Stripes observation

While reading the book, there was a specific quote that interested me the most. The book said that the Italians favored the stripe more than other european countries. At first I thought that this fact could not be proven, but recently I have come to observe something that may prove this statement from the book.

I am a huge football (soccer) fan, and i follow the english league, italian league, and the spanish league. One afternoon after watching several games of football at home, I have come to realize that all of the big and famous teams from italy wore striped jerseys, and english and spanish teams preferred to wear pure colors. Italian teams such as AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus all wore striped jerseys.

Here is a picture of AC Milan's jersey, at first i thought that it would be normal to have stripes for their jerseys, but i did not know that there was a meaning behind it. The color red in this jersey is representing the fiery spirit of the players who wear it, and the black color is representing the fear that their opponents feel when playing AC Milan. Another reason of why they picked stripes as their jersey was because in 1899, when the club was founded, the club was mainly for those of the working class. The bond between the players and the fans are represented by the vertical stripes on their jerseys.

While Italian teams favored the stripes as their jersey pattern, english and spanish teams favored pure bold colors, to represent their ambition and luck.