why does Italy team play in blue shirt?
82160
That's the color of their wonderful Mediteranean sea, as they are the people that make the best value of that place.
1031733
It could go either way. Italy is a really good team and has a great midfield but Germany has it's country country behind them(An Advantage).
259665
This is not true..if it was like this then what about the golies who wear half sleeves?..there are many goalkeepers who wear half sleeves & there are many who roll up their sleeves...GIANLUCA PAGLIUCA the former goalkeeper of ITALY is a good example that apply on both.
1077662
With all the controversy around them right now ( Italian soccer's match-fixing scandal) which really affects many of the players on the national team since many of them play for the team mainly targeted "Juventus" and with all the indictments going on right now and trial.... Plus to top it off they found out during a press conference about Australia that there was a suicide attempt by the team manager of Juventus.\n\n"A former Italian star, Gianluca Pessotto was in a critical condition last night after jumping from his office window on Tuesday."\n\nWith all the bad press and hard times they are going threw they somehow have managed to emotionally push threw and succeed. I heard that the "foul press, etc" has made the team really close.\n\nthey seem so much more sportsmanlike and more humble and you got to luv them when their captains will joke with the captains of the opposing teams while both teams wait in the tunnel.. I mean how cool and friendly is he. Fabio Cannavaro rocks.
422163
The names are usually based on the colours the teams wear:\nAC Milan are the rossoneri (rosso=red, neri=black)\nJuventus, bianconeri (white and black)\nFiorentina, viola (violet)\nThe national team are the Azzuri, named after the colour of the waters 'round Italy (azure which is blue)\n\nForza Italia!
930875
why do soccer substitutes wear those yellow adidas or puma overshirts when they are on the bench?\n\nAnswer:\nTo distinguish themselves from the other players and to obey the rules of the soccer game.
1077051
It's an old custom.  Italy plays in blue rather than the colors of the national flag because blue was the official color of the Royal House of Savoy.  And the Azzurri tribute to the Italian monarchy survives to this day.
336078
The Italian national team wears blue because that was the color of the Savoia's which was the royal family back when there was still a monarchy
1142807
Its tradition when you play against another country at the end of the game you swap shirts with your opposite number-I hope that helps you understand the Beautiful Game like its called.
1108396
No, and its not because I'm not rooting for them. It's just that they appear unorganized on the field. They remain on their turf for a majority of the game and when someone takes the offense and takes the ball 3/4 of the way there, they've got no back-up to help them score the goal. I think they did well during the Italy game, just a case of bad luck and a quick handed referee.
998564
Andrea Bargnani, from Italy. Never seen him play. But thats what the mock ups are lookin like.
1030954
It's because Brazil are playing a defensive style of football which they are clearly not used to. Throw Perriera out & bring in Scolari!!!
1081615
It is the "scudetto" (with italian flag colours) worn by the team who won the last italian championship. So in Italy we don't say who won the championship that year but we usualy say who won the scudetto in xxxx \nForza Milan!
1010648
Australia will wear their away strip which is blue,, I understand that when when conflicting colours occur the "A" team wear their own colours,, in this case Brazil is the A team that is they were drawn before Australia in the pool
1057632
The Italian national team wears blue because it is the color of\nSavoia, the ruling house of Italy from 1861 to 1946. Until the end of the second world war, the Italian flag always had the Savoy coat of arms in the center, and it was only after the family were overthrown,and the Italian Republic established in 1946, that the plain tricolor was adopted as the national flag.
341214
It's the official color of their football (soccer) jersey.
1062261
Keep Dreaming! Italy is the  MOST FEMININE team in the world cup!