Mexico World Cup 2014: El Tri to wear green jersey, black shorts vs. Croatia
By Josh Sanchez
When the Mexico soccer team takes on Croatia Monday evening at Arena Pernambuco in Recife, the 2014 World Cup future will be on the line for both squads as they look to advance from Group A.
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When it comes down to the crucial match, Mexico will be going with a look that we have not yet seen from El Tri in Brazil.
The line up is expected to be the same starting XI that the team rolled with against Cameroon in the opener and against host nation Brazil, but the team’s kits will have a different look to them.
Mexico will go going with their traditional green jerseys, but they will add in the alternate black shorts that they had previously worn with their red kits.
The socks will still be red and white.
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Here is a look at the kit combo for El Tri for tomorrow’s match against Croatia:
The reasoning for the change in shorts is likely due to a clash with Croatia.
Croatia has a traditional checkerboard jersey that they wear, but the kit also features white shorts. In order to keep both teams from wearing the same colored shorts, it is likely that FIFA asked El Tri to go with a different option.
As long as the team can keep playing at the level they have been early in the World Cup, the kit combination will not matter. If they struggle, don’t be surprised to see El Tri fans asking that the team never wears green on black again.
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