Manchester City he does not have a red and black uniform, but rather could be described as a “rossonero”, like this, in Italiansince the team currently led by Josep Guardiola adopted this combination from Milan, regardless of the fact that it included red in this version, the main color of its bitter rival, Manchester United.
The “rossonero” uniform It has become a kind of amulet for Manchester City and in fact it was born for that purpose, although throughout history the official combination has not always been the away kit and in fact since the arrival of Josep Guardiola as technical director, the team had not worn this combination until the 2022-23 season.
The origin of Manchester City’s rossonero uniform
Manchester City began using the away kit from the 1955-56 season and used a combination of burgundy and white vertical stripes, until the coach of the late 1960s, Malcolm Allison, asked that the team adopt the colors of Milan.
The strategist had followed the successes of the rossonero team, which years before had won the European Cup (currently the Champions League), as well as the Cup Winners’ Cup, as well as two titles in Serie A, for which he was delighted with the combination of socks and black shorts, and a red and black striped shirt.
“Malcolm’s decision was: ‘We’ll use that too.’ We loved it and it also became a lucky break for us.” recalled Tommy Booth, a Manchester City player at the time.
“Wearing that kit made you feel bigger than you were And I thought we looked pretty good in that strip, people were a little afraid of us”He added recalled Mike Summerbee, another former City player.
Manchester City’s lucky kit
Manchester City not only drew a tie against Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League with this uniform, but also has other episodes of glory, before and after the arrival of millions of dollars from the sheikhs, since with this combination he won the 1969 FA Cup, against Leciester, which for a long time was the highest achievement of the team.
In the year 2000 he certified his return to the Premier League precisely with the rossonero uniform after a victory against Blackburn Rovers and he won the FA Cup again, in 2011, although he did not wear the uniform in the final, but rather in previous matches.
In 2019, with Guardiola already on the bench, Manchester City were crowned in the FA Cup against Watford, and although in the match they wore their traditional light blue kit, The squad went out to warm up on the Wembley court wearing special clothing, red and black and the result was 6-1.
Will it be the amulet Manchester City needs to finally win the Champions League this season?
