I’ve been a fan of Tintin since I was a kid! I even did my EPQ dissertation on the creation and evolution of Hergé’s Tintin and the political/social/economic references in Tintin graphic novels. I was so delighted to see Belgium rock this kit for the euros and that it came out on Tintin’s 90th birthday just made it even more special. This is peak creativity - using a cultural character of your nation and bottling into an kit style! Plus the kit launch was a classic with all the characters surrounded by the ‘Tintin’ model. Parfais! It deserves a A+ in my view (don’t know what you were smoking maqwell) because of how they made the kit look like tintin’s outfit - very creative!
The way he just left and came back with the rainbow lookin' St. George's Cross is just comedy. I needed joy at this point in life anyway so that's nice.
I mean Southgate said it best a st georges is technicallity nothing else than an red cross on white centered, so its a modification of englands flag not of the st george cross itself.
@MortanAMrk I quite like it tbf. But I noticed the ones complaining about the colour had no problem with our blackout shirt, the bright orange one, or even the purple away kit, but as soon as it involves a cross all hell breaks loose. It's more of a people jumping on the bandwagon type thing than anything personal.
21:08 "...and I'm sure it (Slovakia) is definetely not that exciting..." Me: *remembers the assasination attempt on the Prime Minister in MY hometown* Well...
@@toonistiny Well, to put it as shortly as possible: a few weeks ago in Handlova, a town in the middle of Slovakia, our PM after a meeting with the local council was shot by an elderly man and subsequently escorted to the hospital for a life-saving surgery. This event made our politics, which are already chaotic and toxic (mostly due to our main political party SMER and PM personally acting like a bunch of arrogant buffoons who only care for themselves) even more hostile and polarizing. Now there are concerns about whether the PM will try to calm down the storm or double down on the hate campaign against opposing parties and journalists who report on the main party's numerous corruption scandals.
14:06 I’ve been a fan of Tintin since I was a kid! I even did my EPQ dissertation on the creation and evolution of Hergé’s Tintin and the political/social/economic references in Tintin graphic novels. I was so delighted to see Belgium rock this kit for the euros and that it came out on Tintin’s 90th birthday just made it even more special. This is peak creativity - using a cultural character of your nation and bottling into an kit style! Plus the kit launch was a classic with all the characters surrounded by the ‘Tintin’ model. Parfais! It deserves a A+ in my view (don’t know what you were smoking maqwell) because of how they made the kit look like tintin’s outfit - very creative!
3:00 as a Swiss I knew immediately what Swiss clothing served as inspiration: it's the edelweiss button up shirts. They are mostly blue but also exist in different colors. There are little edelweiss blossoms on vertical lines all over the shirt. They are very soft and comfortable^^
Thanks for the vid, man! Love it! Just one remark: At 15:23 - 15:47 these are actually kits that Ukraine will wear after Euros. Right now they're staying with Joma and kits from Euro 2020.
The pink germany shirt actually sold extreeeemely well. Partly because right-wing parties in germany went full "iTs PiNK, thEy wANt tO TuRN uS gAy!!!1!", so it got a ton of attention. [Plus, the shirt looks insanely good. Shame on you for not liking it ;)]
I think in some way the Slovakia kit for example does represent their culture but you don't get their culture. People in a lot of countries in Europe just want simple shirts without too much extra's on it. When you go crazy with the design, no one will buy it because people in many countries don't like to stand out that much. This is different in the USA.
Im a dutch-belgian dual citizen. My disappointment with my dutch kits is immense, but holy fuck did we cook with belgium’s kits. I guess I know who ill be rooting for should we meet!
It’s honestly criminal that Josip Ilicic, one of the greatest and most underrated “streets won’t forget” footballers of the past decade, finally makes it to a major international tournament with Slovenia, and has to wear that abomination…
I’m scared for the Scotland rating, well at least the Home kit I think the away kit is gorgeous Edit: MAXWELL WHAT THE FUCK THAT IMAGE DOESNT DO THE AWAY KIT JUSTICE I WANT A RETRIAL
Well,he wants to emphasize that country kits should be representing what their country is,it doesn't have to be all over the place nor have to be white shirts 🤣
lets take Czechia as a kit example, the home shirt, looks good, why not put the same design on the away shirt aswell in a different color if you dont have a unique thing going like portugal ? is that impossible ?
What pisses me off about Portugal's away shirt is that the pattern is just a bunch of gibberish. They could've picked any pattern from any existing tiles across the country, but they went for gibberish. Looks nice tho. It'll probably be the best sold shirt ever.
