After winning the Finalissima against the Brazilian National Team at Wembley Stadium, the England Women’s National Team played a friendly match against another of the powers of the branch, Australia, which is one of the two hosts of the Women’s World Cupand in said match, the British team debuted their visiting uniform.
The British team wore a rather elegant light blue, which they also used to launch a special message from the moment of the training protocol prior to the match, and that is that in the photo of the starting eleven, three players stood with their backs to each other, so they only showed the number on their bib number.
Why did England players turn their backs in the starting XI photo?
This reminds us of the Wales National Team, which both in the World Cup and in Euro Cups have left images that are not very symmetrical and strange, but in the case of England there is a very special reason that even goes beyond the rare formation.
The fact that three British players posed with their backs turned was intended to show that His name was not written on his shirtsand this has to do with a statistic and it is that in England one in three people develop dementia, related to Alzheimer’s so they forget names, among other things.
In this way, not only the three players of the starting eleven wore shirts without a name, but also one of every three players in the rest of the squad and in the dressing room they found nameless shirts.
Applause for the England Women’s National Team
This match was dedicated precisely to an association that supports people diagnosed with dementia and the England National Team’s campaign began precisely in the game against Brazil in the Finalissima. “One in three people forget their favorite moments in sport because one in three people in the UK have dementia”indicated the bell.
In this sense, the result of the match played at the Gtech Community Stadium, home of Brentford, came to second place (Australia won 2-0), since the initial goal was to raise awareness and motivate people to donate. Applause for this type of campaign!
