Why call Italy'soccer team Squadra Azura when their national colors are green white & red?
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Because their Jerseys are blue. Some people claim that it is also the color of the house of savoia, one of the ruling dinasties .
1005941
they are comsidered seprate nations according to FIFA. So they can have their own national team.
447156
Rossoneri. It comes from their colors: Red and black. Rossi is red in Italian, and Neri is black in Italian.
302516
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.
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The Italian flag long time ago was blue with a blue star in the middle pretty much like the Somalian one which was under Italian rule. Because of the similarities, Italy changed their flag to red, white, green, but the national team colors stayed the same.\n\nNow the Azzuri on the jersey is a representation of the sea that surrounds it or the sky
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I can't give you a helpful answer but only my humble opinion.  I thnk thier present colour is fine. I think the colours of a teams national flag should be reflected on their jerseys and shorts whenever possible.  Brazil have perfect jerseys and shorts. Portugal, not really -- the wrong red and no green at all.
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Ha HA funny assumotion ! Anyway " Real " in spanish means Royal & in the beginning most of the clubs were started by or sponsored by royal families, thus only spanish clubs have REal in front of them, like Madrid, Mallorca or Sociedad. And for United its the opposite thing in counties like England, Scotland & Germany football in the beginning was the game of the lower working class, these people would gather around a local stadium and watch the club play, it was sort of a labour Union meeting, for fun! Thus came the term " United".
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Look no further than Argyle. There's a team in England called Plymouth Argyle and think they are still the only 1 in the Football League that has Green for their home kit.
1101716
Azurri in English is "Blueta" it refers to the blue color of the Italian team.\n/Farhad
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Why kick Italy out because they lost to the Pumas?\nLook what has happened to the Italian rugby since they joined the six nations! They have gone from strength to strength!\nAs most of the Pumas play in Europe, why can't they be based in Spain and join the "7" Nations!  This team is a good one that gets very little competitive international games!\nI think it would do the 6 nations good to have another country competing  in it!
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Because that is the color of the National Team, called "Azzurri".\nThat is an historical tradition: before the creation of the Italian Republic, the Italian Regal Family (Savoia) had color "azzurro" (kind of blue) in their flag and that color was adopted by the soccer National Team to respect the Regal tradition.\nSince then the color has been kept in the Italian shirt, even though it is not a color present in their National flag.
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Soccer is a game where not necessarily the best Team wins. In addition, the World Cup is a very unique tournament in which tension and "points strategy" are very important factor.\nYes, Italy may have not played the best game, but if you look at the stats (go the FIFA official site) you'll noticed few important facts: shots on goal, fouls, corner kicks...\nThen, in Italy there are 60M coaches and each of them will want to make their own formation... but the reality is that only Lippi takes the responsibility of the Team.\nPlus the big argument about the referee: a lot of USA's fans, blinded by their ignorance on understanding soccer, are complaining about the ref e his calls.\nIn reality, who really has to complain is Italy. Here are some facts that can be confirmed if you have recorded the game:\n- In the 5th min. Totti was given a yellow card while he did not even touched the opponent\n- In the 27th min., when USA scored, the ref called a foul of Cannavaro on Reyna which it was a perfect tackle on the ball. From that foul USA scored (own goal Zaccardo)\n- De Rossi red card was legitimate: he elbowed McBride and he deserved to be ejected.\n- All the first half, both Gilardino and Luca Toni received "special attention" from Mastroeni, Pope and Onyewu.\n- Mastroeni red card was legitimate: that foul is automatic red card.\n- In the whole game, at least 4 offsides called against Italy were NOT offside (few to remember called to Luca Toni and Iaquinta). FYI, usually calling a player offside, that player has good chances on scoring goals.\n- The goal scored by Beasly on the 66th min., had McBride in front of Buffon, and he even made a move with his right leg to disturb the goalkeeper action. In soccer, that is NOT a goal, but a foul for Italy. So, that was one of the few good calls.\n- On the other hand, in the min. 36, when Gattuso newly entered scored, Luca Toni was stopped for an inexistent offside: that goal should have been allowed.\n- Someone complaining about Pope's red card??? Helloooo... he committed so many fouls the firs half, what would you have expected? The foul he committed on Gilardino (min. 47) was a yellow card foul, but because he was already "booked", automatically the red card was legitimate.\n\nAre the above points enough?\nSo, for people like "Angel" I say to be happy about the tie, and at the end, who is going further is a better team but do not complain about things that do not make any sense.\nTo all the others, just read who are the finalists of the World Cup in the last 40 years (you can start from 1970...) then you will open your eyes on who will be in the final this year too.
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It may sound racist against the spanish. I watch La Liga games most weeks and it is a part of their game. Benitez and four of the Spanish squad play at Liverpool. They have brought the style of play to Liverpool.  The worst for it in the Premiership is Drogba, dirty cheating scum he is.
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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
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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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Their historic jersey’s color is sky blue which is known as azzurro, in Italian. That’s why the soccer’s national team members are known as Azzurri. This is the same color for all other sports played in Italy whether it is athletics, motor sport or any other.\nThe blue color comes from the coat of arms of the last Italian Regal Family (Savoia:  Italy 's ruling dinasty until the end of World War II),  after the war all reference to the Savoia were lost except the blue color in sport, which remained as Italy's officials colors .
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LOL..nice dreaming! all the italians can do is fake injuries and whine to the ref's so the give other players yellow cards. They play like a bunch of little girls. Italy will not win the world cup, I'm sure of that, there's better teams, who play their heart out there and deserve it...unlike the whining bunch.