World Cup 2010 Jerseys: Argentina

March 31st, 2010 | by: Daryl |

argentina kiss Today we turn our sartorial eyes to Argentina, and the home and away shirts the team will wear at World Cup 2010.

All World Cup 2010 jerseys are available in our store, but the idea with these posts is that we play (uneducated) fashion critic and cast judgments over colours, patterns and forms. If those are even the correct terms. Read on for my best attempt at a review, and I’d love to hear your reactions in the comments.

Argentina Home Shirt

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- Want one? Find your Argentina home shirt in our World Cup Store. We also have the #10 Messi and official TechFit jerseys available.

I’ve always been a big fan of Argentina’s albiceleste stripes. It’s one of the iconic football images, even more so since so few teams wear a similar style. So this jersey is off to a good start. What I’m not entirely happy with is the way the stripes are interrupted. There’s a separate panel on the shoulders to accommodate the adidas three stripes, and that panel interrupts the flow if you ask me. Couldn’t adidas have gotten their striped in there without ruining the more important albiceleste stripes? So I’m not 100% sold on this version, but it’s still a classic design, and will likely look good when matched with black shorts and the black socks.

Argentina Away Shirt

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- You like? Find your Argentina away jersey in our World Cup store.

I’m giving this 10 out of 10. Not just because the dark blue contrasts nicely with the white trim, but because this kit is a very clear nod to the Argentina away shirt of the 1986 World Cup. Don’t believe me? Here’s a snapshot of Diego Maradona against England from that year:

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With Diego Maradona now in charge of the team, and Leo Messi doing Maradona-esque things with the ball, I see this away shirt as both homage to the past and optimism that the current team can maybe match that World Cup winning team of 1986.

What do you think of Argentina’s home and away shirts for World Cup 2010?

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Seth

I need to get me that away shirt. Look’s awesome.
Vic

I liked the darker away kit better. Also, I agree that the home kit could do without the break on the stripes.

Not a particularly spectacular kit if you ask me, 7 out of 10.
Rob

I quite like the break in the stripes. Not that I’d be seen dead in one, obviously.
Ebrahim

I think the away kit is more of a nod to the 1990 shirt since that was also by Adidas….!

The problem with Adidas and Argentina has always been the amalgamation of their respectives stripes. The last few home shirts have all looked the same if you ask me, and this one is nothing especially different. Disappointed with the lack of creativity at Adidas.
Kufre abasi

The argentina away jersy is so.so fine.i love it.i wish you guys can send me one.