
The sacrilege of the three stripes, or when Adidas convinced Real Madrid to “stain” the shirt
When Madrid took the field on May 27, 1981 to face Liverpool in Paris, the Real Madrid fans frowned. The very white uniform had been altered with three purple stripes that ran down the sleeves, from collar to cuff. The same three stripes ran vertically along the underwear and horizontally surrounded the hem of the…