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So, final jerseys of Nations League A (with a little flashback of course). And of course it is a classic away jersey Unlike other big nations (Germany, England, the Netherlands, ), Italy never has tempered with their away jersey. At least since I am watching Italy games (and that goes as far back as 1988), I have never seen anything else but a white alternate jersey. More so, I recall only a handful games where Italy actually was playing in white, the most notable one was the EURO 2000 final and the only time I saw the Azzurri live in the stadium, the EURO 2008 quarterfinal against Spain. And of course, Roberto Baggio’s winner in the 1994 Round of 16 matchup against Nigeria comes also to mind.
Now, I already had covered the proper EURO 2016 away jersey as it was already worn in qualifying and it was a really nice one. You can watch my summary. But then, 2016 was also the 10th anniversary of Italy winning the World Cup in Germany and so, the FIGC released a white tribute kit. Since this is a white kit, I feature it here in this post, but that kit was actually worn at home, as well – a lot! Well, to me this one combines both 2016 kits with the. Well it uses the collar and base color of the 2006 away shirt, then the shadow pinstriping (although wider) and shoulder piping from the 2016 home shirt and the arrangement of the 2016 away shirt.
But it also has its very own identity: First off, the blue in the accents is navy and not azure blue. This is probably also a reference to the accents of the. Generally, I would dislike this choice, but it looks well as it is used very sparingly on the collar, the shoulder piping, the sleeve cuffs and the tail of the shirt. And then, there had to be some gold and I was surprised that it was only used on the cat logos and names and numbers.
And yes, it is used to outline the crest which is all-white otherwise. Only a thin flag is showing on top.
It looks OK-ish, but I don’t understand why to leave out all the colors. And then there is the collar. I have not written about the 2006 away jersey on this blog yet, but I never liked the collar that also housed the crest. Here it does look a bit better but it still resembles more the look of a deep V-neck worn over a very tight fitting crew-neck shirt. It is an odd look, although one that I have used with navy undershirts. But to have it as the main feature of a shirt, that is not so cool. I really do not know what t really make of this shirt.
In its colors it is not very Italian, but there is no denying its stylishness (which in turn is very Italian). It is referencing a 2006 shirt, but obviously the wrong one. It ghosts out the crest, but still makes it look classy overall. As a one-off shirt, I think it works well.
As a tribute to 2006 not so much. But it still looks so damn well My rating: 7/10 stars. And this brings us to the current Italy away jersey which was released without much fanfare earlier this year. Well, we could keep this very short (if we wanted – but I don’t;)) and say this is the using blue accents instead of red and using of course Italian insignia. And while this is an accurate description, it is also selling this shirt a little bit short. The shirt just uses a tad more blue by adding blue sleeve cuffs with a little Italian flag that gives this shirt just a little bit more personality.
And call me biased, but the new crest with the Italian flag shield and the four stars above looks just that much better than the simple Swiss flag. It gives the shirt a more “historic” feel in lack of a better word. Now, there are some problems with this one.
The first problem is due to the template: the blue collar is broken up by the raglan sleeves. It is the Puma style in 2018 and I don’t like it. It just looks odd. Second, the font is still bad – too narrow and trying too much.
Third, is the little flag below the backside of the collar really necessary? It gives the shirt a bit of a cheap look. I’d rather sue some other national symbol or a wordmark or maybe just four stars. Lastly, there really is not much to this shirt.
It is super plain! But in this case this is not really a detriment as it doesn’t detract from the main features of the shirt and (despite the collar) gives it a classic feel.
Puma could have done much worse. My rating: 7/10 stars. How would you rate these shirts? On we go with Nations League teams. And for no, the only team in League A that I have not touched this year is of course my other favorite: Italy. High time we get to them as they also featured quite prominently at EUR 2016. If you are a fan of the Azzurri, then these have been trying times ever since the final was reached at EURO 2012.
