England players ask Nike to change the color of the pants by the rule

The players of the English soccer team have proposed this Thursday to Nike, the sports brand that dresses them, to change the white of the pants to avoid uncomfortable situations during the menstruation period.

Beth Mead, Arsenal striker and scorer of England's only goal during Wednesday's debut against Austria, confirmed her teammates' intentions after the match: “Hopefully they change it.

[...] White is not very practical when we are at that time of the month”.

Midfielder Georgia Stanway, who has just traded Manchester City for Bayern Munich, confirmed the feeling of the English team after being named player of the match: "We know it's difficult because we all associate England with white, but it's something that It concerns us as a group of women.”

And she added: "Then, when you are on the pitch, you forget everything and nothing matters more than defending the jersey of your country."

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England, which opened the Women's Euro Cup this Wednesday before 68,000 spectators at Old Trafford (Manchester), has historically dressed in white, but has been rotating the color of the pants with navy blue.

Without going any further, the players of the men's team mixed both garments during the matches of the last European Championship, in which they were runners-up after losing in the final against Italy.

However, the debate has not only occurred in the world of football.

At Wimbledon, British mixed doubles player Alicia Barnett, who beat Venus Williams and Jamie Murray in this year's round of 16 alongside her partner Jonny O'Mara, also suggested changing the tournament's legendary dress code.

“I think some traditions could be changed.

It's not easy playing white when you have your period, although women can deal with it.

We are very hard on this kind of thing, ”she told

newspaper on Tuesday .

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