England are wearing their away kit for the Women’s World Cup final 2023.
The Women’s World Cup 2023 final is off and running and the entirety of England is asking the same question: why blue?!
The Lionesses have emerged from the tunnel donning their blue away kits, a surprise considering Spain are wearing their traditional, iconic red shirts and navy shorts.
Spain are the designated Team A in the final given the tournament tree to this stage, meaning they were given priority to select their kit for the final – an obvious choice.
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However, FIFA rules meant that England couldn’t wear their home kit due to clashing, similar navy shorts to Spain.
This wouldn’t have been an issue had England been playing in their all-white Euro 2022 kit, but the switch to navy means it cannot be worn alongside Spain in the final.
It’s not the worst result for England though, as the men’s team famously wore their red change kit in 1966, the date of the first and last World Cup victory for either the men’s or women’s teams.
Let’s face it, if England do go on to win the final, nobody will care about dress sense in the scenes of celebration to follow…
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