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SUPER EAGLES ADOPTS GREY COLOUR AS AWAY STRIP

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BY KUNLE SOLAJA.

From traditional white attire which some Nigerians felt was bring ill luck to the Super Eagles, the national team switched to green olive green in the days leading to Russia 2018 World Cup.

Somehow, the team won few matches in the olive green away strip. Easily the best result achieved in the colour was the 4-2 away win over Lesotho last year.

It appears, another change is in the offing as leaked Nigerian new attire revealed that the Super Eagles away strip will now be predominantly grey.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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