New SP Fútbol Earhart 3 gloves, exclusive to Sandra Paños
These are the new SP Earhart gloves, exclusively designed for FC Barcelona and Spanish women's national team goalkeeper Sandra Paños.
31 March 2022
- Written by David del Río
Sandra Paños' return to SP Fútbol was a cause for celebration for many people. For the brand, of course, as it once again secured the image of the most important goalkeeper in the history of Spanish women's football. For Fútbol Emotion, because it showed that our own brand was capable of attracting Sandra's interest, which meant that we were doing things right. And finally, for Sandra Paños herself, because being SP's most successful goalkeeper means, among other things, having the opportunity to create your own exclusive glove, which is the dream of any goalkeeper in the world.
And here we have it. Today, the Spanish brand presents the new SP Earhart 3 goalkeeper gloves, exclusive to Sandra Paños, loaded with details related to the goalkeeper. As always with SP Fútbol's SMU gloves, she has been responsible for setting the guidelines for the brand's design team.
We are looking at a change in the design of SP Fútbol goalkeeper gloves, but it is true that they do feature a variation on the standard Earhart model, namely the closure strap. After hours of work by the brand to convince the goalkeeper to remove the elastic strap, and after sending her different models to try out, they have managed to create a glove that eliminates that part and with which the goalkeeper feels comfortable. It wasn't easy, but this design required the absence of the closure strip so as not to cover the central illustration, and the end result is simply spectacular.
Moving on to this design, we have a lot to tell you, but we'll start with the most striking feature: the octopus. This illustration is the most important element of the new SP Earhart goalkeeper gloves, designed exclusively for Sandra Paños, and not only because of the drawing itself, which, as you can see, is an octopus, but also because of its meaning and who was responsible for designing it. In the changing rooms, there are often nicknames that are only heard there and do not transcend to the outside world. This is the case with Sandra, nicknamed “octopus” in the FC Barcelona women's dressing room because of her ability to reach every ball with her limbs, which seem to turn into tentacles when she shoots at goal.
And continuing in the Barça dressing room, we find the designer of this illustration, who is none other than the central defender from Zaragoza, Mapi León. Mapi's connection to the world of tattoos and her passion for drawing are well known, so Sandra Paños entrusted her teammate and friend with the design of her new SP goalkeeper gloves, and she rose to the occasion with an illustration of an octopus catching a football, representing the Barça goalkeeper every time she takes her place between the posts. The symbol of womanhood and the colours of all the kits Sandra is wearing this season complete a fun and spectacular design that covers almost the entire back of the glove.
Moving on to the toe area, we continue to find the colours mentioned above in the form of decoration on a white canvas that allows each and every one of these shades to stand out. The SP logo on the index toe and the Earhart logo on the big toe complete this design, adding a touch of sobriety thanks to the black colour that adorns them.
We end up in the wrist area, where we find a black strip that serves a specific purpose, as well as contributing positively to the design of the new SP Earhart gloves, exclusive to Sandra Paños. The functional part is to adjust the glove to the arm so that it remains secure and fixed, but in terms of aesthetics, the contrast of the black colour with the rest of the glove, together with the word ‘Unstoppable’, a concept with which the goalkeeper identifies, creates a sublime final result.
Finally, we will talk about the palm, one of the most important parts of any goalkeeper glove, if not the most important. The Q Block is the component chosen by Sandra Paños to catch all the balls that come her way. This latex is the same as the one that comes standard on SP Earhart goalkeeper gloves, so in this respect there are no changes or modifications.
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