The Kit World Cup: Group E&F

Group E:

France: Honestly, I've rarely wanted to buy a kit as much as I do France's new home shirt. The cut, the colour, the detail. Everything about it screams French sophistication and you can imagine the France teams of old wearing both these shirts. Imagine how much better Zidane, Petit, Pires, and Henry would have looked in these shirts. I'm not sure the world would be able to cope.

Ecuador: Lesser-known manufacturer Marathon will have done themselves a favour with these kits for the Ecuador team. Good colour combinations, and decent detailing on the shoulders make these kits quite appealing. All in all, a relatively good offering from the Ecuadorians.

Switzerland: The Swiss kits, predictably red and white, are relatively plain, but still look good on the players. Personally, I'm not a massive fan of the detailing down the sides of the shirts, but I do like the embossed cross on the home shirt. The detailing on the sleeves also looks very impressive, as does the collar piping on the away kit.

Honduras: Unsurprisingly, the Hondurans come into both the football tournament, and this fictional tournament, looking pretty average. The piping on the white home shirt looks very nice, but the unsightly badge on both kits really does nothing to help the look. Personally, I think the plain white is a little too plain, and could do with some detailing somewhere other than the shoulders and arms.




Group F:

Argentina: The classic Argentinian look of light blue and white stripes continues with this good looking Adidas shirt, nothing too radical about the home kit. The black Adidas stripes on the shoulders contrast well with the other colours. However, I'm not so keen on the away kit, the hoops all the way through the kit should be the same colour, rather than every single hoop being different. Big fan of the home kit, not so much the away kit.

Nigeria: The Nigerian kits for this World Cup are in stark contrast to the Argentinians. I really like the white away kit, but really dislike the green home kit. The green on the arms should carry through onto the shirt, and the very thin pinstripes on the shirt are really quite ugly. In fact, the only thing I can really praise from this kit is the numbers and letters on the back, but that's scant consolation for the terrible kit. The away shirt, however, is very nice. The detailing is not over the top, and, as opposed to the home shirt, the light green works quite well.

Bosnia & Herzegovina: Two nice looking Bosnian kits from Adidas. Unlike the white Honduran kit, the white offering from the Bosnians doesn't look so plain due to the detailing and the Adidas stripes on the arms. Similarly, the blue away kit looks good because of the detailing Adidas have put on it. I would, however, have liked to see some difference in the two shirts.

Iran: These two Iranian kits from Uhlsport look surprisingly nice, considering they are for one of the lesser nations, manufactured by a relative unknown in the world of kits. One thing I particularly like about the away kit is the detailing of the cheetah on the shirt, which only really shows up if you look carefully. Also, the white kit looks really nice with the green collar and red stripe across the chest.



Round of 16 Matches:
France v Iran
Bosnia & Herzegovina v Switzerland