Evening Standard
·23 March 2024
Evening Standard
·23 March 2024
England play Brazil for the first time in seven years when they host the Selecao is a prestigious friendly this evening.
Brazil have ditched their iconic yellow shirts that stir memories of legends like Pele, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho.
Instead they will wear their blue away strip, in a move that is likely to disappoint football traditionalists.
Brazil wore their famous yellow shirts in the historic match against England at the 1970 World Cup, famous for Gordon Banks’ miraculous save from Pele.
They have worn yellow in their previous six matches against England at Wembley.
But this time they will walk out in the blue they wore against England at the World Cup in 2002, when Ronaldinho audaciously lobbed David Seaman.
Brazil have just released their latest Nike home and away kits ahead of the Copa America this summer.
They face Spain in another friendly next week and the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and Nike see the two games as an opportunity to parade both kits.
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