Why in sports thye dress in blue and not in green, white or red?
2006-06-16 11:49:32 · 6 answers · asked by yomero 2 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Other - Football
I agree that they have home and away uniforms, but why not use the colours of their flag like most of the teams?
other countries thay do not follow the flag clour rule are:
Holland: Orange -- to honour the royal house.
Australia: Green. No idea why
New Zeeland: Black and white, no idea why.
2006-06-16 12:10:03 · update #1
Talking about "home" and "away" uniforms is kind of misleading nowadays, because the teams don't wear different uniforms when they play home and away; they have a main one, which is worn almost always, and then one or two others that can be used when the opposing team wears the same colors. So yours is a very interesting question, because Italy's main uniform is, like you said, the blue one, and it has become so important in the identity of italian sport that the italian athletes are called "azzurri" and the national teams are called "squadra azzurra" (blue team).
In fact, the answer is very simple: like in the Netherlands, the blue was chosen because it was the colour of the royal house. It happened in 1911, when Italy used to play in white. There was a football match against Hungary, who also played in white, and so the italians thought that it was their duty as hosts to wear a different uniform so that the teams wouldn't play in the same colours. They chose the blue colour because it was the colour of the royal house who was ruling at the time - the house of Savoia.
2006-06-16 16:58:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
back when italy used to start playing international games, they used white shirts because they were the cheapest and budgets were not that much, blue was the first colour that they could afford and after that they adopted the name azzuri meaning blue in italian, so they sticked with it ever since, and their away colours are white in remeberance to their first colours ever used
2006-06-16 15:02:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They'e called Squadra Azzurri
That's their home colors
Their away colors are usually white.
2006-06-16 14:03:47 · answer #3 · answered by Grrrl Sets Fire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its because, they don't want to be confused with Mexico. If they were the same colour as their flag, dang, they will probably have the same jersey and colour as Mexico.
2006-06-16 12:19:44 · answer #4 · answered by ×× M. Jordan ×× 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so they won't get confused with other teams. Their uniforms look really good anyways.
2006-06-16 14:11:30 · answer #5 · answered by Stoic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So that they won't clash with their shoes and purse.
No seriously, they probably have at least two uniforms ["home" and "away"], so you're really generalizing here.
2006-06-16 11:53:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