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Why did Ferran Torres play with a shirt without logos?

A mystery still unsolved

Why did Ferran Torres play with a shirt without logos? A mystery still unsolved

Last night's match between Barcelona and Napoli ended 1-1, Zielinski's goal was answered by Ferran Torres, who at the beginning of the second half brought the Blaugrana back into the game with a penalty. The Spanish striker was the protagonist of a curious episode that has made the rounds of the web in a few minutes. In the second half Ferran Torres showed up with a long-sleeved shirt different from the one worn by his teammates, without the logos of Barcelona and Nike. Details that have not gone unnoticed by the most attentive who have immediately wondered why such a shirt, but the reasons are still unknown.

Was it a club error? Possibly, no player has admitted to noticing it during the match, but only after the game. An oversight that could cost Barcelona dearly and could affect his relationship with Nike, which expires in 2028. The other possibility, certainly more remote, is that the player only for the second half has deliberately chosen to wear the shirt without the Nike logo because of the agreement that binds him to adidas. A bit like Johan Crujiff did in 1974, when he decided to take the field with a jersey with only two stripes, instead of the three classic adidas ones, because of his agreement with PUMA. A mystery still unsolved in search of an explanation and that leaves room for various interpretations.