"This one is too light," complained Belgium goalkeeping coach Jacky Munaron, after seeing the new ball throw some shapes in a World Cup warm-up match.
"A lot of players are taken by surprise and are not happy about the quality."
But the strikers must love a ball which makes the goalkeepers look daft?
Slovenia striker Zlatko Zahovic scored three times in as many games during Euro 2000 and will be hoping to repeat the trick during his nation's first World Cup appearance.
But he insisted: "It is the worst ball I've ever played with.
"It will be a problem since it's light as a balloon and bounces out of control."
The midfielders then? The Adidas press release which claimed Fevernova is 25% more precise and 10% faster than Tricolore must be good news for the middle men?
But that theory seems to go down like a lead balloon.
"The ball is bad," said Turkey midfielder Abdullah Ercan.
"You cannot send it where you want to."
Fevernova does have at least one ally among the players in Korea and Japan, though David Beckham's ringing (and official) endorsement may be due to the new lightweight ball being gentle to his delicate feet.