Montevideo –
FIFA decided to remove two stars from jersey Uruguay national team. La Celeste questions the decision FIFA the.
If you look at some of the top national team jerseys such as Brazil, Germany, Italy, Argentina, France, Spain, and England, then there will be a star above the federation logo.
Yes, the star is a sign of how many World Cup trophies have been won. FIFA did enforce the rules to respect the achievements of these countries.
Brazil has five stars and has won five times, as well as four stars above the logos of the Italian and German national teams, then there are two stars above the logos of the federations of France, Uruguay and Argentina, and one star above the logos of the federations of Spain and England.
However, something is different when you see the Uruguayan Football Federation (AUF) logo on the Uruguay national team jersey. Yes, they put four jerseys even though they are only two-time world champions.
Uruguay won the first edition of the World Cup in 1930 and the second came when they beat Brazil 2-1 at the Maracana in the 1950 final. So where did the other two stars come from?
The two stars were placed by Uruguay on the basis of their success in winning gold medals at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics. At that time, Olympic football was still considered a world championship at the World Cup level.
However, FIFA apparently does not agree with that anymore. The proof is the latest jersey design Uruguay national team submitted by the manufacturer Puma was rejected by the FIFA commission.
FIFA will send a letter to the Uruguayan football federation to remove the two stars so as not to cause confusion.
“FIFA has always assumed that Uruguay has four World Cups because the Olympic football tournaments in 1924 and 1928 were held by FIFA. It was only then that FIFA held them independently in 1930,” said AUF vice president Gaston Tealdi in a statement. ESPN.
“This is an opportunity to resolve the existing situation and we are happy if this is done to get recognition,” he continued.
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