In recent days, a series of videos has popped up on YouTube featuring Zidane quietly displaying a wide array of talents in and around a hotel, as filmed by a kid with a camera.

Though the concept is pulled off well and the product placement is subtle, the clips are actually viral videos for a company called Grand Optical, hence the eyeglasses Zidane wears in each.

Nike is usually one of the best at producing quality, entertaining advertisements. This is not one of them. This is something that will eat your dreams.

As @Kickette says, the Werder Bremen players' wavy flesh set against a soul-sucking black void of a background makes them look like some kind of freaky aliens sent to crack open my skull and fiddle with my insides.

I think by nature, sports advertisements have to be overdone. Not everyone is going to get the subtleties and, more often than not, they're targeting the casual fan rather than the hardcore supporter, who will show up regardless. But some go a little too far, such as this Champions League promo from last year (as [.

We all know that the Premier League is a multi-billion pound product broadcast to hundreds of millions of homes in every continent of the world. Games each week are intensely watched by people sitting in homes and pubs from Cardiff, Wales through to Cairo, Egypt and Sydney, Australia.
Advertisers also know this.

[France WCB] I think we've decided Nike are currently reigning supreme in the world of football advertisements - at least those which don't involve Luis Fabiano and a bee suit. They're also testing the bounds of conventional advertisement, as a bunch of naked Germans will tell you. Not wanting to fall behind, they've continued their dive [.

I'm a girl of high principles as you know.
But sometimes I can be tempted and led astray.
Seduced by a promise of fame and fortune.
Or lured by the promise of beautiful gifts.
Of course being a blogger of some stature, I receive lots of requests (well one a week at least), to put commercial links and advertisements on my blog.

With the 2010 World Cup approaching, there will be plenty of new advertisements featuring our favorite players. This one features Italian National player and Roma player Francesco Totti for Vodafone. Enjoy!BallHype - Totti for Vodafoneballhype_story_widget_1315271(false);