Footballing heroes who donned their rivals' shirts
Footballing heroes who donned their rivals' shirts
Gerrard, Maradona, Messi...
Gerrard, Maradona, Messi...
At the end of the Legends of Liverpool game against Real Madrid, Steven Gerrard donned the famous Real Madrid jersey . For the Blancos fanbase the image brought about thoughts of what might have been and what never was.
There are many cases of footballers who, as youngsters, wore the shirt of a team they ended up facing. Here we look at those players who are active or retired and have posed with rival teams' shirts.
Gerrard with Real Madrid
The Liverpool icon, recently retired, has confessed many times that he was close to Real Madrid. A player admired in the Bernabeu and with which many Madridistas dreamed more than once to see him dressed in this way.
Neymar and Uruguay
Following the victory over Uruguay, the Brazilian received the shirt as a gift from club colleague Luis Suarez.
Maradona with the Brazil shirt
The Argentine hero swapped shirts at Italia 90 having knocked out his great national rivals.
Maradona ... with England!
Another shirt swap gave us this image in a friendly between the countries in 1980. The following years saw the Falklands War and Hand Of God make the sight uncomfortable for all.
Messi with Atletico
In a charity game between friends of Maxi Rodriguez and friends of Javier Zanetti, Messi put on a shirt with the colors and the shield of Atletico Madrid, as the meeting was supported by the Foundation of the Rojiblanco club.
Kubala and Collar, with Real Madrid!
A game in homage to Luis Molowny saw Real Madrid, with legends of rival teams like Ladislao Kubala (Barcelona) and Enrique Collar (Atletico), face Vasco de Gama. Today, unimaginable. From left to right, Molowny, Kopa, Di Stefano, Kubala and Collar.
And Di Stefano and Puskas ... with Barcelona!
In 1961, at Kubala's testimony in the Camp Nou versus Stade Reims, Di Stefano and Puskas wore the Azulgrana. Can you imagine Ramos and Cristiano with the Barça shirt in a tribute to Messi or Iniesta?
And the Saeta Rubia, in Atleti's shirt
In the tribute match of Escudero, in 1954-1955, Di Stefano donned the colours of Atletico Madrid. In the picture, with Ben Barek. The Blonde Saeta and the Black Pearl.
Banega, in Valencia and Real Madrid!
Only the Argentine could think uploading an image to Facebook with his relatives while wearing a Real Madrid shirt was a good idea, when still at Valencia!
Butragueño goes for Barça; Zubi and Manolo take Real's white, and Míchel wears Atletico's shirt.
Interviú's feature before the 1990 World Cup involved many stars swapping shirts. From left to right, Butragueño (Barcelona), Gorriz (Barça), Zubizarreta (Real Madrid), Julio Salinas (Athletic), Andrinúa (Real Sociedad), Manolo (Real Madrid) and Míchel (Atletico).
Cuathemoc and Chivas
The idol of Mexican side Club America bet the actor Demián Bichir that he would wear the a Chivas shirt if they won a big match. So it was and Cuathemoc and fulfilled his promise.