Colour change on Klopp debut! Why Germany's shirt was banned

Shortly before Klopp’s debut, there has been another change. The German national team will not be wearing the green retro shirt, but the black jersey instead. It was actually not supposed to be unveiled until early November.

As ‘Bild’ now claims to have learned, Uefa has banned the green 1990 shirt due to “kit regulations,” meaning “jersey and equipment rules.” The issue is said to involve two details. First, there must be space on the sleeves for the Nations League emblem and the Uefa Foundation logo. Second, the players’ shirt numbers must be visible on the chest. Neither of these requirements would be met by the retro jersey, which is why the DFB is said to have changed course once again.

So the black shirt will not make its debut in November after all, but right away. In the upcoming home matches (Sunday in Augsburg against Greece and the following Thursday in Munich against Serbia), the DFB team will wear the white home kits from the World Cup.

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