An ageing team flamed out of the group stage in Brazil 2014 and with iconic playmaker Andrea Pirlo retiring and Mario Balotelli going on the skids, most people did not know where the ship was going. I remember that I watched Italy on a rainy night in Sofia play a 2-2 draw against Bulgaria where I did not recognize too many players. It simply is a fact that the players on that team simply do not have that ring anymore that they had 10 years (or even more) ago. However, on that evening you could also see that there was still a lot of quality there and new coach Antonio Conte’s system was well suited to the team. This became even more evident in France where an unheralded Italy team was among the few highlights of the tournament and Conte’s managerial wizardry was on full display. Had they kept their nerves in the shoot out against Germany in the quarters who know what cold have happened.
I still remember them most for beating Belgium and then Spain in impressive fashion and thus igniting some excitement in me for the tournament (which had been mostly lacking). So, let’s look at the home shirt they were wearing in 2016. Well, unlike the, this one was kind of a disappointment.
Too plain and too many (shadow) pinstripes. And the golden pinstripes on the shoulders did not help either as did the simple crew neck. This looks like a pajama and not like a soccer shirt. To me, the best feature are the name and the number which use a rather nice font. Although it might look even better if the center stripe in the letters was removed.
But the style used for these was very much to my like even down to the golden drop shadow. Modern, yet a classic look. Some people suggested that the Italians always use some style in their jerseys, but this one has not much style to it. It looks rather boring. On the plus side, the deep blue shade we come to expect was used and on the field the team looked alright in these.
But a few more (minor) accents could have helped. How about a few flag details and dropping the pinstripes. Then, this could have been a classic. But this way, better to remember the performance than the shirt. My rating: 5/10 stars. Unfortunately, Conte wanted to go back into coaching a club team and I am sure the check given to him by Chelsea was convincing enough. But worse, the replacement chosen by FIGC was rather uninspired in Gianpiero Ventura.
Hindsight is always 20/20, but even at the time of the hire it caused some head scratching as Ventura’s biggest success were single digit finishes with Torino and no real big club experience. And so it proved disastrous from the beginning as Italy was more stumbling than gelling. Now, finishing runners-up to a resurgent Spain team is acceptable but being humiliated in Madrid and then not being able to get past Sweden in the play-offs is not. Sweden had a great showing in Russia and showed that organization can overcome many deficiencies on the individual level, but Italy looked absolutely clueless on how to approach this game. And so, what was meant to be the first showcase for Puma’s latest creation became a disaster as Italy lost 1-0 on aggregate in their brand-new Puma shirts. And it was all set-up so well: the FIGC introduced a new crest which while not perfect was a vast improvement and invoked memories of the classic Itaky shield crest used prior to 1986. I was excited!
Then, as we all know every 12 years Italy reaches a World Cup final (and a final every 6 years). So, Puma seemingly remembered that fact as the last time a new crest was introduced Italy won it all and did so in.
So, it was announced that the new shirt will also have dark blue accents. Excitement rising. Then came the disappointments. The shirt was worn by Gigi Buffon in the final qualifying group games and in the playoffs and were underwhelming to say the least. First of all, the crest the crest is the only thing remotely resembling a classic Italy shirt. Yes, it is blue but the shade is a bit off. This is not helped by the dark blue V-neck and sleeve cuffs.
Well, the nicest feature is probably the little Italian flag on the cuffs.But that the collar is broken up but the raglan sleeves is and remains bothersome. A clear design fail for Puma in 2018.
And there is another Italy flag below the collar which only seems a bit superfluous. Better use these colors for the collar. However, the dotted pattern across the chest may result in a better fit for the players in the player-issue version but it just looks plain odd. In addition, unlike other Puma kits (see and ), there is no additional pattern here. It is just plain except for the aforementioned pattering that is present on most Puma shirts for 2018. The only thing that could really pull this shirt up would be sufficient white accents for names and numbers.
And yes, the Puma cats are also white and thus, this shirt becomes a bit more recognizably Italian. But then, this is all undone by the wonderfully awful font. For two tournaments in a row Puma actually produced something decent in the font department, but it was only a matter of time until we got another bad one. Now, on the shirt above the numbers don’t look as bad, but just check out other Puma shirts from 2018 on this blog and you get an idea how awkward this font looks. This one has a lot in common with the 2008 shirt. Bot tried to show off a template and were rather understated and simple and distinctively un-Italian.
