Criticism partly devastating
German World Cup jersey comes off badly in the ranking
07/18/2023, 4:50 p.m
An English newspaper rates all the jerseys of the 32 teams taking part in the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The shirts of the German soccer players end up in the lower half. But it could have been worse.
The German soccer players did pretty poorly in the large World Cup jersey ranking of the English daily newspaper “Telegraph”. Among the 64 jerseys of the 32 participating nations, the German shirts ended up in 41st place (home) and 46th place (away).
The USA winner’s jersey.
(Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire)
“A nice screensaver, but please not as a shirt,” said the greenish German away shirt before the tournament in Australia and New Zealand. The home jersey with a black bar on a white background performed a little better: “The same as for the men, but two stars less – that costs seven places compared to 34th place at the men’s World Cup.” The “Telegraph” but fears it could go down in history with a dishonor “after losing in preparation against Zambia”.
Reassuringly, however: With other jerseys, the criticism is downright devastating. The red braid on the Spanish away shirt, which took last place, looks like a “drinker’s nose in the final stage”: “The design is intended to reflect corals and the underwater world, but only shames them.” Vietnam (63) uses a “McDonald’s uniform from the 1980s” for its away jersey, and the view of China (Nike/58) is “a waste of time”. The Argentina away jersey (60) is said to “get worse and worse the longer you look at it” – it looks like the “packaging of a tennis racket”.
The winner was the actually very successful Nike home jersey of the USA in an unusual dot look – as if a player had painted a blue wall in it: “Clever, funny, and as unbeatable as the team.” Adidas also received high praise for the Colombian away kit and the very classic Jamaican first set: “timeless” with “perfect shades”.
In addition to the sometimes harsh and mostly entertaining evaluation in classic dry British humor, the “Telegraph” also provides an overview of which outfitter actually equips how many World Cup participants. Accordingly, 13 teams will be equipped by Nike, in addition to the USA, Australia, Brazil, China, England, France, Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, South Korea and Portugal. 10 selections play in Adidas, apart from Germany, Argentina, Costa Rica, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Colombia, the Philippines, Sweden and Spain. Meanwhile, Morocco and Switzerland are playing in Puma. Castore (Ireland), Grand Sport (Vietnam), Hummel (Denmark), KoPa (Zambia), Le Coq Sportif (South Africa), Reebok (Panama) and Saeta (Haiti) each supply one participant.