Well, let’s continue with the posts and get to one of the rarer shirts. In fact, we have seen the away jersey in action against Portugal this March, but it never was available for sale. And this generally makes it hard for me to post. Well, I found a few nice pictures and also could supplement pictures of the previous away jerseys making for a three jersey post.
Many consider Egypt to be a dark horse and two weeks ago it seemed well possible that Russia might be in for a truly rough ride in their group. Now with star player M. Salah leaving teh Champions League final injured, things are not as clear anymore. Just watch the odds movement on betfair.com and it becomes obvious that many think that Egypt’s chances hinge on the fitness of their talisman. On the other hand, a super star can make a huge difference, but soccer is by and large a weakest link sport. And given that Egypt qualified almost comfortably from a group containing Ghana, there surely must be some quality. And it has been slowly building over the past few years.
Now, here we are looking at three away jerseys, which are all white with black accents and in many ways resemble their home counter parts. Let’s start with in 2015:
Well, bad logo aside, I like this one which is basically the home jersey in white. The black shoulder yoke nicely frames the jersey and having the cuffs and the collar in black and red makes for a really nice accent. Otherwise this jersey is rather plain but not to its detriment. I really would have loved to see this one at a major tournament.
My rating: 8/10 stars.
Well, as with the home jersey for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, the away jersey also looks not that well as its predecessor. However, this one is a little bit more consistent as it only uses white and black. Otherwise it is once more the home jersey where red is swapped out for white. Even the shadow pattern is the same nonsensical one. I guess, I can keep this post also short and you can read much more on what I like and do not like about this one in my post about the home jersey. But using black-and white makes it a tad better one.
My rating: 5/10 stars.
And this brings us to the elusive Egypt away jersey for the World Cup, which we will definitely see in their match-up against Russia:
Hmm, this looks in many ways like a Germany jersey. And given the Mannschaft’s recent success, this is actually not a disparaging thing to say. In fact, I would go as far as to proclaim that Egypt are Africa’s Germany. The jersey itself is super simple with just black stripes on the shoulders and a black trim on the crew neck collar. There really is not much more to it. The round crest is in shape also quite similar to Germany’s eagle crest, but in content inferior. The front number is centered and on the back we use the same font as all other Adidas teams. And yes, all applications are in black. That is it.
I think this is a record for me: least amount of words per jersey in a post. But then it was truly easy to cover these three jerseys as there wasn’t much to say. Well, this away jersey is not spectacular but also not bad. Simplicity for the win here. But as it also lacks that special something is right there with the home jersey.
My rating: 6/10 stars.
How would you rate these shirts?
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