This is not helped by the overalo matte feel of this shirt as compared to say or even better. It was hard to not see the azzurri in Russia, but the shirt is rather forgettable and was not missed. My rating: 5/10 stars.
How would you rate these shirts? Italy’s away jersey is surprisingly rarely seen. The last time it was seen at a World Cup was at the misfortunate 2002 World Cup in Italy’s final group game against Mexico. It has been featured more often at European championships of late, most prominently in the 2000 final in Rotterdam and last during the quarter final loss to Spain on that muggy night in Vienna (I was there!). In any case, much to Italy’s credit there has been very tlittle tinkering with it: it was always white. Well in 1938 a fascist Italy chose to play in all-black against France, but the team is just not likely to repeat that act of provocation again anytime soon.
So, how will the new white away jersey look like? Well, Puma decided on a white jersey with blue pin-stripes. If done right, this can actually result in a very neat look, but here this is not quite the case.
First of all, I think the stripes should be a tad wider. Second of all, let them run over the shoulder and not use a panel on the shoulder with the stripes running perpendicular to the main pattern. Definitely, the oddest feature here. And third, let the blue outline of the V-neck run around the entire neck.
The blue V just looks lost here. Other than that, the jersey has blue patches on the sleeves and Italian flag details running down on the sides. On the front everything is nicely arranged with the front number centered unlike on the.
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On the back, the pinstripes are only featured towards the bottom with a big blue back for name and number. I don’t quite agree with the white back here since pinstripes are definitely subtle enough to feature all over the jersey. Likelihood of being featured: 20% vs. England: 1% (Should be 0%, but I leave 1% just to allow for some error) vs. Costa Rica: 1% (Same as above) vs. Uruguay: 1% (Same as above) Round 2: 20% This one falls into the pajama category, like the England shirt and a few that are yet to come.
In a way this World Cup will be pajama World Cup. П™‚ While the pinstripe idea is not bad, the execution most definitely is. There are so many ways this shirt could have looked better. Just as one feature, I want to point out the Italian flag details along the side. They are totally lost and don’t go well with the remaining pattern. Why not feature them around the collar or at the arms.
You can do better, Puma! As for the score, I had to compare it to the and came to the conclusion that yes, this one is indeed worse. It would have been better to reuse the. My rating: 3/10 stars. We turn to the Azzurri, a team that is like Pandora’s box: you never know what you get. Although since the 2010 disaster, there has been some stability as the surprising EURO 2012 campaign and the good show at the 2013 Confederations Cup showed. The latter, however, revealed also some defensive frailty.
As Puma’s marquee team (beside the African nations), we can always expect something special for the four-time champions, so let’s see what they cooked up this time. Well, it seems Puma went for a fashion-inspired look here. If it was not tight-fitting this could well pass for a casual polo shirt. It has the deep blue tone, we would expect and features a polo collar with a very deep opening. I only find the buttons on the collar a bit strange.
The sleeve patches feature Italian flag details, which I like – a lot. Just why not have them run around the entire sleeve trim? The sleeves also feature golden Puma logos with another Puma riding somewhat high on the right chest with the white front number right below it. The FIGC logo is very prominent on the left chest, but smaller in size than Puma cat and number combined. It looks a bit uneven. I understand that the deep collar opening does not really allow for a centered feature, but the Puma cat might have just fit there.
The only bothersome feature to me are the white stripes running along the abdomen. While they may accentuate the shape, I am not sure they add much to the jersey. The back is just plain blue as the entire front probably should have been. Names and numbers are applied in solid white font with a silver outline. In fact this font is different than for the other Puma jerseys at this World Cup underlining Italy’s status within Puma. Given the golden Pumas, the outline could have been golden as well, but not much damage done here.
