Adidas X Ghosted+ FG 'Peregrine Falcon'
Colorway: Silver Metallic/Cloud White/Gold Metallic · Style code: FX0231 · Release date: December 19, 2020 · Price: $433 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: adidas X Ghosted+ FG 'Shock Pink' (FW6910) · adidas X Ghosted+ FG 'Solar Yellow' (FW6911) · Adidas X Ghosted.2 FG 'Black' (EH2834) · Adidas X Ghosted+ FG 'Core Black' (FW6908) · Adidas X Ghosted+ FG 'Showpiece Pack' (FW8426)
The 2020 redesign of the X had a stated reference: the peregrine falcon, which in a dive reaches speeds no other animal manages. adidas used it as the design language for a boot built entirely around linear pace, then made a limited version that spelled the reference out.
The upper is Mirageskin, a four-way stretch material with a semi-transparent finish, so the three-stripe markings applied over it read as the only solid element, laid out to echo the shape of a wing. There are no laces; the fit comes from the material tensioning across the foot.
Distribution was narrow and so was the on-pitch presence. A handful of players wore it around its December 2020 release, among them Lucas Moura, Achraf Hakimi and Michaël Cuisance. It was the last flourish for the Ghosted line before the X Speedflow replaced it the following summer.