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The adidas Samba is originally a football shoe. However, you wouldn’t know it based on the number of feral fabrics the sneaker wears today or the number of luxurious footwear models it has recently inspired.

Still, you don’t have to travel far back in history to find a time when most Samba wearers were lacing up the shoe for a game of futsal (that is the indoor version of football). And so it makes for a suitable (and undeniably stylish) adidas sneaker to celebrate a milestone in German football. 

The German sportswear giant is honoring 125 years of the German Football Association, the governing body for football in Germany. 

A milestone this big, counting over a century, deserves a brilliant sneaker. Enter, the adidas Samba Deutschland. 

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Dressed in all-white, the Samba Deutschland is an undeniably clean shoe. But there are tasteful details hidden across this sleek, slim sneaker. Its tightly woven base material comes in a satisfying texture, and the same can be said for its hairy suede overlays.

Then there’s the aged light-yellow sole unit, which ties in with the gold color of the “Deutschland” branding stamped above adidas’ three stripes. Look even closer and you find an all-white DFB crest stitched into the tongue, a subtle finishing touch.

As the Samba continues to experiment with wild snakeskin leather or dainty Mary Jane hybrids, this all-German affair strips the model back to basics. The adidas Samba Deutschland is available now for $100 from adidas’ website

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