The Melilla Sports Unioncurrent team Second RFEFhas had a great detail with the Spanish militaryto whom he has dedicated his new, totally revolutionary t-shirt. In the autonomous city, where the Army It has so much presence, the most representative soccer team in Melilla wanted to pay tribute to the military in this way.
Specifically, the shirt corresponds to the fourth kit of this season and Melilla will wear it in this Sunday’s duel against the Cacereñoa match corresponding to the fourth day of group 5. The autonomous city team will wear a totally revolutionary t-shirtnever seen before in football, which at the very least attracts attention.
This shirt will be worn by Melilla this Sunday on the occasion of the CIV Anniversary of the Foundation of the Legionwhich is this Friday, September 20. In addition, Melilla has also announced that it will wear this shirt in tribute to the military in two other games: Hispanida Dayd against Real Madrid C (October 13, since the match is played one day after the National Holiday) and Memorial Dayon November 2. Melilla does not rule out using this shirt again in an official match “on other relevant occasions.”
Melilla’s new kit stands out for its colors. Mix green with yellow with black with orange… The explanation is clear: it is a tribute to the Spanish military, to the military who are in the North African city. It symbolizes the camouflage design, as well as the colors of the city of Melilla. The presentation was also made with a video in which the soldiers themselves take out their shirts, joining players from the soccer team.
Luis Cortes Delgadogeneral commander of Melilla, attended the presentation of this new shirt, in which the president of the club, Luis Manuel Rincónexplained that this is in line with other initiatives of the club in solidarity and commemorative matters. “In recent seasons, UD Melilla has carried out several actions to make important causes visible, such as the pink kit in support of the Spanish Association against Cancer, and another green one in tribute to the Civil Guard,” he explained.
«We want to honor our military with a t-shirt that combines a camouflage design and blue detailssymbolizing the City of Melilla and I think that it is almost certainly the first time that a football team wears a kit of this style, paying tribute to our Armed Forces,” commented the highest representative of Melilla, proud of the defense of our Army.
For his part, the general commander of Melilla thanked to the club this detail: «This shirt reflects that with sports teams, in this case Melilla, we share many things, among which the importance of values and team spirit stand out. Team spirit can do everything, with the importance of collaboration and working together to achieve common goals.
