why does the italian national team wear blue?
336078
The Italian national team wears blue because that was the color of the Savoia's which was the royal family back when there was still a monarchy
897253
Fozio is wrong about  England. There is no such thing as "local municipality flags or colours" in England. Unlike Italy, it was never historically a collection of independent city states, so although local differences exist they are not based on any historical seperation. \n\nClub emblems in  England sometimes use the emblem of their town or city's local authority..Liverpool's use of the mythical "liver bird" is taken from the city council's emblem.  But many other clubs do not. \n\nEnglish clubs chose their basic colours based on the personal preferences of the people who originally founded the club, nothing more than that. Almost all of these are now at least 100 years old, so the club colours have become traditional.
336325
Because there is a team in Serie A called Juventus....the greatest Italian team ever!  Why would one want to root for Inter....a team that has spent millions of dollars to be second fiddle?  Villareal beat Inter in the world showcase Champions League.  Now the owner is being forced to sell the team because the fans are upset with how he has embarrassed the club. That's why.
1116750
Blue is for Japanese Kingdom Color. Same as Dutch wearing the  Orange.
479036
28 scudettos and going for their 29th this year... they don't have to fit 28 stars in their uniform since the "Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio" allows to wear one star for every 10 scudettos... Juve is the only one with 2 stars in their uniform and soon the only one with 3.  FORZA JUVE!!!!!!!!\n\nItalian\n\n28 scudettos ed andare per il loro ventinovesimo questo anno... non devono misura 28 stelle in loro uniforme poiché "il Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio" concede portare una stella per ogni 10 scudettos... Juve è quello unico con 2 stelle in loro uniforme e presto quello unico con 3. !!!!!!!! DI FORZA JUVE
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From Wikipedia:\n\n...Netherland's football team does not wear the colors of the Dutch flag of today, but instead wear a bright shade of orange. The origin of the color is in the history of the Netherlands; it originates from the coat of arms of the Dutch founding father William the Silent (1533 – 1584). The top (red) band of the current flag used to be orange.\n\n\nalso:\n...At the peak of its success in the 1970s, the team was nicknamed "Clockwork Orange" for its precision passing.
1123636
it all depends on who created the uniform, in this case someone who liked blue color.... anyways the Italian team have been always known as "azzurri" that means blue so i dont think they will change it soon
959903
to the ppl who said France can u explain then why did they loose to Scotland.\n\nFrance is the best when :\n1- they play against the 2ND team , as when they played against the 2nd team of Italy in Sept.also the Italians werent ready cuz of the scandal the calcio didnt start so the players werent at their best shape. Barzagli, Semioli  Di Michele , Cassano , they r not the real italian squad,\n2- when they dive and get penalties as against Portugal and Italy\n3- When they play teams that no one hears of .
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3 questions in one lol.\n\n1.) pigment\n2.) the discolored space is blue and depending on weather/time of day, it will change colors\n3.) Yes. U never asked why.\n\nMy question is how is this a soccer related question lol?
1010648
Australia will wear their away strip which is blue,, I understand that when when conflicting colours occur the "A" team wear their own colours,, in this case Brazil is the A team that is they were drawn before Australia in the pool
751432
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_women's_national_football_team\n\nand if you can read italian then there might be something on this site:  [it is italy's footbal site]\n\nhttp://www.figc.it/italiano/default.htm\n\nhope i helped!
1140966
Each team shall wear its official jersey as declared on the official entry form during a preliminary round competition match.\n\nIf, in the opinion of the referee or match commissioner, the two teams’ colours might cause confusion or prove unsuitable for television broadcast, the host team will wear its official kit while the visiting team will wear either its away kit or a combination of both.
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Depends who's playing... For the Italians its a drama with all that diving and fake injuries... But others do take it seriously as a sport... It's just unfortunate that those drama queens are the ones the up and coming soccer (or other sports) players have as role models.
992360
Why not look into the history of players and GK's when this happens?  Again, look at the GK from Italy (Buffon) he rammed his head into the goal post and continued playing!!!!!!!!!!! Now, who dare to call the Italians 'babies'?  hee hee.... I guess not.\n\nThese players are trained HEAVILY!!!  They are better trained athletes than most sports, including American football, hockey, basketball and even rugby!!!!!!!1   They are an amazing team that works together and if they have to take a bing to the head, well, that is what they have been trained to do.. and they hit in the right spot to make the point... therefore the term 'using your head' comes from.
1117044
blue jerseys when playing away matches. green maybe when they think it will be their lucky charm and win the game.
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When the club started in 1899, Juventus played in pink shirts. Only in 1903 did they replace them.\n\nThe club asked one of its team members, Englishman John Savage, if he had any contacts in England who could supply new shirts. His contact, a Notts County fan, shipped out the Magpies' black and white shirts to Turin.\n\nJuve have worn the striped shirts ever since and have become known as the Bianconeri (white and black) - a much more masculine nickname than Colore Rosa (pink).
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Well their away kit is a royal blue with small elements of red trim.\n\nFootball teams here in Britain don't tend to wear uniforms, they are reserved for the armded forces, police and fire etc.