The new shirt of the Albiceleste, which includes the three stars on the shield and the FIFA patch that accredits the world champion, went on sale on Monday in Argentina amid the hangover for the celebration of the title achieved in Qatar 2022.
Although initially it was planned that the establishments of the Adidas brand, which dresses the Argentine football team, offered the new kit, for the moment it is only accessible for sale online, through the application of the brand and its official website in Argentina.
The official website opens with the message “THE THIRD STAR HAS ARRIVED” and adds a photo gallery in which you can see one of the captain of the ‘Scaloneta’, Lionel Messi, carrying the trophy won in the Qatar 2022 World Cup and another of the details that adds the new albiceleste clothing.
“The most anticipated by all: the AFA shirt with the 3 stars,” explains the company on the website, which adds that the “early launch” is “exclusive” for members of its club.
In spite of everything, numerous fans from different countries came to the establishments of the sports brand in Buenos Aires to try to get the new kit.
Manuel, from Guatemala, arrived in Argentina on a cruise and was able to live the final in Buenos Aires, which he said “was something inexplicable, unmatched” and, therefore, he wants the shirt.
“I hope I can find it, the truth,” he told EFE next to a central store of the sports brand after expressing his sympathy for Messi “since he was at Barcelona.”
For his part, a Brazilian fan, Carlos, who was on vacation, was looking for “a shirt that has Messi’s number 10”, and Angela, Italian, highlighted the “similarities” between his country and Argentina and expressed his particular fanaticism for the Albiceleste captain.
Gabriel showed his anger at not finding the shirt in the store, since he wants “the third yes or yes, at all costs.”
“I come to look to see if it’s here, but there’s nowhere anymore. I went to other businesses and there are 200 people and now we are here doing a tail, with the man, to see if I get something else,” this Argentine fan, who collects Adidas products and, specifically, has four Albiceleste shirts, told EFE.
In addition, Angel went to the store with “some cousins who came from Europe and want to take the shirt as a souvenir” and stressed that the victory in Qatar 2022 was “the only joy” that Argentines currently have “as the country goes”.
The shirt that is put on sale is the “replica version”, that is, not the official one worn by the players, although, as explained by the company, it includes “the shield, the 3 embroidered stars (in the form of a pyramid) and also has the shield of FIFA World Champion 2022 “, which can only wear the incumbent in exercise until the next tournament.
The price, according to data provided by the company, is 22,999 pesos ($129 at the official exchange rate, about $68 at the informal exchange rate).
Argentina won the third World Cup in its history on December 18, after winning the 1978 and 1986 World Cups.
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