Practically all of us football fans are counting the days until the World Cup takes place this summer in Russia, in the meantime, to make the wait a little more pleasant, we bring you a general retrospective of our favourite jerseys of the team with the most World Cup titles, the Brazilian national football team. An ensemble with a history marked by thousands of indelible images for the fans.
1970
A star-studded super team with the explosive firepower of Pelé, Tostao, Gerson, Rivelino and Jairzinho, it was one of the best teams football fans have ever seen. Their eye-catching, elegant and entertaining football looked like a choreography worthy of the best ballet dance of the Bolshoi school. That World Cup was the first to be broadcast in colour, which is why the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) decided to dye the match jersey a much more intense yellow than they were used to. A World Cup where Pelé won his third World Cup, previously; Sweden 1958 and Chile 1962.
1994
In those years, the Brazilian nation was shocked by the tragic death of Ayrton Senna, and the government declared three days of official mourning throughout the nation. Moreover, the Canarinha had not won the World Cup title for 24 years and pessimism about the Seleção's chances was higher than ever. In the end, Brazil won the title four times against Italy in the Rose Bowl. As a curiosity; Brazil wore the Umbro brand and it was the first World Cup with the names on the players' jerseys; specifically, the match between Germany vs Bolivia.
1998
Many of us will remember the shirts we saw at the 1998 World Cup in France with great affection, as well as being a World Cup with a vintage flavour, which was finally won by the French with a great Zinedine Zidane, against Brazil. We remember that competition because of the image we have of Ronaldo Nazario, with a lost, incredulous look, that image of the ‘Phenomenon’ with his boots hanging around his neck, a marketing strategy with which Nike sought to leave a mark on all fans, despite having lost the final to its most direct competitor.
2002
Once again in this post, where we review the most emblematic jerseys of the Canarinha, Brazil became champions. Regardless of the fact that at that time the Brazilian national team had four World Cups in their trophy cabinet, they ended up lifting a long-awaited World Cup. In the first World Cup for Nike in 1998, where they were one step away from having one of their jerseys lift the World Cup, but Brazil was overtaken by France, and the dream of a Nike jersey lifting the World Cup was delayed, 4 years later, in Korea and Japan, Nike achieved their goal. Once again wearing the swoosh brand, Brazil managed to lift the World Cup against Germany. And they did it with a very unique jersey, as it was the first time that double fabric jerseys had been introduced.
2018
The first kit that the Brazilians will wear in Russia 2018, called Samba de Oro, comes from the jerseys worn during the 1970s, when the World Cup was first broadcast in the colour. A much brighter yellow than the shirts worn in the last 20 years. For the first time since the 60s, blue is reintroduced in the Home kit in a very visible way, appearing on a neckband, more precisely on the back of the back. A globe of the national flag, together with the phrase ‘você é a seleção’, which translates as ‘you are the national team’, adds the finishing touch to the design of the home kit.
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