My Top 5

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Giovanni Sala

A good friend of The Jules and based out of Bergamo-Italy, Giovanni Sala, shows us his Top 5 favorite kits. Throughout the years, Giovanni has amassed a collection of over 200 kits from teams from all over the world. Feel free to check out his IG to view more of his collection and to say hi.

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AC Milan / 03-04 / Home

This is my favorite shirt of all time, I know the one from the season before brought us the 6th Champions League while this gave us only a Scudetto, I know there are many iconic Milan kits (the Kappa/Mediolanum comes immediately to mind) but I fell in love with this shirt as a kid and never stopped loving the large fit, the Meriva sponsor and the wide red and black stripes. Rossoneri at their best.

Chelsea FC / 05-06 / Home

The Centenary shirt, Umbro with one of their last masterpieces before the unfortunate decline. The blue, the gold, the crest, the Bridge, the Special One. What's not to love.

Venezia / 21-22 / Third

This one is the only kit on the list which I don't have (yet). It was instant love as soon as they presented it a few days ago. I really like it when shirts have a connection with their cities, I've always used football as an excuse to travel and I like finding out the references on the pitch too. Plus I love Venice, I love the sea, and I love that they are back in Serie A. Top of my most wanted list for 21/22 immediately.

Brazil / 1998 / Home

For me Ronaldo R9 is one of the best players of all time, certainly in my top 5 if I look at it objectively, in the top 3 if I follow my heart. My first World Cup was in 2002 with his illegal haircut, but as I grew up I catched up on the previous ones and this kit struck me with its simplicity. It screams Fenomeno from every stitch, too bad it wasn't a winning kit.

Bohemian Dublin / 15-16 / Home

This one is not in the list because of on the pitch reasons, but because of sentimental ones. This is the first shirt my wife ever got me as a gift. We had just started dating in September 2016 and she was about to go on holiday in Dublin, so I mentioned the team because They are red and blacks like my Milan, they have a Hummel kit which is almost always a guarantee to be a great shirt and they have it in long sleeves too!. Later that week I went on their online shop to buy it myself, only to find out the last remaining shirt at the end of the season sales was sold out. It turns out my wife went to their shop which was closed, met one of the employees, made him open it just for her, bought the shirt and gave it to me. Talk about wife material!