Likelihood of being featured: 100% vs. England: 99% (Should be 100%, but I leave 1% just to allow for some error) vs. Costa Rica: 99% (Same as above) vs. Uruguay: 99% (Same as above) This is the first Italy home jersey in a while, where I did not have an initial head-scratch. I like the fashionable look, but could do without the white accents. If you look over the history of, you will find that the less white, the better the jersey. The front could have been a bit more balanced, by moving the Puma or making the number even smaller.
Still, relatively minor details compared to what the have to worry about. П˜‰ Close, to being a classic, but some details keep it from being so. Of course, it also depends on the on-field performance.
Update Oct 18, 2018: Well, since May 2017 I actually own a player-issue long sleeved and plain version of this shirt and it is a great shirt to wear! However all the applications are just stickers even the white bands on the sides. My rating: 8/10 stars. How do you rate this shirt? And then it came all crashing down. In, delivered probably the most embarrassing title defense ever.
After a (somewhat expected) draw against, the wheels came off when the could not record a win against bravely fighting Kiwis and eventually faltered against a mediocre team that they should beat even on an average day. To make things worse, Italy finished bottom of a group that was easily the weakest of all eight behind (!!!). A fall of epic proportions. In his second spell resigned immediately after and was replaced by who had the big task of rebuilding a broken team.
Curiously enough, he not only succeeded but also gave the Italians a new look in a more attacking style of play. The first promises were shown during qualification for even with some notable setbacks as the home loss to the US in a friendly. Still, the future suddenly looked brighter than it had been on the eve of the World Cup. The reason why I am telling the story of the epic fall and the small resurgence is that all happened to be played in the same jersey – the one whic his the focus of this post.
We have another azure blue jersey and this time with only white accents as it should be. However, the white stripes running from the chest along the arms do need some getting used to and I think it would have been better to omit them.
The Italian shirt is such a classic that any non-traditional additions (aside from pinstripes) automatically alter and in a way cheapen the look. Not that the lines look that bad. They are actually quite dynamic and give the shirt a winged look, but it would be a great look for a ‘lesser’ team. The collar reminds me of the 2003 Italy home shirt, but this time it is at least symmetric, making it look better, but still a tad odd.
In order to make the shirt more ‘Italian’ the collar has a green trim on the right, a white trim in the middle and a red trim on the left. Within the frame of the collar type, I think this looks actually quite nice. Things on the front are quite nicely arranged and we return to simpler and more classic looking numbers on front and back. If only they would do it every time a new jersey is issued.
Now, if the shirt was all that it would be simple, but Puma had an Ace up their sleeves by adding a shadow pattern in the form of an African mask on the front of the shirt. It gives the shirt a very special look, but I am not sure what it actually was meant to achieve. It looks aggressive and somewhat futuristic and the eyes seem to coincide with the ches and the mouth with the abs, but maybe that should have been left out – or not? This was also the last time (as of the time of writing) that Puma issued an all blue kit. The idea was still to mimick the victorious look of the 2006 final.
However, Italy played also in more traditional white shorts against Paraguay which to me always looks better and seemingly Puma also agrees since the next range was nicely issued with white shorts. As I said, not a bad looking shirt, but more suitable for a ‘lesser’ team. Omitting either the shadow pattern or the white stripes on the front would have given the shirt a more classic look. To me this one looks a bit like a knock-off that you can find on souvenir stands in Southern Europe. My rating: 6/10 stars.
How do you rate this shirt? For regular updates, sign up at on. So, performed not too bad at EURO 2008 – coach was anyway replaced by previous coach and World Cup winner. Also, qualification for the was comparatively smooth with only Ireland (curiously coached by ) giving the reigning World Champions a little scare. However, the provided the Azzurri with a little taste of what was to come. Not that this competition should be taken too seriously (at least outside of ), but losing to Egypt and being totally outclassed by Brazil does not go well with the title “World Champion” or does it?
