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Spanish Soccer Team's New Kit Evokes Attack on Titan
posted on by Eric Stimson
The Spanish soccer team CD Palencia has debuted new kit to be worn in their upcoming playoffs. Its muscular theme has been called "horrendous" and "headache inducing" by the English-language media, but Japanese news sites are excited by its resemblance to the fearsome Colossal Titan in Attack on Titan.
The bizarre uniforms are mostly an effort for Palencia to gain publicity as they aspire to promotion to the Segunda División B, or third level in the Spanish soccer league, in the playoffs. They were designed by Italian sports apparel maker Kappa. The team promotes them with the hashtag #NosDejamosLaPiel, literally "We give our skin" — an expression meaning "We give it our all." The team is selling them online for €50 (about $56.70).
ATENCIÓN!! Todos los que queráis una camiseta, realizad aquí el pedido https://t.co/QO4S8OeLLy #Nosdejamoslapiel pic.twitter.com/ZPIN60wRpQ
— C.D. Palencia (@CDPalencia) May 14, 2016
No word on whether any opposing teams will hit the field with Survey Corps uniforms, but perhaps Palencia players should guard their necks just in case.
Unusual kit is something of a tradition in Spanish soccer. Teams have marched out wearing ham, broccoli, beer and octopus-themed kits in recent years, usually to honor their regional specialties.
Sources: Kai-You, Netlab, BBC Sport and The Telegraph
