Arsenal Women Forced to Wear Chelsea Socks in Derby Match: An Unprecedented Kit Clash

It's incredible what happened to the Arsenal women's team that yesterday was forced to take the field wearing Chelsea's socks. In the London derby, played at the Blues' stadium, Stamford Bridge, the Gunners' female players were forced to find a quick solution just before the kickoff. As reported by The Independent, the start of the match was delayed by half an hour due to the 'incompatibility of the two kits'. Arsenal, in fact, only had their home shirt with matching shorts and socks, but the latter were not suitable because they were 'white'. Chelsea also wears socks of the same color, but being the home team, they kept them, forcing the opponents to change them. Jerome Boateng accused by mother: 'My son mistreats women. And for the ex-girlfriend who committed suicide, he doesn't want to take responsibility'. At the stadium, however, the red and white club only had a kit without socks of a different color from white, and if a solution had not been found, then a 'default loss' would have arrived. To avoid the 3-0, then, the Gunners' officials hurried to find a solution by turning to the Chelsea store present in the stadium, where they bought socks for all the female players. Fans noticed what happened because these are black with a blue stripe, one of Chelsea's main colors, and it was necessary to use black tape to cover the Blues' emblem. A solution that created quite an embarrassment for Arsenal, but also for one of its former legends like Ian Wright, who on his official X profile commented: 'Embarrassing and ridiculous'. At the end of the match, former English footballer Karen Carney commented very bitterly on the incident: 'People make mistakes, but the game didn't need something like this. We've come so far to talk just about football in the women's game. Obviously, it's a human error, an oversight, but it's embarrassing. It's also embarrassing for the players and I'm frustrated.'