“To promote the women’s Euro 2022 tournament”
The German men’s soccer team wears the women’s team’s uniform and participates in the match.
The German national team wears a special uniform in the group stage 2 match (1-1 draw) of the 2022-2023 European Football Federation (UEFA) Nations League League A against England held at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany on the 8th (Korean time) did.
It is not the uniform of the home game of the men’s team with a horizontal black stripe on the front of the white shirt, but the uniform of the women’s national team.
The top of the women’s team uniform is designed on a white background without a pattern, and three black stripes are drawn on each shoulder.
The reason male players wear this uniform is to announce the 2022 Women’s European Football Championship (Euro 2022) to be held in England from July 6 to 31 local time.
Local media such as Sky Sports’ German version reported that “men’s national team players will wear women’s team uniforms to promote Euro 2022.”
Germany’s women’s national football team, Sarah Dursun, said, “It’s really cool.
I wonder if the men’s team will look better than us when they wear uniforms,” he said, and goalkeeper Merle Fromms welcomed it, saying, “It’s a good sign.”
Before the match, the men’s national team announced through social networking services (SNS), “We will wear the women’s team’s uniform in the England and Nations League match and cheer for them.”
The German women’s national team also played a friendly match against Chile while wearing the men’s national team uniform as a sign of cheering ahead of Euro 2020 last year.
Germany drew 1-1 with England on the same day, drawing a draw in two consecutive UEFA Nations League matches.
Germany, with 2 points, placed 3rd in Group 3 of League A, and England (1 points, 1 draw, 1 loss) placed 4th.
Meanwhile, the Belgian national football team is also scheduled to wear the women’s national team uniform in the Nations League match against Poland on the 9th.
/yunhap news
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