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Predator No. 04 · 1998

Predator Accelerator

The Blueprint

adidas Predator Accelerator from 1998 in black, white and red with sweeping curved Three Stripes
Image: adidas Archive

For many collectors, this is the one. The Accelerator was the Predator of the 1998 World Cup, worn by Zinedine Zidane on the way to France’s first world title.

The design was bold and clean at once: black, white and red, with sweeping curved Three Stripes that gave the boot its unmistakable profile. It became the template every later Predator would be measured against — so much so that adidas would return to it again and again in remakes.

Original, unworn Accelerators are now among the most valuable vintage football boots there are.