I feel like a generic pattern for the azulejos is more representative of the entire country, unless you are talking about some pattern which represents the entire country, which yes, would be good
Germany should stick to these designs that feature the full tricolor. It's more distinctive than the plain white ones for sure. In my opinion, it's also better than those ones that have the red and black without the gold, which honestly strike me as too reminiscent of a certain not-so-nice era in German history. I love the Nardwuar cameo, by the way. 😂 The patterns on the Scotland kit are just tartans, so I think that works just fine. A lot of these hodgepodge/collage designs can make something look like a training or GK shirt, but this one isn't bad! I don't think the Hungary shirt is bad, but maybe that's just because I like their crest(s) a lot. 🤷 I think the Swiss home kit is beautiful, and I'm not just saying that because I root for them. I loved it when they went for the two-tone look on the 2020-21 red home kit, and this is one is even better. Those pinstripes are very unique and stylish. It does look like those good old-fashioned Swiss edelweiss-patterned shirts. However, I agree that the away shirt is disappointing, especially given the cool concept that it's based on. A missed opportunity for sure! 🙁 I agree that the Spain home shirt is very underwhelming. The textured look is kinda cool, but that's about it. I don't know why they would omit the dark blue accents from the shirt like that. Those accents always provide some nice contrast to balance out the "hot" red/yellow combo, and they can function as a cool shadow effect. Without it, the shirt looks really flat and incomplete, and not even the texture can save it. It's a damn shame that Croatia decided to try the "zoomed in" thing. That concept could ONLY be disappointing because it could NEVER look as cool as the normal-sized checker pattern. It totally takes away the whole visual appeal, the very thing that makes Croatia shirts so distinctive, famous, and loved. I pretty much agree about Italy. I think the tricolor accents are a fantastic element that they should keep doing, but there's not much else to write home about. It still looks fairly good though, and I hope they flesh out this design more in the future. The Macron Albania shirts are world-class, including the away one, IMO. The collar and cuffs are 100% proper, and that eagle pattern is 🔥. The Nike Slovenia shirts, on the other hand, are a straight-up abomination. It looks like they got run over by a motorcycle. Yikes! 😂 I'm down with those Denmark shirts for sure! The "Tetris" pattern works well here, the cuffs on the home shirt are proper (big missed opportunity not having similar sleeve cuffs on the away shirt), the shoulder stripes give it an old-school twist reminiscent of some of their kits back in the day, and the collar on the white away shirt is f-ing EXQUISITE. 👌 The Serbia home shirt is just OK. I don't know what else to say about it either. I actually think their away shirt is top-notch, which is not easy to pull off with a white one. I often don't like it when the colors of a badge are altered on away/3rd/special shirts, but this one looks really sharp, and the cuff pattern is super cool and interesting. I love designs that incorporate elements of nature that are unique to a particular place, and this one is a true banger. LOL Buying and flying that modified English flag just to piss off the knuckle-dragging homophobes/transphobes is such an A+ savage move. Well played! JK is throwing a MASSIVE fit right now! 🤣 As far as the England shirts go, while I think they absolutely nailed that "classic" England look with the home shirt, I've honestly never been a big fan of that look to begin with, so I definitely don't like it as much as you do. I totally dig the away shirt, though! For me, those accent colors are gorgeous and they look especially awesome contrasted against that wonderful deep dusty purple. However, I agree that they should probably have that on more than just the sides. Poland's home shirt is utterly unremarkable, but I do like the textured pattern on the away shirt. I think the Netherlands' home shirt is great. The texture pattern reminds me of thick-ass corduroy, which I love. The away shirt, however, is horrendous! It looks like a goddamn bus seat! 😂 Oh man, the Jugendstil-style pattern on the Austria home shirt is amazing! Jugendstil was basically the Germanic branch of art nouveau, one of the greatest art styles of all time. I'm from San Francisco (born and raised), and our world-famous style of psychedelic posters that were produced by our local artists here in the 60s and early 70s were heavily inspired by art nouveau. So as much as I don't like that team, I have to admit that their new home shirt looks pretty groovy. It's good to see cool cultural elements like that. Their away shirt, however, is an extremely ugly piece of garbage that they should be absolutely ashamed of. F- for that one. 🗑 I 100% agree about France. THIS RIGHT HERE is how to do a timeless classic football kit. Each and every element is authentically vintage France: the royal blue, the full tricolor bands (like a Meilleur Ouvrier de France chef jacket), the nice phat full-color golden rooster badge, the numbering style, and the way the whole kit altogether looks like a French flag. C'est magnifique! 