Russia was angry about the Euro 2020 jersey because the colors of the flag were reversed

There is some tension around the Russian national team due to the new shirt. In the past few days, adidas has presented all the European and South American selections kits for the summer 2020 events (Europeans and Copa America), and among these there is also that of Stanislav Cherchesov's team, fresh from the excellent course at the World Cup. housewives (defeat in the quarterfinals against finalist Croatia). The Moscow Federation has announced that it will not wear the new uniform due to the colors of the sleeves, which are inverted with respect to the national flag.

The shirt is red, on the sleeves there are blue and white inserts, in this order. The visual sequence does not return the three horizontal bands of the flag of the Russian Federation (white, blue and red), but those of the flag of the Republic of Serbia (red, blue and white). The German brand has already apologized for the error in an official statement, but the jersey is already on sale in many stores. Meanwhile, as mentioned, the Russian national team has decided not to use the new kit, and is training for the next European qualifying matches (against Belgium on November 16th, and against San Marino on November 19th) using the technical material of the last two years.

Russia is already certain of qualifying for Euro 2020, it was the third National in order of time (after Belgium and Italy) to mathematically obtain the pass for the final phase. St. Petersburg will host three Group B games (in which Cherchesov's team has already been included) and a quarter-final. It will be the fifth consecutive participation in the continental tournament, the maximum result dates back to 2008, when Hiddink and his men (including Arshavin, Zhirkov and Akinfeev) reached the semi-finals, when they were defeated by Spain destined to win the event.