Euronly official After Hours soccerball thread

Gwynplaine wrote: »

Why are they both in their away kit?

WalesOnline wrote:

According to UEFA rules, the 'home' team is usually entitled to wear their first-choice kit in any tie throughout the tournament.

For tonight's match Portugal are on the home side of the draw - meaning that, in normal circumstances, they would be able to play in their predominantly red home kit in Lyon.

However, for this contest, the Portugese first-strip has been deemed to be too close in darkness to Wales' charcoal and lime green away kit, and is considered to be a colour-clash.

Fernando Santos' side will instead be wearing their light green away colours for tonight's semi-final.

On top of that, it is understood Wales' attempts to therefore wear their favoured red home strip have been blocked, although it is not known whether this was by UEFA or Portugal.

Wales were allowed to wear their home kit despite being the designated away team against Russia in the group stages after the Russians agreed to a request from the FAW.