👌I actually like the pinstripe style of the away shirt too. They pull it off quite well. My goodness, Belgium (my other favorite team in Europe) came through BIG with these kits! Wow! That home shirt is legitimately MAJESTIC. That lovely deep strong red, the geometric pattern, and the black and gold accents are all perfectly done, and all those elements come together beautifully as a whole. It's just a really pleasant shirt to look at! And you best believe I am SO in love with that Tintin away kit! Besides the awesomeness of that whole culturally meaningful concept, I'm a huge fan of blue/brown color combos, which are abundant in nature, but are criminally underrated and underutilized (the 2012 Vancouver Whitecaps 3rd kit was easily one of the best in MLS history, and I will die on this hill). The Slovakia home shirt is, well, nothing. Just a plain white t-shirt that looks terrible in certain lighting with some logos and numbers lazily slapped on it. Sadly, the away shirt isn't much better. I'm down with those Romania shirts though! I think those strips on the sides are super cool. They feature emblems of the five symbolic animals of Romania: the golden eagle, the bull, the dolphin, the black eagle, and the lion. I also like the sleeve cuffs. Ukraine's shirts aren't BAD, but there's just nothing to say about them at all. Meh. I know Turkey's design is very simple and predictable, but I still think it looks good. Georgia's home shirt is super stylish and distinctive. I don't always like black alternates (mainly because every damn sports team under the sun tried it when it was trendy, whether they should have or not), but Georgia's away kit is genuinely fly af! The Portugal home shirt is nothing spectacular, but it's ok. I do like the way they did the accent stripes on the cuffs. The tile pattern on the away shirt is SICK though. Very nice. I agree about the Czechia shirt. I'm a fan of that old-school badge pattern thing. No comment on the away shirt. LOL Damn, I can't believe I just did an entire review-along with you! That was not planned, but once I started, I just had to finish (although I did it in a few sittings). LMFAO
Never commented how good your music selection is, not just in this video in particular but in general, can tell you put a lot of effort into your videos, keep it up with the W content
alright let me explain this... big nations have simplier and less creative kits because companies like adidas and nike control the designs under their contract. To keep cost low they go for minimalistic styles because they know fans gonna buy it anyways (its all pre-calculated). Adidas for example provides more sponsorship money but dicates the design, usally also using their own designers. Smaller countires (like in this video) might not get big sponsorship but they can create unique and creative kits with their own design because they usally working with less known kit sponsors.
Turkiye is fucking hilarious man. The shirt is white, and then they just slap the flag on there. It's like their shirt is a piece of paper with a flag stamped on it. 10/10 effort
As someone who loves Slovakia and Slovenia and has been there, they're super beautiful countries with amazing culture and nature, and they're not unexciting at all. I would love to buy a shirt of one of these countries if they had a good one. Albania's shirts are the best to me, all 3 of them.
All 3 of the kits are really really nice, like "I might buy this" kind of nice, I think whenever you get a feeling you want to buy a kit that's one of the best compliments to said kit
I also noticed the similarities between the '06 and this year's German home shirts. Also, their away shirt is at least as bad as the '06 number, and as it was at that tournament, I really hope they don't get to wear it. I have a feeling, however, that they'll find an excuse to wear it.
Here in Portugal everyone literally loves the away kit and what it symbolizes. The blue and white not only symbolize the Azuleijos, but they're also a reference to Portugal's old flag colors during its monarchy days.
I’m not gonna lie but Georgia’s shirt slaps. I would rate that as an A. Also I do like the ideas of Romania’s and Scotland’s but just needed more cultural context like Portugal’s blue shirt (which I would rate as A++). Slovenia and Slovakia was poor! Czechia is another underrated one as I do like the passport stamp effect on the shirt
Unreal that was 3 years ago I remember watching the inter logo video on release. The first creator I’ve been watching consistently and seen their channel grow
18:35 Portubros don't get to steal the azulejo heritage for themselves alone. Althought the kit is better than our away kit for sure. I would have liked our kit with a gualda/yellow colour closer to the one on the flag. I love that shade of orangish yellow.
18:29 Maxwell its pronounced "ah-zoo-, le, -zh, oo, sh" (for english speakers its easier to understand this way ). In portuguese we dont have the j "h" sound that is present in spanish
As someone who buys german jerseys from every tournament since 2006, I have to say that I love the pink/purple jersey mostly because those two hues are my favorite colors and seeing them on a german jersey was pretty rad. No connection to Germany but it’s just so cool for me, has the charm of a mexican black jersey. Sadly I quit my job and my dog got sick so I had priorities this time and it really bites. Edit: Damn, Belgium kits aced it.
