Adidas and Puma have presented this week their kits for the next World Cup that Qatar will host in November, so many of the shirts that the qualified teams will wear for this important event in the football calendar are already known. Nike has only presented the kits of Brazil and it is expected that next month the rest of the jerseys will be made official with teams as prominent as those of England, Portugal, France or the United States.
The Spanish team is one of those that presented yesterday, together with the sports brand Adidas, its two kits for the Qatar World Cup. The first kit is the classic red kit with navy blue details on the sides and collar. The three distinctive Adidas stripes on the shoulders are also navy blue, as are the pants. In addition, the V-shaped neck is trimmed with the colors of the Spanish flag.
Strong emotions are reserved for the away kit, which will be the usual light blue, but whose drawing has not left anyone indifferent. The entire shirt is made up of a kind of horizontal waves in a darker tone. Adidas has explained that it is “a wavy graphic that is dynamically inspired by the country’s logo from 1982, when Spain organized the world’s largest soccer tournament for the last time”, but the public seems not to have been convinced and on networks you can read all kinds of reviews and comparisons.
It is not the only surprise of the German brand, which has also provoked many comments for the second jacket of Argentina, of an intense purple color “symbol of the fight for gender equality” and with a gradient in the lower part that symbolizes ” the rays of the May sun. The first set, on the other hand, is faithful to the style of the albiceleste, with white and light blue stripes and black details.
The German team is one of the few that has dared with a more daring change in its first kit. , breaking with its usual total white by introducing a thick black stripe that runs from top to bottom down the center of the shirt. The second continues with the mottled pattern that Adidas has introduced in several of its shirts, combining the colors black and maroon.
Although without a doubt one of the most impressive of the World Cup, to date, is the clothing of Mexico. Both the first and the second intend to honor the indigenous roots of the country. His first shirt is green and includes silhouettes inspired by the god Quetzalcoatl and the second is beige with drawings and details in maroon.
The reviews are being very positive for these outfits, as well as for those of Japan, the last of the selections that Adidas has presented. The first kit is blue with a subtle drawing reminiscent of the origami work so typical of this country, while the second kit is white and has a pretty colored print on its sleeves that represents a flock of flying origami cranes.
As far as the Puma shirts are concerned, they all share a very similar pattern, with retro-inspired first kits and second kits following the same idea of ??a number in the center next to the flag, shield and nickname of each team. A design that the fans did not like and that has even been compared to athletics numbers.
This is the case of teams such as Switzerland, Morocco, Senegal or Uruguay. The Uruguayan team wears a light blue outfit reminiscent of the 1924 Olympic Games that the Uruguayan team won and is finished off with white cuffs and collar with a button.
The only known official shirt of the American firm Nike is the one from Brazil and since its presentation it has done nothing but sweep sales, especially the second, in an intense blue and with an animal print sleeve print in all green. neon yellow that emulates an animal as native as the jaguar. The first is more traditional, faithful to yellow with a green and blue trim on the sleeves and neck, but in which the feline pattern in the background can also be intuited.
In the coming weeks, other kits such as those of the United States, the Netherlands, France, Portugal or England will be known, although some models have already been filtered. In the case of the English team, for example, their first kit would be white and would have a new blue gradient on the sleeves, while the French team’s second kit would surprise with a pattern that would include engravings of monuments such as the Arc de Triomphe and the relevant historical moments for the country such as the French Revolution.
