The France team will play all in blue against Belgium – CM 2018

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Published on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 16:55 | Updated on 10/07/2018 at 17:08

In five games in the World Cup, the France team has never dressed with the same outfit. And it's not over: against Belgium, this Tuesday evening in the semifinal (20:00), it will still wear a different sixth, all blue …

Five matches and five different outfits. Whenever the Blues appeared on Russian lawns, they never wore the same jersey-short-socks combination. A fantasy that equipment specialists have not failed to emphasize, noting that the team of France had already equaled its previous champion of Europe 2000, who had worn five different outfits in six games, including final.
        

The All Bleus against Belgium
                                    

What will happen to the semi-final against Belgium on Tuesday night in St. Petersburg (8 pm)? Small surprise: while France "receives" Belgium, we could expect it to find its traditional colors that brought him luck against Argentina. But no. The FFF equipment manufacturer, Nike, told us that the Blues would play against Belgium in a sixth outfit still different … all in blue (jersey, shorts and down).
        

The last time France played it "All Bleus" refers to an excellent memory since it is the dam back against Ukraine in November 2013, which qualified the Blues for the 2014 World Cup in a stadium in France overheated (3-0, after a 2-0 defeat on the way).
        

There are more stinging: at the World Cup, the last in blue-blue-blue goes back to South Africa, in 2010, and a defeat in the second game (2-0) against Mexico which was soon to reveal many more blues …
        

Another time … A few hours of (re) discovering France all blue against Belgium, small return in pictures on the other five outfits donned by the Blues during this World Cup.
        

France-Australia (group stage): 2-1
                                    

To start the tournament, Antoine Griezmann and his partners wear their usual blue jersey and white shorts but the socks are also blue and not red.
        

France-Peru (group stage): 1-0
                                    

Still no tricolor set against the Peruvians: if the socks are this time red, it is the shorts that has the same color as the jersey (blue).
        

Denmark-France (group stage): 0-0
                                    

France plays "outside" against Denmark, which explains why she abandons blue to play in white-blue-white and avoid confusion with the red-white-ouge of her opponent.
        

France-Argentina (round of 16): 4-3
                                    

For his first knockout match, in the quarterfinals against Argentina, France qualifies in its traditional colors … but ultimately not so common
        

Uruguay – France (quarterfinals): 0-2
                                    

Another new outfit, the fifth in as many games. This time, France is "received" by Uruguay and qualifies in an all-white outfit. Before Belgium, in all blue.
        

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