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New jersey for Argentine national soccer team unveiled

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-03-03 11:14

Argentine soccer star Messi demonstrates the new jersey of Argentina's national soccer team in the photo released by the Argentine Soccer Association (AFA), March 2, 2011. [Photo/sports.163.com]

BUENOS AIRES - Sportswear maker Adidas on Tuesday presented the new T-shirt that the Argentine national soccer team will use in the America Cup to be held from July 1 to 24.

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The press office of the Argentine Soccer Association (AFA) said that the national team will wear the T-shirt for the first time on March 16, during a friendly with Venezuela in San Juan City, 1,150 kilometers from Buenos Aires.

The new design includes a new label of the AFA, it also has a new neck, but the vertical blue and white lines were not changed, however now their wider.

Also in the chest the sun of the Argentine flag comes out from the AFA label and it also includes the AFA establishment year.

They also added new elements such as a label with golden details over a counter tone base.

According to Adidas, the new polo neck made the T-shirt to look more informal and elegant at the same time.