My brother brought this one to my attention.
Personally, I thought that this was fantastic. I grew up with Tintin comics, and they were among the relatively few connections to our family's French (or in this case, French-speaking, or Francophone) cultural roots. I enjoyed the comic books, and tried to work on my own French while reading them or, on rarer occasions, watching the cartoons.
Since this is actually a Belgian cartoon (obviously, the French-speaking part of it), it makes sense for Belgium to honor one of their most famous cultural contributions to the world. Plus, the uniforms look unique, and not too bad.
It will be interesting to see them in action when Belgium plays in these uniforms.
Belgium reveal Tintin inspired jersey for the Euros Belgium unveil the jerseys they will wear at Euro 2024.
https://www.espn.com.au/video/clip/_/id/39730086
Blue jersey, brown shorts, white socks: Belgium’s new kit a tribute to comic book legend Tintin BY SAMUEL PETREQUIN Updated 10:23 AM EDT, March 14, 2024
https://apnews.com/article/belgium-kit-tintin-euro-60b06ad569be1068772d1d18880dae42
Video short on Youtube featuring the other major characters from Tintin during the official release of the new uniform designs:
https://youtube.com/shorts/upa_FSPbU4Q?si=kcY2v8HJ1SuynYbF
Not to be outdone, Les Bleus will introduce uniforms featuring vertical white and sky blue stripes as a nod to Obélix just in time for the 2028 Euro. You heard it here first.
ReplyDeleteLol! They should have announced it a day or two after Belgium announced these uniforms.
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