Still most people saw it as nothing more than a little hiccup. On the occasion, also decided to issue a special jersey that should not only look cutting edge but also incoproate elements from the first Italy jerseys ever worn. Immediately, one will notice the much lighter blue tone, which was worn in the early years. Also, the FIGC logo was enlarged quite a bit to match the large logos worn in the early days of international soccer. Other than that, the jersey looks quite pleasingly plain with a little bit unusual V-neck collar and white trims on the sleeves and the bottom of the shirt. But the devil is – as so often – in the details. First of all, Puma not only tried to connect to the distant past but also to a lot more recent one by incorporating a diagonal inlay pattern repeating the word “ITALIA” below four stars (you can guess what these stand for).
In addition, the right side of the jersey features two stripes that are missing on the left. Overall, I think the jersey does not look that bad with the exception of the pattern on the shirt and the somewhat unusual blue tone. But I initially liked it until I saw that it was worn with brown pants and socks! Thus, a quite nice jersey was marred into one of the worst Italy kits in history. I know that probably Italy wore brown pants and socks in the early days, but do we really need to be reminded of that?
At least in their last game against Brazil, Italy played with white shorts and white socks which made the whole ensemble look a lot better. I was also glad to see that Puma used their other numbering style which looked a lot more classic and pleasing on this shirt.
Still, the names remained in lower case letters – not a fan. My rating only refers to the shirt, which I actually happen to like although I wished for a somewhat darker blue tone. Still, at least that part was well done by Puma. My rating: 7/10 stars. How do you rate this shirt? For regular updates, sign up at on. Is definitely one of the most demanding teams to love.
In principle the Italian line-up always features a handful of players that everyone will agree are absolute greats on their position. But not always do these stars gel and form a successful team.
What’s worse is that often after a great tournament performance, the follow up with disappointment. Need proof?1982: World Cup winners against the odds, 1984: failed to qualify miserably for EURO 1984. 1990: unlucky 3rd place at home, 1992: failed to qualify for EURO 1992. 1994: lost World Cup final on penalties, 1996: exit in the group stage at EURO 1996.
2000: finalists at EURO 2000, 2002 and 2004: early exits at and EURO 2004. So, the world wanted to see whether after the triumph in 2006 (where again the Italians won against the odds due to the unrest brought to the team through the calciopoli scandal), the Italians would be more stable. Well, let’s say the decline was not as rapid at first and qualification to EURO 2008 was secured with some ease despite a loss in Paris to France. At EURO 2008, however, Italy suddenly got totally outclassed by an exciting and were on the verge of elimination if had not pulled off a miracle save against ‘s. Things were on an upswing when France was finally beaten in 90 minutes after a 30 year wait and in the quarters the young and irresistible was held at bay and forced into a penalty shoot-out, which Italy eventually lost (I was there on that extremely humid night in Vienna). Surely, the World champions had hoped for more, but it was a more dignified exit.
For EURO 2008, actually tried to hold back and used one of their two 2008 templates for the Azzurri shirt. The only innovation came in the form of the accent color, which supposedly was meant to be gold (once more), but turned more into a mustard color. The plain blue shirt is thus adorned with golden Pumas on the right chest, and the shoulders, as well as golden sleeve trims and a golden V-neck. After 5 years, however, Puma finally dropped the golden numbers in favor of white ones.
However, the style leaves a lot for debate. I may live with the pixel-style numbers but could do without the dots surrounding them. Worse, however, is the way the numbers are distorted, making them quite awkward to look at. If nothing else, Puma at least tries to innovate more than any other supplier. Still, not as bad as 2012, but still a dropped ball.
The player names remain in lower case (to this day!), but in a more pleasant font. To me the biggest change however occurred when Puma decided to issue the kit in all-blue, since Italy triumphed in all-blue in 2006. I just prefer my Italy shirt with white pants and not blue ones. Overall, the shirt does not look too bad, but also a bit cheap and I definitely could have done without those numbers. My rating: 5/10 stars. How do you rate this shirt? For regular updates, sign up at on.
