England, the national teams no longer want white shorts: “A problem with the cycle”

The shorts of discord will not change for now. At least for now. The ones that England wore in the inaugural match of the women’s European Championship, won 1-0 against Austria, will remain white, those that are periodically referred to as “not suitable for women’s football”.

“We are always attentive to the requests of our players: they will be taken into consideration for the future” said the English federation after the case raised by Beth Mead, the Arsenal striker who signed the 1-0 for the masters. home in the first game, and who had pointed out how much the white shorts are a problem during the period.

the case

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“It’s nice to play with white jersey and shorts, but sometimes they are not practical, especially when it is that time of the month – said Mead -. We talked about it as a team and we reported the problem to the federation and to our technical sponsor. change “. A sentiment that was also shared by her teammate Georgia Stanway, who however underlined that white is the color that fans associate with the English national team. The lionesses, however, have not always played with white shorts: they had blue both at the 2019 World Cup in France and 4 years earlier in Canada. But for this European at home they went back to white, reopening a case that periodically returns to women’s sport. They also raised it at Wimbledon, where white is mandatory during the tennis tournament and where some female players have spoken out about the mental stress that comes from taking to the field with that color during the cycle. These are the same problems that the England players tried to put the spotlight on.

the reactions

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“We want the players to feel that they have our full support on this problem – said the English Football Association in a statement entrusted to” The Athletic “-. We will continue to work with our technical sponsor to solve it, but at the same time we will follow the indications of the tournament organizers for the choice of the colors of the game uniforms “. Nike, the technical sponsor, had already made his voice heard: “We understand the concerns of our athletes wearing light-colored uniforms during their cycle, which can be a real problem in sport. We will work with them to find a solution to the problem, but at the same time we must follow the dictates of teams, federations and sports associations that decide the colors of their uniforms “. The case is still open, at least for this European. “I hope next year is the right one for a color change,” said Stanway.