World Cup 2010 Jerseys: Ghana.

May 19th, 2010 | by: chris | View Comments

Another day, another brilliant Puma kit for the African nations.

Ghana’s nickname doesn’t have quiet the ferocity of an indomitable lion, the mystical grandeur of an elephant of the precociousness of a fennec – in short, they ain’t an animal – but Puma has still done more with a simple black star than most kits at the World Cup have done with twice as much.

Want one? Buy the Ghana World Cup home shirt in our store.

Early admission: I’m a big fan of black and white. Therefore, this was always going to sway me well in favor.

However, it’s even better than I thought in all its full glory when viewing the total kit. The big change from the last go ’round is obviously the removal of that phenomenal graphic from the front, but it looks equally as good in its simple white with the faded black star in Puma Territory™ (that’s what we’re renaming the right shoulder of the African kits). The black outline of the sleeve leaves is a simple touch to keep it from becoming too…simple. Is simple times two less simple, or more simple?

The built-in abs and left nipple are also a nice change of pace.

Moving on…there is one thing which will standout on this kit through the South African winter – the sleeves and Puma Territory™ appear to be damn near mesh. A mesh which will become much less apparent with sweat, and therefore the shirt may resemble something closer to a toga by mid-second half. Maybe Greece will be borrowing them when Ghana are done? Have to cut corners somewhere.

And I think we can say that this kit wouldn’t look nearly as good on, say, Denmark – fashion encompasses all.

Want one? Buy the Ghana World Cup away shirt in our store.

Less a fan of this if only because it looks like the fashion lovechild of the Cameroon and Ivory Coast away kits. Yes, it’s a line, but there are too many similarities to the two, and they could’ve gone with something radically different – maybe an actual toga this time.

Still, it’s a nice African design with the handpainted design, full with handpainted numbers and names, and that raw, rough feel of Africa. The article matches the customer, so it’s something of football’s haute couture.