Arsenal 2020-2021 Home Jersey (FA Cup Final 2020 Version)

22 January 2021 0 Από giakallit

Season: 2020-2021

Player: Sokratis Papastathopoulos

Tournament: FA Cup

Manufacturer: Adidas

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The pandemic of Covid-19 delayed the completion of the FA Cup 2020 with the result that the final of the tournament will take place on August 1, 2020. The two finalists were Chelsea and Arsenal. Although the "blues" of London were ahead with a goal by Pulisic, the "gunners" made the upset and with a penalty by Aubameyang in the 28th minute and with another goal by Gabonese in the 67th minute, they won 2-1 and won the trophy.

Due to the pandemic, the teams now had the right for 5 subs in each game, with the result that one of the changes of the Arsenal coach, Mikel Arteta, was Sokratis Papastathopoulos, who in the 88' took the place of the Brazilian David Luiz. Thus, Papastathopoulos became the first Greek to win the English Cup.

This jersey is the exact version of the jersey worn by the Greek defender in the final. Its technology is Heat-Dry, the one used by Adidas at that time for racing shirts, while in addition to the standard match details on the chest, with the Cup logo, but also the patches on the sleeves, there were additional anti-racist messages on the jerseys. two finalists. The finale took place a few days after the assassination of African-American George Floyd and the anti-racist movement was highly developed worldwide in those days and with the slogan "Black Lives Matter". So on the back of the shirt there are three logos. One is the "Black Lives Matter", the second is the NHS (National Health Service) in honor of the doctors and nurses who gave their own battle against Covid-19, while the third logo is the Head's Up which also gives anti-racist message. This final became known as the Head’s Up Final and this is also written on the chest, in the logo of the final.

Finally, this jersey is the version worn by Arsenal during the 2020-2021 season, however the final was for the 2019-2020 season. This happened for two reasons. Firstly because the FA Cup final is very often one of the last games of the season in England and there is a habit of launching the new appearance of the teams in this game. In addition, due to the conditions the match took place in August so most of the teams used their new appearances in the tournaments that restarted at that time. That's what Arsenal did.