LIONESSES’ fans were left flabbergasted after spotting a bizarre kit quirk during England’s semi-final against Italy in the women’s Euros.
Viewers began questioning why , when the team’s home colours kits don’t appear to clash.
dumped their traditional white shirt and deep blue shorts, while wore light green on Tuesday night in Geneva.
The Italians home colours are the iconic Savoy azure, deemed the national colour of .
This wouldn’t have necessarily clashed with ‘s white jersey, but the Lionesses home kit does include blue shorts - which are nearly identical in colour to Italy’s home kit.
Sarina Wiegman’s side home uniform also includes blue strips around the collar, chest and sleeve ends.
And Uefa rules dictate thatthere must be a clear contrast between the home and away kits of competing teams to avoid confusion for fans and officials.
But confused supporters were left perplexed by the call.
One joked online: “Both teams playing in their away kits - OK come clean - who forgot to check their emails?”
Another quizzed: “Why are both teams wearing their away kits considering if they wore the home kits would still blue vs white?”
A third asked: “Beats me why can’t be in all white and Italy in all blue here honestly. This is awful lol.”
While a fourth added: “Neither team wearing their home kit is the absolute worst outcome for any match though.”
But both home kits could’ve caused a clash because the Lionesses’ kit includes a lot of blue.
Meanwhile, Italy’s green away kit would’ve clashed with England’s home kit.
wore their green away kit for the first time in the tournament during their shock 2-1 quarter-final win over .
And it’s gifted the team more luck, as the Azzurre went 1-0 up through Barbara Bonansea’s smart finish from six yards out inside 33 minutes.
