2023-09-28 12:28:59
Aston Villa
Alisha Lehmann and Co. are afraid of wet T-shirts
The Aston Villa football club’s jersey is not performing as it should. The men have noticed this, the women are facing the same problem before the start of the season.
Published28. September 2023, 2:28 p.m
This is the jersey for the new season, which begins for the Aston Villa women’s team on Sunday.
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Last season, Alisha Lehmann and her colleagues played in this look.
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The men have already had experience with the jersey. The T-shirt was soaked in sweat after a few minutes.
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The professionals complained to the club, which did the same to the manufacturer.
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Aston Villa’s new jerseys quickly become soaked with sweat.
The male professionals have already complained about it.
Now the women have followed suit, starting the season on Sunday.
After just a few games in the new season, Aston Villa’s players had had enough – things couldn’t continue like this. The problem was the new jerseys. After just a few minutes of play, they were completely soaked with sweat. The players complained that the T-shirt was too heavy and uncomfortable when it was so wet. Their performance would also suffer as a result, it was said.
The players complained to the club, which did the same to the manufacturer. This is the Castore company from Manchester. This produces the jerseys for all Aston Villa teams. And this is where the Birmingham club’s women’s team comes into play.
“No” is not accepted as an answer
The team around Nati player Alisha Lehmann starts the new season on Sunday with the game against Manchester United. Women fear that this wet t-shirt look will put them at a disadvantage too. As The Telegraph reports, a source close to the team said the players were “deeply disturbed,” while another described how they felt “really bad” to play in.
That’s why the club turned to Castore and demanded a reaction; a “no” would not be accepted as an answer, writes “The Mirror”. Football commentator Jacqui Oatley is quoted as saying: “The players are afraid of playing in these jerseys, for obvious reasons: no woman I know wants to be hot, sweaty and have their sports clothes stuck to them everywhere – especially not live on television.”
Oatley also reports that the players only used the new jersey once during preparation and hated it so much that they played the further test matches in training equipment. It is currently unclear whether Castore will be able to present a satisfactory solution by Sunday.
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