Once again, thanks to the fine folks at Footy Headlines, we’ve got our hands on the latest and greatest 2018 FIFA World Cup gear leaks. Today’s news is big: It’s the Adidas Nemeziz Messi 18 World Cup cleats — yes, the cleats Lionel Messi will be wearing in Russia come June.
On the men’s soccer side of things, China hasn’t had much to cheer about in some time. They didn’t come close to qualifying for the 2018 World Cup, and recent China Cup defeats to Wales and the Czech Republic by a combined scoreline of 10-1 tell you everything you need to know about the world’s 65th-ranked side.
Brazil will approach the World Cup in the shadow of its catastrophic 7-1 semifinal defeat to Germany from 2014, but the Seleção has gradually let the light back in with its gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games and remarkable run through CONMEBOL qualifying.
After losing its opening match against Chile, Brazil went undefeated over the following 17 games, recording 12 wins and five draws while scoring 41 goals and allowing only nine. Accordingly, Brazil is worthy of its FIFA ranking of No. 2 and Elo ranking of No. 1.
Con Antoine Griezmann, Alex Lacazette, Anthony Martial, Olivier Giroud, Dimitri Payet, Ousmane Dembele, Nabil Fekir, Kylian Mbappe, Kevin Gameiro y Karim Benzema, Francia posee 10 delanteros que, si fueran estadounidenses, seguramente pasarían a ser los mejores delanteros de Estados Unidos en la historia.
Esto es un exceso de calidad, especialmente si los juntamos con el excelente juego en el medio campo de jugadores como Paul Pogba, Thomas Lemar, Kingsley Coman y Corentin Tolisso.
Han aparecido las últimas imágenes de la camiseta de visitante de Adidas de México para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA Rusia 2018, y parece que El Tri representará adecuadamente su apodo cuando use sus camisetas de visitante.
El diseño presenta una llamativa franja horizontal en el pecho que muestra la bandera de México en tres colores verde, blanco y rojo, así como franjas verdes de Adidas en los hombros. La parte posterior del cuello de la camisa, al igual que el diseño de la casa, presenta un mensaje de "soy México".
Goalkeepers are a different breed from the rest of us. It’s bad enough they’re allowed to use their hands and train in the weirdest ways imaginable, but they also have a crazy fashion sense. In addition to being able to wear pants and oversized gloves, goalies with hats have long been a part of the game, though it’s not as common these days. So we thought it would be a good idea to look back at goalkeepers who wore caps to remind everyone of just how weird goalkeepers are.
Tees of All Time founder Carlos Velasquez moved from Bogota, Colombia, to Los Angeles, California, at the age of 15. Despite growing up in a soccer-mad country, Carlos’s interest in the game only peaked during Colombia's run to the 2014 FIFA World Cup quarterfinals.
There have been so many great World Cup jerseys in the tournament's 88-year history that it's hard to make a list. However, we chose some of the most stunning kits, for each taking into consideration its originality, beauty and representation of a country's culture and soccer tradition.
Read on and let us know: which is your favorite jersey and/or which ones did we miss?
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