I don't know what happend with the quality of those shoes. After a few days of wear the mesh on the sides of my son's shoes fuzzed up. Looks horrid. Had to get new pair of shoes and those will be shoes worn for playing. My kids are gently on their shoes and we never had any issues with any shoes until now. They are not soft anymore, no quality and not made in Europe anymore.No more Geox for us. I will spend my money on quality shoes made in Europe.