Belgiums away set being Tintins outfit makes it A+ tier on its own for me ngl lol
The real question is that do you still qualify as a full kit wanker
I honestly can’t wait to see Kevin de Bruyne wearing it… 😂
Tintin was my childhood, so seeing the kit gave me mini heart attacks. Will definitely try to get it
Hello…my name is Tintin Singsit lol. I was given that name during childhood because the adventures of Tintin was popular 😂
I’ve been a fan of Tintin since I was a kid! I even did my EPQ dissertation on the creation and evolution of Hergé’s Tintin and the political/social/economic references in Tintin graphic novels. I was so delighted to see Belgium rock this kit for the euros and that it came out on Tintin’s 90th birthday just made it even more special. This is peak creativity - using a cultural character of your nation and bottling into an kit style! Plus the kit launch was a classic with all the characters surrounded by the ‘Tintin’ model. Parfais! It deserves a A+ in my view (don’t know what you were smoking maqwell) because of how they made the kit look like tintin’s outfit - very creative!
Maxwell's rant about the devolution of human creativity as a result of seeing the Slovenia away shirt is hilarious to me
Its gotten pretty corporate and shitty for many teams
you were kind of merciful to Slovenia's shirt. It looks like someone drove a car on the shirt
Clearly you have imagination 😂
Dang
2:23 gentlemen, the solution to renewable energy.
Maqwell's anger.
The entire second half of the video could produce enough energy to power every single power plant in the world
Belgiums kit is probably the best one this tournament
Both are incredible
Germany's is better for me but Belgium is 2nd
Both are good,but away is better.
Your rofile picture says it all
The way he just left and came back with the rainbow lookin' St. George's Cross is just comedy.
I needed joy at this point in life anyway so that's nice.
I mean Southgate said it best a st georges is technicallity nothing else than an red cross on white centered, so its a modification of englands flag not of the st george cross itself.
@@MortanAMrkThat's one way to think about it.
@MortanAMrk I quite like it tbf. But I noticed the ones complaining about the colour had no problem with our blackout shirt, the bright orange one, or even the purple away kit, but as soon as it involves a cross all hell breaks loose. It's more of a people jumping on the bandwagon type thing than anything personal.
Lol
I loved the way you talked about Greece's shirt on 23:53
yay grekman!!! 😄
so real, definitely the best reaction
They didn’t qualify 🤷
That's the joke.@@CoffeeDev
Norway dropped an absolute gem of a home and away kit. They gonna wear it for nothing now😭
Because they can't qualify 😂lmao
2:56 It's the "Edelweisshemd" a traditional piece of clothing worn by alpine farmers.
I believe you, but also that sounds made up.
@@MyselfTheThirdits true, im swiss too
Do copa America kits next
21:08
"...and I'm sure it (Slovakia) is definetely not that exciting..."
Me: *remembers the assasination attempt on the Prime Minister in MY hometown* Well...
That wasn’t even that long ago as well 😅 oof
Wait tell me more lol
@@toonistiny Well, to put it as shortly as possible: a few weeks ago in Handlova, a town in the middle of Slovakia, our PM after a meeting with the local council was shot by an elderly man and subsequently escorted to the hospital for a life-saving surgery. This event made our politics, which are already chaotic and toxic (mostly due to our main political party SMER and PM personally acting like a bunch of arrogant buffoons who only care for themselves) even more hostile and polarizing.
Now there are concerns about whether the PM will try to calm down the storm or double down on the hate campaign against opposing parties and journalists who report on the main party's numerous corruption scandals.
Jesus this guy is harder to please then that food critic from Ratatouille XD
Azulejo being added in the shirt is such a smartass move by the Portuguese
It was Nike who added it, not the PFP.
The federation consults the brand on what they want on the shirt, no?
@@comefwtee i think so i mean it makes sense
14:06 I’ve been a fan of Tintin since I was a kid! I even did my EPQ dissertation on the creation and evolution of Hergé’s Tintin and the political/social/economic references in Tintin graphic novels. I was so delighted to see Belgium rock this kit for the euros and that it came out on Tintin’s 90th birthday just made it even more special. This is peak creativity - using a cultural character of your nation and bottling into an kit style! Plus the kit launch was a classic with all the characters surrounded by the ‘Tintin’ model. Parfais! It deserves a A+ in my view (don’t know what you were smoking maqwell) because of how they made the kit look like tintin’s outfit - very creative!
Brother have you heard of tartan? It's a symbol of Scotland and it's what the design in based on, so it actual makes total sense
The yellow is a bit off
problem. where is the tartan exactly? I can't exactly see it
Still shit
Every TH-cam review of the Scotland shirt has trashed it, but I like it. A Lot!
@@USC9210 I'm Scottish and it's our worst kit since 1986.
Both German kits are absolute fire
The home one is…the away kit might’ve been for the women’s team…but it’s atrocious for the men’s team.
💀
@@mgraysonhay cavemen mentality
@@comrademax57
Real men... compared to pussies.
@@mgraysonhaywhat's wrong with pink and purple shirts on dudes? They are my two favourite colours
Netherlands Away Shirt with the Bus seat design. Atleast around here they look exactly like this
tbf there are also bus seats that look like Scotlands Home Jersey.
