Reason World Cup soccer players are cutting the heels of their boots in strange trend

floodlights and global pressure of the World Cup, every tiny edge matters — even the back of a boot. Those strange heel holes aren’t fashion or ritual but a desperate compromise with pain. Many elite players quietly battle Haglund’s deformity, a bony “pump bump” that turns every sprint and twist into a stab of fire where heel meets shoe. Cutting a continue reading …