FIFA World Cup draw, we’re starting to see a cavalcade of kits released in preparation for the event, which will be staged in Canada, Mexico and the United States next summer.
Hot on the heels of last month’s bulk release by Adidas, Puma is the latest manufacturer to unveil a batch of kits that its national teams will be wearing next year. On Wednesday, it released the new home shirts for all of its European teams: Austria, Czechia, Iceland, Portugal and Switzerland.
The unifying design concept is «the love of the shirt,» with Puma highlighting the national pride felt among players and fans when they pull on their colors for the big occasion.
We’ve rifled through the new home kits on offer and cast a sartorial eye over each of them, listed here in alphabetical order, and assigned them all a ranking out of 10.
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Austria
Cristiano Ronaldo will wear at his sixth and final World Cup — is unfortunately a bit of a downgrade on the first.
Rating: 6/10
Switzerland
Red with minimal white trim — the same as every other Switzerland home shirt since the dawn of association football. The minor distinction this time round is a subtle wave graphic in the fabric which mirrors the hidden contour lines that appear on Swiss passports when passed under UV light. A fairly niche source of inspiration, but at least it adds a little excitement to what is ostensibly a fairly predictable jersey.
Rating: 4.5/10
