The Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers will make history in the NFL during Week 1 of the 2024 season. Both franchises will be part of the First league game in South America when they meet next Friday (September 6, at the Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
There were many doubts about itthe colors that the teams would use because Palmeirasthe rival team of Corinthians, the football team that will lend its stadium for the historic match, It has green as its main color.
The NFL requires home teams, in this case Philadelphia, to wear a light-colored jersey. Because of this, The Eagles will take to the field at the Neo Quimica Arena with a helmet and black shorts and a white jersey.According to the franchise, this is a combination that has never been used in a match.
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The Packers uniform in Brazil
In the case of the Packerswho will act as visitors in the duel in Sao Paulo, they They will wear their classic green jersey with yellow shorts. The helmet will be yellow with the white ‘G’ outlined in green.
The Eagles and Packers international games
With the game in South America, The NFL will have played at least one game on five of the seven continentsThe Packers have played in Toronto (1997) against the Buffalo Bills, in Tokyo (1998) against the Kansas City Chiefs, in Winnipeg (2019) against the Oakland Raiders and in London (2022) against the New York Giants. Only the last one was a regular season game.
The Eagles’ international journey began in 1978, when they faced the New Orleans Saints in Mexico in a preseason game; a decade earlier they were scheduled to face the Detroit Lions at the Azteca Stadium, but the game was cancelled.
The Philadelphia franchise has visited London twice: in 1989 they played against the Cleveland Browns and in 1991 against the Buffalo Bills. In 1993 they played against the Saints outside of the United States, but now in Japan.The Eagles’ only regular season game came in 2018, when they faced the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium.
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