True tho@@noskill102
@@noskill102tbh the Dutch away shirt looks more like the generic bus seat design to me.
EXACTLY what I was thinking
3:00 as a Swiss I knew immediately what Swiss clothing served as inspiration: it's the edelweiss button up shirts. They are mostly blue but also exist in different colors. There are little edelweiss blossoms on vertical lines all over the shirt. They are very soft and comfortable^^
Bro I don’t get all the hate on the Germany away kit it’s good bro😭
Gotta love Germany pulling up with the hardest kit ever just to get grouped
Hardest ever? Not even top 3 this tournament
I dont get the glaze on the Germany kit tho. Adidas & Nike really cooked dry this Euro
we'll win Euros against England in the final, trust (I'm delusional)
@@benzo___nah we beat France in a friendly, we basically have the euros in our hands already
@@chappiemediaand drew Ukraine
Bro the pink germany one is so cool tf
I also really like the purple training suits.
Everyone has their own opinion. To me, that kit is a A
The only thing missing is a rainbow flag.
@@Vickzqjust because it‘s pink doesn‘t mean it‘s gay. It‘s not even primarily pink, half of it is purple
@@UnknownPrussian6870
Seeing how woke DFB got...
They really cooked with that France home kit and Belgium home kit
90s are partly back. I see it as a win
All we can hope for now is for goalkeepers crazy colorful outfits to be back too
7:31 “maqwell complaining about the US soccer team for the 3047 time”
max slowly descending into the joker at the end fully encapsulates the struggle of finding good kits these days
2:24 door closing itself is Hungary and Scotland after maqwell 😂
As an English fan unwrapping that flag and smirking really got me 😂😂😂 well played
Thanks for the vid, man! Love it!
Just one remark:
At 15:23 - 15:47 these are actually kits that Ukraine will wear after Euros. Right now they're staying with Joma and kits from Euro 2020.
16:31 Not gonna lie, that kit looks like something out of FIFA 17, when they didn't have the actual kit, and they made it generic
Or like in PES
Or like in PES
Or like in PES
@@sgt.thompson98yeah the africa and asia think kits for the national teams were rlly generic
@@ScreenzxdThank goodness for the edit mode. Also, why did my previous comment appear three times?
The pink germany shirt actually sold extreeeemely well. Partly because right-wing parties in germany went full "iTs PiNK, thEy wANt tO TuRN uS gAy!!!1!", so it got a ton of attention.
[Plus, the shirt looks insanely good. Shame on you for not liking it ;)]
wait, the right wing actually said that? well that's 70 euros off my bank balance :D
I really like it I like it more than the home one
I think actually looks more like the bisexual flag tho. Not that i expect rightwingers to know the difference
It's still atrocious
@@opinionatortv6457 not really the point but yeah
15:59
How we see Turkey: tourism, barbers, cheap dentists and food
How Maqwell see Turkey: *spasms to death*
1:26 this guy doesn't know what tartan is
Classically American then, none of them know much outside their county limits
@@testadalord01432 it's funny because on his twitter he mentions he's half scottish
@@testadalord01432 what a generalization lmao
Tf is a tartan
It still looks awful
2:24 even the Ghost that Haunts your House thought "thats it im Leaving"
Georgia having Saint George slaying the dragon as their badge is one of the coldest things ive seen on a kit, I wish them success
My top 3 are
1: tintin kit
2: the badass portugal one
3: the France one
I think in some way the Slovakia kit for example does represent their culture but you don't get their culture. People in a lot of countries in Europe just want simple shirts without too much extra's on it. When you go crazy with the design, no one will buy it because people in many countries don't like to stand out that much. This is different in the USA.
Im a dutch-belgian dual citizen.
My disappointment with my dutch kits is immense, but holy fuck did we cook with belgium’s kits.
I guess I know who ill be rooting for should we meet!
11:13 This is very niche but the Netherlands away shirt looks like the second Palace (no spoilers) in Persona 5
Italy away shirt looks great. Belgium and England are probably my favs with home + away. Albania's home shirt is also hella nice.
The Scotland away top image looked so bright you can hardly see it’s blue. Looks way better in person
The german away kit is sooo nice!
Not everybody is into rainbows.
@@VickzqIt's just purple.
@@Vickzq You must be ret@rd3d af if your think the purple color gradient is a rainbow.
The Scotland away shirt is actually beautiful in my OPINION
It’s honestly criminal that Josip Ilicic, one of the greatest and most underrated “streets won’t forget” footballers of the past decade, finally makes it to a major international tournament with Slovenia, and has to wear that abomination…
I’m scared for the Scotland rating, well at least the Home kit I think the away kit is gorgeous
Edit: MAXWELL WHAT THE FUCK THAT IMAGE DOESNT DO THE AWAY KIT JUSTICE I WANT A RETRIAL
A RETRIAL 😂
Watching you praying for my country was not on my 2024 bingo.
