‘Worst outcome for any football match' – Fans baffled at bizarre kit quirk during Lionesses semi-final with Italy
Viewers began questioning why both teams were wearing their away kits, when the team's home colours kits don't appear to clash.
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The Lionesses and Italy left fans confused after both wearing their away kits during their Euros 2025 semi-final
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The Italians typically wear their iconic Savoy azure, deemed the national colour of Italy.
This wouldn't have necessarily clashed with
jersey
, but the Lionesses home kit does include blue shorts.
Sarina Wiegman's side home uniform also includes blue strips down the side and around the collar and chest.
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And Uefa rules dictate that there must be a clear contrast between the home and away kits of competing teams to avoid confusion for fans and officials.
But confused supporters were left perplexed by the call.
One joked online: "Both teams playing in their away kits - OK come clean - who forgot to check their emails?"
Another quizzed: "Why are both teams wearing their away kits considering if they wore the home kits would still blue vs white?"
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England's home kit is white, with blue accents in the shirt and blue shorts
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Meanwhile, Italy's home kit is the traditional Savoy azure colour, with white shorts and blue lines
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A third asked: "Beats me why
Italy
in all blue here honestly. This is awful lol."
While a fourth added: "Neither team wearing their home kit is the absolute worst outcome for any football match though."
I coached Chloe Kelly as a kid and have now spent £3,000 building my own pub to watch her at Euro 2025
But both home kits could've caused a clash because the Lionesses' kit includes a lot of blue.
Meanwhile, Italy's green away kit would've clashed with England's home kit.
Italy wore their green away kit for the first time in the tournament during their shock 2-1 quarter-final win over Norway.
And it's gifted the team more luck, as the Azzurre went 1-0 up through Barbara Bonansea's smart finish from six yards out inside 33 minutes.
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