2006: a year that will always be remembered very fondly by fans of the Azzurri. No wonder, they were crowned World Champions for the fourth time on that one night in Berlin on June 9, 2006. While that final against a surprisingly strong French team was quite openly contested for 60 minutes (probably the best 60 minutes in 20 years), but then the toll of the semifinal against started showing and the did their best to hold the French at bay. A task that became infinitely easier thanks to ‘s incredibly asinine head butt. At least to me, the final ended right there and then. I think given the entire tournament, fully deserved to win, but it was with this very sour taste that somehow tainted it. Still, it should be noted that Italy won the tournament on penalties although they had very mixed and largely negative experiences in this so-called lottery (I do disagree with that notion BTW!).
However, once one remembers the incredible semifinal against Germany (easily the best game of the tournament although it remained goalless for more than 118 minutes), Italy can only be considered as worthy champions. Remember that stunning no look pass of Pirlo to set up Grosso’s winner? Prior to that the Italians were hardly untested and only experienced minor problems against and Australia. Thanks to a dominant defense with an outstanding, a brilliant midfield duo in ‘architect’ and ‘grinder’ and a true team effort Italy prevailed. Unfortunately, the jersey was not really worthy of a champion. Did use their main template for 2006 here, but added some extras that were unique to the Azzurri. As on the previous two versions, the accent color for logos, names and numbers is golden which was not great but OK.
I am more annoyed by the use of dark blue as an accent color instead of white. Especially the curved pattern on the front looks a bit ridiculous and I am not sure what effect Puma was looking for here.
As in 2004, everything on the front is aligned in the center, however this time the Italian shield has been replaced by a new look logo, which is reminiscent of the Italian shield but upon closer inspection an abomination that we have to endure now for already 7 years! Also, note that the two Puma logos on the shoulders are asymmetrically placed: one is on the right shoulder, the other on the left sleeve! Why, one dares to ask. Unfortunately, things do get worse on the back.
П˜¦ The round collar on the front is ended by a dark blue arch on the back, which then features further shading towards the inside of the back (just enough space for the number). Due to the arch the back of the collar is quite open and looking somewhat odd. But not as odd as the gold names and numbers on this one. The number is featured in an unusually slanted style with a shadow outline on the right which on the top always extends to the left a bit more than the actual number. Make it a bit more upright and drop the outline and the numbers would actually look OK, but this way I am not a fan.
But worse to me are the names. First of all, why all lower case?
Italians are not that small? Second of all, why use a serif-font which is harder to read especially gold on blue and in lower case? Consolation: all Puma teams had to deal with thatin 2006. The shirt was to be worn with white pants, but did only do so against Australia and Ukraine.
In all other games Italy wore an all-blue outfit, which I could accept on rare occassions (i.e. Against an all-white Ghana and Czech Republic) but cannot understand when this was worn against the US and more annoyingly against Germany. Uniform codes are rather ambiguous to me and frequently mess with traditional kits such as the Italian one. Unfortunately, this would have repercussions for upcoming Italian kits, as well.
Winning the had another repercussion: a fourth star needed to be incorporate in the new FIGC logo, where previously the three stars were located towards the bottom of the green, white and red bands. However, those who were hoping that the classic Italian shield would be reinstated were disappointed. The FIGC opted instead to put the fourth star in the slightly bolder white stripe above the other one. Thus, post-World Cup the shirt was worn with the updated with the new crest as shown below. Throughout the article I guess you already got the idea that I was very pleased with Italy winning the World Cup in 2006, but not so with the shirt worn there.
Yes, of course, I own it (Pirlo), but more for sentimental purpose than actual beauty. I really wish Puma had chosen a more classic design for that one. My rating: 3/10 stars. How do you rate this shirt? For regular updates, sign up at on.
About Roland As you may be able to tell, I am a huge soccer fan and spend a lot of my time thinking about soccer in many ways. Beside being a fan, I regularly read books on the game, follow developments, but also try to analyze the beautiful game from a more unusual angle: using numbers instead of opinions (which are generally generated by self-proclaimed experts). After all, in my 'real' life I am a statistician, so it comes natural. But I like more than just numbers: I like the history of the game and I love (to wear) soccer jerseys. So, that should give you enough background on me and my motivation to start this blog.