Chinese initially remembered the World Cup only black and white, thanks to the popularity of color television, it was later remembered in full color. Samba yellow in Brazil, sea blue in Italy, orange tulips in the Netherlands, blue sky and white clouds in Argentina, and snow-white blood red in England... Watching the colorful jerseys of the participating teams compete in the green field of the World Cup greatly attracts the attention of fans.
Nowadays, FIFA has very careful consideration of the color choice of the home and away jerseys of each team, but in the era of less strict regulations, the color of the shirt in the World Cup has caused a lot of strange stories and really made many, many jokes.
South American teams helped each other dress for the 1930 World Cup
In 1930, the Uruguayan Football Federation hosted the first World Cup. Before the first match in Bolivia, to express their invitation to the host country, they embroidered a line on the chest of their white autumn coat, "Long live Uruguay". Uruguay are also very friendly to Bolivia, who played Brazil in their second game, because the opponent also wore a white shirt, so they had to change colors. At this time, the hosts did not hesitate to reach out and lent the Bolivians a large number of sky-blue jerseys.
The origin of Brazil's away blue wear 1958 World Cup
From 1914 to 1960, Brazil's home jersey was always white. The loss to Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup final was a memorable one for Brazilians. Some Brazilian media criticized the Brazilian team's jersey for not being nationally symbolic, and even thought that the jersey was cursed. As a result, Brazil's Zaobao and the Brazilian Sports Association (the predecessor of the Brazilian Football Federation) jointly organized a competition to design jerseys for national teams, requiring the jerseys to reflect the four colors of the Brazilian flag - yellow, green, blue and white. In the end, the work of a 19-year-old named Aldir stood out. I couldn't help but laugh: "It's ridiculous, they actually want to use all four colors." In his opinion, the four colors are simply difficult to coordinate. However, he eventually designed the most famous jersey in the football world: a yellow jersey, green collar and cuffs, blue trousers with white vertical bars, and white socks with green and yellow decoration, which Brazil won five World Cups.
However, in the 1958 World Cup final, the Brazilians still ran into problems, and the final opponent of the "Samba Army", the host team, Sweden, also wore a yellow shirt. After much discussion, it was decided to let Brazil change its shirt. The Brazilian team, which decided not to wear a white jersey, sent representatives to the store in Stockholm to find the jersey, and finally chose a blue one, which is the color representing the patron saint of Brazil, the Virgin Abaresida, which also accidentally created another tradition, and the blue jersey has since become the second team uniform in Brazil.
England's defeated sky blue selection for the 1970 World Cup
Before the Qatar World Cup, the most scratching head was the Mexico World Cup. This tropical country in the northern hemisphere is at its hottest time of the year during the World Cup. When it hosted the World Cup in 1970 and 1986, temperature and humidity became a nuisance for participating teams. Defending champions England, on the advice of a team doctor, customized a batch of lightweight jerseys from a factory in Manchester, and many fine holes were punched on them to facilitate the ventilation and perspiration of the players. England have a soft spot for the red shirt away from home, as it was in this suit that they won the World Cup final in 1966. However, in Mexico, in order to compete in the weather, England have rarely chosen a sky blue jersey as their second kit in addition to the white home shirt, because they believe that light-colored clothes are not conducive to absorbing the heat of the sun and can keep players as dry as possible. As for the glorious red jersey, it was only used as a third team jersey.
In the final group stage match against Slovakia, England manager Ramsey admitted after the game that the blue shirt was a bad choice because in the harsh sunlight it was difficult for him to tell who was who, and the audience in front of the TV was no better, because most people in the world could only see black and white TV, and sky blue and white tones were so similar that it was difficult to distinguish on a black and white screen.
France was forced to wear green for the 1978 World Cup
France and Hungary, who had been eliminated early, calmly awaited the innocuous match ahead of the final group stage of the 1978 World Cup, but French midfielder Henri ▪ Michel suddenly noticed something wrong under the Hungarian's coat. ▪ Michel immediately approached Hungarian striker Telečík and asked him if Hungary also wears white shirts? Get an exact answer from the other side. Michel countered that France will also wear a white shirt. Teleczyk didn't take Michelle's protest seriously because it was the team's decision. Michel then reported the problem to the French team. The French also decided that it was okay to wear white, as FIFA informed him in its pre-match memorandum. But the French leader suddenly realized that he had made a mistake. Because the first memorandum was followed by a second amendment, but he didn't read it at all. The problem is that the blue clothes of the French team have all fallen in Buenos Aires, 400 kilometers away, and now they have nothing to replace.
There is no way, the game can only be delayed. A local club gave the French a green, green and white jersey, but only 16 in total. France, who changed their shirts on a makeshift team, won 3-1 with French striker Rocheto scoring a goal, wearing a pair of blue shorts with the number 18 printed on the back of the shirt bearing the number 7. And this is not the first time in the history of the World Cup that shirts have been temporarily changed due to a conflict of shirt colors. At the 1950 World Cup in Brazil, Mexico wore a blue and white jersey against Switzerland. At the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, Argentina wore Malmö's yellow jersey against West Germany.
Costa Rica looks to Juventus for the 1990 World Cup
Milutinovic, an old friend of the Chinese people, led Costa Rica to the last 16 of the World Cup in the 1990 World Cup, losing to Scotland in their traditional red shirt in their first group game. The second match was played in Turin against Brazil, where the Costa Ricans did not need to change the color of their shirts, but they unexpectedly changed to a black and white sword shirt. The Costa Rican Football Federation officially said the move was a tribute to the country's oldest club, Free CS, but player Guimarães later explained that Milou was actually trying to curry favor with the people of Turin by dressing his team like Juventus and gaining their support. But it didn't work because the stadium was full of Brazilian fans. Costa Rica lost 1-0 to Brazil. However, in the final match, they beat Sweden 2-1 and unexpectedly advanced to the round of 16.