In this series we take a look at the days when club colours were nearly more likely to adorn the stands than that of the country at some international games. For part the previous installment, click here.
Chile vs Brazil, World Cup Qualifier, 1989:
“Barra Juvenil” of Deportes Valdivia
Italy vs Wales, friendly, 1994:
“Freak Brothers”, “Fedayn”, “Brigate” and others of Ternana
Noteworthy: Like with Perugia as seen in International Duty #2, hammer and sickle and other left wing symbols appear at an Italy game:
Noteworthy 2: Apparently Italian TV decided that Wales flag was that of an inversed Scotland flag:
Poland vs Norway, World Cup Qualifier, 1993:
Banners of Bałtyk Gdynia, Lech Poznan and other Polish clubs
Germany vs Italy, friendly, 1995:
“Blue Boys” (club unknown), “Red Munichs” of Bayern Munich, “VfB Fans Gerlingen” of VfB Stuttgart, and others
Italy vs Croatia, European Championships Qualifier, 1994:
“Fossa”, club unknown (game in Palermo):
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More than likely that Welsh “flag” in the Rai Uno graphics was one of those “Big X – image not found” type icons. Still, it’s better having that in place of Y Ddraig Goch than a completely non-representative Union Jack.
Also a noteworthy observation are the Italians’ use of Wales’ colours in the banners too (red/green/yellow) 😉
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[…] In this series, which to be fair wouldn’t exist without Italian games to carry it (I nearly called it “Italocentric” but there are a few other countries), we look back at a time where club banners were more prevalent at national team games. Click here for #1 and here for #2. […]
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[…] lightened, reversed Scotland flag that now resembles some sort conceptual, diagonal Finnish design (similar to how Italian TV redesigned the Welsh flag in real life 1994). Even stranger is their kit selection of white and orange for the home, while orange and black for […]
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