Dang didn’t expect you to be here
love the memes
WE GOT MAQWELL TALKING ABOUT DJAVOLA VAROŠ BEFORE GTA 6 🔥🗣🔊📢
Ive seen people call the German away kit everything from s to f
i kinda like it probs around an a
It's almost like majority of the countries here are cutting costs with the white shirts lol. 🤣
You graded these way too hard. Not every shirt has to have a fancy design 😂
Well,he wants to emphasize that country kits should be representing what their country is,it doesn't have to be all over the place nor have to be white shirts 🤣
How much are nike and adidas charging for these shirts?
lets take Czechia as a kit example, the home shirt, looks good, why not put the same design on the away shirt aswell in a different color if you dont have a unique thing going like portugal ? is that impossible ?
@@felixmustermann790 Sometimes putting extra design on the kit makes it way too crowded and mesh. It's very fine line.
good amount were ass, though germany's ones were harsh
What pisses me off about Portugal's away shirt is that the pattern is just a bunch of gibberish. They could've picked any pattern from any existing tiles across the country, but they went for gibberish. Looks nice tho. It'll probably be the best sold shirt ever.
On the other side, I'm glad Portugal finally have nice away kit, after previous records, huhuhu
I feel like a generic pattern for the azulejos is more representative of the entire country, unless you are talking about some pattern which represents the entire country, which yes, would be good
I love having dinner while watching Maqwell losing his mind over some shirts!
The Tintin kit goes hard
Germany should stick to these designs that feature the full tricolor. It's more distinctive than the plain white ones for sure. In my opinion, it's also better than those ones that have the red and black without the gold, which honestly strike me as too reminiscent of a certain not-so-nice era in German history. I love the Nardwuar cameo, by the way. 😂
The patterns on the Scotland kit are just tartans, so I think that works just fine. A lot of these hodgepodge/collage designs can make something look like a training or GK shirt, but this one isn't bad!
I don't think the Hungary shirt is bad, but maybe that's just because I like their crest(s) a lot. 🤷
I think the Swiss home kit is beautiful, and I'm not just saying that because I root for them. I loved it when they went for the two-tone look on the 2020-21 red home kit, and this is one is even better. Those pinstripes are very unique and stylish. It does look like those good old-fashioned Swiss edelweiss-patterned shirts. However, I agree that the away shirt is disappointing, especially given the cool concept that it's based on. A missed opportunity for sure! 🙁
I agree that the Spain home shirt is very underwhelming. The textured look is kinda cool, but that's about it. I don't know why they would omit the dark blue accents from the shirt like that. Those accents always provide some nice contrast to balance out the "hot" red/yellow combo, and they can function as a cool shadow effect. Without it, the shirt looks really flat and incomplete, and not even the texture can save it.
It's a damn shame that Croatia decided to try the "zoomed in" thing. That concept could ONLY be disappointing because it could NEVER look as cool as the normal-sized checker pattern. It totally takes away the whole visual appeal, the very thing that makes Croatia shirts so distinctive, famous, and loved.
I pretty much agree about Italy. I think the tricolor accents are a fantastic element that they should keep doing, but there's not much else to write home about. It still looks fairly good though, and I hope they flesh out this design more in the future.
The Macron Albania shirts are world-class, including the away one, IMO. The collar and cuffs are 100% proper, and that eagle pattern is 🔥.
The Nike Slovenia shirts, on the other hand, are a straight-up abomination. It looks like they got run over by a motorcycle. Yikes! 😂
I'm down with those Denmark shirts for sure! The "Tetris" pattern works well here, the cuffs on the home shirt are proper (big missed opportunity not having similar sleeve cuffs on the away shirt), the shoulder stripes give it an old-school twist reminiscent of some of their kits back in the day, and the collar on the white away shirt is f-ing EXQUISITE. 👌
The Serbia home shirt is just OK. I don't know what else to say about it either. I actually think their away shirt is top-notch, which is not easy to pull off with a white one. I often don't like it when the colors of a badge are altered on away/3rd/special shirts, but this one looks really sharp, and the cuff pattern is super cool and interesting. I love designs that incorporate elements of nature that are unique to a particular place, and this one is a true banger.
LOL Buying and flying that modified English flag just to piss off the knuckle-dragging homophobes/transphobes is such an A+ savage move. Well played! JK is throwing a MASSIVE fit right now! 🤣 As far as the England shirts go, while I think they absolutely nailed that "classic" England look with the home shirt, I've honestly never been a big fan of that look to begin with, so I definitely don't like it as much as you do. I totally dig the away shirt, though! For me, those accent colors are gorgeous and they look especially awesome contrasted against that wonderful deep dusty purple. However, I agree that they should probably have that on more than just the sides.
