Belgium’s Euro 2024 Alternate Jersey Is Leaked. Is It A Tribute To Comic-strip Hero Tintin?

BRUSSELS: Some Belgium soccer gamers within the European Championship this summer time may resemble a world well-known reporter.

Belgium’s Euro 2024 alternate jersey is a tribute to Tintin, the intrepid Belgian reporter and comic-book legend, in accordance with leaks on specialised web sites.

The Belgian Football Association is about to unveil the brand new equipment on Thursday on the Hergé Museum, which celebrates the profession of Tintin’s creator.

Coach Domenico Tedesco can even announce his squad that day for friendlies towards Ireland and England this month.

Contacted by The Associated Press, the federation declined to verify that the alternate jersey is gentle blue with a white collar, brown shorts and white socks in a tribute to Tintin’s favourite outfit.

In his action-packed adventures, Tintin typically wears a blue sweater over a white collared shirt paired with brown cutoff pants, white socks and brown footwear.

Nicknamed the Red Devils, Belgium’s conventional first equipment is crimson.

Tintin first appeared within the Brussels “Le Petit Vingtième” newspaper complement in 1929 and traveled all around the globe. His adventures have offered greater than 270 million comics worldwide and have been translated into 70 languages.

If confirmed, the tribute to Tintin will not be anticipated to attract the identical type of controversy that emerged when Belgium requested to put on workforce jerseys with a “Love” label on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar due to a business hyperlink to a rave pageant.

FIFA guidelines on workforce uniforms and tools compelled Belgium to vary its World Cup plans.

Euro 2024 in Germany is scheduled from June 14-July 14.

___

AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – Associated Press)