Football is well known for all kinds of statistics.

Before the European Championship, the last time it was examined was what color the jerseys of the titleholders were.

The result: the European champion wore red jerseys six times, four times blue and white and one orange.

Italy took the title in blue and confirmed the trend that it is best to wear red, blue or white.

In the Italian Serie A, of course, the teams don't just wear blue shirts.

But one color will soon be missing: The league bans its clubs green jerseys from the 2022/23 season.

According to the new rules published on the official website, football players will no longer be allowed to wear green jerseys on the pitch from the season after next.

This is to prevent that the players are difficult to distinguish from the green lawn during TV broadcasts, especially on small end devices.

Goalkeepers and referees who do not appear in the crowd of outfield players can continue to appear in green dress.

The ban is causing problems for clubs like Sassuolo Calcio or US Avellino, which have green as their club color.

Lazio also recently wore the color as a third jersey.

Green passport is supposed to help Tifosi

But not everything that is green is bad in Italy: A green pass should enable the Tifosi to visit Serie A games in the stadiums again in the new season.

The Italian association FIGC has asked the government to reopen the arenas for the start of the Serie A season on August 22nd with a corresponding green pass.

A corresponding application was submitted to State Secretary for Sports, Valentina Vezzali.

After the European Championship triumph of the Squadra Azzurra, the FIGC hopes for greater concession from politics.

In Germany, too, the discussion about admitting viewers to the new season has flared up.

In particular, people who have been vaccinated twice should be given access to the stadiums.

However, the capacity is currently limited to 25,000 spectators.

No more spectators have been admitted to Serie A games on the Apennines since last October.

“We want to use the green pass in our stadiums.

We know that getting reopened when the seats are full is complicated.

But we ask for your support.

The clubs are in big trouble, ”said association boss Gabriele Gravina.

It is a "duty" of the government to find solutions to save Serie A clubs and all of football.

Italy is currently discussing stricter anti-corona restrictions due to the delta variant.