Poland's home shirt is utterly unremarkable, but I do like the textured pattern on the away shirt.
I think the Netherlands' home shirt is great. The texture pattern reminds me of thick-ass corduroy, which I love. The away shirt, however, is horrendous! It looks like a goddamn bus seat! 😂
Oh man, the Jugendstil-style pattern on the Austria home shirt is amazing! Jugendstil was basically the Germanic branch of art nouveau, one of the greatest art styles of all time. I'm from San Francisco (born and raised), and our world-famous style of psychedelic posters that were produced by our local artists here in the 60s and early 70s were heavily inspired by art nouveau. So as much as I don't like that team, I have to admit that their new home shirt looks pretty groovy. It's good to see cool cultural elements like that. Their away shirt, however, is an extremely ugly piece of garbage that they should be absolutely ashamed of. F- for that one. 🗑
I 100% agree about France. THIS RIGHT HERE is how to do a timeless classic football kit. Each and every element is authentically vintage France: the royal blue, the full tricolor bands (like a Meilleur Ouvrier de France chef jacket), the nice phat full-color golden rooster badge, the numbering style, and the way the whole kit altogether looks like a French flag. C'est magnifique! 👌I actually like the pinstripe style of the away shirt too. They pull it off quite well.
My goodness, Belgium (my other favorite team in Europe) came through BIG with these kits! Wow! That home shirt is legitimately MAJESTIC. That lovely deep strong red, the geometric pattern, and the black and gold accents are all perfectly done, and all those elements come together beautifully as a whole. It's just a really pleasant shirt to look at! And you best believe I am SO in love with that Tintin away kit! Besides the awesomeness of that whole culturally meaningful concept, I'm a huge fan of blue/brown color combos, which are abundant in nature, but are criminally underrated and underutilized (the 2012 Vancouver Whitecaps 3rd kit was easily one of the best in MLS history, and I will die on this hill).
The Slovakia home shirt is, well, nothing. Just a plain white t-shirt that looks terrible in certain lighting with some logos and numbers lazily slapped on it. Sadly, the away shirt isn't much better.
I'm down with those Romania shirts though! I think those strips on the sides are super cool. They feature emblems of the five symbolic animals of Romania: the golden eagle, the bull, the dolphin, the black eagle, and the lion. I also like the sleeve cuffs.
Ukraine's shirts aren't BAD, but there's just nothing to say about them at all. Meh.
I know Turkey's design is very simple and predictable, but I still think it looks good.
Georgia's home shirt is super stylish and distinctive. I don't always like black alternates (mainly because every damn sports team under the sun tried it when it was trendy, whether they should have or not), but Georgia's away kit is genuinely fly af!
The Portugal home shirt is nothing spectacular, but it's ok. I do like the way they did the accent stripes on the cuffs. The tile pattern on the away shirt is SICK though. Very nice.
I agree about the Czechia shirt. I'm a fan of that old-school badge pattern thing. No comment on the away shirt. LOL
Damn, I can't believe I just did an entire review-along with you! That was not planned, but once I started, I just had to finish (although I did it in a few sittings). LMFAO
I proudly say i was there back in the day for Euro 2021 kit grades!!!
happy to see you still around putting up good videos brother
Germanys Away Shirt is the best selling Away Shirt in History from Adidas, just saying...
Lots of gae nowadays no wonder!
Never commented how good your music selection is, not just in this video in particular but in general, can tell you put a lot of effort into your videos, keep it up with the W content
Netherlands home kit looks like those bus seets textures to keep all the dust in
alright let me explain this... big nations have simplier and less creative kits because companies like adidas and nike control the designs under their contract. To keep cost low they go for minimalistic styles because they know fans gonna buy it anyways (its all pre-calculated). Adidas for example provides more sponsorship money but dicates the design, usally also using their own designers. Smaller countires (like in this video) might not get big sponsorship but they can create unique and creative kits with their own design because they usally working with less known kit sponsors.
Turkiye is fucking hilarious man. The shirt is white, and then they just slap the flag on there. It's like their shirt is a piece of paper with a flag stamped on it. 10/10 effort
insanity = chance of psg having success in europe
As someone who loves Slovakia and Slovenia and has been there, they're super beautiful countries with amazing culture and nature, and they're not unexciting at all.
I would love to buy a shirt of one of these countries if they had a good one.
Albania's shirts are the best to me, all 3 of them.
Z for Croatia?
OK THIS MAN IS ON SOME GOOD SHIET AND CAN I HAVE SOME?
9:50 dude, I genuinely laughed out loud. Great job!
