing we can do, we have to play with it.
Joe Hart of England - The balls have been doing anything but staying in my gloves. Good fun to use, even though it is hard work for goalkeepers to cope with.
English goalkeeper David James - The ball is dreadful. It's horrible, but it's horrible for everyone.
England coach Fabio Capello - It was suggested the ball behaved "completely different" at altitude.
Denmark coach Morten Olsen - We played with an impossible ball and we need to get used to it.
Argentina striker Lionel Messi - The ball is very complicated for the goalkeepers and for us (strikers).

Loves

American Clint Dempsey - If you just hit it solid, you can get a good knuckle on the ball. You've just got to pay a little bit more, you know, attention when you pass the ball sometimes.
Alvaro Arbeloa - It's round, like always.
Brazilian midfielder Kaká - For me, contact with the ball is all-important, and that’s just great with this ball.
Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech - Good visibility due to the colour pattern, that felt good to handle, and when kicked it had good control.
English midfielder Frank Lampard - A very strong ball, true to hit.
German midfielder Michael Ballack - Fantastic, the ball does exactly what I want it.

Here’s how the balls have been made:

Credit to Wikipedia.