World cup 2010 news

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Ah, the famous yellow shirts of Brazil. Canary yellow to be precise. After the disaster of 1950 Brazil abandoned their white shirts with a blue collar, and adopted yellow with gold trim that’s so famous today via a national competition. With five World Cups wins, it’s now the most successful colour scheme in international football. Well done designer Aldyr Garcia Schlee.

Read on for a closer look at the Brazil home and away jerseys for World Cup 2010, and for an example of just how difficult it is to review a shirt with no real distinguishing features.

Brazil Home Shirt

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Earlier Brazil home shirts have been a bit more adventurous with the green trim. The 2004/5 version for example. Brazil’s World Cup 2010 home shirt is much more of a classic. Simple yellow, minimal green. I like.

I also like that it’s one of the few Nike World Cup shirts not to feature those horizontal stripes near the sleeves. Said stripes aren’t necessarily a bad thing, but it’s too much of an average thing. So well done to Brazil for avoiding that.

Other unique features include the breathable mesh (and by “breathable mesh”, I of course mean holes) down the sides and this rather nice detail on the inside of the collar/back of the neck:

For those who don’t speak Portuguese (or don’t know about Google Translate) “Nascido Para Jogar Futebol” means “Born to Play Football”.

The final thing I’ll say about this new Brazil jersey is that – from a design perspective – it already has too many stars on it. If Brazil wins another World Cup this July, then the people at Nike are going to have serious problems fitting six stars above the crest for 2014.

Brazil Away Shirt

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The Brazil away jersey is much more of a deviation from the norm. The same basic shape as the home shirt, and dark blue like most recent Brazil away shirts, but with a pattern of yellow dots.

I think we can agree that blue with yellow dots sounds like the worst idea for a football shirt. Maybe ever. But the size and colour of said dots means that Nike get away with it. The dots are visible, but nor prominent, and it’s an original way of incorporating the more famous home colour into a different coloured away kit.

Is Robinho approving of the new away jersey? Or is he approving of the lady he’s with? Maybe both? Either way, I agree. Though I’m glad only of those things is covered in yellow spots.

That’s my take on Brazil’s World Cup 2010 jerseys. What do you think?