So corny
What even is that?
babe wake up maqwell posted
6:18 as an albanian LETS GOOOOOOO MAQWELL HIMSELF THINKS IT'S AN A+
really good move to pick Macron. you can tell the smaller brands care a lot more.
That kit is gorgeous
Y'all 3rd kit is also lit af frfrfr (black one)
All 3 of the kits are really really nice, like "I might buy this" kind of nice, I think whenever you get a feeling you want to buy a kit that's one of the best compliments to said kit
Deserved. Your kits are gorgeous. Absolutely sublime.
That Belgium kit has a place already in my collection. Still need to get it, but I've already manifested it. Also, third Albania kit is also lit
I also noticed the similarities between the '06 and this year's German home shirts. Also, their away shirt is at least as bad as the '06 number, and as it was at that tournament, I really hope they don't get to wear it. I have a feeling, however, that they'll find an excuse to wear it.
Of course they will do virtue signalling...
Here in Portugal everyone literally loves the away kit and what it symbolizes. The blue and white not only symbolize the Azuleijos, but they're also a reference to Portugal's old flag colors during its monarchy days.
That england kit was the reason i wanna watch england this euro but it doesnt change my mind to hope they showed they're dissasterclass in whole comps
5:54 That is relatable 😂. Though that's also a lot of us if we saw you irl ❤.
I am waiting patiently for the copa america kit grading.
My reaction to the Turkish jersey was almost identical 😅 That crest could poke your eye out
The whole video is just Maxwell slowly losing the will to live 😂
Blud ain't beating the white shirt allegations
I’m not gonna lie but Georgia’s shirt slaps. I would rate that as an A. Also I do like the ideas of Romania’s and Scotland’s but just needed more cultural context like Portugal’s blue shirt (which I would rate as A++). Slovenia and Slovakia was poor! Czechia is another underrated one as I do like the passport stamp effect on the shirt
4:28 I am from Croatia and I think you gave as a really high grade. I don't think we deserve it. The away kit grade is too low, so it balances out.
Istina, ovo je užasno šta mi imamo 😅
Da je domaća ista kao gostujuća, ali crveno bijela s plavim crtama dolje, bila bi jedna od najboljih na prvenstvu.
Albania's home kit is the only one that was done justice to this year by the kit manufacturers
21:15 Maqwell goes on a *fucking rant!!!*
22:30 Guys I think we broke him lads…
The equipment upgrade made me laugh so hard. Glad you still the same. Love you.
I see the designer of the Dutch away shirt once came to work by bus and then this happened.
But the more I look at this shirt the more I like it!
For anyone who doesn’t understand the 44 incident, they look like the logo of the SS
Unreal that was 3 years ago I remember watching the inter logo video on release. The first creator I’ve been watching consistently and seen their channel grow
NGL, I actually love both the France shirts. Much more 70's/80's inspired than before!
We all expected this video to come at some point
18:35 Portubros don't get to steal the azulejo heritage for themselves alone.
Althought the kit is better than our away kit for sure.
I would have liked our kit with a gualda/yellow colour closer to the one on the flag. I love that shade of orangish yellow.
Take a shot whenever Maqwell grades a plain white jersey an F or whenever Puma releases an atrocity.
I got the scotland away and tbh it looks way better in person
The rant at the end was brilliant. 10/10 video. Hopefully he also makes a Copa America kits video.
18:29 Maxwell its pronounced "ah-zoo-, le, -zh, oo, sh" (for english speakers its easier to understand this way ). In portuguese we dont have the j "h" sound that is present in spanish
Babe wake up, it’s a new Maqwell rating kits video
Germanys away shirt looks crazy good imo. Only downside is that it isnt in the traditional colours
Crotia is really either an F or a C 🗿
worst jersey ever IMO... and I'm Croatian... will not buy ...
I swear if they use the away design for home, it'll be cooked far better that we have now
Ok, we need more of this fashion police lore 😂
2:24 I think Maqwell is monitored by the Hungarian Secret Service
This video might as well be titled “24 minutes of Maqwell losing his sanity”
babe, wake up new maqwell video just dropped
The Poland shirt looks like a free shirt you get when you buy two sixpacks of Tyskie
As someone who buys german jerseys from every tournament since 2006, I have to say that I love the pink/purple jersey mostly because those two hues are my favorite colors and seeing them on a german jersey was pretty rad. No connection to Germany but it’s just so cool for me, has the charm of a mexican black jersey.
Sadly I quit my job and my dog got sick so I had priorities this time and it really bites.
Edit: Damn, Belgium kits aced it.
Germanys pink one is a case where it looks way better when you see the players actually run around with it with the full kit
Belgium away shirt was designed to convince De Bruyne that he's playing for Man City so that he can actually perform
Can you do also a Copa America grading kit? You keep rocking it man🇺🇸😎🔥